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return policy
I cancelled my Dish Network service today. As expected, they'll require the return of my leased equipment. Much to my surprise there would be a $15 fee assessed for each return label I had to use. I was told that this was clearly stated in the terms and conditions I signed for my service.
However, Dish Network's RCA Page 7, Item 5, Part B: states you must "contact our customer service... to schedule the return of your leased Equipment...". It says nothing about the customer being repsonsible for return shipping charges. Nor does it say anything about Dish Network paying the return fees.
Obviously there is nothing criminal about this policy. What it does is provide Dish Network with the leverage they need to bully clients into keeping their services. If you wish to refuse to return your leased equipment, Dish Network will simply place an over-inflated replacement fee onto your credit card they keep on file. It should be noted that your credit card information is kept on file even after you request it to be deleted. The public needs to know what of company Dish Network is. Buyer beware and remove your support by cancelling your own services.
http://www.dishnetwork.com/downloads/legal/RCA.pdf
The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.
improper billing
I have been billed for almost 15 months depite a lack of service for most of that time and repeated requests to have my subscription dropped. I want a full refund and an apology from Charlie Ergen. Early 2010 I purchased a Dishnet satellite system from the Satellite Guys(?) and signed up for a Dishnet subscription. After two months the service stopped and several calls to support failed to find the problem. I believed and was encouraged to believe that the problem was at my end. Throughout 2010 I tried various things at my end and made calls to support without success. Finally in Dec./10 I spent 3 hours on chat until I was finally passed up to Corey at Level 3. He immediately determined that my box had been dropped from the list (DP311) and if I paid $7.95 it would be restored. I did and it was. Annoyed at the fact that I had paid almost 1 $1, 000 because of the failure of Dishnetwork I made three attempts to have my subscription cancel each time being given assurances that this had been done. On 3/12/11 I had a long online chat with Mark (LQ3) and I was again assured that my subscription would be canceled and he suggested I print the chat transcript as proof. This I did but my credit card is stil being billed as of this month. In today's high tech world I realize that things can fall through the cracks but this is rediculous. For starters fire the programmers. If someone's box is dropped obviously he cannot receive the service so it should be automatically suspended along with the billing.
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John,
Hi, this is Alicia Brink. I'm with DISH Network. I apologize that you had such a bad experience. Due to the limited information on the statement I am unsure to what type of the exact technical issues you were having. You indicate that your receiver was dropped from a list and it was able to correctly be re-instated with a payment. I would love you to email me with more details on this as well as your account number and chat sessions so we can look at all the options for you. We make every effort to resolve any technical issues through not only our agents who are trained to trouble shoot and resolve issues over the phone with you, but also online at our website we provide trouble shooting steps as well as agents you can chat with. I apologize if none of these steps were successful in resolving your concern. We would love to have you back as a customer and would be more than happy to assist you with any unresolved concerns or questions. If you still need assistance please feel free to let us know. Please email me at Alicia.Brink@dishnetwork.com
Sincerely,
Alicia Brink
Executive Offices of Dish Network
Office Hours: Sunday-Thurs 6:00am-2:00pm
Fax Number: [protected]
Email: Alicia.Brink@dishnetwork.com
hidden fees
i called dish they didnt tell me about hidden fees we had the system installed when the installer came here and hooked up everything he said you signed a 2yr contract i said no we didnt he said if you dont sign this i dont get paid and ive been here for 5 hrs you have 14 days to cancel with no fees. so i called the next day and tried to cancel dish said you dont have any grace period and if we cancel we will charge you $400. i told them what the sales rep said and they were like well that is a sub contractor for us we cant control that i said but they are representing your company and you condone this procedure? the reply was im not saying that but if you cancel you will be charged and we have no grace period. its been less than 24 hrs since we had this installed. everyone lied to us and this is suppose to ok? its not right and should be a law against this.
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Hi there 4ever2010! I happened to read your post & I'm extremely sorry to hear about all these issues you have experienced with DISH Network! I'll introduce myself, my name is Michael Hurst & I work for DISH Network, in our Executive Resolutions Department & I would be more then happy to help you get this resolved. Since this is a public forum you can e-mail me if you'd like with any additional information & then you & I can work together and definitely make sure we get this all fixed for you! My email is michael.hurst@dishnetwork.com. Take care & Hope to hear from you soon! –Michael
early termination fees
Halunen & Associates is a class action law firm investigating Dish Network’s practice of charging early termination fees
(cancellation fees) to customers who terminate their service. We believe this practice violates the law. If you or someone you know has
been charged this fee, please contact Shawn Wanta at: [protected]@halunenlaw.com or call at [protected]. Thank you.
The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.
unable to install to two houses with the same address
I had dish network install service in my home approx. 6 years ago. Never had any problems.
a friend of mine needed a place to put his trailer, unable to find a trailer park. I allowed him to park his trailer on my property. approx. 2months goes by and my friend calls dish network to have them install a dish and service in his trailer, no problem. dish network sends someone right install all the parts, service is good. about 1 year later i lose all my unemployment benefits, no more money. I call dishnetwork and cancel my service, promising to turn my service back on, as soon as i get on disability. I hayve started to get my disability .nowwewant our TV turned back on. I talked to several different people, they all told me that you can not have service at two houses with the same address and different name. I guess we will have to go to direct tv.
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jwarner, my name is Tommy Faust with DISH Network's Executive Offices. I'm sorry for the trouble when trying to restart your account. Under most circumstances we do not allow two accounts to be at the same address.
As you had the accounts up at one time I would be happy to look into it and see what can be done to help. If you'd like assistance, feel free to email me at thomas.faust@dishnetwork.com.
service downsizing
signed up for their international packages 3 years ago and recently they removed 5 of 11 channels and still charge me the same price.My wife speaks russian and it is her only cultural connection here in the states.The internet is getting better so soon we will drop them for good.Do not slap your customers in the face dish and if you have stock with them SELL IT NOW...
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Reiner, I do apologize that you were affected by the removal of some Russian Channels.
As programmers rates increase, so does it drive the price of our packages. Sometimes it is necessary to remove channels to allow us to improve the content and quality of our programming and introduce new, popular, channels.
I know it's frustrating, but I hope you understand these necessary changes help provide you with quality Russian entertainment. To help minimize the loss of those channels we have recently added two new channels: COMEDY TV on channel 593 and, for the hockey fans, NHL Network on channel 403.
If you have any questions/concerns feel free to email me at thomas.faust@dishnetwork.com
customer service/unauthorized debit
Dish is charging me a $210 cancellation fee, and notified me that they were going to auto-debit the charge. Not having the money, I called and spoke to a Mike, who assured me that they would be able to bill me instead. Of course, the auto debit came through, over-drawing my account. I called and spoke to a supervisor named Tristan, who was very rude and hung up on me. I called back, and after 30 minutes on hold I spoke to a Ronnie or Lonnie, who told me that they would honor their word, reverse the charge, and issue me a bill. The call was disconnected. I called back a third time and spoke to a Joe Campos, who informed me that because there were inadequate notes on the account they would be unable to help me. Then of course, there was no manager or supervisor over him and he refused to let me speak to anyone else. I will NEVER deal with Dish again and will make sure to tell everyone what they've done.
