Want to upgrade to the hopper

[jbrelish]

One would have to go back to pre 1999 to not have had at least the old full-rebate offer. That will be nearly 14 years ago. Sorry, but the vast number of current subs did get the FREEBIE deals from the time Dish was just over 1 million subs, only the wealthy who had the $500 plus to buy the system between 1996 and 1999 may have a weak point, but they can afford to do what they want anyways, being rich as they are.

As stated in previous post,I paid $750.00 for our first Dish setup. I am by no means rich. What I did as I had done for many years was to take our federal income tax return and apply that money to something the whole family could enjoy. It was 1997 or 1998 when I made the purchase. Called Dish/Echostar direct and paid for a Dish setup(receiver,dish,install kit). Our upgrades came when receivers died or when I purchased additional receivers locally at Sears.

 

[lucky86]

It sounds like you are one of the people who signed up before promos back in the late 90's. Most people who signed up since 99 I believe have been receiving a promo when first signing up. And the "leased fee" isn't a leased fee. Its basically an additional outlet fee. If it was a "leased fee" then they wouldn't charge it for customers who own their equipment. The first receiver on the account is included in your programming costs and every additional receiver has a monthly fee.