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[DONE] Thermonuclear - DirectTV 35 hour (Series 2) Tivo for $50 @ CC AR
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I bought two of them (one with cash first) and one with a credit card. When I handed him cash for the first one he told me he needed a credit card to swipe before he could ring it out. I seriously doubt you are going to be able to buy it without the credit card swipe (there will be a couple exceptions - like the guy that got the expired rebate back in cash at the register). Now hypothetically, if your entire objective is to resell these and you have a credit card with no balance, you could use it for the swipe, pay cash or some other form and then when you get home cancel the card. I'm not condoning this, just surprised no one else mentioned it. Bottom line:
1) If you have services and you want one, it's a mute point, buy it and activate it and get the extra 12 months.
2) If you are stealing service, might as go all the way and steal the unit or use a stolen credit card, afterall your already a thief.
3) If you have nothing better to do than sell them on Ebay for $200, good luck. I prefer the hotdeals going to people who need and want the stuff, not for resale. But maybe that's just me.
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Originally posted by: RossMAN
Has anyone tried buying this DirecTIVO with $99 cash yet???
What happened?
1) If you have services and you want one, it's a mute point, buy it and activate it and get the extra 12 months.
2) If you are stealing service, might as go all the way and steal the unit or use a stolen credit card, afterall your already a thief.
3) If you have nothing better to do than sell them on Ebay for $200, good luck. I prefer the hotdeals going to people who need and want the stuff, not for resale. But maybe that's just me.
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Originally posted by: RossMAN
Has anyone tried buying this DirecTIVO with $99 cash yet???
What happened?
CherryBOMB
Senior member
I bought 1 yesterday with CASH* The guy who sold it said the credit card is for DirectTV to charge you $150 if you DO NOT ACTIVATE the Unit after 30 Days of Perchase..*!*!*!* The asked for Info as to were the Unit will be and were the Service is,They swipe the card and I payed Cash and Out the door I went...There was a $50 MIR printed and a 1 Year Contract Agrrement Form*!*
The Key here is the 30 Day Activation *!* or $150 Charge..*!*
EDIT: Now this is only what I was Told by the sales Rep....
There is NOTHING to worry about if you are a DTV customer and want to stay one, and want to sell this thing. You need to follow these directions to launder your DirecTivo:
1) Buy it.
2) Activate it. Sure you are going to have a new 12 month contract, but who cares. You are telling DTV that you will sub at the minimum package for a year. They couldn't care less how many receivers you have. You were going to be paying DTV anyway for 12 months.
3) Pay the additional $4.99 for one month.
3) Cancel the service to the DirecTivo.
4) Sell it on Ebay to a pirate. You will make money. A comitment free DirecTivo is worth money.
1) Buy it.
2) Activate it. Sure you are going to have a new 12 month contract, but who cares. You are telling DTV that you will sub at the minimum package for a year. They couldn't care less how many receivers you have. You were going to be paying DTV anyway for 12 months.
3) Pay the additional $4.99 for one month.
3) Cancel the service to the DirecTivo.
4) Sell it on Ebay to a pirate. You will make money. A comitment free DirecTivo is worth money.
RossMAN
Grand Nagus
I have nothing to worry about except for 3 things I'm unsure of:
1) The DirecTV is in our roommate's name and AFAIK we don't have the total choice programming. He recently purchased a DirecTivo ($99 FFDVR deal). So will we be charged $5 or $10 for two DirecTivo's?
2) Will his getting in on the $99 FFDVR deal ruin my chances for activating this? Maybe since DTV is in his name he should activate both these units?
3) There is a good chance we're going to need a splitter I'm not sure which one to purchase though. Read my post here dated Oct/02/2003 8:44 AM which states
Also FourDoor posted a link to a very helpful LNB and MULTISWITCH FAQ's.
About the legality part, I don't think you know what you are talking about. I have a DirecTV Total Choice plus service with 3 receivers and i'm paying for all three. None of them gets any phone line hooked up and i have never seen any error msg or whatsoever. I have had the service for almost two years and the phone lines have never been hooked up.
Next time, please get your facts straight before pressing the reply to topic button
RossMAN,
You have nothing to worry about.
1) Total Choice it the bottom package, Your roomate cannot have any lower. I do know of several people that were sucessful at getting locals only at $4.99 a month, but this is a YMMV.
2) The account owner will have to do the activating. His activation will release you of your Circuit obligation, if any, but he will be commited to 12 months with DTV.