Nadia Loukeh
The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.
Hi, Nadia Loukeh! I can certainly look into this situation and find out where it is that we stand right now. What I encourage you to do is email your account number to me so I can do some research. My email address is michael.lemar@dishnetwork.com.
pre-pay dish service
i have a pre-paid dish satalite service...i tried to turn my sattalite on and downgrade my programming and they keep telling me i owe 104.00 dollars ...but it is pre-paid, meaning i pay in advance for service and i do not owe them anything if the service is turned off ...i tried to tell them this, but they insisted i must pay them 104.00 dollars for the larger package and then and only then can i downgrade ..how can i owe them 104.00 if i am a prepaid customer..i was on the phone and computer for over an hour trying to explain this and they could not understand the concept of what pre-payed in advance meant and kept trying to soak me out of 104.00 dollars for service i did not recieve!.. HERE IS THE CONVERSATION I HAD WITH THERE AGENTS TODAY..4/8/2011 IVE REMOVED MY LAST NAME FOR OBVIOUS SECURITY REASONS... IT GOES AS FOLLOWS ...Customer Chat
Chat Transcript
Please wait while we find a representative to assist you...
Welcome to DISH Network Chat.
Marc (ID: DDI): How may I help you today?
edward: i have a prepaid dish and im trying to get a different package than what i have and pay the bill as it is off right now
Marc (ID: DDI): I am sorry to hear that you are having an issue. I'd be happy to resolve that for you.
edward : it wont let me
edward : thank u
Marc (ID: DDI): I sincerely apologize for the inconvenience this has caused you.
Marc (ID: DDI): For security purposes, can you please verify the PIN on the account?
edward : 9ty
edward : 2943
Marc (ID: DDI): You're welcome.
Marc (ID: DDI): Thank you.
Marc (ID: DDI): Edward, I understand that you are trying to login into your account and you are not able to do that.
edward : i got to log in but it only takes me to the billing page
Marc (ID: DDI): I sincerely apologize for the inconvenience this has caused you.
edward : im trying to downgrade my package
Marc (ID: DDI): I understand that.
edward : from everything pack to americas 250 i believe its called
Marc (ID: DDI): Edward, I see that your account is not active right now.
edward : right
Marc (ID: DDI): In order to reactivate your account you need to pay $104.99.
edward : so im trying to reacticvate with a different package
edward : its pre-paid
Marc (ID: DDI): I do understand your concern Edward.
edward : so i dont owe anything when it gets turned off as i pay in advance
Marc (ID: DDI): But if you want I can take a payment for you.
edward : will that change the service package and get it back on?since its prepaid
Marc (ID: DDI): Edward, I would like to inform you will not be able to login as you need to pay the amount.
edward: i dont want the everything pack and dont want to pay 104 if im not getting the everything pack
Marc (ID: DDI): Once you pay your bills then only you will be able to login.
edward : i can login to my dish account online
Marc (ID: DDI): I understand that.
edward : i dont have a bill, its prepaid
edward: iim not going to pay 104 if my package i want cost less
Marc (ID: DDI): I do understand your concern Edward, but you did not pay your bills of 03/24.
edward : its PRE-PAID...I PAID FOR THE SERVICE IN ADVANCE...SO THERE IS NO BILL OR BALANCE ...ITS A PRE-PAID DISH SATALITE
Marc (ID: DDI): May I know which package do you want to add by removing America's Top 250.
edward : i thinks it the one for 60 without movie channels as i dont use them
Marc (ID: DDI): Okay.
edward : i dont know the name of it..
Marc (ID: DDI): I will let you know.
edward : k
Marc (ID: DDI): Edward, America's Top 200 package is $59.99 per month.
edward : i thinks thats it
Marc (ID: DDI): All right, I will add this now by removing America's Top 250 package.
Marc (ID: DDI): I am sorry Edward, its not possible to do that because you need to pay your bills.
edward : ii dont have a bill that bill was in case i wanted to keep my service going in advance..i was paid up..the 104 was for the following month that i did not get service
Marc (ID: DDI): I see that your bill generated on 03/24/11, as you are a Pay in Advance customer you need to pay this in advance.
edward : pre paid..pay in advance
edward : i know but i dont want the 104 package
Marc (ID: DDI): But you did not pay your bills in advance that is why your account is not active.
edward : i want the 200 package and pay for that, not the 104 package
edward : yes i did pay in advance..its a pre-payed service
Marc (ID: DDI): I understand that Edward, but once you pay your bills then only we can change your package.
edward : i dont have a reg sattalite servece
Marc (ID: DDI): Okay.
edward : its not a reg dish sat servive
edward : sry, typeing to fast, spelling off
Marc (ID: DDI): Edward, I got your point and would like to inform you that once your pay your bills then I will downgrade your package and you will see these credits in your next statement bill.
Marc (ID: DDI): But as of now you need to pay minimum of $104.99 to reactivate your account.
edward : i dont owe a bill, its pre-paid i pay for my service in advance, so why is there a problemm, i dont understand why i owe a bill for service i did not recieve
Marc (ID: DDI): I see that your last payment made was on 03/01 and your balance due date was 03/24.
Marc (ID: DDI): But you did not pay your bills in advance as the balance due date is over.
Marc (ID: DDI): Edward, could you please tell me when your bill generation date?
edward : yes if i wanted the service from 3/24-4/24 i would have paid for 104...but i didnt not want the service for that time so i did not pre-pay...
edward : i ussually paid by the 22 of each month
Marc (ID: DDI): Okay.
Marc (ID: DDI): May I know if you had paid your bills 24th of this month?
edward : i did not pay anything for the dates 3/24-4/24
edward : as i pre-pay so i dont have a bill
Marc (ID: DDI): As you did not pay your bills of the bill generation date of 03/24 in advance so your account has been disconnected.
edward : i dont have a bill, its pre-paid
edward : what is so hard to understand its pre-pay
Marc (ID: DDI): Edward, prepaid means Pay In Advance.
Marc (ID: DDI): So every month you need to pay your bill in advance.
edward : yes i knothats why i shouldnt have a bill for service i didnt get
edward : i did pay in advance!
edward : ive had pre-paid for yrs
Marc (ID: DDI): Edward, I am sorry I could not get you.
Marc (ID: DDI): Could you please be more specific?
edward : ok
edward : lets say i want service from say the first of april till the first of may..i would pay on the first of april for that service
edward : then at the first of may if i dont want service for may, i dont pay
edward : until i want the service agian i call and pay agian
edward: im not a billed customer, im a pre-paid customer
edward : i got a pre-paid sat so i dont have this kind of problem
Marc (ID: DDI): All right. I understand that you want to discontinue the services with Dish.
