Yep - beat them with the Virgin stick.
Virgin are currently offering the V+ box (which is technically superior to the Sky+ box apparently) for £49 upfront (inc installation I think) plus an extra fiver on their monthly subscription.
Oh please, let's not have an argument on this thread. It's a silly, light-hearted, trivial thread started for a spot of fun to brighten up someone's dull afternoon.
Right, but it was a petty act. Undeniably so. Which was my point. You made the assertion that Lowe's "strength of character" (or something) made him above petty acts. You were wrong.
It's not the negativity that saddens me - people are entitled to have a negative outlook if they wish - it's the mind-numbing ignorance and emotional incontinence. Inadequate people.
What you utterly fail to realise is that this happened many years ago and the practice has since been outlawed.
Having a laugh at this caper is not condoning low-level corruption. I would like to think that low-level corruption no longer exists. But it did then and everyone was up to it.
Different epoch, dude. Epoch.