i already have a dish mounted but no account.is there any advantage to buying my own receivers and set them up myself? if i get receivers from them do they automatically send out a installer.i would just as soon not have one come out
my equipment or dishnet's?
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Monthly fees will be the same. Benefits to buying are (1) no 2yr commitment and (2) your receivers have some value which can be realized when you sell them again. Leased receivers go back to Dish. Also (3) you don't get into any installation arguments if you buy and install the equipment yourself.
i'm thinking about setting up a account ,i just got off the phone with a dishnet service specialist and she said if i owned my equipment -3 receivers there would be no monthly $5 fee per receiver. a friend of mine just added 2 -301's of his own to his account and they are charging $5 a month for each one.was she wrong in saying no monthly fee? is the $5 a lease fee for the receiver or the service?
If you lease the equipment it is a lease fee. If you own the equipment it is an additional receiver fee, either way you pay it.
Correct. Evidently the "service specialist" didn't know squat. There is NO financial advantage to owning the equipment. Lease fee/additional receiver fee---same/same. Lease the equipment, let 'em install it & even if you have to cancel early from a 24 month commitment you'll still be $$$ ahead. JMHO
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Since fees are equal for both leased and bought equipment, the logical tipping point is return on investment with buying vs the size of the lease fee for leasing.
My first ViP622, the lease fee was $200. If I had bought it, I would have to sell it (assuming I paid $450 for it in February of 2006) for $250 to break even. Right now they are selling for about $200. I'm $50 in the hole if I buy.
My 211 had a lease fee of $50, so I'd have to have depreciation of less than $50 to break even - not likely.
My 211k had a lease fee of $25, even less likely to beat the depreciation bug.
Lastly, my 722k which I upgraded to from the 622 last month - no lease fee, just $29.99 for the OTA module. Absolutely no way buying can beat the $30 of depreciation over time on this deal.
Looks like leasing, at least for me is much better than buying.
YMMV.
My first ViP622, the lease fee was $200. If I had bought it, I would have to sell it (assuming I paid $450 for it in February of 2006) for $250 to break even. Right now they are selling for about $200. I'm $50 in the hole if I buy.
My 211 had a lease fee of $50, so I'd have to have depreciation of less than $50 to break even - not likely.
My 211k had a lease fee of $25, even less likely to beat the depreciation bug.
Lastly, my 722k which I upgraded to from the 622 last month - no lease fee, just $29.99 for the OTA module. Absolutely no way buying can beat the $30 of depreciation over time on this deal.
Looks like leasing, at least for me is much better than buying.
YMMV.
If you cannot commit to a 2 year agreement buying your equipment is the answer. Of course the actual buyout of the contract is not that big if you have to do it (I seem to remember it is $13 and some change per month). Buying your own equipment in the past has led to the latest technology and no commitment. I say the latest technology because traditionally equipment has been for sale before they have a lease available for existing subscribers. If you are a new sub, having the commitment is a no brainer since the cost of breaking the contract early would be less than the equipment purchase price.
Existing subs have to consider all the variables before deciding to commit. If you are adding a low cost reciever and are not sure you can go two years, it might be better to buy it.
Do not view buying equipment as a money making idea. Lately it has not been possible. In the past it was because of a hot hackers market. I for example sold my 2 6000 units for a ton of money and got the no commitment 811 very cheap. I got enough money ebaying the 6000s, since hackers were dying for them, to buy an 921 and sold it for enough to cover a 622 upgrade. But, I think the days of recovering the money spend on recievers is over. This mostly existed because of hackers and the fact that you could not lease the latest equipment.
Existing subs have to consider all the variables before deciding to commit. If you are adding a low cost reciever and are not sure you can go two years, it might be better to buy it.
Do not view buying equipment as a money making idea. Lately it has not been possible. In the past it was because of a hot hackers market. I for example sold my 2 6000 units for a ton of money and got the no commitment 811 very cheap. I got enough money ebaying the 6000s, since hackers were dying for them, to buy an 921 and sold it for enough to cover a 622 upgrade. But, I think the days of recovering the money spend on recievers is over. This mostly existed because of hackers and the fact that you could not lease the latest equipment.
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