Pricing Update from Dish Network

[Kheldar]

I'm guessing quite a few high end E* subs will soon be subs of other providers.

It may take more than this to scare off the fanboys, but those high-end subs that were only with E* due to price will start jumping ship soon, I suspect.

[landscaper101]

Anyone with paperless billing may not even be aware of these increases unless they view there statement on channel 100. These dish network morons aren't telling any of there customers about this increase. I called dish and asked the customer rep. about the increase and she stated that it wasn't an increase that they were just restructuring the way the bill reads and the package names.....BS!!! If I paid 52.90 per month for the past 2 years and now my new bill is going to be 61.00 then I call that an increase.

[Kheldar]

Anyone with paperless billing may not even be aware of these increases unless they view there statement on channel 100. These dish network morons aren't telling any of there customers about this increase. I called dish and asked the customer rep. about the increase and she stated that it wasn't an increase that they were just restructuring the way the bill reads and the package names.....BS!!! If I paid 52.90 per month for the past 2 years and now my new bill is going to be 61.00 then I call that an increase.

Some years at DirecTV, when some packages went up and others went down (yes, it did happen once), DirecTV instructed their agents to refer to a "price adjustment", not "price increase". That is probably what DishNet told their agents this time.

But, as is well detailed in this and other threads, some peoples' bills went down, so it isn't a "price increase" across the board.

[landscaper101]

I looked at possibly changing to Direct from Dish and for the first 12 months I could save about 11 bucks a month but they require a 24 month committment and after the first 12 months the monthly fee nearly doubles.

[LER]

I just beat Dish out of $20/mo for 12 months on top of the $11/mo receiver/loyalty withOUT a commitment.

That works.

We'll see what they do between now and next February. He also hinted that there MIGHT be a way to get to Single receivers (612's) without having to shell out $105/ea coming.

We'll see if they actually make this all work in the billing system.

[peano]

They offered me free 612s to replace my 622s and 722. Free as in leased and a 24 month commitment.

[LER]

They wouldn't do the free 612's for me at all.

[SandFarmer]

I was checking my online bill, still hasn't posted, and when I reread the 2010 Updates it provoked a thought.

With DISH, there is no monthly fee for your first receiver which, in some cases, may operate two TVs. For each additional receiver beyond the first, we have combined what was previously up to three separate fees per receiver, into one fee per receiver. To give you the best pricing if you have multiple receivers, we will always consider the receiver with the highest monthly fee as your first.

What three fees that I was (wasn't) paying have been combined? So if I wasn't paying them before, and they are there now, if it's not a fee increase then where did they come from and why?

Is this the new DISH Confusion Theory?

[fz5j2r]

Yeah, they definitely won't budge.

I was offered the equivalent of $32 off. Not per month or per year. $32 off total!

Disgusting greed.

I canceled.

Directv is much less expensive for Premier customers with multiple HD DVRs.

I called Directv and arm wrestled with them on price and also new equipment. I have 4 HD DVR's with Dish.

Directv's prices for two years saves me $780 or $32.50 per month. My equipment costs to acquire 4 Directv DVR's would be $298 (they would give me the first two free, $99 for the third and $199 for the fourth). In addition, because their DVR's do not have an OTA tuner you must purchase two AM21 OTA boxes to duplicate what the DISH DVR's do by virtue of having an OTA tuner built in. The AM21 boxes are $50.00 each. This brings the total equipment cost to $398.

By deducting the equipment costs I would save $382 dollars by switching to Directv. I can also save another $100 using my son as a referral (he also gets a $100 credit). In addition, AAA members get $10 per month for 24 months for signing with Directv. This generates another $240 savings for a total savings of $722 over 24 months, even with purchasing new equipment.

I am calling Dish shortly and see if they will match the Directv deal. I doubt that they will.

If not, I will switch.

[Jonhern]

I called Directv and arm wrestled with them on price and also new equipment. I have 4 HD DVR's with Dish.

Directv's prices for two years saves me $780 or $32.50 per month. My equipment costs to acquire 4 Directv DVR's would be $298 (they would give me the first two free, $99 for the third and $199 for the fourth). In addition, because their DVR's do not have an OTA tuner you must purchase two AM21 OTA boxes to duplicate what the DISH DVR's do by virtue of having an OTA tuner built in. The AM21 boxes are $50.00 each. This brings the total equipment cost to $398.

By deducting the equipment costs I would save $382 dollars by switching to Directv. I can also save another $100 using my son as a referral (he also gets a $100 credit). In addition, AAA members get $10 per month for 24 months for signing with Directv. This generates another $240 savings for a total savings of $722 over 24 months, even with purchasing new equipment.

I am calling Dish shortly and see if they will match the Directv deal. I doubt that they will.

If not, I will switch.

Don't forget if you own any of your dish dvrs you can sell them to make up some of the up front costs of direct as well.