Freesat

David1956

David1956

David1956

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I am very sorry if this is the wrong place to ask this question
but I have a TV in my bedroom with a little digital aerial and I have no
problems watching Freeview and normal TV
but the TV as Freesat built-in so please can you tell me if I can get Freesat
if I get a small f connect to screw in the back of the TV thank you
 
Pawnless Endgame said:
I moved into my house in 2006 and never had a TV then finally got one last year. I had a TV technician around to discuss my options with my set-up being pre-digital. We went down the satellite route, installed a dish on the side of my house. He did some alignment (you could hear the beeps), drilled a hole for a cable to come into my lounge and plugged it into my TV. I'm not sure what LNB is, but I was up and running. The TV had Freesat built into it and you just press the Freesat button on your remote to activate it, then the home button takes you back to Android where you can use internet app such as Disney+, YouTube etc. He charged £210 all-in so probably not the cheapest option, but it's all good if you don't know what you're doing.
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Thanks yes I think I will use a TV technician there is a communal satellite dish I know some of the neighbours are coupled up to it
 
ok I'll do my best to explain.. I'm not very technical as you can imagine I already have a connection in my living room were i screw a cable from a socket on the wall(at the bottom) to my TV. and I get freesat so I want the TV Technician to run another cable from the dish into my bedroom.
 
It's fantastic. to have so many replies. I really do appreciate it .. anyway the TV technician as been and as give me a quote which I think is very dear but like the post above It's just not a case of running a cable. he said that there would have to be a spare port in the communal box but he would not get his ladders out to have a look unless I agreed to the quote I have add permission of my housing association to have the job done no problem at all.. anyway I decided to call some more companies up for a quote and I couldn't believe that they do not do free estimates If they come out they want paying to give you an estimate. I remember years ago when I add my own home and wanted any jobs doing they would give you free estimates. anyway I don't know what to do for the best like I said my TV in the living room is connected for freesat so I just wanted to have my bedroom TV the same because it as freesat built in
 
lucid said:
Free estimates are still a thing, but only where there's a good chance that the job will be won and go ahead. When dealing with a houseowner then there's only one or two decision makers, and they're generally motivated to get a project complete.

The problem with flats is that you're not just dealing with the occupier but usually the managing agent, and a landlord, and the additional rules and safety regs that mean someone doing something stupid in one flat can't affect their neighbours. An extreme example would be doing something that puts mains power up the signal cable. That's why the distribution system is earth bonded. It's the same for copper water pipes and copper central heating pipes.

Getting all the ducks in a row takes time, and time is money. There are lots of folk living in flats who haven't a clue about the extra hurdles or think it'll be okay to just go ahead. It isn't. The installer often needs written permission addressed to them in order to satisfy their own business insurance, and even then, if someone in another flat later complains about reception being a bit off then the first port of call will be the last aerial technician who was in. The problem could be completely unrelated, but you'll get dragged back to troubleshoot and that's extra time too. Flats can quickly become a nightmare project.
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hi lucid permission is not a problem. I have been granted permission. the problem was the price of the job. was in my opinion to dear so I decided to call other companies for an estimate. but they want paying to do one that's my problem
 
yes I agree in what you are saying... but when I phoned this company up. and they came out the price was in my opinion was to high... but after a couple of hours. I phoned him to see if it could be done a bit cheaper? but he said not so I decided to accept the quote. but then he tells me that if there is no space in the box to connect the cable. the job can't be done and he wants paying for telling me that. what the **** he never said that the first time he come
 
lucid said:
He told you that there'd have to be a spare port, and that he wouldn't check until you agreed the quote. You wrote that in one of your replies earlier today.

Here is what you wrote:



IDK exactly what you're being asked to pay. Is it the whole job fee or only part of it to cover his time coming back and doing the box check?

Where it's the whole fee then I think you'd have grounds to question it since only part of the work has been done. Where it's part of the fee for doing the box check, then I think that's justified subject to how much it is in relation to the length of time to do the whole job. You've made use of the man's time and skills. It's not his fault that there's no space for an extra connection. He told you up front about the conditions for accepting the job. You agreed them.

Also, we only have your side of the story.

It's unreasonable to expect to use tradespeople's time and expertise and then not pay them when something beyond their control has occurred. By the same token, it's unprofessional to be expected to get paid the full amount when something that's a possible question mark turns out to be a reason why a job can't progress.

In the absence of a complete picture of events from both sides, what I would suggest is that you negotiate a part payment. Ask him what his callout fee is, and how much time on-site is included. Checking the box too, what, 30 minutes with ladders off and back on the van? For example, my call-out is £120+VAT for up to 1hr travel to site and an hour on-site. Bear in mind that that's a two hour round trip and 1 hr on-site with all the tools at my disposal. The cost of any parts used is on top.
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I wasn't going to reply to your post, but I will.
you are entitled to your opinion. It's a free country. so why would I come on a public forum and lie about what happened? he come and gave me a quote it is not my fault he wouldn't look in the box first time he come to me.. so how could he have gave a correct quote? so anyway I call him back and said you can do the work (IT WAS ME WHO SAID WANT IF THERE ARE NO PORTS AVAILABLE?) and he said I can't do the job but I will charge you for looking in the box. why did he not look the first time
 
good morning all after taking to a few friends and one of them noticed that two of the flats have there own little satellite dishes so happy days that's the way I am going to do it so just need someone to fit it

anyway as for you lucid you would side with the company that gave me the estimate because you your self are a fitter/company and when you look on there website(which clearly sstates free estimates I can screenshot it if you want proof you are not like the others who replied to my post you are very biassed please don't reply in future to any of my posts yes I know it's a public forum before you start on about that.
 
lucid said:
David, I'll side with whoever I judge is in the right. I try to remain neutral and objective. You painted a picture of you being a victim, but reading between the lines I could see something else going on, so I used my trade experience to present another side to things to bring some balance to it.

You're moaning on about not getting a free quote. Yet you wrote in your previous replies that he did give you a quote. Give, not charge. Give. That means you got your free quote, despite your claims to the contrary. What you didn't get was free work.

He came along, put eyes on the job, assessed the situation, and gave you a free estimate as far as he was able to, but with a caveat which he appears to have explained. Apparently though, you feel entitled to have people work for free for you, and now you're acting like a spoiled teenager who has been told that the world doesn't work like that; a Kevin.

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Is this below supposed to be the proof of the free quotes thing from their web site? You couldn't even get that right.


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You've had a lot of help from me and from other forum members, both in this thread and in your HDMI thread. However, if you expect the world to dance to your tune then this might not be the forum for you. We're a patient lot, and I think folk here bend over backwards to help. However, the guys here are pretty smart too. They're used to solving more complex problems, and so it's easy for them to see through stories that don't add up. If you want nodding dogs, go to a toy store.

You're at a crossroads here, and you have choice about the way you go forward. One way is to be a man about it, and to admit you let emotion get the better of you. The other way is less dignified, and it results in you cutting off your own nose to spite your face. The outcome of that is that you're the only one injured. Is that really what you want?
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this is my last reply to the thread yes I have received a lot of help from forum members and if you look at my replies I always say (thank you for your replys or thank you for your help) so lucid or whatever your name is you are wrong again?
 
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