If a Tailgater is stolen....

[Wingnut50]

Can Dish Network tell where it is being used?

Mine wasn't stolen, just curious.

 

[primestar31]

Mine wasn't stolen, just curious.

Thinking about grabbing somebody else's? lol

 

[lucky86]

No, they are not able to do that. if you are worried about someone stealing it, then I would secure it to something with a heavy lock. Also, if you are really paranoid, I'm sure you could get it microchipped somehow...just like a pet.

 

[lfp302]

I think Dish could easily send a disable command to the receiver once its reported stolen.

 

[gadgtfreek]

Thinking about grabbing somebody else's? lol

LOL

 

[joshua.mcglothlen]

Then you use my employee number to buy a new one and I get credit for another sale

 

[Bobby]

I think Dish could easily send a disable command to the receiver once its reported stolen.

You can't disable the Tailgater, it's only a dish assembly that works with a 211 receiver. Now if the 211 was stolen as well, that could be disabled, but another 211 will easily use the stolen Tailgater....

 

[Claude Greiner]

Can't disable it. However there is a place to hook a padlock and a chain to it

 

[ZandarKoad]

I don't know much about tailgate setups, but for $50 you can get a gps smart phone, load it with a prepaid card with page plus, then you've got yourself a tiny mobile gps tracker you can hide somewhere in the tailgate unit... Great for tracking vehicles discretely as well.

 

[jerryez]

I just chain my Carry Out and then feel safe that it wll be there.

 

[Wingnut50]

I was just curious if Dish Network was able to communicate with the tailgater. I know that I had to activate it before I could use it. I would never steal one. That would require physical activity and I'm retired.

 

[cave1376]

Would the owner be charged for the tailgater, if it was stolen?

 

[navychop]

Would the owner be charged for the tailgater, if it was stolen?

You buy them in advance. I don't think any are leased.

 

[navychop]

I was just curious if Dish Network was able to communicate with the tailgater. I know that I had to activate it before I could use it. I would never steal one. That would require physical activity and I'm retired.

It's a receive only device. Doesn't send anything back to Dish, through the dish or any other means. Only the ViP211 series receivers actually communicate with Dish, via broadband or phone line.

 

[primestar31]

I was just curious if Dish Network was able to communicate with the tailgater. I know that I had to activate it before I could use it. I would never steal one. That would require physical activity and I'm retired.

That was a joke, and I meant no disrespect. It just sounded funny at the time.... I do have quite the skewed sense of humor, and it doesn't always go over right away.

 

[Scherrman]

The tailgater is not a device that gets activated. It's just a portable Dish. Just like if someone took the Dish antenna off your house you would have no way of tracking it.