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I complained that I'd been a customer for years, but they said it was "for new customers only". I hate that crap.


I dislike it as well, and last time had to write a letter to the CEO and one of the VPs. Was surprised to get a quick response from the VP, but honestly I am going to be irritated to probably have to do similar when I want to upgrade to HD. I'm still waiting on Dish to go to MPEG4 one day.

As far as the owning vs lease thing with Dish, it has always been an option when I have looked. I owned my first Dish receiver in 1998, then the DishPlayer unit as well. And I own the 301 unit now. And every upgrade deal Dish was trying to offer me when Voom imploded also involved buying equipment.