BINGO!!
Maybe the better question that should have been asked.......
"What is FTA on 110, 119,118 and Anik F3.?"
I went over to Lyngsat and took a look and only found 1 test card FTA on any of those satellites.
I still think this was a case of not doing the due-diligence beforehand. And jumping the gun on what appeared to be too promising.
Not dis-counting those who think it was for piracy, however one may be hard pressed to prove this, unless there was something else in the listing that pointed to that type of activity.
The 1000 and 500 in the quote below does not say 1000 - 500 free channels.
Any one that has been around for awhile would have seen this as some bogus deal but remember the op said he was just now getting into this hobby.
Hopefully, the op can somehow get his money back but if not, it becomes a lesson "hard learned".
The description says this " NEW 24" SATELLITE DISH NETWORK LNB 110 119 118 1000 500 FTA FREE TO AIR ANIK F3"