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want to purchase my sky q main box and mini box to watch normal TV

Karenr23 — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 19:34:27 GMT

Ive ended sky contract and want to pay for the sky q box and mini box to watch normal tv. will the mini box work once purchased

Re: want to purchase my sky q main box and mini box to watch normal TV

Daniel0210 — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 19:39:52 GMT

@Karenr23

Sky Q boxes and mini boxes are loaned to you and must be returned at the end of a subscription. You can't buy them and any you see for sale are stolen property.

Re: want to purchase my sky q main box and mini box to watch normal TV

Padam_Padam — Fri, 05 Apr 2024 07:07:55 GMT

@Karenr23 wrote:
Ive ended sky contract and want to pay for the sky q box and mini box to watch normal tv. will the mini box work once purchased

You need to ask Sky to switch you onto a Sky Essentials contract with multiscreen.
This allows you to retain the Q boxes and view/record free-to-air channels. You can never 'own' a Sky Q box legally,

Re: want to purchase my sky q main box and mini box to watch normal TV

Andyjayo4 — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 18:16:59 GMT

If you hear from sky about keeping your sky q can you let me know how much there charging you if you don't mind

Re: want to purchase my sky q main box and mini box to watch normal TV

SKY1992bf — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 18:23:33 GMT

@Andyjayo4 wrote:
If you hear from sky about keeping your sky q can you let me know how much there charging you if you don't mind

@Andyjayo4 unless there is a massive shift in policy from sky on the ownership of sky Q hardware the op will never hear from sky about purchasing hardware outright

Re: want to purchase my sky q main box and mini box to watch normal TV

TimmyBGood — Tue, 18 Jun 2024 07:48:58 GMT

@Andyjayo4 wrote:

If you hear from sky about keeping your sky q can you let me know how much there charging you if you don't mind

Posts have reported Sky TV Essentials on a Q box costing between £5 and £15 a month. As noted above, buying Q hardware isn't a thing: it's not permitted and the boxes have zero non-subscription functionality anyway.

Re: want to purchase my sky q main box and mini box to watch normal TV

Bud3 — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 14:00:41 GMT

I have just be advised i can purchase my sky Q box for £140 and mini box for £50. Also advised I can then get freeview channels via sky q box without subscription. This was via an agent on sky chat. So policy has maybe changed.

Re: want to purchase my sky q main box and mini box to watch normal TV

SKY1992bf — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 14:06:58 GMT

@Bud3 You have been badly advised nothing has changed

whilst you can keep the hardware whilst watching free channels there is a monthly cost of around £15-25 for the essentials package

Re: want to purchase my sky q main box and mini box to watch normal TV

Bud3 — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 14:10:25 GMT

Re: want to purchase my sky q main box and mini box to watch normal TV

Bud3 — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 14:11:50 GMT

Above chat with a sky employee

Re: want to purchase my sky q main box and mini box to watch normal TV

SKY1992bf — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 14:15:56 GMT

@Bud3 wrote:
Above chat with a sky employee

@Bud3 I would take anything you hear from an agent with a very big pinch of salt

Re: want to purchase my sky q main box and mini box to watch normal TV

Mark39 — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 14:16:53 GMT

Never heard of that before. Can't be right.

Re: want to purchase my sky q main box and mini box to watch normal TV

PandJ2020 — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 14:42:52 GMT

It seems the agent is 'misinformed'. But I guess at some point they may want to unload thousands of boxes that will stop working anyway in the near future (no satellites).

Re: want to purchase my sky q main box and mini box to watch normal TV

TimmyBGood — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 14:59:37 GMT

@Bud3

The advisor is clearly misinformed: 'freeview' is Digital Terrestrial Television (DTTV) broadcast from a mast and received through an aerial, which has no relevance to a Sky Q box.

The free-to-air satellite television service from Sky is TV Essentials, and has a monthly subscription cost (essentially a fee for continuing loan of the Q hardware and recording/playback facilities)

Re: want to purchase my sky q main box and mini box to watch normal TV

nigea99 — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 15:01:19 GMT

@Bud3 wrote:

I feel I must ask - are you sure you were in a chat with SKY ?

Is it feasible that it was a scam site ?

(SKY have very limited chat facilities)

As we don't have the earlier part of the chat it is not 100% clear what the costs were being offered.

Also mini boxes don't work without a multirrom subscription so themselves are of no use once the subscription ceases

As indicated by the others even if it was a chat with SKY the information given is incorrect.

Re: want to purchase my sky q main box and mini box to watch normal TV

Bud3 — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 15:01:08 GMT

I did ask about sky essentials but just got told I can buy the box. I have a sky contract until January 2025 with multi room. Looking at my options as gonna get rid of multi room and tv subscription in Jan. Just doesnt deem worth it these days as you can stream everything and use catch up services. Still think sky has the best hardware and epg however and the wife likes recording stuff. Looked into a freesat box but they seem to be unreliable. ill ask again about purchasing sky q box in december when i give notice and see what they say. Anyone got sky stream? Would you reccommend it?

Re: want to purchase my sky q main box and mini box to watch normal TV

Bud3 — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 15:06:16 GMT

Had to log in to my sky account to get on the chat. It is not easy to find and not always available. I do however use it every year to renew my subscription and get best deal so defo legit. As you and others have said could be an agent who not trained properly and given me incorrect advice. Was just posting what I was advised.

Re: want to purchase my sky q main box and mini box to watch normal TV

Bud3 — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 15:12:01 GMT

thats what i used, says chat with a sky expert🤔

Re: want to purchase my sky q main box and mini box to watch normal TV

nigea99 — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 15:19:37 GMT

Many thanks @Bud3

As we mentioned we do advise tread with caution when your minimum contract is due up

We are concerned with the info you have been given via this chat

Re: want to purchase my sky q main box and mini box to watch normal TV

theredhouse55555 — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 14:48:18 GMT

I have my old SKY + H.D. since March 2012. Owing to illness I do not want to change. When will SKY end older SKY + H.D. boxes like mine that are now way over 10 years old?