Just got off the phone with Dish Network

Just got off the phone with Dish Network#189846

By TylerBakersGonnaBGreat - August 8th, 2008, 9:56 pm

- August 8th, 2008, 9:56 pm #189846

Im not going to tell the whole story, but I canceled with them and just a head up to you guys... Dont mess with them.

"The enemy will try to tell you that Liberty isn't right for you. Stand against him. Liberty is the only place I want to be." - Ritchie McKay. December 1, 2008.

One schools trash is an ACC school's assistant coach.

"Typical Liberty"

#189853

By Cider Jim - August 8th, 2008, 10:08 pm

- August 8th, 2008, 10:08 pm #189853

Tell us more, TBGBG, tell us more. Was it about the Patriots game last night?

"If Cider hit the books any harder, they'd press charges"--Lefty
"When you’re right you’re right"--Purple
"I shall not participate in many discussions..."

--Fumble (1961-2009), RIP

#189855

By flamesbball84 - August 8th, 2008, 10:09 pm

- August 8th, 2008, 10:09 pm #189855

why did you cancel dish network?

#189858

By Cider Jim - August 8th, 2008, 10:14 pm

- August 8th, 2008, 10:14 pm #189858

I love my Dish Network package that brings me MASN for my Oriole games, and now they will be showing LU, too.

"If Cider hit the books any harder, they'd press charges"--Lefty
"When you’re right you’re right"--Purple
"I shall not participate in many discussions..."

--Fumble (1961-2009), RIP

#189860

By TylerBakersGonnaBGreat - August 8th, 2008, 10:26 pm

- August 8th, 2008, 10:26 pm #189860

Well the football game got me looking for what else the offered and then I called about the DVR offer and they told me they didnt have the equipment but could find some and get it to me for $400... I cussed them and told them that I would cancel my package and direct tv would give me what I wanted for cheaper and the lady said "That sounds like a great deal and you should take it" WHAAAAAAAAT?! You WANT to lose my money?! Wowwwww.... So I signed up for Directtv tonight and they gave me a bunch of free stuff including Sunday Ticket and MASN and ESPNU

and my bill will be $15 cheaper than my Dish... Its a much longer story, but thats the basics.

"The enemy will try to tell you that Liberty isn't right for you. Stand against him. Liberty is the only place I want to be." - Ritchie McKay. December 1, 2008.

One schools trash is an ACC school's assistant coach.

"Typical Liberty"

#189866

By Cider Jim - August 8th, 2008, 10:39 pm

- August 8th, 2008, 10:39 pm #189866

But doesn't Direct TV give you a cheap introductory rate for the first few months to get you hooked and then they really hike up their prices? I hope you read the fine print. See where it says that the rate is "for 12 months" only?

https://www.directv.com/DTVAPP/wizard/b ... ystem1.jsp

"If Cider hit the books any harder, they'd press charges"--Lefty
"When you’re right you’re right"--Purple
"I shall not participate in many discussions..."

--Fumble (1961-2009), RIP

#189869

By TylerBakersGonnaBGreat - August 8th, 2008, 10:46 pm

- August 8th, 2008, 10:46 pm #189869

Cider Jim wrote:But doesn't Direct TV give you a cheap introductory rate for the first few months to get you hooked and then they really hike up their prices? I hope you read the fine print. See where it says that the rate is "for 12 months" only?

https://www.directv.com/DTVAPP/wizard/b ... ystem1.jsp

Yeah and I got a 50 credit to my bill cause i pointed it out...granted it wont ALL balance out, but its only $10 more for the 2nd year

Free Masn-$$$
Free ESPNU- $12 a month
Free Sunday Ticket-$400

Ill take the loss

"The enemy will try to tell you that Liberty isn't right for you. Stand against him. Liberty is the only place I want to be." - Ritchie McKay. December 1, 2008.

One schools trash is an ACC school's assistant coach.

"Typical Liberty"

#189875

By flamesbball84 - August 8th, 2008, 11:02 pm

- August 8th, 2008, 11:02 pm #189875

TylerBakersGonnaBGreat wrote:
Cider Jim wrote:But doesn't Direct TV give you a cheap introductory rate for the first few months to get you hooked and then they really hike up their prices? I hope you read the fine print. See where it says that the rate is "for 12 months" only?

https://www.directv.com/DTVAPP/wizard/b ... ystem1.jsp
Yeah and I got a 50 credit to my bill cause i pointed it out...granted it wont ALL balance out, but its only $10 more for the 2nd year

Free Masn-$$$
Free ESPNU- $12 a month
Free Sunday Ticket-$400

Ill take the loss

only 10 dollars more and infinitely free sunday ticket? wow they suckered you real good. good luck trying to keep that sunday ticket for free and not having your bill be hiked up by more than 10 bucks after your intoductory offer is over...

#189882

By PAmedic - August 8th, 2008, 11:29 pm

- August 8th, 2008, 11:29 pm #189882

pshaw- DirecTv rules.

I just can't get any Comcast Philly events up here. Other than that, I love it.

And MASN is blacked out half the time.