Marc (ID: DDI): Am I correct?
edward : no, i never said that
Marc (ID: DDI): Okay.
edward : i want to reastart the servive with a smaller package as a pre-paid customer like ive been
Marc (ID: DDI): Edward, do you want the services to be continued now?
edward : yes with a smaller package that i wpould pay in advance for right now, but not the 104 that I DO NOT OWE
edward : AS I DID NOT RECIEVE SERVICE FOR THAT 104 THEY ARE TRYING TO CHARGE ME
Marc (ID: DDI): I understand your concern, as I told you earlier you need to pay the minimum balance of $104.99 in order to reactivate your account then only we will be able to change your programming. And once it downgraded the amount which you will be paying now for America's Top 250 package will be credited back in your next bill.
edward : BUT THATS WHY IM DOWNGRADING CAUSE I DONT WANT TO PAY THE 104 RIGHT NOW AS I DO NOT OWE THAT...I OWE NOTHING TO DISH NETWORK..SO I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY 104, I SHOULD HAVE TO ONLY PAY THE AMOUNT OF THE PACKAGE I WANT AS IT IS PRE-PAYED
edward : ITS COMMEN SENSE
Marc (ID: DDI): I am sorry Edward, I do understand your concern and I wish I could do this for you but you need to pay this bill in order to reactivate it then only we will be able to have any access on the programming.
edward : I DONT OWE A BILL!ITS PRE-PAID! I OWE NOTHING TO DISH..WHAT IS SO HARD TO UNDERSTAND?
Marc (ID: DDI): Edward, I request you to pay your bills now first in order to activate your account and then you can change the programming package.
Marc (ID: DDI): Edward, may I know if you have paid your bills in time?
edward : IM TRYING TO START NEW SERVICE THATS ALL
edward : YES I HAVE, IPAY THEM IN ADVANCE SO YES THERE ON TIME
Marc (ID: DDI): I am sorry to hear that. Please be online while I transfer your chat to Loyalty.
Marc (ID: DDI) has left the session.
Please wait while we find an agent from the (20) Loyalty department to assist you.
edward pew: UNLESS I DONT WANT SERVICE.LIKE BUYING MINUTES ON A PHONE
Thank you for contacting the Customer Loyalty Helpdesk, I will be handling your request today. Please give me a few minutes to review the agents previous chat so that I can help you with your issue.
Brian (ID: LR9): Thank you for your patience Edward, we have been very busy today but I will make sure your issue is taken care of in a timely fashion.
edward : TY
Brian (ID: LR9): Thank you for holding. I'll be with you as soon as I can.
edward : K
Brian (ID: LR9): Your patience is greatly appreciated.
Brian (ID: LR9): Hello, Edward. Thank you for holding. As I am reviewing the previous chat session I see you are looking to downgrade the service. I'd be happy to assist you. Upon review of the account service is interrupted based on no payment. You are set up on a pay in advance plan, therefore we would need to collect a payment of $104.99 to restore service. Then we can downgrade the programming. Did you want to make a payment with me today so I can continue to assist you?
edward : -I DIDNT WANT TO PAY 104 FOR SERVICE I DIDNT RECIEVE, , I WANT TO PAY THE AMOUNT OF THE PACKAGE I WANT TO RECIEVE FOR THIS MONTH.I SHOUD NOT HAVE TO PAY 104 FOR WHICH IS MORE MONEY THAN I SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR A LESSER PACKAGE AS I DONT HAVE A BILL..IM PRE-PAID AND THERE TREATING ME LIKE I AM A BILLED CUSTOMER, WHICH IM NOT
Brian (ID: LR9): I apologize but you are not a pre pay customer. You are a pay in advance customer. The service need to be paid upfront at all times.
edward : PAYED 9IN ADVANCE IS PRE-PAYED
edward : IT IS PAYED UP FRONT
Brian (ID: LR9): You would have needed to contact us prior to the interruption to make the change. Since the interruption has taken place you will need to pay for the amount of $104.99.
edward : THAT MAKES NO SENSE, WHY SHOULD I PAY FOR SOMETHING IM NOT GETTING...
Brian (ID: LR9): Did you want to make a payment of $104.99 with me today?
edward : I WANTED TO PAY FOR A NEW PACKAGE, NOT PAY THE AMOUNT OF A PACKAGE I DID NOT WANT
edward : OR GET
edward : BASICALLY START OVER
Brian (ID: LR9): I apologize there's nothing more we can do without a payment.
edward : AS IVE BEEN A PAY IN ADV CUST FOR YRS
Brian (ID: LR9): Was there anything else I can assist you with?
edward : SO I HAVE TOPAY 104 FOR SOMETHING IM NOT GOING TO GET?
edward : HOW DOES THAT MAKE SENSE SINCE I OWE DISH NOTHING?
Brian (ID: LR9): You would have to pay $104.99 to restore service. Then we can downgrade the programming and you would have a credit applied towards next months bill.
edward : AND JUST WANT TO DOWNGRAND AND PAY FOR THAT
Brian (ID: LR9): You would have to pay $104.99 to restore service. Then we can downgrade the programming and you would have a credit applied towards next months bill.
edward : THATS MAKES SO SENSE AND I FEEL LIKE IM BEING SCAMMED BY DISH NOW, IVE NEVER HAD THIS PROBLEM WHEN IVE UPGRADED OR DOWNGRADED BEFORE WITH DISH IN THE PAST AS A PAY IN ADV CUSTOMER
edward : THERE TRYING TO GET MONEY OUT OF ME I DONT OWE THEM
Brian (ID: LR9): Again if you do not make a payment there's nothing more we can do.
Brian (ID: LR9): Did you want to make a payment?
edward : NO
Brian (ID: LR9): Ok.
Brian (ID: LR9): Was there anything else I can assist you with?
edward : I DONT THINK I SHOULD HAVE TO PAY 104 FOR NOTHING IM GETTING
edward : NO
Brian (ID: LR9): Thank you for contacting DISH Network, have a great day.
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Hi, gamamaggie1966! I've gone over your post and would like to help. The $104 charge was likely for services for the upcoming bill period once you reactivated. It could have also included a possible past due amount. In order to assist you with this further and determine for certain, let me know if this situation has been handled already or if you still need it taken care of. I'll look forward to hearing from you to get some additional information!
Hope that helps!
unauthorized bank withdrawal
My dish network account is authorized to automatically withdraw $55.67 service fee monthly from my bank account. Early this month my computer repairman commented there was no HD reception on local channels as called for in my contract. On calling dish I was told a service fee of $95 would be charged for a technician to check it. When I responded I had never received HD on locals as contracted for the agent agreed there would be no charge. After the tech came he said in order to get HD on locals a dish would have to be placed on the mid front of the roof facing the street. I did not choose that unsightly placement and our homeowners' regs don't allow such. Checking online for pending charges, I found a charge of $155.67 was scheduled. I immediately contacted dish asking they cancel the pending charge. Instead, $155.67 was withdrawn.
