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Originally Posted by ApK
I've not heard that. DirectTV has never made such claims about my owned Tivos. I get charged no lease fee (as such) and when I have to replace them over the years the tech people, at least, have acknowledged them as owned and never had a problem reactivating replacements I've acquired nor have they ever asked for old ones to be returned.
I do recall that soon after we joined up with them the stopped "selling" any equipment and made all equipment acquired from them "leased" but I never heard anything about them retroactively claiming anything that WAS owed was now leased.
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I am not sure when the policy changed but it has been that way for some time now.
It's in the fine print. I think "Weaknees.com" may still have an article explaining the
situation.
Luck;
Ken