Adding a reciever to Direct TV

[Jordan]

When I signed up for Direct TV I only got one room hooked up. I was
going to get 3, but the tech was going to be running cables all over
the front and sides of the house.

I ran the cables myself nicely and neatly and called back to see if I
can get another couple of boxes installed and they want 69 for std and
99 for hd boxes and a rental fee on top. I am shocked because when I
was going to do it at time of install it was going to be just rental
fees for the boxes and free install and activation. Now it is a total
of 168 for the two boxes, $50 to activate plus shipping!!!!!

If I buy a box elsewhere like eBay or a friend (assuming it is not
stolen or something) is this just something I can hook in and call DTV
to tell them to activate it. Best Buy and other places also sell the
boxes too.