I've called for correction almost daily since and repeatedly was told the matter had been settled.
Today, after speaking to 4 agents without satisfaction I was refused access to a manager. Dish has $100 of my money and is refusing to either return it or cancel my contract without further "charges".
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Do not sen any acct number scam
lorendacharity@aol.com,
Your concern with the big charge is understandable since you're confident that the equipment was returned to us several weeks ago. Allow me to take a look at that for you by sending me your account number in a private message. When I have it, what I'll do is check our records to verify whether we've received it. If we have, I'll simply reverse the unreturned equipment fee and issue a refund for the payment.
Thank you and I'll look forward to speaking with you!
dish network has done the same to me..i returned equipment 2 weeks ago..and i had received aletter about funds being taken from my bank account..i spoke with 2 reps on 2 different days..and they both assured me that since dish network didnt have authorization to take from my bank account..then it would nt be bothered..i asked them to mail me the bill..all was ok.until i saw this morning they with drew over $300.00..spoke with the poorly trained staff and no one could find the calls i made last week...im reporting dish netowrk to all bbb and ftc...its a shame they do this...dish is very shady..and i wouldnt sign up again if my life depended on it..and the contract was so quick that i signed not realizing they go and steal...poor excuse for a business...
Hi there Carol Rusk! I happened to read your post & I'm extremely sorry to hear about all these issues you have experienced with
DISH Network! I'll introduce myself, my name is Michael Hurst & I work for DISH Network, in our
Executive Resolutions Department & I would be more then happy to help you get this resolved. Since this is a public
forum you can e-mail me if you'd like with any additional information & then you & I can work together and definitely make sure
we get this all fixed for you! My email is michael.hurst@dishnetwork.com. Take care & Hope to hear from you soon! –Michael
Have you tried disputing the charge at your bank? All you do is fill out a form saying that the charge was not authorized and they refund your money. I've had this happen to me before
dish network is nightmare
1. Fee increases
When I signed up with Dish Network, I was told the first 12 months for 120 channels is $24.99. Four months into the contract, they increased the price to $31.99. The reason: their cost increased. I called them they asked to read the contract: it said the price subject to change. But when I talked them on the phone they told me the price is $24.99 that is good for 12 months. This is a company they are extremely greedy. I think the best person can be represent them is Bernard Madoff.
2. Signal loss
Some channels are consistently "complete loss" or "partial loss", I called their technical support hotline. Their staffs were not well trained. After more than 6 months, their technicians came and found out the receiving dish was not installed properly and was not aligned with the satellite! No wonder I consistently had so many channels not available. I spent hundreds of hours trouble shooting. For Dish Network, in order to have their technician to check whether their installation is correct or their equipment is working properly, they asked me to pay the technician visit. How ridiculous!
Even their technicians found their dish pointed to wrong direction, I paid fees and increased fees without getting the services I paid, they did not even say a sorry to me. During the trouble shooting, one of their representative said since I had bad service, she would waive one month fee for me. But when my bank account was still charged, I called them, they said nobody said that!
If you don't want headache, if you don't want to spend hundred hours for trouble shooting, if you don't want your friends waiting for you to change the channel found out "signal loss", if you don't want to see your bill increase but you have no right to cancel, if you don't want to have nightmare, STAY AWAY from DISH NETWORK.
Even after their technicians re-installed the dish, the signal is very bad. Every time, if I change a channel, it will take about 10 second to have the new channel show up. They told me it’s “normal”. This is a company they really don’t care how you feel, they care about how to get more money from you as Bernard Madoff.
Dish Network = Bernard Madoff
The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.
I apologize about the confusion regarding your pricing. We offer promotions to customers when they sign up with us, some of these promotions require you to cancel or remove the service or programming that was offered originally at no charge. If these channels or services are not removed you will than be billed the normal monthly rates for them. When you sign up there is a lot of information that is provided and I understand how easily things can be over looked. We try to provide detailed billing to show you each item that you are being charged for and how much it is. If you are still unsure of what you are being charged for or the reason why I would love to help please feel free to email me.
With the signal loss, if you are still having any issues with that we would be more than happy to take a look at that for you. It is not normal for it to take 10 secs for a channel to load once you change a channel.
Alicia Brink
Executive Offices Of DISH Network
Alicia.brink@dishnetwork.com
This is a tuff one,
Question; Do you live in California or do you have your original contract that states the terms of the pricing and the time period of that pricing?
Most contracts can be enforced to the terms set and agreed upon, however if Dish wants to increase the price and violate the agreement (contract) then they would have to allow you to not agree with the terms and allow you to cancel your service.
Your best bet is to ask Dish if they are changing your contract from the terms you agreed upon starting your service, I would do this in an e-mail so their response is documented. Then file a complaint with the FCC so they can investigate Dish's practice and to confirm that they can break your agreement without giving you the option to cancel.
FYI Dish is owned by DirecTV, they are known to treat their customers poorly.
Good Luck
contract dispute
I started my service 7/10 It was a special or suppose to be a special for 12mos. The prices that I paid monthly where never what they stated them to be. It should have been 24 .99 monthly for one year, that might have been for a couple of months than all of a sudden I started getting billed 54.99. I let that go, and paid each month accordingly. I called today to cancel my services due to my husband having several strokes, I must move to an assisted living apt. that doesnt offer dish. I told the first man this, he started talking about how I had to ship the receiver back, controls ...not a problem until he stated that I had to take pieces off the satellite dish! And then proceeded to tell me that I had to pay 15.00 to send it back to them! So I was upset over 15.00 untill he started fast talking again and said that I was breaking my 24month contract..and it would be 250.oo to cancell my service. I know I did not sign a contract, because I won't sign contracts! I told him that I did not sign a contract and he told me to wait until 7 more days and he would call me back...but if I did sign a contract it would be deducted from my cc that was on my account. This is my husbands social security money! the last man I spoke with was Julian "at the executive office" Do I look stupid? The conversation ended at wait 7 days and he will let me know if I did sign a contract!
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lindasig, my name is Tommy Faust with DISH Network Executive Offices. I know how frustrating it can be when bills go up and changes happen in one's life. The only thing I can think of why the bill went up only after a few months in is because HBO/SHO free 3 months wore off charging the normal monthly rate for it.
The $15 to return equipment is standard shipping cost through UPS. You are free to use your own shipping methods, but generally our $15 labels are cheaper.
You can remove that programming and the extra amount would be taken off. The agent you spoke to sounds like he is doing a request to see if there's a contract in our system for you. He will follow up with you once he gets word back.
