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Buck 08-07-2009 11:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Pestilence (Post 5955781)
Yeah....good luck with that. Any excuse you give is going to make them suspicious.
I think you are legally allowed to tell them you need it for a Summer Home or something like that.

If not, he'll just get us the receiver and we'll find a Dish elsewhere.

Bugeater 08-07-2009 11:20 AM
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Originally Posted by BuckinKaeding (Post 5955766)
So does anyone have any tips of what I should tell my relative to tell Direct TV why he needs a new receiver and satellite?
Well the receiver part is easy, all he has to say is he added another TV in his house. As far as the dish...that's a tough one. I still have my old one on my house you can have if you wanted to pay to have it shipped to you, or maybe find one on eBay?

Edit: Scratch that, I forgot I removed mine last fall when I painted.

Skip Towne 08-07-2009 11:28 AM
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Originally Posted by rockymtnchief (Post 5955565)
Good idea.

I was wondering, can a person still buy the dish and receiver at a store and do their own install?
Yes

Skip Towne 08-07-2009 11:39 AM
Make sure you get an elliptical dish with three LNB's or you won't get local channels in most places. Tell them the dish is for your RV.

cabletech94 08-07-2009 12:08 PM
It's called theft of services boys.
You're all going to hell.

Skip Towne 08-07-2009 12:12 PM
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Originally Posted by cabletech94 (Post 5955920)
It's called theft of services boys.
You're all going to hell.
Directv prosecuted everone they found with illegal cards but I've never heard of even one prosecution for account sharing. I think they would have a hard time making it stick since everything is paid for.

Calcountry 08-07-2009 12:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Skip Towne (Post 5955581)
This all started when the shut down the illegal cards. It is called account sharing and it works. Don't ever call them for service calls or anything else. If you want to add channels or something your host must do it.
This, and if you have 2 homes, your "extra" rooms are in the other house.

Calcountry 08-07-2009 12:18 PM
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Originally Posted by BuckinKaeding (Post 5955766)
So does anyone have any tips of what I should tell my relative to tell Direct TV why he needs a new receiver and satellite?
He has a vacation cabin that he wants to install it at, and mirror the new boxes under his main account.

At the worst, they will make you have a year committment for the new box, that's it.

Calcountry 08-07-2009 12:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Skip Towne (Post 5955933)
Directv prosecuted everone they found with illegal cards but I've never heard of even one prosecution for account sharing. I think they would have a hard time making it stick since everything is paid for.
Skip, couldn't DTV start installing RFID chips in their boxes, so that they can ping their locations?

That solves all of this, I am surprised they haven't thought of it yet. Perhaps, they understand that they would lose a lot of subscribers if they did though? :shrug:

Skip Towne 08-07-2009 12:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Calcountry (Post 5955942)
This, and if you have 2 homes, your "extra" rooms are in the other house.
I like the RV idea much better. They frown on two houses.

dtebbe 08-07-2009 12:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Calcountry (Post 5955958)
Skip, couldn't DTV start installing RFID chips in their boxes, so that they can ping their locations?

That solves all of this, I am surprised they haven't thought of it yet. Perhaps, they understand that they would lose a lot of subscribers if they did though? :shrug:
Still got no return path unless you have it plugged into the phone line or ethernet.

DT

Skip Towne 08-07-2009 12:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Calcountry (Post 5955958)
Skip, couldn't DTV start installing RFID chips in their boxes, so that they can ping their locations?

That solves all of this, I am surprised they haven't thought of it yet. Perhaps, they understand that they would lose a lot of subscribers if they did though? :shrug:
I'm sure they have some reason for not doing that. I'm sure they have thought of it. They didn't just fall off a turnip truck.

dtebbe 08-07-2009 12:25 PM
The really sweet deal would be to get someone who still had locals with Chiefs games on a satellite that wasn't a spot beam. I looked into this a couple years back and Springfield was still on a nationwide transponder. I imagine once they converted over to MPEG 4 that probably all changed.

DT

Kyle DeLexus 08-07-2009 12:27 PM
Now alls I have to do is find a friend or relative that has DTV

Skip Towne 08-07-2009 12:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Kyle DeLexus (Post 5955982)
Now alls I have to do is find a friend or relative that has DTV
Or you could get D*. Then all you would need is a co-conspiritor.


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