Dish rescheduled my appointment!

[Van]

If you deal with Dish directly you deserve all the greif you can get. Try dealing with a local dealer who actually showes up when there suppost to. When you have Dish install your equipment and lord help if you have a problem, they will ask you to call your local dealer and get help from him! You local dealer will ask you "who" installed your equipment and then politely tell you to !@#@#$@#$@$#@$!

You know what, thats a load of bunk, do you really think that the local guys are always going to be better than the parent company? Sorry but obviously you dont read the threads here and see what others have said about horror stories after dealing with local guys, subs, retailers, rsp's, and yes dish techs and support. For every bad dish tech I can show you an equally bad tech at any of the other places, read the threads and you will see that there is a horror story for each one.

[Texanmutt]

You know what, thats a load of bunk, do you really think that the local guys are always going to be better than the parent company? Sorry but obviously you dont read the threads here and see what others have said about horror stories after dealing with local guys, subs, retailers, rsp's, and yes dish techs and support. For every bad dish tech I can show you an equally bad tech at any of the other places, read the threads and you will see that there is a horror story for each one.

It depends on the local guy as well. Some just dont give a fuck and only care about the money. Their retail installs are as shitty as their fulfillment installs. When i have a sale install, i take my time cause i am getting paid 2 and a half times more than a fulfillment install. I am also more likely to do extra things at no extra charge like phone lines, ota's, etc. Things that would normally charge the custom work rate ($59/hr).

[Texanmutt]

It all has to do with the poor treatment that they give local dealers. They have again and again reduced reimbursement costs to installers to the point that they are scraping the bottom of the barrel for installers. Good ones leave ever day for better pay and benefits.

Add other BS to that list like having to do wall drops for free, even though cable and D* get to charge extra for them.