If you have any problems or would like to talk regarding this you can email me at thomas.faust@dishnetwork.com, and I would be happy to assist.
equiptment returns
We have been customers of Dish Network for 13 years. 13 years! We were going to upgrade our package to include HD and DVR. They could not install it because of the weather. They charged us $25.00 for an upgrade fee. We never finished the upgrade. Then, we decided that we had it with their horrable customer service and moved on to another company. Do you know what 13 years gets you with this company? Threatening letters about the equipment that you have to send back to them. We have not even recieved the boxes they were going to send, and they are calling and harrassing us about the equipment. IT HAS BEEN 6 DAYS! Now my wife is freaking out that she is going to be charged 400.00 for equipment that they will obviously state has never been returned. We are sending your package today, March 17th 2011. We have the tracking number, and now we have this web site to verify our intentions. 13 years with your company and this is how you treat them? I promise you, if we decide to change services again, you will not be called!
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This is common practice with dish. Once you're a customer they could care less about you as long as they can continue to strong arm money from you. I had the misfortune of being employed by them until recently. We were told "subscribe to dish or lose your job" even if you couldn't get signal due to trees, apartment regulations...whatever you still had to subscribe. We were told there were no contracts required for employees since most of us wouldn't subscribe previously since who wants to be locked into a contract with a company that threatens to fire you every day. Any way, I was lucky enough to get a new job and wanted to cancel and go with another company. So I called and was told "surprise we put you in a contract without your consent and you owe us $200 to cancel". So I demanded to see the signed contract, they tell me it will take 15 days to pull it up (yeah right) and they are going to charge my card anyway, OR I can stay a customer until then, incurring another monthly charge OR I could pay almost $50 in fees to downgrade my programming from $100 a month to $40 a month. Thank god when this is over and I'm proven right I will never have to deal with this uncaring, lying, greedy company ever again.
molliewollie, I understand your frustrations with that. We do give 30 days upon disconnect to return the equipment and the boxes typically arrive within 10 days. If you did not receive the boxes within the 10 days it is possible that they were sent to a wrong address or the shipping process was delayed. In order to know, we would need to check the account.
The refund is issued if a payment was taken and then the equipment is returned. Depending how the money was taken out (CC or Check) it can take either 3-5 days or 7-10 days to be refunded. It is never our intention to prolong the process; we have our internal department that processes the refund on our end, after the refund has been approved, the bank must also accept the refund and return it to the appropriate account.
Jodi Gorres, my name is Tommy Faust with DISH Network Executive Offices. I'm sorry to hear about your situation. The $25 upgrade fee should not have been charged if the upgrade wasn't actually preformed.
The boxes usually ship within 10 days after canceling your service. Once those are returned and cleared through our system we remove them from the account. If by chance you get charged for the equipment, then once it clears anything charged will be credited back.
Hope I helped explain things a bit more, but if it's not too late I would like to look at the account and see what can be done. If you'd like me to look at it, or have any other questions feel free to email me at thomas.faust@dishnetwork.com
directv is horrible. i wish i would of never switched from dish. directv's equipement is slow, the guide is horrid, oh godddddddddd, , , , why did i switch. i can't wait to switch back to dish even if it cost me 500.00 to install again. god directv sucks.
customer service ignored
I was a customer for 8 months with Dish. I am very busy, so they have a forum on there website to contact customer service via email. I emailed customer service with the simple question " Am I being charged for a HD Dvr even though I have no HD and never requested a HD Dvr". Waited for 2 weeks with no answer, so I resubmitted an email to customer service and again, no answer 2 weeks later. I have no time to wait on hold all day, so at this point I decided to cancel my service. I went on there website to see what it was going to cost me to cancel, so I got in a chat session with a customer service rep. He asked me why I was considering canceling, and I told him nobody would answer my emails, so I figured they didn't want my business. He didn't even ask if he could help me with the problem I was having, rather he asked me if there was anything else he could do for me. Clearly, nobody in this company cares period! I then called the next day to cancel my service, and the guy in the retention department asked me why I wanted to cancel. I told him the story about customer service not responding, and he simply said, "if I offer you $5.00, would you stay with Dish Network?", what an insult. So I payed my $280.00 cancellation fee and got away from this worthless company! I don't think I should have had to pay a dime because they can't live up to there side and answer emails! They should not have a contact customer service via email if they aren't going to respond to customers emails. A simple unanswered question leads to all of this. Simply put, once you are locked into a Dish Network contract, don't expect anything beyond that. Stay away from Dish Network. Don't get trapped by these people! Look to a different provider or you will be sorry!
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Hi there, Nib, I saw your post! That's certainly understandable how could be frustrated about seeing that charge turn up after being advised it would be waived. Has anyone spoke to you about this and assessed your billing? If you haven't had anybody take a look at it for you, I encourage you let me know as I would be glad to help further!
It is not solved Mikel. Dish waived the charges for tech visit. But still I am charged $100 for some upgrade which I did'nt request. I asked customer care about the subscription of willow cricket. I got the reply from them as only $20 per month and no any additional charges. Only after that confirmation, I requested to enroll on the willow cricket subscription. After one month, now I am being charged for some installtion/upgrade fees. I i came to know about these charges, I would have not subscribe this willow cricket. Now I cancelled the subscription. I consider this as a cheating because I was very happy with Time warner cable services and now I am in the trap of Dish. I request you to please help me by waiving the unauthorised $100 charges.
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Nibin
Dave, my name is Tommy Faust with DISH Network's Executive Offices. I do apologize for the trouble you experienced and how you go no response. Our Email customer support does respond to the emails they receive. It's possible it may have been re-directed into a spam/junk folder.
As you canceled your service, I am unsure what I can do; but I would like to help and possibly explain things a bit better so you have an understanding of the charge you saw about that receiver fee. We do charge a fee for each active receiver, but we give you the first TV (Two TV's with a duo receiver) free in the package price. There is no price difference per month between our HD and non HD equipment.
If you would like to talk further to get it explained please feel free to contact my directly at thomas.faust@dishnetwork.com.
equipment return scam
In January of 2011 I stopped my Dish network service after 8 years. I was told at the time I would receive a box to return my equipment in, which I did. I promptly packaged all of my receivers, remotes and LNB and took them to UPS. The agent at the UPS drop-off told me to be sure to keep my tracking numbers and receipt as many of their customers who had...
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Hi all,
If you are not till subscribed to any cable TV provider, please don't even think of Dish Network. After getting in to contract, they will crucify you.
I am a new customer of Dish TV. I was using Time Warner and I switched to you after seeing an adv. in newspaper.
Recently I called Dish network's customer service and asked for the cricket channel "willow cricket". I was told about ONLY $20 per month and I requested for it. I ASKED TO THAT ###ED GIRL ABOUT ANY CHARGES EXTRA AND GOT A BIG "NOOOO" FROM HER. My DVR was having a problem of black screen sometimes and I logged the complaint too. Next day the technical person came and did something and replaced the DVR. He made me "willow cricket" too available. Now in the bill its charged $195 for the service visit. I was not informed of this charges while ordering the channel. I asked clearly about the terms and conditions to the CSR which helped me to order cricket channel but she said about no other charges other than $5 if cancelling before 31 days. Since I needed World cup cricket, I told her I want this channel for 2 months only. But this did'nt help me for world cup, because willow cricket is not broadcasting all matches.
