$5 fee for additional Receiver

[woodbry]

Quick Question. Will Dish charge me the $5 fee for an additional receiver if I supply my own receiver? I am thinking about purchasing my own receiver. With the $5 fee costing $65 per year I can buy one for about the same price and return the leased receiver I have. Thanks for the info.

 

[allargon]

Yes, they will.

 

[RandallA]

Leased or purchased receivers will get the additional receiver fee. They just call it differently. If it's a ViP receiver, it's $7.00.

 

[woodbry]

Thanks for the quick responses. Well, it makes no sense to do that.

 

[grb]

Quick Question. Will Dish charge me the $5 fee for an additional receiver if I supply my own receiver? I am thinking about purchasing my own receiver. With the $5 fee costing $65 per year I can buy one for about the same price and return the leased receiver I have. Thanks for the info.

I changed to the HD Only package a couple of months ago and turned in my 510 DVR (SD) and hooked up a second tv to my leased 622 DVR. The additional receiver charge was dropped from my billing. I have also been using a second SD receiver which is a free Dish replacement for an older (owned) SD receiver that Dish no longer supports in its system, for a 3rd tv.

So I am currently using 2 receivers and am not being charged the $5 additional receiver fee. I don't know if this is Dish policy on owned receivers or just an error in their billing...

 

[Pepper]

sounds like an error on their part. I've always owned all my stuff, anytime I had more than one receiver active there was the fee.

 

[daboogas94e]

grb

you have gotten lucky!

 

[Scroll]

grb

you have gotten lucky!

Yea, until they discover the error and send a bill saying pay in full upon receipt.

 

[daboogas94e]

nah.....

don't count on it

 

[navychop]

It doesn't really make financial sense to own your own receiver anymore - unless you can one day sell it and recoup a good portion of your cost.

 

[reallyniceguy]

Its called the additional receiver ACCESS fee for a reason you know lol.

 

[grb]

grb

you have gotten lucky!

Wish I could have saved my luck for the lottery

 

[tws101]

I changed to the HD Only package a couple of months ago and turned in my 510 DVR (SD) and hooked up a second tv to my leased 622 DVR. The additional receiver charge was dropped from my billing. I have also been using a second SD receiver which is a free Dish replacement for an older (owned) SD receiver that Dish no longer supports in its system, for a 3rd tv.

So I am currently using 2 receivers and am not being charged the $5 additional receiver fee. I don't know if this is Dish policy on owned receivers or just an error in their billing...

If you give me the Roo number of the receiver in error. I can correct the error for you.