Question for Bell install experts

[Bingo]

something like this?

http://cgi.ebay.ca/Satellite-w-sw44-...QQcmdZViewItem

[ken0042]

Yep.

Only thing is he says he prefers Certapay. I'd stick with Paypal- way more secure for the buyer.

The inherant flaw in Certapay is the password. The password is there to circumvent any issues with the transaction happening over email. The problem with an eBay transaction is it's almost all done by email.

[burn_baby_burn]

Did you call Bell Bingo? When I bought my 9200 last year. I called Bell and they set it up for free. I did have to wait about a month though.

[ken0042]

Were you an existing customer before BBB? Or did they make you sign a contract to get the install?

I'd like to know- would be good to have that knowledge.

[burn_baby_burn]

Originally Posted by ken0042

Were you an existing customer before BBB? Or did they make you sign a contract to get the install?

I'd like to know- would be good to have that knowledge.

I was an existing customer. Had to put my name on a waiting list to get the receiver at the Bell store. It was the store that told me to call and tell them I was switching to HD. I was charged $100. Then it was reimbursed on my next bill. Like I said. I did have to wait about a month for install though.

That was back in March or April of last year though. Maybe they don't offer that anymore. Woudn't hurt to call though. Or check it out online.

[Bingo]

that's Bell's biggest issue in my mind ...

red carpet for new clients, but zip for the existing guy.

I already had HD, so buy getting a new receiver I doubt they could care less.

[Vulcan]

Originally Posted by Bingo

that's Bell's biggest issue in my mind ...

red carpet for new clients, but zip for the existing guy.

I already had HD, so buy getting a new receiver I doubt they could care less.

Same situation here. When I phoned Bell to order my 9242, I asked if it came with the SW44 switch and if there were any deals. I was told that being an existing HD Bell customer, they would send me what I needed with no deals. Needless to say, I didn't trust them to send me anything more than the receiver itself, so on my next trip to the big city, I picked up the receiver which included an SW44 and an extra satellite dish for the same price. I now have a couple of extra dishes.

[Bingo]

Originally Posted by fotze

Like I said, I just looked, there is a Dishnetwork SW44 thing sitting screwed to my wall downstairs doing nothing if you want it.

what a nice offer Fotze, thanks

but I looked in the damn dish box after Vulcan said he got the SW44 with it and sure enough ... so did I.

Thanks though

[Bingo]

Ken that worked ...

thanks for all your help. Call the guinnea pig experiment a success

[Vulcan]

Originally Posted by Bingo

Ken that worked ...

thanks for all your help. Call the guinnea pig experiment a success

Good to hear, now if you aren't doing anything with your 6100 right now and you feel you're on a roll, you can try hooking it up to your computer monitor if you have an LCD with a DVI connection. Works fine as a HD TV in a computer room. Just make sure you set the receiver to 720p for the smaller monitors and the monitor should be HDCP compliant. It may work if it's not HDCP but I haven't tried that.

[HOOT]

Originally Posted by Bingo

that's Bell's biggest issue in my mind ...

red carpet for new clients, but zip for the existing guy.

I already had HD, so buy getting a new receiver I doubt they could care less.

This may sound very Bell of me but...they already subsidize the price of new receivers for existing clients, thats why Shaws boxes are more expensive.

They give deals to new clients because they want to rope them in, if they keep giving you promotions or more money off they would start not making as much money.

OR

If you are an existing client and out of contract you just cancel your service and get your wife/roommate/mom(just a different name) to sign up the new service and you get the promos.