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Ending Sky contract early

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  • 29-12-2012 10:38pm
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    Tusky
    Registered Users Posts: 17,065 ✭✭✭✭


    I signed up for a 12 month Sky Contract roughly five or six months ago in a rented house. Due to unforeseen circumstances, all tenants have to vacate the property after Christmas.

    I know I probably don't have a leg to stand on, but is there any way I can get out of the contract? I know they will most definitely charge me to have the equipment taken down, and probably try and charge me for the balance of the contract. But in short, I simply can't afford it.

    Any advice?


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    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,220 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    can you take it with you?

    Could be a case of paying it off monthly


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    Tusky
    Registered Users Posts: 17,065 ✭✭✭✭Tusky


    godtabh wrote: »
    can you take it with you?

    Could be a case of paying it off monthly

    I'm moving somewhere temporarily (anywhere between 1-3 months) until I find a new place. It wouldn't be possible to have it installed there, but I could have it installed in new place after that.

    Would Sky be willing to pause the contract?

    And any idea how much they charge to have the equipment collected?


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    wmpdd3
    Registered Users Posts: 9,624 ✭✭✭wmpdd3


    At a guess, the person who put it up may remove the dish for you for about €50, leave the cabling, take the box.

    Sky dont really offer this, they'd just give you the number of the installer.

    You can reduce you package to the minimum for the 3 months that you wont use it. I think thats €25. You have to give months notice, so call sooner rather than later.

    If you call up and get nowhere, hang up and call again in 4 hours!

    If there's 6 months left they could bill you for €150 minimum, if you call up and cancel. I never heard of them pausing a contract.

    If theres a dish on the wall where you are moving to, you may be able to just hook up your box.
    If its an apartment, there may be one dish on the roof for everyone. You may have a point in your bedroom.


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