3) Since the DirecTivo has two tuners, you will need two antenna runs per DirecTivo. You will need a minimum of a 4-way multiswitch. You will need more if you have additional receivers. Multiswitches can be optained anywhere like BB or CC, I even saw one at Wal-Mart. Sure RadioShack sells them, but they are overpriced. Ebay has some good ones available at a reasonable price. You are safe to go with an unpowered unit for a 4-way, but I would go powered if I exceeded 4 outputs. I have a 12-way powered multiswitch.
Eagle, ChannelMaster are brand names that I can think of.
You have nothing to worry about.
1) Total Choice it the bottom package, Your roomate cannot have any lower. I do know of several people that were sucessful at getting locals only at $4.99 a month, but this is a YMMV.
2) The account owner will have to do the activating. His activation will release you of your Circuit obligation, if any, but he will be commited to 12 months with DTV.
3) Since the DirecTivo has two tuners, you will need two antenna runs per DirecTivo. You will need a minimum of a 4-way multiswitch. You will need more if you have additional receivers. Multiswitches can be optained anywhere like BB or CC, I even saw one at Wal-Mart. Sure RadioShack sells them, but they are overpriced. Ebay has some good ones available at a reasonable price. You are safe to go with an unpowered unit for a 4-way, but I would go powered if I exceeded 4 outputs. I have a 12-way powered multiswitch.
Eagle, ChannelMaster are brand names that I can think of.
Dulanic
Diamond Member
From circuit city they have 2 dishes BTW... for a tivo you need 2 feeds to beable to record 2 shows at once or watch one and record another. The 2 dishes are the Terk S2 which is the standard 2 feed dish, basically it can run 2 receivers or 1 tivo unit. The other dish is a the Terk S26 that one has 4 outputs and can run 4 receivers, 3 receivers + one tivo, or 2 tivos. With a one room system you get the S2 dish... with a dual room system with tivo or a 3 room system without tivo you get the S26.
If you have ever considered tivo and directv THIS is the time to do it for sure. A 2 room system 1 tivo 1 standard receiver gets you the better dish, costs $149 upfront and you get ALL of that back through rebates. Typically this same system costs $249 /w $100 rebate to bring it to $149.
If you have the older dish your better off buying the Terk S26 instead of a 2x4 multiswitch.. its $99, but it also has 4 outputs and it supports everything like hi-def receivers if you ever want to go that way, the old dish doesnt support that.
If you have ever considered tivo and directv THIS is the time to do it for sure. A 2 room system 1 tivo 1 standard receiver gets you the better dish, costs $149 upfront and you get ALL of that back through rebates. Typically this same system costs $249 /w $100 rebate to bring it to $149.
If you have the older dish your better off buying the Terk S26 instead of a 2x4 multiswitch.. its $99, but it also has 4 outputs and it supports everything like hi-def receivers if you ever want to go that way, the old dish doesnt support that.
CherryBOMB
Senior member
Ross, when you Buy this TIVO Put the Reciver in your roomates Name and Address were the Unit will be and were the Service is.......You can then swipe what ever card you want ....I used my GirlFriends card yesterday and Put all my Directv Billing info in @ the Perchase Screen @ CC....And Then I Payed Cash
Secondly: There are (TWO) Cables Running in to the Back of DirectTIVO Units....Versus (ONE) on a regular DirectTV Unit......For this A (TWO) Room Dish Will need to be Upgraded to a (FOUR) Room Dish as it has 4 Line Feeds.......OR....You can Buy a Splitter @ CC MADE BY TECK..the sales rep told me abought this Yesterday and Pointed it out...It was $79.99 at CC maybe cheaper @ Radioshack.....?
My Deal goes Like this I have a 2 room dish setup from UltimateElectronics $106 out the Door and $100 MIR + $50GC ..They are Samsung Boxes..I Picked...
I just moved over the weekend and the Installer is sopost to be here between 1PM and 4PM today.....I'm at home right now waiting...any way For $25 DirectTV will come out and Reset up your Service with up to 125FT of cable and bring a new dish....as I left the old one at the other location..I now have 2 Tivos ....When he gets here I will ask for Those to be set up....Hopefully he will give me the 4 Room dish or a Spliter ..well see.....
LINK to TERK multiswitch
$55.89 + $6.97 HERE*** This is the Cheapest I could find*!*
Dulanic
Diamond Member
CC + Ultimate have about the same deal, Tho I know if you get a 2 room setup /w tivo, CC will give you the S26 dish with 4 outputs, it's $149 before tax for one tivo one standard, and then you get $50GC rebate, $50 rebate for tivo, and $100 rebate for 2 room system. You actually make $50.
