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uscpsycho
01-04-11, 07:43 PM
I have some old receivers - D10 and H10. They're really old. Any way to confirm if they are owned or leased?

I assume if they're owned no reason to keep them and sell them on eBay. Yes?

Yoda-DBSguy
01-04-11, 08:54 PM
I have some old receivers - D10 and H10. They're really old. Any way to confirm if they are owned or leased?

I assume if they're owned no reason to keep them and sell them on eBay. Yes?

You can call and ask, or if they are still active on your account, you can log into your online account and click on your "equipment" and it should tell you owned or leased..... There will either be a mirroring fee or a lease fee. Mirring fee would be for an owned receiver.

uscpsycho
01-04-11, 09:00 PM
No they aren't active.

If I call to ask, are they going to care that I've got these inactive receivers? They just never asked for them back as my stuff got upgraded. If they're leased I want to give them back. If I own them I want to sell them. Just need to get rid of them...

litzdog911
01-05-11, 12:10 AM
Better call and ask. If you sell them and they're not owned by you, the buyer will not be able to activate them. That's not good.

Yoda-DBSguy
01-05-11, 12:27 AM
No they aren't active.

If I call to ask, are they going to care that I've got these inactive receivers? They just never asked for them back as my stuff got upgraded. If they're leased I want to give them back. If I own them I want to sell them. Just need to get rid of them...

No, they don't care if they are active. However it will only let you see the status of "active" receivers online. Call them and ask; most likely they are owned; but as mentioned above, it would serve you best to confirm the status before selling them or getting rid of them so you don't get burnt with chargebacks somewhere down the line.

matt
01-05-11, 03:24 AM
I have some old receivers - D10 and H10.

If I own them I want to sell them. Just need to get rid of them...

It will probably be more of a case of giving them away than selling them. I was given a D10 that had a balance owed on it, and I told the access card department rep that the account holder was deceased. He offered to let me pay the balance, $14. I declined. They might sell for that on ebay on a good day. :lol:

hdtvfan0001
01-05-11, 06:14 AM
I have some old receivers - D10 and H10. They're really old. Any way to confirm if they are owned or leased?

I assume if they're owned no reason to keep them and sell them on eBay. Yes?
Call and get the response confirmation in writing....e-mail is fine.

I have such a communication here for my records.

CCarncross
01-05-11, 06:45 AM
It will probably be more of a case of giving them away than selling them. I was given a D10 that had a balance owed on it, and I told the access card department rep that the account holder was deceased. He offered to let me pay the balance, $14. I declined. They might sell for that on ebay on a good day. :lol:

I would have given the D10 back to the person you got it from and told them to pay their balance. Knowing me I wold have probably thrown in the words "deadbeat" and "scumbag" as well. :grin:

BattleZone
01-05-11, 07:05 AM
D10s and H10s are nearly all from the pre-lease era (i.e., before March 1, 2006), and are almost certainly owned. But they are also worth very little.

matt
01-05-11, 06:09 PM
I would have given the D10 back to the person you got it from and told them to pay their balance. Knowing me I wold have probably thrown in the words "deadbeat" and "scumbag" as well. :grin:

Well, it was my dad that gave it to me. It was left in a rent house from 2 tenants back, the original owners, who have since passed away. The second tenant never had any use for it and didn't throw it out I guess.

cableguy902
01-13-11, 11:18 PM
Just checked my old bill and I see it says "additional receiver". I've never seen term "mirroring fee"