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jayn_j said:

Everybody keeps assuming the seller was a cheat. When I disconnected, DISH assesed a non-return of lease fee of $400 on my owned 622. I complained three times, and ther result was assessing the fee a second time, yielding an $800 bill. I finally had to escalate to ceo@dishnetwork, and fax the invoice before this got cleared up. Several others on this board, including the owner of dishstore.net have reported having this happen with their owned units.

Talk to the seller, and don't accuse him of stealing when it just as easily could just be DN incompetence.

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dishcomm said:

your personal experince is informative. But in the age of non personal contact sales, we see stories pertaining to fraud all the time. it is a sad state affairs when we have to assume the worst.
It is our duty as educated and savvy consumers to practice due dilligence before and after completing a transaction and receiving goods.
In a p[rivate sale sch as this, the seller knows what the status of their equipment is. They know if they owe a balance of not. You may deny this, but this kind of thing happens on more than rere occasions. This is the tird time I have read or epxerienced myself those who have bought used satellite equipment from private parties and have found the equipment to be invalid for use because of an existing balance.

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jayn_j said:

I seem to be creating controversy everywhere I go this week

I didn't say he wasn't a cheat. I just pointed out that DN can be pretty clueless about this sort of stuff, and that the OP might want to give the seller a chance to make good. It should be pretty straightforward if it is as the seller claims.

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wonko said:

Very true. I bought a 622 from Ebay that Dish refused to activate since they said was leased, despite the seller stating otherwise. He took it back graciously and after a week of phone calls and emails finally got Dish to admit it was in fact purchased and could be sold and reactivated. Makes me wonder about their record keeping sometimes.

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vegassatellite said:

Don't 510s have DVR fees whereas the 501 didn't?

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