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Old Jun 23rd 2009, 6:08 pm
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Originally Posted by Mitzyboy
Are they recent letters. Because the next thing they will do is to charge you double the price. Thats what happened to us. Hope you have some luck with it.
They do charge us double the price!!!! But it is worth it to the have the holy privilege of sky in Portugal!
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Old Jun 23rd 2009, 6:10 pm
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After having to re-order our replacements cards when they were lost in the UK postage system, we now have 2 sky+ boxes fully working!
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Old Jun 23rd 2009, 6:37 pm
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They do charge us double the price!!!! But it is worth it to the have the holy privilege of sky in Portugal!
Oh, OK ..... but obviously if you cancelled multi room then you would only have to pay the standard one box price
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Old Jun 23rd 2009, 6:43 pm
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Oh, OK ..... but obviously if you cancelled multi room then you would only have to pay the standard one box price
He doesn't care,his parents pay for it
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Old Jun 23rd 2009, 6:50 pm
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Originally Posted by Mitzyboy
Oh, OK ..... but obviously if you cancelled multi room then you would only have to pay the standard one box price
But then we wouldn't have two boxes??
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Old Jun 23rd 2009, 6:50 pm
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He doesn't care,his parents pay for it
That is very true. Although, I have to pay half.
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Old Jun 24th 2009, 8:22 am
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Default Re: New Sky Viewing Card
Originally Posted by Mitzyboy
Are they recent letters. Because the next thing they will do is to charge you double the price. Thats what happened to us. Hope you have some luck with it.

Not had any recent letters. The wife threatened to cancel and go to Virgin and not heard a peep since.
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Old Jun 24th 2009, 9:51 pm
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Thanks for your advice, we will give it a go.
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Old Jun 24th 2009, 10:09 pm
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Thanks for your advice, we will give it a go.
Hello pouty,I like your name
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Old Jun 25th 2009, 2:59 pm
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Haven't had my card yet and I'm in the UK, so just to let you expats know not to panic yet...

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Old Jun 25th 2009, 3:51 pm
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Originally Posted by The Pope
Just been on Sky website, they have a micro site for the changeover

http://www.skyviewinghelp.com/

I think this one is going to be a popular page for all those sky cards going to the north sea oil rigs
http://www.skyviewinghelp.com/troubl...ple-cards.html
Just by a Freesat Box have freesat HD and its brill !!!!
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Old Jun 25th 2009, 3:56 pm
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Originally Posted by scott909
Hey!

I was a little bit worried this morning when i turned on my Sky box and was told that new Sky Viewing cards were going to be sent out and that eventually your old viewing card would stop working??? Does this mean the end for us abroad Sky viewers?

Scott
Just buy a Freesat Box and kick sky in to touch works from same dish and cable and you can have HD as well
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Old Jul 14th 2009, 3:03 pm
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Anybody had any dealings with a company called TV AUDIO TECH based in Lagos for installing Sky Tv.
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Old Jul 14th 2009, 4:06 pm
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Default Re: New Sky Viewing Card
Originally Posted by scott909
They do charge us double the price!!!! But it is worth it to the have the holy privilege of sky in Portugal!

Why Not Just Buy A Freesat box you get all the same channels and HD if you get the Freesat HD box No cards needed Kick sky up the road.
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Old Jul 14th 2009, 4:32 pm
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Default Re: New Sky Viewing Card
Originally Posted by CHOPPER
Anybody had any dealings with a company called TV AUDIO TECH based in Lagos for installing Sky Tv.
No sorry, we use Chris from SOSSkyDigital and never have any problems.
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