Today I called DN to price service. I had discontinued service in May after having been a DN customer for about three years. The price of my service had become a bit more than I was comfortable with, and I thought that I would make my family deal with rabbit-ear programming for a few months when everyone should be enjoying the wonderful outdoors. My plan was to price providers again before football season began. So this evening, I called Dish Network. Very quickly the CSR informed me that I would only be allowed to have service if I purchased hardware first from a local retailer. I had already figured that D*TV service would be cheaper but I was willing to pay a few dollars more to eliminate a new installation, since my DN Dish is still hanging on the house. I was shocked that DN would not be anxious to get a new commitment from me. Now the decision is simple. Has anyone experienced this before? I'm not sure if I feel more confused at the DN response or angry.