Cinemax for 1 year for .01 w/ autopay/paperless billing

**EricBskiVT** · 12-18-2007 11:53 PM

I can't believe the luck of some of you to get this quickly and painlessly. I went thru chat and was told I was eligible for the promo, but I had to call to get it. Then I got a CSR who was dumber than a box of rocks. When all was said and done, he told me that I now had the annual Cinemax for a penny, but because of proration, my first months bill would be higher??? And even though I reminded him repeatedly that he would need a credit card to put me on autopay, he never asked me for my card. So I'm not sure where this goes from here. This guy was like a robot who was only programmed for certain responses and was confused if he got input that was not in his programming.

**vegassatellite** · 12-19-2007 01:58 AM

Great Find! I will pass this on to my retailers so they can look into it. Perhaps they can add this to their sales toolbag and clinch a few deals that might have been a heartbeat away from being sold. More install work for me if it pans out. Cool.

**vegassatellite** · 12-19-2007 02:19 AM

After reading the SlickDeals forum, a poster there stated he got this deal even as a TDS customer by calling TDS. Worth a shot to call your phone co. and see if you can get the deal.

LINK TO SD POST

**kstuart** · 12-19-2007 03:09 AM

A call to 1-800-333-DISH, 1 for Billing, and then 0 for CSR.

Late night usually gets very cooperative CSRs, and tonight was no exception. He had to contact a different department to do the "application", but I have it on already.

(I already have Paperless, Autopay and DVR Advantage, for reference.)

Upcoming HD on Cinemax:

Star Wars III (Wednesday)
Borat
Eragon
American Beauty
Magnum Force (Dirty Harry/Clint)
Jet Li's Fearless
Superman Returns
King Kong
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Matrix Reloaded

and a bunch of ones that others might like, but did not catch my attention.

And plenty of "soft core" (such as soft core take off on Indiana Jones)...

Thanks to the OP !

**kb7oeb** · 12-19-2007 03:37 AM

I've had cinemax within the last 6 months so they would not give it to me.

**wase4711** · 12-19-2007 07:11 AM

well, I had it 3 months ago, and I called last night, and fortunately they didnt see "any record" of me ever having Cinemax, so I got the 2 years for 1 cent per year, with paperless billing...not too happy about Dish doing autodeduct, but i will give them a shot..

**cire50** · 12-19-2007 07:57 AM

I called last night and was told I qualify, but since I have an install scheduled for next week ... I need to call back after that, but it was .01 a year for two years !! Thanks for the tip !!!

**riffjim4069** · 12-19-2007 08:26 AM

My request was "denied" because I was double-billed by Dish Network and, after several weeks and numerous promises by E* to return our money, I finally had our credit card company chargeback the funds to our card. Leave it to Dish Network to piss off a "most valued customer" who always pays his bill within a day or two of being electronically posted and more than two weeks before due date.

Adios Dish Network! I have stomached DishHD-Lite, I can tolerate poor customer service, but I cannot deal with being treated like a deadbeat because they cannot unscrew their billing error. It looks like I will be selling my three 622s and PocketDish soon.

**luckycat** · 12-19-2007 08:40 AM

Originally Posted by CubsWin

I don't believe you have to commit to anything for DVR advantage. I did it over the phone about 6 months ago and didn't sign or agree to anything that I remember.

This is correct, confirmed with one of the ceo@dishnetwork support folks, no commitment to switch to DVR Adv.