H20 at Wal Mart

[dfergie]

My local Supercenter now is handling the H20 receiver's I noticed yesterday. $198...

 

[kds64]

with tax it should be 214.88

 

[VIPERS-PIT]

That is good news, but I still wonder why anyone would buy one when D* is more than happy to GIVE them away.

 

[dfergie]

I also noticed they have ran out of the SD tivo receivers and only have the R15s...

 

[wolfman]

That is good news, but I still wonder why anyone would buy one when D* is more than happy to GIVE them away.

Well, there is a $200 rebate if you purchase it before 2/28 regardless of where you buy it.

 

[dfergie]

And the fact that it is owned... not leased...

 

[pro96]

with tax it should be 214.88

Costco is still the place to buy them from, around $180.00 with local taxes so with the rebate you make appox $20.00

 

[steve615]

My local Supercenter now is handling the H20 receiver's I noticed yesterday. $198...

I looked at this option when I first considered getting DIRECTV.What I was told at Wal-Mart was that I could purchase the receivers at the store.Before I could leave the store with them,they would place a call to DIRECTV to arrange for installation.Then they wanted to charge another $20 on top of that cost for the installation.I asked the guy at Wal-Mart why does something that would seem to be pretty simple have to be so complicated.He told me that was the way the deal worked between DIRECTV and Wal-Mart.I left the store empty handed.Called DIRECTV myself and ended up with owning,not leasing,2 H20 receivers and the AT9 dish installed completely free of any charges.I had to agree to the 2 year Total Choice committment to get this deal,but,I figure overall,that was a good deal.:up

 

[charper1]

Them calling DirecTV also makes sure you don't "steal" the access cards and never activate the receivers.

 

[dfergie]

I got an H10 for Xmas that came from there... already had a Samsung T360. Anyway as far as I know they did not have any hassles, I replaced a Phillips SD with the H10.

 

[steve615]

Them calling DirecTV also makes sure you don't "steal" the access cards and never activate the receivers.

Yeah,I can sure understand that....seems a shame that alot of honest,hard working people have to suffer the consequences of the ones that choose to steal....such is life,eh?

 

[VIPERS-PIT]

The whole deal with the access cards happened because people were going into WalMart and buying a system then having the card programed for "free" service. D* stopped shipping the card with new receivers to put a stop to this. Now D* will do anything to stop people from getting a card without setting up service. This is the reason for the "early termination penalties".

The hackers made it hard on everyone, but I guess this is not the only industry affected by this type of deal.

 

[wolfman]

The whole deal with the access cards happened because people were going into WalMart and buying a system then having the card programed for "free" service. D* stopped shipping the card with new receivers to put a stop to this. Now D* will do anything to stop people from getting a card without setting up service. This is the reason for the "early termination penalties".

The hackers made it hard on everyone, but I guess this is not the only industry affected by this type of deal.

Every new receiver has a card shipped with it, otherwise how would you activate it?

 

[herdfan]

I have 2 R10's sitting in a closet I got at Wal-Mart. I consider them spares when/if my other tiVo-based units die. Wal-Mart never called D* or even took my name. I paid cash for both of them, so there is no activation commitment.

 

[cybertrip]

Every new receiver has a card shipped with it, otherwise how would you activate it?

They started shipping access cards out again with the ird's once the P4/D1 cards came out and they killed the HU stream.

 

[spiderman865]

They started shipping access cards out again with the ird's once the P4/D1 cards came out and they killed the HU stream.

And aslo since the P4/D1 has not been hacked.