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September 23rd 05, 02:11 PM
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What To Do With Old DTV Equip
I switched to Dish recently from DirectTV (my DSL co. started selling
Dish and had some nice deals so I figured what the hell). Anyway, I now have the DirectTV dish and 4 receivers sitting in my living room. I originally got everything at Circuit City about 4 years ago. All the receivers have cards, but of course I cancelled my account last week. Is this mess worth putting on eBay or anything or should I just trash everything? If I did sell it to someone, is my name/account totally out of the picture or could it someday come back to haunt me? Thanks! 
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September 23rd 05, 05:51 PM
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September 23rd 05, 08:56 PM
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September 24th 05, 07:31 PM
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Clark Zahn wrote:
If you provide your own equipment you don't have to commit to a year's service. There is no termination fee if you return the equipment. If you got it for free, and are dropping the service, why would you keep it? -- --- Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8,-122.5
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September 25th 05, 11:16 AM
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"Clark Zahn" wrote in message ink.net... wrote: wrote: Is this mess worth putting on eBay or anything or should I just trash everything? Since any legitmate purchaser can get free equipment, the only value that I know of for resale would be either convenience (moving into a pre-wired house), or using the cards to hack and pirate DirecTV. The cards are worth more than the receivers. I destroyed the cards and the receivers, and threw them into the garbage. If you provide your own equipment you don't have to commit to a year's service. Not true, DirecTV will require a minimum of a year committment to activate a non "Advanced Technology" receiver. Advanced Technology receivers require a two year committment. They will also require that you get new access cards.
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September 25th 05, 10:29 PM
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Carl Keehn wrote:
"Clark Zahn" wrote in message If you provide your own equipment you don't have to commit to a year's service. Not true, DirecTV will require a minimum of a year committment to activate a non "Advanced Technology" receiver. Advanced Technology receivers require a two year committment. They will also require that you get new access cards. What is advanced technology equipment? My last new receiver was a TIVO that I bought at a store. That was about 4 years ago. They required a one year committment. Previously I activated a regular receiver that I purchased at a store and they didn't require any committment. That was a few years, ago. Clark Zahn
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September 26th 05, 12:25 AM
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Clark Zahn wrote in
nk.net: Carl Keehn wrote: "Clark Zahn" wrote in message If you provide your own equipment you don't have to commit to a year's service. Not true, DirecTV will require a minimum of a year committment to activate a non "Advanced Technology" receiver. Advanced Technology receivers require a two year committment. They will also require that you get new access cards. What is advanced technology equipment? My last new receiver was a TIVO that I bought at a store. That was about 4 years ago. They required a one year committment. Previously I activated a regular receiver that I purchased at a store and they didn't require any committment. That was a few years, ago. Clark Zahn A DVR counts as "Advanced". The 2 year commitment thing is recent.
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#9
September 26th 05, 01:32 AM
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Gary Tait wrote:
Clark Zahn wrote in nk.net: Carl Keehn wrote: "Clark Zahn" wrote in message If you provide your own equipment you don't have to commit to a year's service. Not true, DirecTV will require a minimum of a year committment to activate a non "Advanced Technology" receiver. Advanced Technology receivers require a two year committment. They will also require that you get new access cards. What is advanced technology equipment? My last new receiver was a TIVO that I bought at a store. That was about 4 years ago. They required a one year committment. Previously I activated a regular receiver that I purchased at a store and they didn't require any committment. That was a few years, ago. Clark Zahn A DVR counts as "Advanced". The 2 year commitment thing is recent. I suspect the commitment is related to the fact that DirecTV now gives the hardware away. In the past, the one year commitment was enough to cover the subsidized cost, but not "free". I paid $250 for my DVR and $50 for a bottom-of-the-line receiver (with dish) in early 2003.
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September 26th 05, 07:09 PM
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Bob Nielsen wrote in news:43374198$0$4861
: I suspect the commitment is related to the fact that DirecTV now gives the hardware away. In the past, the one year commitment was enough to cover the subsidized cost, but not "free". I paid $250 for my DVR and $50 for a bottom-of-the-line receiver (with dish) in early 2003. It is more related to that the DVRs cost DirecTV more to buy than a straight receiver. I'd gus something on the lines of $300 for a DVE, 150 for a straight receiver.
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