Buying the VIP 622?

[classic cartoon fan]

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.

 

[SatinKzo]

You're gonna pay that fee whether you lease or own, they just call it something different.

I like to own all my own stuff and if I don't want them anymore, sell them, get some residual value from them. Just my opinion.

 

[Claude Greiner]

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

 

[MikeD-C05]

I bought both of my 622s and I have the extra receiver fee for $6.00 instead of the lease fee for $6.00.

 

[navychop]

On both or just one?

 

[classic cartoon fan]

Thanks I will think about what I want to do.

 

[DishDave]

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

Why do you say that ?

 

[kb7oeb]

Dish charges existing customers a $6 lease fee even if they only lease one box and only have the leased box active. If you currently have a an active box without a lease fee and lease a 622 you will be charged a $6 lease fee but not a mirroring fee so it comes out the same monthly price if you are going to have more than one box.

 

[bhelms]

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...

 

[Stargazer]

If I were you I would wait to get this free 622 upgrade deal that they just announced.

 

[Neutron]

If I were you I would wait to get this free 622 upgrade deal that they just announced.

As of right now, this is only for new subs.

 

[kb7oeb]

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...

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.

 

[teddy1971]

As of right now, this is only for new subs.

I just called the Dish and they allowed me to "Dish It Up" to a 622 to replace my current HD Reciever. I paid 199 but they gave me a $100 credit on my account and free installation. Pretty sweet

 

[bhelms]

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.

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 can only speak from my own experience and like I said, YMMV...