Thats what I would have suggested, Maybe even give him the final 5 numbers and a screen shot with the rest blanked out. I do agree with RoyK on how easy it is to transfer service from one TIVO to another.fatlard said:Thanks! I sent screen shot with half of the TSN blacked out.
Today this is not as easy at this poster implies. TiVo wants either the exact name and email address of the account holder for the lifetime unit, or they want to see that the requestor has in fact called in on the lifetime TiVo. If you are going to give out the number I would make sure the email address for the TiVo account is something considerably different than the email address you use for eBay. If the person wanting the number was really going to use it to check on the TiVo in question, blocking out some of the numbers does not really help him, since it is easy to have any TiVo temporarily say lifetime on system info screen and not really have lifetime on the unit. I would hope that is what the potential buyer is trying to avoid.RoyK said:I wouldn't. If the bidder has your service number he can transfer the service to another unit without your permission. Even more of a problem if the box has one of the lifetime subscriptions eligible for transfer to a HD box.
Instead you can verify the status yourself at TiVo and give the bidder a guarantee if you wish.
How is this possible?funtoupgrade said:since it is easy to have any TiVo temporarily say lifetime on system info screen and not really have lifetime on the unit. I would hope that is what the potential buyer is trying to avoid.
Not that I would, but how can one do that?funtoupgrade said:...since it is easy to have any TiVo temporarily say lifetime on system info screen and not really have lifetime on the unit.
