Recent content by matt314159

Great thanks. I think you have to call for the welcome pack, as it's not an available option to change your account to from the web dashboard. [/hijack]

Could I get some clarification on this? Just because of the wording I was a little confused. Welcome pack still exists as a standalone, $19.99 (at present) plan, right? You just have to call in and get it since it's not listed online? Sorry I didn't mean to hijack OP, here.

Agreed. I posted the photo of my cable run a few messages ago. I was kind of disappointed. Overall my installer was well-intentioned and had a great attitude, but it seemed like he didn't know what he was doing. He went outside for nearly 45 minutes and when he came back in I asked him if it...

I addressed this earlier, but you may have missed it. Nevertheless, a dish installer is not an auto mechanic. It's a different level of skill required. Furthermore, if I had paid for my "professional" install, this is what my $200 would have gotten me: http://imgur.com/kq3ro8J I told the...

According to the supervisor I spoke with who offered me the $10 credit for the AT120 pack, yes. Of course since it's a phone call I don't have proof but I asked him this almost verbatim: "This $24.95 price sounds great, but what happens next year when the price more than doubles? I'm not sure...

I came really close to going that route, myself. Decided I could live with a contract in order to save the hassle. I'm kind of on the fence about the decision at this point given how shady the chat agent who sold me the service was.

Just an update from your loyal OP, I had my service installed yesterday, and I have a story! Remember how pushy I said the dish chat agents were? Well, I signed up for the Smart Pack at the agent's suggestion since the intro price was the same as the welcome pack. The chat agent explicitly...

Thanks folks, I appreciate it. y'all are great.

So you'll all probably laugh at me, after starting a rather wandering four-page thread about how to get a cheap, OFF CONTRACT dish install, but... Yeah I have the installer coming on Thursday, and I'll do the contract. The free install/activation plus $150 rebate card made me realize the...

Guys (and gals?) I should clarify one thing here: I'm not taking issue with dish charging $199 per se. I understand they have to set a price that at least covers their costs. Large, complicated, multiroom installs with attic-runs and wall fishes will take more time and actually cost more than...

I didn't really mean to get this type of discussion going, my apologies. Based on the difficulty of this particular job and what I know about how to do it, I'd probably pay somebody $100 to do the job neatly,and professionally so that I don't have to worry about anything. When that price is...

I actually have a compression tool and a handful of fittings laying around here somewhere from when I wired up the house I used to live in. At this point all I need is some cable, and some clips. I kind of like the window idea, actually, as then I'm really making no holes whatsoever and the...

Really? $200 for a job where there's a fairly recently pre-installed dish, about a ten foot horizontal run, 12' vertical run, and then just poke it through a single exterior wall wall and walk away? I'll bet it doesn't take a pro 30 minutes, unless the dish is way wacked out. I've all but...

located in NW Iowa. It was installed in 2012. It looks almost like our family's old 1000.2 but is black so it might not be that exact model.

Absolutely--Same as buying a used cellphone or anything like that. I'm tempted to go something along the route of what Rob suggests--But i don't just want a cord dangling freely down the side of the builiding. I don't know what they'd use to attach it to the vinyl siding, seal the hole in the...