Makes perfect sense for the bean counters if you can dump a bunch of obsolete hardware into the market place and commit those people you just dumped on into 24 month terms then get them when they contact you for free HD upgrade into a second extended term.
That is why I will not enter a commitment with either provider, I wish both directv and dish would go back to the beginning and just sell the hardware outright and give people 36 month replacement warrenties on the equipment, this business of people gameing the system to get 10 receivers and every possible dish config is ridulous, have you seen the thread in the directv forum? Some dude ordered international, spanish, and HD with 9 receivers just so he could get the latest and greatest 2 dish install with a 16 way switch and 9 tuners, then he admitted that he was going to call in and drop all the extra stuff after one month just to keep the dishes and switcher with 3 tuners, I have been a sub to both companies for 10-15 years now and think that $100 a month for tv is just ridulous, I have to believe that long time steady account subs like myself are paying for all these gamers, If somebody wants all this stuff installed let them pay upfront. This whole lease deal is a racket, the same reason I go with prepaid cell service. People are getting scammed, the biggest scam is service plan $15 a month, in 6 months that equals $90 and for $90 you could just about buy a new 211 or 222 with a 1 year upon activation warrenty. So in a whole year if you save your $15 x 12 months thats a $180 and you could buy a 612 or almost a 722 and get a one year warrenty. Its a racket, I say!
