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Selling a DirecTV Receiver

I want to sell a DirecTV receiver but DirecTV told me that I can't sell it with the access card and that the buyer would have to buy a new access card. Has anyone sold a receiver before and worked around this issue. This sounds ridiculous to me and would make the idea of buying a used receiver a bad one especially with new ones selling for next to nothing.
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briweve
123 posts
 
you probablt have an old system with an H card, that is Hackable. And they want to swap that card back, to give them a new HU card (not hackable yet)
taysdad
4 posts
 
You own the receiver and the card.....they cannot dictate what you do with it. It is your property. And yes, chances are you have a very valuable "H" card which can be reprogrammed to receive programming for free --- this is why they are trying to discourage you. BTW -- you should be able to get $250-$300 for just the card itself if you do have an "H" card (blue card with serial numbers on back starting with "H" instead of "HU" or "F".
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gfroman
142 posts
 
Any information on "hacking" an H-card. I have always been interested in the possibilities, pitfalls, etc.
avguygeorge
2,300 posts
 
As I have been told,hacking/reprograming, is done from a clone. Once they (the sat co) get one, they send out a signal that destroys "the whole family".Hardly worth the few months they are usually good for.
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