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Claw75
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« on: February 21, 2007, 11:16:25 PM » |
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well mine has finally given up the ghost. It's fine for watching TV on but unless the box is tuned into the channel you are recording, the playback is unwatchable (sound cuts out every few seconds, picture jumping). As it's no longer under warranty I presume I'll have to just stump up for a new one. Had a look on Sky website and it's £99 for a new box, which is fair enough, but £60 for installation. I have to say I'm not too happy at the prospect of paying someone £60 to unplug my old box and plug in the new one. Does anyone know of anywhere where I can buy a new box and just 'install' it myself?
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« Reply #1 on: February 21, 2007, 11:18:52 PM » |
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I think the insatllation is for the first one, doubt u need this service
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The very last hand of the night goes to Dewi James, who finds ACES and talks Raymond O’Mahoney into calling his all-in preflop bet of 15k. “If I had AQ, I’d call!” says Dewi. Raymond calls holding pocket 66’s.
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KingPoker
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« Reply #2 on: February 21, 2007, 11:20:33 PM » |
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I have seen them for sale on ebay.
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« Reply #3 on: February 21, 2007, 11:23:09 PM » |
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what?
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The very last hand of the night goes to Dewi James, who finds ACES and talks Raymond O’Mahoney into calling his all-in preflop bet of 15k. “If I had AQ, I’d call!” says Dewi. Raymond calls holding pocket 66’s.
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« Reply #4 on: February 21, 2007, 11:23:47 PM » |
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Phone sky and explain your box is faulty and see what they say.
If that gets you nowhere tell them you'll cancel as you can't afford it. They'll put you through to cancellations and they'll normally try to keep you.
You can buy boxes on ebay and probably in a shop near you too.
Sandy
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KingPoker
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« Reply #5 on: February 21, 2007, 11:24:38 PM » |
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what?
Sky+ boxes (some have been modified so have even more memory) |
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Claw75
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« Reply #6 on: February 21, 2007, 11:26:54 PM » |
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I think the insatllation is for the first one, doubt u need this service
the installation is quoted in the price for replacing existing equipment. I've found a website that sells apparently better boxes (Pace) for £139 so might get one of those |
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« Reply #7 on: February 21, 2007, 11:27:58 PM » |
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My sky box is a pace. most of them are.
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Claw75
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« Reply #8 on: February 21, 2007, 11:28:48 PM » |
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mine's an Amstrad, and they seem to be the ones suffering from this particular problem.
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« Reply #9 on: February 21, 2007, 11:29:50 PM » |
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aahhhhh right there yo go. Then definately go for a Pace one then.
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« Reply #10 on: February 21, 2007, 11:33:10 PM » |
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Phone sky and explain your box is faulty and see what they say.
If that gets you nowhere tell them you'll cancel as you can't afford it. They'll put you through to cancellations and they'll normally try to keep you.
You can buy boxes on ebay and probably in a shop near you too.
Sandy
Do this worst case scenario you pay £65 for a service call and they will swap the box out for a refurbished one with a 3 month guarantee. |
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Claw75
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« Reply #11 on: February 21, 2007, 11:40:33 PM » |
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Phone sky and explain your box is faulty and see what they say.
If that gets you nowhere tell them you'll cancel as you can't afford it. They'll put you through to cancellations and they'll normally try to keep you.
You can buy boxes on ebay and probably in a shop near you too.
Sandy
Do this worst case scenario you pay £65 for a service call and they will swap the box out for a refurbished one with a 3 month guarantee. Yes I will give this a go in the first instance and see where it gets me |
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"Arguing with idiots is like playing chess with a pigeon....no matter how good you are the bird is going to shit on the board and strut around like it won anyway"
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« Reply #12 on: February 21, 2007, 11:49:30 PM » |
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Phone them up and say you want to cancel, because you are having nothing but problems with old sky + box, tell them you have decided to go with cable. They gave me the choice of an engineer coming round for £60 and then repair costs on top, or a new box for £129 I told them to shove it, cable will be fine.  Mine was replaced and installed for £49.00 with twice the memory.  |
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« Reply #13 on: February 22, 2007, 12:05:22 AM » |
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I can get you a chipped sky digital box, £200 one off payment, no bills, all the channels you get now plus the guy will install it for you!
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« Reply #14 on: February 22, 2007, 12:09:21 AM » |
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And when you get caught you can pay all the backdated time + fine  |
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