Geeze, little touchy here. You go on what you see, I'll go on what I see. I have had mine on a phone line for the last year or so. Prior to that I got the non-sucessfull phone call message. DTV/TIVO has done some changes to the way that Tivo service is activated on these units. It used to be on the hard disk, not it is a part of the card programming, like the UTV. Maybe this has changed things.
Seriously though, lighten up dude.
CherryBOMB
Senior member
Return it and rebuy it with the New contract Info in His name*!* They can't stop you from doing that*!* That way you are not bound in any thing,Directtv may just let you activate that Serial#ed TIVO UNIT with his account,thats all they are looking for ...RIGHT is the Unit to be activated to a Legit account for 1 year ....I don't see how you then would be bound to a contract for that unit as it would be registerd to your roomates billing info....
TERK multiswich
CherryBOMB
Senior member
But then again there is no RECORD of the UNITS SERIAL# on any recipt from my perchase Just a Contract Form Printed with my Info and were I claimed the service would be...If you put were the service was you should be OK a/e: your romates place and yours
I am wondering how directTV will know this is the Unit I bought from CC there is no record of the Unit on a Recipt...?
CherryBOMB
Senior member
Yep,there it is ...............MY recipt shows
1 PKG DTVEXISTING
If it says NEW your screwed,you will have to Rebuy it*!*
RossMAN
Grand Nagus
The clumsy CC sales rep did ask if I was an EXISTING DTV customer? I said yes. So hopefully he keyed that information into the register.
I don't have my CC receipt with me here at work but it's at home. My wife should be home in about 30 minutes.
Where exactly on the receipt does it show if I am NEW DTV or existing DTV?
Some key points I wanted to share:
1. The DTivo unit WILL NEED TO CALL at least once via the phone line for activation. (If you really don't have a phone line to activate it with, there are a couple work arounds such as the serial cable method or bringing the DTivo unit to a friends house to activate. You can read up on tivocommunity if you really must go that route. But I think spending 10minutes initially with the phone line plugged in shouldnt be a problem for most people)
2. The DTivo (series 2) units DO NOT REQUIRE A PHONE LINE TO FUNCTION. You can unplug the DTivo unit and use it as normal just as long as you have a VALID subscription with DTV. People in tivocommunity have reported not having theire HDVR2s plugged in the phone line for months with no problem. The only problem you will encounter is that you will not be able to buy PPVs and you will receive a daily nag screen asking you to plug in the phone line.
3. Activating any NEW ACCESS CARD/RECEIVER will automatically renew your contract with DTV for 1 yeat.
4. And to the people who got the CC deal on the HDVR2 as a NEW customer, you should have had 2 rebates print out. 1. For the $50 MIR for the HDVR2, and a second one for NEW customer 1 room install.
5. Lastly just to avoid more confussion. DirecTV calls the DTivo's "DirecTV DVRs". This includes the Sony SAT-T60, Philips DSR6000, Hughes HDVR2, Philips DSR7000, and whatever other models I left out.
And as for RossMan: Key to your situation is to make sure that Circuit City rung up your sale as an EXISTING customer. If not, then you may have to do a return buy and place your room mates info. I would call 1800DirecTV to find out exactly just to make sure you dont get charged for the non activation fee.
1. The DTivo unit WILL NEED TO CALL at least once via the phone line for activation. (If you really don't have a phone line to activate it with, there are a couple work arounds such as the serial cable method or bringing the DTivo unit to a friends house to activate. You can read up on tivocommunity if you really must go that route. But I think spending 10minutes initially with the phone line plugged in shouldnt be a problem for most people)
2. The DTivo (series 2) units DO NOT REQUIRE A PHONE LINE TO FUNCTION. You can unplug the DTivo unit and use it as normal just as long as you have a VALID subscription with DTV. People in tivocommunity have reported not having theire HDVR2s plugged in the phone line for months with no problem. The only problem you will encounter is that you will not be able to buy PPVs and you will receive a daily nag screen asking you to plug in the phone line.
3. Activating any NEW ACCESS CARD/RECEIVER will automatically renew your contract with DTV for 1 yeat.
4. And to the people who got the CC deal on the HDVR2 as a NEW customer, you should have had 2 rebates print out. 1. For the $50 MIR for the HDVR2, and a second one for NEW customer 1 room install.
5. Lastly just to avoid more confussion. DirecTV calls the DTivo's "DirecTV DVRs". This includes the Sony SAT-T60, Philips DSR6000, Hughes HDVR2, Philips DSR7000, and whatever other models I left out.
And as for RossMan: Key to your situation is to make sure that Circuit City rung up your sale as an EXISTING customer. If not, then you may have to do a return buy and place your room mates info. I would call 1800DirecTV to find out exactly just to make sure you dont get charged for the non activation fee.
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