Still no FamilyNet, either.

JLFJR wrote:Thanks for your input, PA! Very helpful.

ASOR Technical Advisor and Graphics Consultant

#189890

By Sly Fox - August 8th, 2008, 11:52 pm

- August 8th, 2008, 11:52 pm #189890

Who provides your local phone service? Surely they have fiber in Suburban Philly by now. Verizon & AT&T both offer FamilyNet on their cheapest tier.

#189897

By PAmedic - August 9th, 2008, 12:12 am

- August 9th, 2008, 12:12 am #189897

getting it on my street this month- but not convinced about it yet.

We have Verizon FIOS at work and I truly believe my DSL at home is faster, and my DirecTv is DEFINITELY better.

maybe just the package we have?

JLFJR wrote:Thanks for your input, PA! Very helpful.

ASOR Technical Advisor and Graphics Consultant

#189909

By flamesbball84 - August 9th, 2008, 9:30 am

- August 9th, 2008, 9:30 am #189909

Well don't ever go comcast if that's an option, Dish or Directv is a vastly superior option. Actually, if you go by what you get for what you pay, I think it would be extremely difficult to find a cable company that provided as many channels for the same price as dish or direct tv would...

#189912

By LUconn - August 9th, 2008, 10:30 am

- August 9th, 2008, 10:30 am #189912

If they told you that you're getting Sunday Ticket for free, you got lied to. They pay a lot of money to keep the rights to that and they're not gonna just give it to you. The fact that you can pay $400 a year to get it is the incentive to switch in itself.

*please disregard this post if dated before 2017 and accept my apologies*

#189915

By TDDance234 - August 9th, 2008, 11:11 am

- August 9th, 2008, 11:11 am #189915

DirectTV's customer service is an absolute nightmare until you get to a manager. But not having Sunday Ticket just isn't an option.

#189918

By flamesbball84 - August 9th, 2008, 12:48 pm

- August 9th, 2008, 12:48 pm #189918

unday ticket is a nice option to have, but $400 seems like an awful lot of money seeing as how you're paying to have the option to watch terrible games like arizona vs. st. louis or miami vs. oakland, for example, basically games you most likely will never ever watch unless you're a fan of the team.

#189920

By TDDance234 - August 9th, 2008, 12:53 pm

- August 9th, 2008, 12:53 pm #189920

Unless you get in on the early bird for $250.

#189921

By SuperJon - August 9th, 2008, 12:56 pm

- August 9th, 2008, 12:56 pm #189921

Still not worth it.

With that being said, I like DirecTV.

#189926

By TDDance234 - August 9th, 2008, 1:36 pm

- August 9th, 2008, 1:36 pm #189926

SuperJon wrote:Still not worth it.

With that being said, I like DirecTV.

It's worth it if you're a diehard fan transplanted in Bengals-land USA. I couldn't stomach the idea of watching the Bengals play every week.

#189932

By flamesbball84 - August 9th, 2008, 2:23 pm

- August 9th, 2008, 2:23 pm #189932

well the first problem is that you moved to bengals land in the first place lol

#189939

By Sly Fox - August 9th, 2008, 3:16 pm

- August 9th, 2008, 3:16 pm #189939

Easy now. I am surprised you aren't force fed the Steelers in Parkersburg.

#189944

By HenryGale - August 9th, 2008, 3:24 pm

- August 9th, 2008, 3:24 pm #189944

Sunday Ticket is worth every penny...To be forced to watch the Redskins, Ravens and Panthers EVERY week on local network TV is torture...

You are up a river of excrement in a native american water vessel without any means of propulsion

**R.I.P JT 4-28-09**

#189994

By TIMSCAR20 - August 9th, 2008, 9:01 pm

- August 9th, 2008, 9:01 pm #189994

I'm waiting until we move into our house in October but I can't wait to get NFL Sunday Ticket. In Sept I will just have to go over to my buddy Tom's house.

#189996

By TDDance234 - August 9th, 2008, 9:03 pm

- August 9th, 2008, 9:03 pm #189996

Sly Fox wrote:Easy now. I am surprised you aren't force fed the Steelers in Parkersburg.

We get a steady diet of both. I can't stand either one, however.

#189997

By JDUB - August 9th, 2008, 9:06 pm

- August 9th, 2008, 9:06 pm #189997

i have dish and have had minor issues, but got free DVR and equipment so i'm happy enough for now. if they ever move my rates, which i'm pretty sure they will after a year i'm gonna call and they can either lower them or i'll switch. it was a much better deal then directtv would give me though, so i went with them

#190003

By TDDance234 - August 9th, 2008, 9:16 pm

- August 9th, 2008, 9:16 pm #190003

JDUB wrote:i have dish and have had minor issues, but got free DVR and equipment so i'm happy enough for now. if they ever move my rates, which i'm pretty sure they will after a year i'm gonna call and they can either lower them or i'll switch. it was a much better deal then directtv would give me though, so i went with them

That's the beauty of having a satallite dish. You can constantly talk them in to deals and or giving you something extra just for remaining a customer.