Knock knock at my door !

[thunderlips]

( salesman ) hello iam from sky i see you have virgin media services.
( me ) yes
( salesman ) can i tell you about sky and give you a price for skys services )
( me ) ok
( salesman) sky + hd, broadband and telelphone and one multiroom box.
( me ) hang on mate i have 3 multiroom boxes from virgin.
( salesman ) sky give you one free, but you have to pay for the others. £49.95 each.
( me ) i didnt have to pay anyhting to virgin !
( salesman ) yes but our boxes are better !
( me ) ok then mate cut to the chase how much ?
( salesman ) sky + hd, broadband and telephone 3 multiroom boxes £ 85.00,per month. one off payment £49.95 x2 = £ 99.90, for two extra multiroom boxes !
( me ) your taking the **** !
( salesman ) no why you say that ?
( me ) i got tvxl, 30meg broadband, telephone, 3 multiroom boxes £ 71.95 a month ! can you beat that. ?
( salesman ) .................................................. ..................silence.
( me ) think this conversation is over mate dont you byeeeeeeeee.

HIGHLIGHT OF MY DAY !

[thenry]

lol you should have carried on and asked about broadband speeds

[greeninferno]

Originally Posted by thunderlips

( salesman ) hello iam from sky i see you have virgin media services.
( me ) yes
( salesman ) can i tell you about sky and give you a price for skys services )
( me ) ok
( salesman) sky + hd, broadband and telelphone and one multiroom box.
( me ) hang on mate i have 3 multiroom boxes from virgin.
( salesman ) sky give you one free, but you have to pay for the others. £49.95 each.
( me ) i didnt have to pay anyhting to virgin !
( salesman ) yes but our boxes are better !
( me ) ok then mate cut to the chase how much ?
( salesman ) sky + hd, broadband and telephone 3 multiroom boxes £ 85.00,per month. one off payment £49.95 x2 = £ 99.90, for two extra multiroom boxes !
( me ) your taking the **** !
( salesman ) no why you say that ?
( me ) i got tvxl, 30meg broadband, telephone, 3 multiroom boxes £ 71.95 a month ! can you beat that. ?
( salesman ) .................................................. ..................silence.
( me ) think this conversation is over mate dont you byeeeeeeeee.

HIGHLIGHT OF MY DAY !

how did he know you had services form Virginmedia?

[Peter_]

Originally Posted by greeninferno

how did he know you had services form Virginmedia?

Quite easy the salesman can see one of these fitted to your wall, its not exactly rocket science plus you are not a SKY subscriber.

[Gary L]

God, what a mess. when are they coming back to tidy it up?

[Peter_]

Originally Posted by Gary L

God, what a mess. when are they coming back to tidy it up?

If it is yours then let us know.

[swoop101]

My sons love me winding the Sky man up in the local shopping centre.
I let them get going then ask them about the bb speeds and usage policies.
They usualy give up at that point

[greeninferno]

Originally Posted by Masque

Quite easy the salesman can see one of these fitted to your wall, its not exactly rocket science plus you are not a SKY subscriber.

doesn't mean you are currently paying for any services from Virgin

and what is that monstrosity pictured?

[Peter_]

Originally Posted by greeninferno

doesn't mean you are currently paying for any services from Virgin

and what is that monstrosity pictured?

If you ain't got a SKY account and they see the omnibox as in the picture then they will assume you have Cable especially in a cabled area, obvious really.

[Helix]

The Sky salesman here tried telling me that Sky offer 30Mb broadband and then tried to pretend he didn't know how ADSL worked when I told him the best I could get is 6Mb.

[DJSADERS]

Originally Posted by swoop101

My sons love me winding the Sky man up in the local shopping centre.
I let them get going then ask them about the bb speeds and usage policies.
They usualy give up at that point

This is great fun, my partner swiftly walks off when i start winding up the sky guys at the stand lol

Broadband is always the biggest arguement with them :P

[Dush]

I thought Sky is truly unlimited? e.g.; http://www.avforums.com/forums/sky-b...broadband.html

And don't people have anything better to do than waste someone's time if you're not interested in the service?! e.g. going up to someone in a shopping centre just to mess them about.

Sky do get killed by multiroom. They need to sort that out. If you want a Sky+HD box it's cheaper to get another account as they give you a free box!

[tweetiepooh]

I have great fun with telesales folk

Rep (really Indian accent, faint line): Hi, my name is <English name>, I'm from .... and we can save you money on your telecoms package.
Me : Bet you can't.
Rep : Who are you with?
Me : Virgin
Rep : We can give you ....... all for £x for the first n months. How does that sound?
Me : I get ..... all for £x a month.
Rep : Err how do you get that.
Me : I work for VM
Rep : <click>

[v0id]

Originally Posted by greeninferno

and what is that monstrosity pictured?

That omni box looks like it's 'open' and someone's possibly stealing services

[spiderplant]

Originally Posted by tweetiepooh

I have great fun with telesales folk

Rep (really Indian accent, faint line): Hi, my name is <English name>, I'm from .... and we can save you money on your telecoms package.

At this point, I tell them I don't have a phone. They really can't cope with that.