You modified ( translated means hacked ) a receiver you purchased and because of the screw up you'll either have to send it back or eat the cost of the receiver so that you dont get busted for sending back a hacked receiver and get a visit from the feds.
It's confirmed: you are not able to reason like the higher primates. NO, this receiver is not modified to hack or steal signal. Would I have mentioned it here if it were? Why the Hell would I have signed up for Dish, if it were?! Why would I have established an account and had two installers come out and activate these receivers for? So I can
pay for my free hacked signal?! Wouldn't that be nonsensical? Furthermore, a 211
can't be hacked for signal! Yeah, gourd head, send out the feds.
And NO, I am not going to tell you what my mod is, because I know you are curious. I do not respond to someone trying to FORCE information out of me.
My conclusion about attitudes like yours Van, is that you think so low of yourself that you
like it when big corporations steamroller you. You get a sick pleasure out of being, and seeing others, abused by giant monolithic monopolies. You like only having one or two choices because it makes it easy, and actually hate it when competition gets in the way. More corporate welfare and lower taxes for the Rich! You Van, are the kind bringing this country down. Go hurt yourself somewhere else and spare us your uneducated tripe.
Also, if I were in your situation Quantum, I would not say "They GOT me." You end the fight. Only you. Now granted, you may not have the intestinal fortitude, the financial wherewithal, or the mental dedication to take this battle to a finished product. And that is entirely up to you. But you are ending it, not them.
Thanks AnaBot. You may have noticed that I broach little schite from the few self-flagillators here. Earlier this year I got stiffed for a month's pay by not one, but two contractor employers. I sued them both for stealing wages --in Superior Court, no less-- and won double damages from one and
treble damages from the other! One paid me right away, but the other is refusing so I had to look to his bond. The bonding company then refused to pay (a duly ordered judgment, in which they are co-defendant), as so many insurance companies do these days, and so I have now given them 20 days Demand to pay or else I will ask for treble damages upon the prior treble damages under my state's Insurance Bad Faith Act. I will get paid, whether it's $4,000 or $16,000.
There's alot of discouragement in our culture from suing for money that's rightfully owed you. This has made many companies bold in keeping money unfairly. I agree that to use a lawyer is unnecessary for most everyday actions. My state even has forms for smaller suits which anyone can fill out, and filing costs are waived if you can't afford it. But culturally this is out of reach for most, not least because there is no one to show them the way and that it's possible.
I was helping another guy who worked with me also as a sub, how to sue for the money we got stiffed. They got him for over $3,000, but he is one of these 'company men', who believe the company is right to steal from working folks. So he was really torn when it happened to him! I got him started and he agreed to buy me breakfast when he needed help. We agreed to do each others' service of process, but when I needed him he wasn't there. And he started wanting to meet to ask me questions in the afternoon, when there wouldn't be any breakfast. And he didn't return my calls except when he needed something. So I stopped helping him. We had certain understandings but he violated all of them, so now he's out all his money. Congratulations. I was helping him mostly out of kindness, but I am not putting up with his tornness over corporate wrongdoing.
As to Dish, I have been far more patient with them than I usually am, for technical reasons I'll explain to you in PM. There's no need to record calls, because a lawsuit is basically easy. They whack me with early termination fee and equipment charge, and I sue them pro se in District Court for $700 plus costs plus damages. A lawyer in my state costs them no less than $5,000, so they do not answer the suit and I win by default. I press for collection, and get my money back, and then some. They are gambling that most people won't do this, and they are right. So it is up to me to try and make up for all those others they've stiffed, to try and make them think twice next time. Maybe it'll never happen, but at least I get some money out of it.
No, I have other reasons for being patient, but the core issue here is corporate misbehavior. At this point it is clear to me that Dish is intentionally dishonest, in seizing customer-owned receivers, and in abusing the customer service process to wrangle more early termination fees and mischarge other fees always in their favor. This dishonest behavior must be recognized and announced by enough people to change this abusive behavior. There will always be apologists who Blame The Victim, but they are universally in the lower-middle-class and are convinced that they deserve no better than to be hit and hit again. Their opinion is worth zero.
