Is it worth insuring Sky equipment for £5.75 a month?

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  1. Red

    Red Rag Active Member

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    ... or is there a better way?
     
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    Definetly not

    Even if your equipment breaks sky will send out an engineer free of charge as soon as you threaten to cancel.
     
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    Thanks

    I'll send him round to your house when he bills me then :)
     
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    kanecat Banned Idiot

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    My bloke is a sky TV engineer, said definately not worth paying for that cover. Your first years covered free anyway. The best boxes are the ones made by pace. Just threaten to leave sky and get cable if it does break down and sky cancellations team will most probably come to an arrangement with you, as they are big on customer retention at the moment cos they've lost alot of customers to virgin & cable.
     
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    Red Rag Active Member

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    Cheers

    This is all worth knowing.</p>

    I like Sky but I could certainly live without it if push ever came to shove.</p>
     
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    kanecat Banned Idiot

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    RE: Cheers

    I know i'm the same. Have my sky+ recordings set for a week in advance when i get tv guide!!!!
     
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    RE: Cheers

    i complained last month about what my monthly payments were, and they reduced it by £10/month for next 3 months without any arguement at all. ill query it again in 3months time? why not.
     
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    Rosco Well-Known Member

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    Mine broke after about 3 years, so I looked on web and got a better replacement for £65.

    If I'd paid your insurance I would have spent £207.
     
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    so are you saying i can get another box that i can record on for about £65.
     
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    Oily Telly Tyke New Member

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    Is there any way to get HD without paying the £10 a month subscription? Anyone got it free?
    I pay for multiroom already and have sports. Inot any idea if there are plans for them to drop the £10 a month like they did with £10 month Sky+ subscription?

    thanks
     
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    You get BBC HD and Channel4 HD without an additional subscription.

    But can't see Sky dropping the HD subscription anytime soon. It's a premium, and I know in the US where HD is more common that it's an additional subscription for it.
     
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    Oily Telly Tyke New Member

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    nice work, thanks....will plug in the cable and have a gander at the BBC and Ch 4 ones and see what the fuss is about

    ta
     
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    Rosco Well-Known Member

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    Ah, you never said it was Sky Plus!

    They are much more prone to breakdown and cost more to buy. Hard one to call.
     
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