I called today the customer service and they are rude about this $195. I cancelled willow cricket. I asked for the escalation dept. but was not responded by her. I was never informed or documented about this charge by the CSR or Service technician. You know, Dish TV is taking signature on their notepad by Technicians, in which we may not be knowing what terms and conditions are there inside. I feel much frustrated about this as I was enjoying my service with Time Warner till two months back. I switched to Dish for the low monthly rental but was not aware of these traps.
I am just waiting for the contract period to get over to run away from this cheat company. I again request to new customers to stay away from this firm.
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Nibin
It is not solved Mikel. Dish waived the charges for tech visit. But still I am charged $100 for some upgrade which I did'nt request. I asked customer care about the subscription of willow cricket. I got the reply from them as only $20 per month and no any additional charges. Only after that confirmation, I requested to enroll on the willow cricket subscription. After one month, now I am being charged for some installtion/upgrade fees. I i came to know about these charges, I would have not subscribe this willow cricket. Now I cancelled the subscription. I consider this as a cheating because I was very happy with Time warner cable services and now I am in the trap of Dish. I request you to please help me by waiving the unauthorised $100 charges.
Thanks
Nibin
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Hi there, Nib! I took at your account and see that a couple of our representatives had gotten a chance to speak to you about this a couple days ago. It looks like everything was cleared up and resolved, but if you have any other questions, just let me know! I'd be happy to assist further!
$24.99 special for the first year with 24 month commitment. not so!
Do not be suckered into the 24 month "special" offering you $24.99 per month for the first 12 months. It is not so. We unfortunately did. What happened is we started service in may 2010 and were charged the $24.99 per month up until february 2011 and then they jacked it up $5.00 more per month before out 12 month offer was over.
When we called in they told us sorry we change up our rates every february regardless. So the contracted $24.99 per month you thought you were getting they said "is just a promotional offering. Not contracted." read the very fine print which is located in the back of your equipment book they give you at the time of installation. We didn't even know this existed until all of this happened. I guess it could have been worse. We could have started in november and then had the increase in february. This is so very wrong and dish does other bad things as well. We had a service plan in lieu of the dvr for 6 months. Just because you have a service plan doesn't mean squat. They still charge you if you encounter a problem with the equipment! We had faulty electronics in the dish that went bad the third month we had it and they charged us for it anyway. Even with having a service contract. Bottom line stay away from dish network
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Hello hotintx! My name is Michael Hurst & I work for DISH Network, in our Executive Resolutions Department and I would be happy to assist you with your account. I see that you had a special price for 12 months. Since DISH Network doesn’t own the channels that we provide to our customer sometimes cost will increase due to the owner of the programming or networks requesting more money. We work hard to keep cost low and try to negotiate to prevent increases that cause us to increase the rate. If you are having issues with the equipment and you have the service plan then your equipment would be covered if it needs to be replaced. The only time that you would be charged for equipment is if the service plan is voided and doesn’t cover the damage. Here is an idea of what the service plan will not cover. Customer Damage, Cosmetic Damage, Infestation, Televisions, Acts of Nature, StarBand Equipment, Pre-Existing Conditions, and PocketDISH. If you are still have issues I would need to look at your account so I can look into this further and we can get this resolved for you. If you would like you can email me at michael.hurst@dishnetwork.com.
free starz isn't free
Anyone notice that when you were given Starz free for one year your bill was increased by $5? I did. I called and spoke to a billing rep, David, who explained to me that this was entirely coincidental. I told him that I felt that the rates were already cost prohibitive and this "coincidence " of a free service and a rate increase seemed highly suspect. He tried to connect me with a supervisor, but they were all busy. He then offered to reduce my bill by $5 and remove my "free" Starz from my account. I then explained that this statement was proof that we, as customers were being charged for a "free" service that we were given no choice to accept or refuse. He, again, tried to connect me with a supervisor, who, he said, would tell me the same thing. Again, all busy. He then connected me to the "Account Specialist" department where I spoke to Michael, who again, said it was a "coincidence". I told him that David's offer to reduce my bill by $5 by removing a "free" channel sounded a whole lot like proof that I was being billed for an unauthorized "free" offer. He apologized and explained that David was "limited" in his capabilities to negotiate. I asked him to explain why David would be capable of reducing my bill and removing Starz from my accuont. He said, "I will not explain that but..." and then offered to reduce my bill by $5 for the next 12 months and allow me to keep the free Starz channel for one year, as promised. Hmmmm... sounds like I was right in the first place. If you want to call in, you'll have to deal with billing first, as they refuse to give out the direct number to the Account Specialist Department. Happy hoop jumping and, these days, always look a gift horse in the mouth.
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I've read the issue you posted, Adrienne Daily, and that's a great question! The $5 increase in your monthly rate didn't have anything to do with Starz for a year at no cost. The rate increase was simply an annual occurrence with the main programming package on your account, and the new price is actually now locked in until February 2013. Starz was given to you at no cost for a year, because it was a completely separate deal from the price increase. I encourage you to let me know if you have any questions about that or need additional assistance!
Hope that helps!
rate increase
Although I was promissed the same rate for the next 18 months, Dish Network decided to increase my bill by charging me $5.00 more for my HD 120 package beginning March 2011.
My call to Dish was met with 3 representatives happy to remove the fee and charge me the original agreed price. I found this unacceptable since thousands of Dish customers will simply pay by not realizing the increase, or not bothering to complain.
This is poor business and I have chose not to do business with companies that manuever in these ways.
Why would a company throw away loyal customers, well as it turns out Dish Network grew its revenue by over 8% and lost a record 159, 000 net customers during the 4th quarter of 2010.
Since agreeing to acquire bankrupt DBSD for nearly 1 billion dollars it looks like Dish Network is aggressively pursuing this revenue model of increasing revenue by increasing rates while at the same time decreasing its customer base through another huge price increase March 2011.
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Hi MikeL Dish, I have stopped calling DISH for many reasons few of them are - I dont have more time and energy, DISH dont want to listen, and DISH dont want to solve. Even after having settled for 29.99 for 24 months, every 3rd month my credit card gets charged for 30.99. This morning only, again I saw that DISH happily charged me 30.99 and I am now collecting all my energy before calling DISH due to their non-professional way of handling the issues. So if you can resolve and help that would be really great!
I saw your posts on here, RuchiRSaxena, Mark McLaren, tomusa, and Peter123, and would be happy to help! Since you posted about these issues, have any of had a chance to talk it over with any of our agents to get them resolved? In the event that you haven't, I encourage you to let me know so I can look into your situations to get everything cleared up!
Same problem. They are so rude. I complained to Bianca - YHP about the rate increase today. She laughed at me. Good bye Dish.
Government is taking a strong action against these companies who are trying to squeeze customers in bad economic times. Government should impose regulations on all these oligopolistic cable/dish companies so that they won't be able to pass on the costs of their bad management to consumers. I hope someone can take these hard feelings of customers to the offices of president and senators.
