Dish at a minimum would have access to the records of what payments they've collected. If the third-party is a major bank for instance, then your money could already be in a Dish account and Dish would have a record that you paid. My auto-payment is through Paypal, so my money may be sitting in the Dish Paypal account, awaiting transfer elsewhere, but Dish would still have a record that I paid. I have had no communications from Dish regarding paper billing or any other payment information that some have received. I did receive the usual Paypal notice of payment though.Just curious, does that mean that Dish has my money but may not know that I've paid?