Do I own my 811 receiver?

[ride525]

When the 811 first came out I paid something like $200, plus promised to have 12 months or so of a certain level of programming?

So do I own the receiver? Will Dish want it back if I cancel service?

I was able to sell my previous receiver, the 6000, it was acquired in a similar manner.

Thanks for your thoughts on this.

 

[Fredinva]

I believe you DO own it. To verify, just call Dish.

You can sell it, but it's not worth much more than a used 311


fred

 

[ride525]

Well, I will be calling Dish tomorrow, right after DirecTV gets hooked up....

Just wanted to know what to expect from Dish when I called them.

 

[rthomp03]

If you had a programming commitment then it was most likely a leased receiver.

 

[ride525]

If I had a programming committment, then I don't own the receiver?

What was the $200 (or whatever the amount was) for then?

 

[garys]

Dish leases their HD receivers with an up front fee. Unless the $200 included more than the fee, that is an awful large amount. I would think you bought the unit and dealer signed up to a commitment contract to save you an activation fee. You really have to check with Dish as to the deal you got since they have not offered 811's for a couple of years now.

 

[Jim5506]

If you bought it, the price would have been significantly more than the $200 - like $400 or more.

 

[Miner]

I think I paid $150 or $250 for my 811 when they first came out. I had to commit for a year and wait was seemed like forever to get it. It took maybe six weeks after I ordered and paid for it before I got it. It is happily retired from service, just waiting for the collapse of MPEG 4. It sits next to my original 4000 receiver, also waiting for the collapse of HD.

Miner

 

[ride525]

Called Dish and canceled service. CSR said I owned my two recievers (the 811 and a 4900), and that I could keep or sell them.

Thanks for your replies.

 

[Creeper]

I just disconnected last week. I own two 811's, back when they first came out you could not lease them, only buy them. Low and behold today a UPS guy shows up at the door with the boxes. I called Dish, they said, no you have to return them, they are leased. I have the receipts for both of them, and it shows I do own them (599 a piece in 03). According to Dish I still have to send them both back. I asked them where to fax the receipts to prove I own them. No one had a number. I decided to place a copy of the receipt and a letter in the box and ship that to them. Both of my 811's are used for OTA HD, so there is no way I am sending them back. Anyone else ever have this happen?

 

[Kru83]

creeper has good idea. use it for OTA.