Virgin media possibly getting serious on dodgy boxes? - Page 48

on in an hour! · 08-03-2010, 20:00

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Originally Posted by tvtimes

Do you think there will be people ringing up VM to tell them their boxes don't work now? There's got be some dumb enough people to do that!

heres an example for you.fault out the other day,sub reported loss of services,checked equipment menu and sub had analogue box still on account,now this is ELEVEN years after his area went digital...you do the math(as they say across the pond!!)

tvtimes · 09-03-2010, 09:53

What an idiot! Do vm prosecute?

**Kymmy** · 09-03-2010, 10:22

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Originally Posted by tvtimes

Do you think there will be people ringing up VM to tell them their boxes don't work now? There's got be some dumb enough people to do that!

Probably quite a few, most sold on ebay were sold as replacement/self fit boxes and not illegal otherwise ebay would have stripped them off faster than the VM complaints...

It'll be interesting as to how many there actually are out there

Pauls9 · 09-03-2010, 10:42

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Originally Posted by tvtimes

Do you think there will be people ringing up VM to tell them their boxes don't work now? There's got be some dumb enough people to do that!

Had something like at a company I used to work for. Guy phoned up 'cos the computer he'd bought from a chap down the pub didn't work. It was actually a customised computer terminal that we'd supplied to DHSS benefit offices. The slot the floppy disc wouldn't go into was in fact an ID card reader. Took his contact info and passed it onto my opposite number at the DHSS. Oddly, the guy never called back.

09-03-2010, 11:05

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Originally Posted by Kymmy

Probably quite a few, most sold on ebay were sold as replacement/self fit boxes and not illegal otherwise ebay would have stripped them off faster than the VM complaints...

It'll be interesting as to how many there actually are out there

all the ones virgin media etc didnt bother to pick up after accounts were closed. As I have said before modified official cable boxes the blame purely has to land at their own door . If they were picked up they wouldnt be modified. Starview dBox Eurovox etc are different but all modded boxes are their own fault

**Kymmy** · 09-03-2010, 11:16

Some 3rd boxes will have a life afterwords as the DVB-C units can be removed and a DVB-T or DVB-S unit can be installed.. So basically it's £100+ per unit then another £50+ for the DVB-S/DVB-T card for a freeview/freesat reciever that could have got at half the price ...

09-03-2010, 11:25

yeah but a lot of people have been saving £30 a month for a number of years so £100 outlay 2 years saving £30 a month = £720 - the £50 for modding it to freesat = £570 in pocket

**Kymmy** · 09-03-2010, 11:29

That though is a whole other argument as to why VM didn;t do this earlier

**Chris** · 09-03-2010, 11:31

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Originally Posted by zing

yeah but a lot of people have been saving £30 a month for a number of years so £100 outlay 2 years saving £30 a month = £720 - the £50 for modding it to freesat = £570 in pocket

It's debatable whether they have really been 'saving' £30 per month. Many of the cable TV thieves wouldn't have paid for the extra channels anyway, if they hadn't been able to get them for nothing they wouldn't have subscribed to get them for a payment. That is the very same self-serving argument many of them used to justify their fraud - that VM was actually benefiting, because they were getting a basic sub rather than no sub at all.

I suspect the thought that they have 'saved' a few hundred quid will be cold comfort to the fraudsters and the thought of paying out £100 to mod their box to make it work with DVB-T or -S will cause a nice big lump to stick in their throats.

09-03-2010, 11:34

ok not saved but had services to the value of

Of course they aint gonna mod their boxes I was just pointing out the savings on the cost of TV can be quite high.