So basically they wont discount it at all. Any chance they'd split it up? like 4 payments of 50 or something?

Thanks, Actually my family members are looking to switch FROM dish as they have refused to give them an HDDVR for free. Additionally the dish customer service is really hard to talk to if you know what I mean.

Wanted to ask if anyone knows a way around the "$199.99 Lease Upgrade Fee" with directv for new customers. I am trying to get some family members to switch to D* but since other companies don't charge this much $$$ upfront its a pretty hard sell. I've been an A-List Customer for a long time and...

Just wondering, I call Directv just about weekly to find out if my Rockford, IL local channels will be available. It was announced over a year ago now 11-10-2004 that they would be available "in early 2005". Just wondering if anyone has any better information than the directv CSR's have, seems...