My experiance with an out of warrenty Tivo:

RMA Fee: $163.53 
Service Transfer Fee: $199.00

What to do with your old DVR: 

Your TiVo Series2 rev.2 DVR 40hr REFURB w/acc does not need to be returned. 

--- In [email protected], MegaZone <ya...@...> wrote:
>
> Once upon a time j762538usa shaped the electrons to say...
> > Tivo charges for the transfer.
> > --- In [email protected], MegaZone <yahoo@> wrote:
> There is no additional charge for the transfer.  If a unit is in
> warranty and you have it repaired by TiVo they transfer the lifetime
> to the new box free of charge.  If the unit is out of warranty and you
> have TiVo repair it then there is an out-of-warranty repair fee, which
> includes the lifetime transfer to the new unit.
> 
> TiVo never actually repairs your box and sends it back to you, they
> take your box and send you another, already refurbished box from their
> rotating stock.  So *any* repair of a lifetime box includes transfer
> of lifetime to a new box.  Then your old box goes through repair and
> refurb and goes into the stock to be sent to someone else when they
> have their unit repaired.
> 
> -MZ

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