Financially, DISH is what a homeowner calls upside down. Upside down means you owe more on your home than it is worth. DISH's assets on 12/31/10 were worth 9.6 billion, but they owe 10.8 billion (debt). This means they are in the hole by 1.2 billion. This is why they want to squeeze their customers and do dishonest practices.
I experienced an increase too. The salesman explicitly told me that the rate would be guaranteed for two years. I put in a complaint to the FTC (FTC.gov). You should too. If enough of us do that, the FTC will investigate this sleazy practice.
Economically, business suppliers are pushing increases to their customers. In this case, the networks are pushing through increased costs to DISH. You can bet that if DISH had a contract with their suppliers (networks) for pricing for supplied programs, DISH would be enforcing it (legally, if need be) and their suppliers would be eating it. As a customer to DISH, we are a very fractured group (ie we deal individually with DISH). DISH uses this to their advantage to push us around when they are wrong.
I totally agree with '123321'. They are rude! Actually DISH is bunch of liars and crooks. The deal offering people are misleading to every extent, then customer care never care about how to solve customer's issues. On top of everything, they don't bother to put the comments about the telephonic talks or promises in their so called "customer service log". If I need to call 10 times to get a something done by DISH, every person tells you new story, new policy, new process etc etc; and to every person I need to tell the whole story due to non-availability of detailed call logs. I'm not sure if they dont put the details or they are trained to pretend that they dont have any details, so that they dont miss the chance to cheat the person one more time!
nitro169, my name is Tommy Faust and I am with DISH Network's Executive Offices. I know how frustrating it can be when the price increases during your service with us, and even more so when the increase is sudden.
We did have a press release before the increase on 2/1 that announced what was increasing and when. As 123321 mentioned we did have a $5 price increase on our base packages. All companies have price increases which reflect the change in the amount providers charge for the channels, costs of equipment/services/etc.. The good news with this, though, is we implemented a price freeze on our America's Top and DISH America programming until February 2013!
I have been struggling to get the refund of what they promised and what they are charging. On top of it, in a call to customer care I needed to talk to 3 people and they all told me different details of my billing. Not sure which representative I should believe. Also one of them said "we can charge you anything, once you sign the contract". Another one said "You should not trust the agents who call to give you deal, they are not DISH employee". So my question is over a phone if someone is giving me deal of DISH and they are saying "I'm calling from DISH", how should I make sure that the caller if DISH employee or DISH agent? Is it not total scam planned by DISH? I'm suffering to get my money back and am stuck with these idiots for 24 months.
false advertising of prices
I got the dish last month for $39.99 for two year contract ($15 off for first year), second month it is increased by $5 ($44.95) which I have to pay another 23 months?
How could Dish justify this type of practice? if there is an rate increase in near future they have to inform us before signing the contract. I got this two year contract with Dish ONLY FOR THIS PRICE. I called Dish and they refused to refund the $5 increase, a lady on the other line was rude.
Very interesting contract terms! one party can do anything like increasing the charge by any amount any time but other party cannot breach contract with out a fine. Very nice trap for the customers. I really don't understand their meaning of a CONTRACT. Does anybody know this type of contract is legal? If they can hike the rate anytime why should we go for a two year contract, can stay on month to month basis with cable by paying few more dollars for installation.
I got a good offer from Time Warner but missed it for this Dish Network crap.I will not deal with Dish again in my life.
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I was interested in assisting you with the issues you posted, JBRalamo, JaKe4522, Ripped off In Kansas City--, and BrianaB22! Have any of you been able to discuss these with any of our representatives yet? If you haven't, please let me know as I would enjoy the opportunity to help you further in getting them resolved!
I definantly have to agree with all of these negative complaints. This company is such a RIP OFF! The only time I spoke with someone who was kind and respectful was the lady who signed me up for this bullcrap. Everytime I call to speak to a supervisor or manager I get transferred a million times to who knows who or I get hung up on and have to start the process all over. I cant even begin to explain all of the trouble this company had caused me. Then I go online to view my statement and they are charging me almost 15 dollars more than what I agreed to. I dont care that they are throwing in starz channels because they know they are in the wrong. If I wanted starz I would have paid for Starz! I am so upset with this company and when I tried to cancel the fee is $420.00! Are you serious? What is the point of a contract if your able to change it whenever to whatever but I cant! I am Furious! I get even more upset reading all these reviews that have the same terrible experience. I feel so hopeless because im stuck either paying more or paying 420.00 for a cancellation fee that I cannot afford. I am a student living on my own trying to make ends meet and every penny counts! When I get screwed over by a company that claims to be the best It just breaks my heart. I understand if Dish had to up their prices but they should charge the new customers, not the ones who remain loyal. YOU CAN GUARANTEE THAT THIS COMPANY WILL SUFFER CONSEQUENCES !
I too have been ripped off by Dish. I spoke to a salesman (Randy) said free "HD" for life offer. Asked if I wanted the 3 Months of Showtime as well, he informed me that I would have to sign up for "Auto Pay" to get the Showtime deal. Said that I dont want Showtime thing. Asked about the programing line up, asked about HDNET said yes I would have it in the prgraming package that I was signing up for. After talking with them on the phone that is in the "Premium HD" Pacakage another 10.00. Dont get all of the HD channels sign up for "Auto Pay" or pay $99.00. What a rip. If you have Direct TV stay where you are. Dish will tell you anything to get you then not stand behind anything that anyone tells you. On person I spoke to told me to call the police if I am not satisfied and feel I have been ripped off. Told ne that I was going to report to BBB... said go ahead. Said I was going to contact Attourney General, , , they said go ahead.
Installer when calling in asked if I wanted the Showtime deal, again said that I would have to sign up for auto pay... said no. (2) days later I am trying to access HDNET... guess what, on the Programing Guide said I should have it. Called they said I had an old Program Guide. Said how could I have an old programing guide when I am new customer. They wanted to keep locking me into auto pay. Said I am not interested... finally I said that I would like to cancel my "Dish" go back to "Direct TV" what is the charge fo the installation I would pay that 150.00 waht ever this is not what I signed up for... not cheaper, just a rip off. I spoke to just about ever ciustomer service person there was on the phone for about 2 hours got hung up on 3 or 4 times even once by a manager. This company stinks as as soon as my 12 months are up at the discounted rate I will gladly pay the 17.50 x 12 months to get away from thsese ripoff artists. There should be a law against these practices. They should be barred from doing business. How they got a #1 customer service rating baffles me. Once I get out of this mess I will NEVER do business with them again and will be happy to share my bad experience with anyone that will listen. They are Liars, and just want you to sign the paper locking you in then you are stuck.
I am in Kansas City on the Kansas side... actually in Prairie Village. Stay away from these rip offs.
What crooks! according to their logic I can alter what I pay for the duration of my contract and still be in compliance as well as they are. When the two years are up, say good-bye, and never a kind word will be said all over a jacked up price of $5.00 a month.
