I am leasing the 622 does anyone recommend just buying it? I'm trying to find the cheapest way out instead of paying the $6.00 a month fee.
Unless the 622 is the only receiver on your account, it makes more sense to lease than buy.
If all you want is 1 622 on your account then buy it from the Dishstore and you'll save the $6 lease
If I were you I would wait to get this free 622 upgrade deal that they just announced.
I think the lease fee is waived for the first receiver on most programming packages. To wit - I lease an 811 and a 311 and I own a 622. I believe the 811 is considered the primary receiver on the account. I pay nothing additional for the 811, a $6 "Add'l Receiver Access Fee" for the 622 (plus the $5.98 DVR fee), and a $5 "Leased Receiver Fee" for the 311. E* waives the $5 additional tuner fee on the 622 because I have the phone line connected. YMMV...
As of right now, this is only for new subs.
You may very well be right on that. When I had two owned legacy receivers (both owned from the start, nothing ever leased at that time), I only paid the extra receiver fee - whatever it was called at the time - on one unit. The other was "free" with the basic programming, IIRC. (If you do pay a fee on a single owned receiver, it will have a different name than "leased receiver fee", as if that matters any!)I think that is because you leased the 811 from the start.
Say as an existing customer you owned an 811 and decided to replace your owned 811 with a leased 622. The 622 will be the only box on the account. As I understand it you will be charged a lease fee even though you only have one box.