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    Dish won't activate my receiver, why??

    OK, who was the big 'know it all' that informed everyone that DISH couldn't activate 721 receivers because of a patent issue? The seller finally got back to me, and come to find out, the receiver was in his name somehow. DISH offered to activate it under my account by his request. Remember the...
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    Dish won't activate my receiver, why??

    If a receiver says DISH NETWORK on it, it is only normal for me to think I could activate it with DISH. I cannot 'know' all the court decisions in history. After all, the receiver is new, with a dish logo on it. It's like buying a sensor for your chevy, you buy an original brand new chevy part...
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    Dish won't activate my receiver, why??

    Well, I don't care if it's a HD or not, that's not why I bought it for. I wanted to get rid of my 10 year old receiver. Why is DISH not being straight about WHY they cannot activate it? They need to learn how to speak english first, the rep said "pur-chase", "chase" as in the word "chase"!
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    Dish won't activate my receiver, why??

    I haven't been taken to the cleaners yet, I paid with payal and it's guaranteed for $200, so I can file a complaint and get my money back. However, I really want to be able to use this receiver. I think the problem lies within dish, their stupidity somewhere. How can they not activate a brand...
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    Dish won't activate my receiver, why??

    I paid $150 for it. Others were selling them on ebay as well. They can't all be wrong?
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    Dish won't activate my receiver, why??

    Hi, I'm new here but I hope you guys can help me out. I bought a dish 721 DVR receiver on ebay. Well, I received it the other day and tried to activate it with dish (i've had service with them for like 10 years now). Well, they told me they cannot activate it, because the receiver ID number is...