I also signed up for DISH Network recently under the same $39.99 deal. I agree that DISH should not raise the rates of new customers who signed up for the service after being given promotional materials which boasted of the $24.99/$39.99 rate. They needed to change the wording of the advertisement so it says, "Save $180 of America's Top 120., " rather than "$24.99 for America's Top 120." Yes, the contract explicitly gives DISH the right to modify prices and programming. But most of us won't see those words on the contract until installation day. And, frankly, we assume that DISH isn't going to try to pull a fast one, and will only exercise their right to adjust prices in extreme circumstances. After putting up with their Fox dispute last Fall, I assumed that they would hold the line on prices. At least that's what they told us to justify the withholding of Fox sports networks and cable channels.
That being said, I'm still happy with DISH. The rate is a little higher, but they have added FX to the package as well as one free year of Starz and Encore movie channels. And I love the Dual Tuner HD-DVR, as well as the ability to add/drop services or control my DVR online.
Still -- I really believed all the words on the many flyers and ads I saw last year touting this "Free HD For Life" promotion as well as the explicit rates which were given in exchange for agreeing to a two year contract. By the logic of DISH, they can legally raise the rate to $100 a month and demand it be paid or face the early cancellation fee. Isn't there an agency that enforces rules against misleading or false advertising practices? Maybe all the Cable/Satellite/FIOS companies do the same thing -- fall back on a clause that allows them to change the prices at any time.
Hi there, my name is Kaia S and I work in the Executive Offices of DISH Network. I would first like to apologize that you have had a poor experience with DISH. We do our best to provide world-class customer service. From reading your post, it sounds like you may not have been given all of the information regarding the recent price increase. While we work very hard to maintain the lowest price in the pay-TV industry there are other factors that play into price changes. Since the programming that DISH provides to our customers is owned by other companies, sometimes we must increase our prices reflective of the price increase from those companies. As of February 1, 2011, the prices for all of our ‘America’s Top’ packages are locked in until 2013! I also want to let you know that DISH offers a few types of accounts. Upon qualification, with a 24 month commitment, we offer customers $15 off for 12 months as well as a free installation. DISH also offers a ‘no commitment’ account in which you are not bound to a contract however there is a charge for installation and these accounts do not receive the promotional 12 month credits. I hope that you find this information helpful. If you would like me to review your account further, please email me at kaia.sunde@dishnetwork.com and I’d be happy to assist in any way possible.
non-refund
We ordered Dish Network from Infinity Dish .They misrepresented themselves by saying they were Dish Network.When we talked to their representative Shaden ext 3544, She said the total cost of hook up would only be $49.95 plus tax ($51.06).When I checked my bank account they billed me an additional $49.95.A total amount of $103.06.Of course, I was outraged so I called to cancel my order.When I called I was hung up on two times.Then finally got through and asked to speak with a supervisor.I was told there was no supervisor on duty.So I canceled my order and was told I would be refunded my money.I haven't seen any money yet. Scott Markham
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Hello Scott, my name is Kaia and I work in the Executive Offices of DISH Network and would like to offer my assistance. I would first like to apologize that your experience with DISH has been poor. We, at DISH, strive to provide the best customer service possible. Infinity Dish is one of our authorized sales partners and since they are not a part of our internal sales department, they have different offers and incentives. Many of our retailers and sales partners charge an activation fee ranging from $44.95 to $59.95. It sounds like that was the additional charge that appeared. I absolutely understand your frustration with not being disclosed the charge. I see that this post is very recent and if you read this and have still not received your refund, please contact me at kaia.sunde@dishnetwork.com. I would be happy to assist you in getting the refund for services that you have not received. I also want to let you know that when you sign up for service directly through DISH Network, upon qualification, we do not charge a $49.95 activation charge. If you are still interested in getting DISH services I can get you set up through us, directly, rather than through a sales partner. Please email me if you have additional questions or concerns.
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About DISH Network
One of the key advantages of DISH Network is its extensive selection of programming options. Customers can choose from a variety of packages that include hundreds of channels, including popular networks like ESPN, HBO, and CNN. The company also offers a range of international programming options, making it a great choice for customers who want to stay connected to their home countries.
In addition to its programming options, DISH Network is known for its advanced technology. The company offers a range of features that enhance the viewing experience, including DVRs that allow customers to record and store their favorite shows, as well as mobile apps that enable customers to watch live TV and recorded content on their smartphones and tablets.
Another key advantage of DISH Network is its commitment to customer service. The company offers 24/7 support to its customers, ensuring that any issues or concerns are addressed quickly and efficiently. DISH Network also offers a range of resources and tools to help customers get the most out of their service, including online tutorials and user guides.
Overall, DISH Network is a top choice for customers who want high-quality programming options, advanced technology, and exceptional customer service. With its extensive selection of channels, innovative features, and commitment to customer satisfaction, DISH Network is a leader in the satellite television industry.
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3. Writing the title: In the 'Complaint Title' field, concisely summarize the main issue you have encountered with DISH Network. Make it specific and clear, such as "Incorrect Billing by DISH Network" or "Poor Customer Service at DISH Network".
4. Detailing the experience: In the complaint description, provide a detailed account of your experience with DISH Network. Mention key areas such as customer service interactions, technical issues with the service, billing discrepancies, contract disputes, or installation problems. Include any relevant information about transactions, such as dates, amounts, and service details. Clearly describe the nature of the issue, the steps you have taken to resolve it, including any communication with DISH Network, and the company's response or lack thereof. Explain how this issue has personally affected you, such as any inconvenience, financial loss, or stress it has caused.
5. Attaching supporting documents: Attach any relevant documents that support your complaint, such as bills, emails, or service agreements. Be cautious not to include sensitive personal information like your Social Security number, bank account details, or other confidential data.
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How are you doing, jpatt624? Your post caught my eye as I thought it was an interesting concern! Not everyone uses our boxes with shipping labels to return the equipment back to us, so we don't feel that it's fair to raise all of our customers' monthly rates to cover the cost of shipping. You are by no means required to use our boxes with shipping labels to ship it back, but we provide those to you as an available option should you decide to use them.
Hope that helps!
I just recently canceled my service after having it for 9yrs, and I only canceled it due to me leaving the country for deployment. I got charged $24.04, and three weeks later got hit with a $30 return fee for shipping, not once while canceling it was I ever told that I would be charged for return shipping. I find this to be very shady business practice. Dish either needs to better train there employees, or revamp there policy to state that there is a return charge for equipment, and to contact customer service. I had plans to start the service once back but I can say that theyhave lost me. I will go to Direct tv!
If they won't take your money, then leave and not pay them. Thats what I would do.
nibs84, I'm sorry for any frustration caused by those equipment return fees.
Generally there are fees for returning leased equipment as outlined per either the RCA or the contract signed. I can definitely look up more information on your account and see what's going on with those charges. If you'd like further assistance with this you can reach me at thomas.faust@dishnetwork.com
Tommy Faust
DISH Network Executive Offices