Dish came and put up a new dish, left the old ones. What to do?

[sdschramm]

My mother said she got a letter form Dish Network saying that they needed to replace her dishes with a new one. She used to have 2 dishes, both dish 500's, one has a dual LMB head, the other a single. She used to have 109/110 (I think) and the second dish I know was on 61.5 - They replaced it with a new bigger single dish that has three heads on it....I'm guessing its for Eastern Arc. (zip code is 17701) My mother is complaing because they took down the two old dishes and left them behind sitting in the yard. She thinks shes going to have to PAY to have someone dispose of them. I'm home for the weekend and looked everything over and sure enough, there are two dish 500's WITH LNB's sitting in her yard that Dish did not take. I did a search on eBay and found that these could be worth MONEY!?

My question is: A. Did dish accidentally forget to taken the old dishes with them, or did they leave them behind on purpose. B. If they did leave them behind on purpose and they are ours to keep, how much would they be worth? We have no use for them, so I'm thinking on listing them on Craigs List (as we don't want to have to ship them for an ebay buyer)

Thanks for any info that anyone can provide on this.

-Scott

 

[Bobby]

They're yours to keep, not worth a lot, probably not worth the trouble......

 

[bill42]

They did the same with me; left two dishes, one for 110/119 and one for 61.5. Replace with one for 61.5/72/77 EA

 

[whatchel1]

Ask them if they will pick them up. If they say they don't care put them on Craigslist local or Yahoo groups for sale local and get rid of them.

 

[CK SatGuy]

They probably left them because they don't install regular 500s anymore. I think they only install 1000.4, 500+ and 1000+ now.

 

[csmith5111]

They still install 500s. They wont come back out if you call they will say they don't need it.

 

[calrich]

When this happened to me I just took them to the recycling center which said they would take them, separate the parts and recycle the metal.

 

[csmith5111]

When this happened to me I just took them to the recycling center which said they would take them, separate the parts and recycle the metal.

Good idea. Save the planet.

 

[reddice]

We had three dishes. One Dish 500 hooked up to 110 & 119, another Dish 500 hooked up to 61.5 and a Eastern Arc Dish. When I moved everyone to one dish in order to upgrade my mother receiver they moved the EA dish and put it where the 61.5 Dish was and left the other Dish 500 and LNB's. They did not ask for the LNB 's back. I do want to take down the Dish 500 since it is not needed no more. That was the only problem with the installers as they should have taken it. The wing Dish we threw away in a garbage bag.

 

[scoobyxj]

Most installers don't and won't take the old dish especially a non dish dish. It belongs to the home owner, and is considered stealing. They should have taken the LNB/s however, but if they didn't don't worry about it it will come out of the techs pocket not yours if it was supposed to be returned and he didn't take it.

 

[sdschramm]

Thanks for help everyone!
I'll be listing them on Craigs List, and will see what happens from there!

-Scott

 

[Dishman1978]

Thanks for help everyone!
I'll be listing them on Craigs List, and will see what happens from there!

-Scott

You just put some pennys in your piggy bank.

 

[KAB]

If you don't care about a few cents, just leave them at the end of the driveway. They won't be there long.

 

[dwarren2]

My installer took both my old dishes, just leaving the mounts attached to the roof.

 

[digital echo]

My installer took both my old dishes, just leaving the mounts attached to the roof.

Thats the proper thing to do..

 

[Yes616]

When I upgraded to EA, they left everything old. The 500 dish and a 300 aimed at 61.5 with all of the LNB's.

The dishes I plan to sell to a local chinese restaurant to use as a wok. LOL

Are the LNB's worth anything? E-Bay style?

I hope somebody got a chuckle out of this message.

 

[TG2]

when I upgraded to EA they took the old dish .. well they had to at least take it off the pole because I won't let anything penetrate the roof! but I'd wished he'd left me the old dish ... Back when I had standard service.. I took one of my old dual's and used it to hook to one of the elcheapo 99 dollar receivers I picked up at radioshack ... thus with no tech visit fee ... I lined up the dish on my back porch, ran the old cable I had from old house, and within a short bit of time was watching the new receiver in the living room..

now with the EA stuff.. I'd either need additional dishes or have to purchase another EA 3lnb dish..

 

[Dishman1978]

Thats the proper thing to do..

One of my coworkers was accused by a customer of stealing for disposing of the dishes for the cust. So now our office is 100% required to leave all old dishes, minus lnb's, at the customers houses unless specifically requested to take them with us. And also required to put it on the agreement if we are to do so. And leave the mounts on the roof (or where ever they are).

But then we had a customer call and complain because someone didnt take em with them and that created a tc.

Cant win for losing.

 

[dwarren2]

When I was upgraded to the EARC, the installer told me up front that he was taking the old dishes.

 

[yaz96]

They probably left them because they don't install regular 500s anymore. I think they only install 1000.4, 500+ and 1000+ now.

Hey guy, stop answering if you don't know the correct answer. This isn't the first time, and you could mislead someone............