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He's wrong in saying it's never been for sale. As for the $88 balance, that's entirely possible because the receiver/card numbers are discreet. As long as you're reading the numbers correctly and the agents have basic motor skills, the research should be accurate. What that means though, is...

In a situation like that, I think it goes to the installer's descretion because the DP34 would cost the company less but creates extra fail points (thus costing more down the road in the event that something fails), whereas a DPP44 would cut down on wall penetrations and bypass that. But back...

DVR is software enabled. The replacement would've probably had factory software, which wouldn't have had DVR capabilities.

As for that, you're implying that Dish is inviting more negative attention, which I sincerely doubt they'd want to do at this point. Also, some people live in rural areas where they don't get delivery from the USPS and I hear it's wicked difficult to get a line of sight from one of those P.O...

Find another tv company that gives new customer promotions to existing customers. It's not like Dish has you locked in as the only provider you can have or is the only company that does this. If you like the service you're getting, you'll stay with them anyway. I hate the people that post as...

That was probably a computer or account reviewing glitch. Unless the agent really knew what they were doing with the account system, there was no way they could've told the difference, since the receivers would've just been listed as leased on the account. What I'm saying is basically that it...

The DVR fee is there regardless and the waiver of the lease fee is for new customers only. If you had another receiver on the account, the lease fee would just replace the additional outlet fee and hence no monthly increase. Otherwise, if you don't want to pay for the lease, don't lease the...

Yeah, purchasing any of the receivers that Dish makes is legit so long as they are not leased by another customer. There's no restriction to lease only by Dish itself. The agent you talked to musn't have been very up on things, since he/she could've just put in the receiver info and looked up...

Once again, the rules are governed by the FCC. People forging their address on their Dish accounts is forgery and falsification. If you don't like the DMA you live in you have the option to move or get waivers from your market area. Taking advantage of the Dish system by forging your address...

FSS also requires a different type of LNB to convert also, doesn't it?

It's technically illegal to forge an address to receive out of market local channels. That's the FCC talking, not me. To be completely honest, this is likely to be tracked down by the people who ensure account accuracy as well as the phone line dialing from a separate area. You would have the...

Are you leasing the 501 and the 942 or is one of them owned by you? I'm just saying the DPP44 isn't a part of a normal install based on the fact that you typically need only 3 feeds to get standard programming. There are a variety of circumstances involved in generating exactly what is...

Disabling the DVR functions would just be a software update and an account update in that obviously they wouldn't continue to charge the DVR service fee. I strongly doubt that the case will hold up because hard drive recording has been around for longer than Tivo, but who knows in this...

I wouldn't know because I was refused an install because I didn't have line-of-sight for 110. Yes, I wouldn't get TNT/ESPN/Discovery HD (the only 3 missing that I'd care about), which I clearly wouldn't be pleased about missing, but locals could've come from OTA. I know it's irrelevant but...

New customers no, and I think the same stands for existing customers except in a situation where they already had 2 921/942s (or one of each). I'm 99% positive I'm right there. I thought I'd leave that 1% open for someone to find another exception I was unaware of. Plus promotions and...