Sky TV - cancel and open new account as different householder
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[FONT="]Hi all,[/FONT]
[FONT="]Apologies if there is an up to date thread about this already on the forum, but I cannot seem to find any recent discussion on this subject (if I've missed it then I'm sure that one you kind folk will not hesitate to point it out to me
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[FONT="]We've had Sky under my partners name for over a decade now. Looking at the current deal for "new customers", we can get the new Sky Q for £10 a month less than we are paying now.[/FONT]
[FONT="]I have never had a Sky account in my name. Would that make me a new customer? Does anyone have a definitive answer as to whether it is possible for my partner to cancel our current subscription (now out of contract) and for me to open a new account in my name? Only the only similarity would be the address.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Thanks in advance.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Apologies if there is an up to date thread about this already on the forum, but I cannot seem to find any recent discussion on this subject (if I've missed it then I'm sure that one you kind folk will not hesitate to point it out to me

[FONT="]We've had Sky under my partners name for over a decade now. Looking at the current deal for "new customers", we can get the new Sky Q for £10 a month less than we are paying now.[/FONT]
[FONT="]I have never had a Sky account in my name. Would that make me a new customer? Does anyone have a definitive answer as to whether it is possible for my partner to cancel our current subscription (now out of contract) and for me to open a new account in my name? Only the only similarity would be the address.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Thanks in advance.[/FONT]
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TBH , I doubt they would be bothered even if you told them truth, chances are , whoever signs you up ( if cannot do it on line yourself) will get some sort of 'new customer' bonus, especially if you use those kiosks you see in shopping centres etc, just be prepared for the endless attempts to stop your partner from leaving , when they call Sky to quit, it may turn out that the retention offer to your partner may be as good as the new customer deal.
All new kit and the monthly payment will be £20 instead of £33.50.
It was easy enough to do and when the inevitable retentions team calls arrived I had primed DP to expect them and he passed them on to me. I was completely honest with them about our particular decisions and they were totally helpful.
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So yeah I think its easy to do, maybe a loophole in the system :P
Have you had it installed yet? I wondered if there could be any issue when the sky engineer arrived and found a box in place or not? Considering the same thing
They wouldn't care anyway but plenty of people still have old Sky boxes for Freesat from Sky.
Edit: the person you were replying to would have had a Sky HD box (at best) plus the dish, the Sky engineer will fit a new Sky Q box which requires a new LNB at least and they'd probably replace the dish as well.