Dish is Charging instantly for PPV?

[Koilvr]

I ordered PPV over the weekend, and on monday my credit card was charged monday morning for the amount of the movie $11.99 without tax. Since when has dish done this? Are they Hurting sooo BAD they now charge you instantly for PPV? I ordered PPV in may and did not get charged till my statment was due. I called and some kid from America answered and said this is strang and did not understand why I was charged Instntly. I have been with dish for 9 yrs and been Autopay with them for those 9 yrs. I am not trippin on tis just that I was not expecting it, if this happened to someone else they would mess your account up. WHats goning on with DISH?

[Chugalug]

If you order by Credit Card then they authorize and charge it right when you order it, I ordered a UFC and chose the credit card option and it was charged right away as well, and this was a few years ago so it's not something new.

[Koilvr]

I ordered by remote and it does not give you the option to pay by creditcard it just says order, And thats it. I have always done it this way and got charged when the bill was due. I did nothing differant then before.

[M Sparks]

Well, movie theatres and video stores charge you at the time of admission/rental. So does CinemaNow/Amazon/etc. Netflix charges you in advance.

And DISH charges for your regular service in advance as well.

So yeah, it's odd, but totally fair.

[Slamminc11]

Rumor is that if you are auto-pay then the card you are using to pay for the account is charged at the time you order your the PPV

[DishSubLA]

Rumor is that if you are auto-pay then the card you are using to pay for the account is charged at the time you order your the PPV

OK. Why would they do this. I am CCA, and they have always added it to the bill. I would like to have someone clear up this matter for us all. Then again, I suppose there is no difference if they add the PPV on the bill, then charge the card for the entire bill, or just charge the PPV as a separate charge on your credit card.

[Slamminc11]

I just passed on the rumor. I don't know why they are doing it the way they are. But like you said, it really doesn't make a difference if they charge you when you make the purchase or when your bill is due...

[andyin137]

It all comes down to dont order unless you have the money to pay,afterall when you go to video store you pay as you rent the movies.Personally I would rather be charged instantly than worry about a charge further up the road.However I order online or by remote and I have never been charged until the next bill,sometimes even the following bill.