Ways to avoid paying £20 for replacement card
Will-in-Estoril
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A number of years back when $ky changed to the yellow and blue cards there was no equivalent of the FSFS card: the BBC had gone FTA and no-one had yet picked up the baton for the issue of FTV cards.
The most ingenious way was to try and register for an adult channel; the registration would fail, but 2 days later a replacement card would arrive. Happy days!
Today it is possible to go online and order a card for £20, but is there a way to get it cheaper?
Nollywood, a Nigerian film channel, offers a subscription for £5.99 per month, minimum subscription 2 months (£11.98), payable by Paypoint. I am hoping that by subscribing a new card would automatically come from SSSL.
Ok, not free, but worth a go??;)
The most ingenious way was to try and register for an adult channel; the registration would fail, but 2 days later a replacement card would arrive. Happy days!
Today it is possible to go online and order a card for £20, but is there a way to get it cheaper?
Nollywood, a Nigerian film channel, offers a subscription for £5.99 per month, minimum subscription 2 months (£11.98), payable by Paypoint. I am hoping that by subscribing a new card would automatically come from SSSL.
Ok, not free, but worth a go??;)
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Some of us do not want to put money straight into Murdoch's pocket.
Ahhh yes, it was Pout!
Good idea, you can save money and help a minority channel without giving Murdoch money :-)
ARY Qtv,was £4.99/month with no installation fee and no minimum subscription period,last year.
That offer ended on 31st December 2009.
Currently its £5.99/month,with two months minimum subscription,and a £12.00 installation fee,which is £3.98 more than the FSFS card.
So it definately looks like Nollywood Movies offer is the cheapest route at the moment.
Cancel what?
And you think RM and his team get nothing out of the money you spend with Nollywood ?
Dream on and just spend £20 if the FTV channel are important the card and the card will arrive in 2 days
You have to order the card first by phoning them, then when it arrives you call up again and set up the subscription to activate the card. For me the activation didn't give me the correct BBC1 region and I was missing the Five channels and Channel 4+1 from the EPG. To correct this I had to connect the box up to a phoneline and do a callback, the missing channels arrived a few days later and the card was setup for my region.
And the call is free ?.......;)
Yes it was, I used 020 7856 1308 to get through to them.
Do you have a link,for the upcoming FSFS price hike?
The subscription cards from other providers do work,and are officially endorsed by Sky
One thing to be aware of is,that the subscription will be renewed automatically,if you don't ring and cancel.
To avoid this,best to pay by Paypoint,instead of debit or credit card.
https://nwd.appletree.co.uk/new_sub.php
Nigeria Movies(344),is also available at £5.99/month,(no mention of minimum term or installation fee)and that too allows Paypoint payment.
It didn't for me and I paid with a credit card.
The T+Cs for Nigeria Movies does mention 12 months minimum term.
No, I didn't need to. Spent £11.98 and got a new card within 24 hours to replace my ex sub card. It did not need activating.
£11.98 < £20, which means Murdoch gets less of my money.
I thought thats if you need the equipment installed? I already got it all set up.
Thats a bit of a bummer.
Thanks for the info.