Did you lease or Buy your 622 ?

[DishDave]

Curious what everyone did.

 

[Cyclone]

Well, it was only $99 to lease. It would take years of "lease payments" to catch up to the "purchase cost" of one. By then I'd likely upgrade to something better.

 

[Pepper]

I bought mine. Actually I "won" something else and "traded" for it but I own it regardless.

I wanted the option of not being obligated for any particular time or to any particular minimum package, so I could downgrade just in case I didn't like how DishHD looked on my TV. (fat chance of that!)

 

[Jordan420]

What kind of option is "Show me the results"?

 

[Tom Bombadil]

I wondering the same thing, since there is always an option on all polls for someone to see the results at any time.

 

[Claude Greiner]

I actually own 4 VIP 622's however I do lease one.

Im really not a fan of leasing equipment, but there was an oppertunity back in may when Echostar dropped the wholesale price on the 622 for a week and paid the higher old re-imbursement price to dealers. When I figured in my sales commission doing the Upgrade myself as a dealer, it didn't cost me anything to lease the receiver.

Other than that, I just can't see spending $199 to lease something that if I ever cancel I loose my $199 initial investment.

Besides that, the value in the 622 MPEG4 DVR's are holding out very well on ebay, so even if you bought it at $499, didn't like it and sold it on ebay you would still be better off than leasing it for $199.

Did I mention Dishstore offers free shipping on VIP 622 DVR's

 

[jerryez]

I am waiting for Dish to get the bugs fixed, so I will never lease or buy.

 

[Tom Bombadil]

But what are you using in the meantime that has no bugs?

So far my 622 has worked better than the 942 I traded in on it.

 

[riffjim4069]

I purchased two 622s...

 

[Claude Greiner]

Yea, 622 and 942 have been really stable.

921 has been a nightmare and you couldn't pay me to buy one!

 

[nazz]

I went with a lease and the retailer didn't charge me anything upfront but a $57 fee. Nothing additional ever showed up on my bill and I sold my old HD DirecTivo on eBay. It worked out really well for me.

 

[MikeD-C05]

Bought mine by trading in my old 942 receivers to dishdepot along with a friends old dish receivers they no longer wanted. I was one of the first ones on the waiting list and they were selling them for only 649.00 instead of 699.00 . With trade ins I only paid about $800.00. OF course now they sell them for $499.00 .

Love them and I only hope they still work like they always have in regards to this Tivo injunction mess. IF they don't then I will be leaving Dish after 10 years and going with "CHoke" Cable.