Selling DirecTV receiver: Should I include the card?

12thmonkey · 04-21-06, 11:34 AM

I nearly tripped over an old DirecTV receiver in my garage, so I figured I'd at least try moving it on eBay. It was one of my original three I purchased when I first got the service a couple of years ago, but it was eventually replaced by a DirecTivo.

Question: if I sell it, should I sell it with the card? Does that matter? Does it still have my data on it? Is it useless?

Groucho · 04-21-06, 11:36 AM

No, leave out the card. That's for the buyer to provide.

Brian Shannon · 04-21-06, 03:33 PM

They will need to get the card from Direct TV anyway and since the original is tied to you you probably don't want to let someone else have it.

AllHallowsEve · 04-23-06, 11:38 PM

No card.

You don't know if the buyer is shady.

Just be sure to put "no card included" in the auction.

There ya go.

04-21-06, 11:34 AM	#1
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04-21-06, 11:36 AM	#2
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04-21-06, 03:33 PM	#3
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04-23-06, 11:38 PM	#4
AllHallowsEve Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 589	No card. You don't know if the buyer is shady. Just be sure to put "no card included" in the auction. There ya go.