First let me say this is not an auction. I felt the need to warn those that are purchasing a VOOM receiver.

I would be very careful in purchasing Voom Motorola 550 receivers. Just because the seller states the receiver has the updated firmware or states that the receiver is activated does not mean it will receive OTA channels.

Ask to see a photo of the screen showing the blank program guide at the bottom of the screen, this means the Voom receiver is activated after the WATCH button has been pushed. I would ask the seller to add the photo to the eBay listing so that it's documented that the seller states and shows it is a working receiver before placing a bid.

Many receivers are being sold as being activated and they may very well have been activated. But the problem is when the Voom customer called and had the subscription canceled due to the uping shutdown of Voom or the customer moved and never had the receiver put back into the Voom data stream, this canceling the receiver from being active to being non-active and will not receive OTA channels. Also if the recievers were connected to the dish antenna when Voom sent the kill package then all receivers in the data stream are dead, non-working receivers.

A de-activated Voom receiver when you hit the WATCH button on the remote control you get a big black square that says NOT AUTHORIZED even though the receiver has the current updated firmware HAL 7.37 and will scan and lock onto local channels.

If the seller refuses to obligate to your request then retract your bid. You can retract your bid within 12 hours of the end of the auction. THERE ARE VERY FEW VOOM RECEIVERS ON EBAY THAT WILL RECEIVE OTA CHANNELS. ALL NEW VOOM RECEIVERS LISTED ON EBAY WILL NOT RECEIVE OTA CHANNELS AS THEY CAN NOT BE ACTIVATED DUE TO VOOM BEING OUT OF BUSINESS.

THE SELLER: show the proof on your listings of the receiver hooked up and showing the blank program guide at the bottom of the screen. Educate yourself on what is an active working OTA receiver from an non-working dead receiver. Next post the photos of your receiver working and stop the BS that it has the latest firmware and is activated. This crap means nothing. The proof is in the photos.

The dreaded screen shot of my non-working receiver that the sellers refuses to refund my money.

Click on the link below to see a perfect example of a auction where the seller realized that the receiver would not receive OTA channels and closed the auction... Scan all the way down past the photos and read his or her last post before ending the auction.

AUCTION

I have already been burned by a seller on eBay that sold me a de-activated receiver but claims that the receiver works. The seller will not refund my money or replace the receiver. Very obvious the seller is misleading all eBay buyers with his or her auctions. I have filed a claim with eBay as well as PayPal. If you would like to know who the seller is that is selling these bogus receivers please contact me.

WOW, Can you beleive this, the seller leaves me a negative feedback after stealing my money for a non-active Voom Receiver.