Just when I was about to call Scotty to beam me up, a sign of intelligent life appears in the thread.
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You can still buy a new HR10 to own at Weaknees, Crutchfield and Best Buy (online only) for less than $500.scotsmanron said:
ALL new in the box, unopened equipment was honored. D* made no stipulation on the rebate form that I know of. And they are still selling for under 400 dollars NEW on ebay. But I question whether or not you really own it.dragon002 said:
I also suggest you go search ebay. There are a ton of them under 400 Dollars not ONE.
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hiker said:
I don't know about the other two, but I think if you read the fine print at BB, you are not buying anything, but in fact, leasing. Also I will say this again. I think D* has made the price somehwat un-market friendly so that subs will stop trying to get this thing, while D* catches their breathe, so to speak.
You can buy to own at BB online only if you are an existing D* subscriber. New D* subscribers have to lease at BB. Try it if you don't believe.lovswr said:
Crutchfield and Weaknees have the buy to own for everyone. Also newegg SELLS the HR10-250 for $409.
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There should be no problem. Others have reported doing it with no problem. I read on another board where someone tried to activate a used HR10 as leased and D* refused and made it owned.scotsmanron said:
Then that leads to another question. How does that keep this scenario from happening:
I get my best friend to got to BB to get the HD250. Obviously my name isn't on it anywhere at all. I give him the money, "buying" it from him. I call D* saying I bought this one "used", "second hand", whatever. I now own, when I would have been leasing.
How do they prevent this? Why wouldn't it work?
I get my best friend to got to BB to get the HD250. Obviously my name isn't on it anywhere at all. I give him the money, "buying" it from him. I call D* saying I bought this one "used", "second hand", whatever. I now own, when I would have been leasing.
How do they prevent this? Why wouldn't it work?
True, but that wouldn't be my problem. How could they say that I didn't buy it from someone else?
I understand. But humor me. I'm not the one that bought it from the dealer. I tell D* I bought it from someone else, how are they going to tell me I have to be a lease.
I'm not going to do this but I don't see how they could stop this from happening unless they just tell people they will never activate a reciever as owned, unless it was a lease first.
I'm not going to do this but I don't see how they could stop this from happening unless they just tell people they will never activate a reciever as owned, unless it was a lease first.
So, even "buying" a machine, they can force you to lease it. That was what I suspected. My whole point of this discussion was to point out that the consumer is screwed. You can't be sure even if you are buying from a reputable dealer that states that it is a BUY, that D* will let you own it!!!
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True, you didn't agree to the lease... and you didn't use your account to get the receiver.
Well, what acctually happens here... is your friend gets hit up with a non-activation fee (up to $300) since he agreed to activate that receiver within 30 days, during which time you have to wait for the fee to be applied to his account before you can even get a new card. Then he gets hit up with an equipment non-return fee since he did not return a receiver to D* that he agreed to lease. Then the equipment gets turned to used, you purchase a new access card and can activate it as a used receiver.
so maybe its best to buy a used reciever and purchase a new card. But I thought dragon said D* would put you on a lease with a new card? Or is it just a programming lease? with no equipment penalties?
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