dish 300 to 500 upgrade

[kyoo]

Are there any methods available today to swap an old dish 300 for a dish 500? For free to real cheap?

A buddy of mine has a 300 pointing to 119 still, and now he wants to get satellite 110 so he can get the Austin Local channels..

[TNGTony]

http://www.dishnetwork.com/content/offers/dish_500_upgrade/index.shtml
FREE Dish 500 Antenna Offer

Here's how it works:
Commit to America's Top 150 Programming Package for 12 consecutive months
Enroll in Credit Card Autopay (CCA) or are currently enrolled in CCA


Customers with 1 or 2 receivers will receive:
A FREE Dish 500 Upgrade
FREE Installation of up to two receivers**


Current customers with 3 or 4 receivers will receive:
A $75.00 discount for committing to America's Top 150 Programming Package for 12 consecutive months.
A $24.95 discount for enrolling (or are currently enrolled) in Credit Card Autopay.


Call 1-800-333-Dish (3474)
Sit back and enjoy!


** Installation includes the hook up of up to two previously installed receivers. If customer has a receiver that has not been previously installed, additional work starts at $59.00 and will be paid to the installer at the time of activation.

Offer expires 10/31/02
See ya
Tony

[Mark Holtz]

Couldn't he just subscribe to the Austin locals? Then, they can come out, point the dish to either 61.5/148, and add the Dish 500?

[kyoo]

does dish give free dish 500's to people that order the local networks?

[TNGTony]

Kyoo,

No. The ONLY Dish Network offer for the Dish 500 is listed in my last post.

ZLoth, in order to subscribe to locals, you have to have a Dish 500. It is a requirement to the package. So you can't get around it that way. Good idea though.

see ya
Tony

[Jacob S]

You could also buy another dish 300 at a reasonable price and a sw-21 switch and point that second dish 300 towards 110, if you did not want to sign up to top150 commitment for a year, but what would the point of having a dish at 110 be other than signing up for local channels?

[Mark Holtz]

AT150 channels, additional premium and PPV feeds. See Tony's chart.