DISH Guarantees $250 Savings to Satellite Pay-TV Customers Who Switch

[Claude Greiner]

Claude I bet your phone is ringing off the hook for people wanting BET.

You know dish discriminates against their African American customers by forcing them to get a higher package to get BET.

If I had a dollar every time I heard that....

It's true, I didn't make that one up

 

[ChadT41]

You know dish discriminates against their African American customers by forcing them to get a higher package to get BET.

If I had a dollar every time I heard that....

It's true, I didn't make that one up

I'll attest to that. Countless amounts of times, I heard customers say that when they called in wanting that channel. It became a company joke across the enterprise at one point in time.

 

[Claude Greiner]

Remember when Al Sharpton showed up at Charlie's house over this and the word network?

 

[ChadT41]

I do not... but I know what I am googling when I get done writing this paper... LOL... Now I need to turn my phone on vibrate and start ignoring emails... Bad influence Claude.

 

[Claude Greiner]

http://www.smartbrief.com/02/20/02/sharpton-makes-house-call-echostars-charlie-ergen#.VNro-bA5D5o

 

[ChadT41]

I just read it and that is hilarious.

"The Rev. Al Sharpton yesterday held a press conference outside EchoStar chief Charlie Ergen's home to ask the satcaster to carry The Word Network, an African-American ministry channel. EchoStar says the two public-interest channels it has chosen to air -- StarNet and CoLours -- are better qualified."

 

[Stargazer]

I remember when Al went to Charlie's house. Didnt he seek the dogs after him or did he call the police?

 

[KAB]

It's going to be funny when Directv fights back and puts Dish in its place.

With Rob Lowe and the "Wish I didn't have to resort to doing asinine Directv commercials, Rob Lowe?"

 

[Claude Greiner]

I remember when Al went to Charlie's house. Didnt he seek the dogs after him or did he call the police?

Charlie didn't have a big house.

If I remember correctly the house keeper told him to leave

 

[Stargazer]

Perhaps Dish's promo is in response to Directv's promo which is in response to Dish's Sling TV service.

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/DirecTV-Counters-Dishs-Sling-TV-With-20-TV-Promo-132596

 

[MikeD-C05]

It's Satellite tv all out WAR!!!!!!!!

 

[Tampa8]

Claude, some of what you post is true, but here's the rub. I now have the Top250 and save $16.50 a month (I save $1.50 more since the increases by both) Even if I had top 200 and had to go to the Top 250 to get the channels I wanted that Direct had in a lower package I STILL would save approx $7.00 a month and would be receiving a better package. Of course if we are using that logic, it can work the other way around where DISH has the channels I want in the lower package, in that case I might save $27.00 a month, over $300 a year.

 

[foghorn2]

You know dish discriminates against their African American customers by forcing them to get a higher package to get BET.

If I had a dollar every time I heard that....

It's true, I didn't make that one up

But latinos get playboy free. What do the chinese, indians, and polish get?

 

[Claude Greiner]

But latinos get playboy free. What do the chinese, indians, and polish get?

Yea. When we sold that the women would actually say yes to playboy most of the time.

They felt they where being ripped off if they didn't get it as there was no discounts for not getting it

 

[harshness]

wow, getting desperate?

Who's taking advantage of something that they already have by making a big deal out of it. The ARPU difference of more than $250/year (even without the discounts) almost guarantees that the campaign won't cost DISH much and it makes DIRECTV look like the bad guy. A seeming win-win for DISH. Why not play it up?

 

[harshness]

Dish is not doing this because they want to. They are doing it because the have to, if you know what I mean.

It will all become clearer when they announce their quarterly subscriber results in a week or two.

What will you do if the numbers don't support your theory?

 

[Bobby]

Well I had to dig out a path in the snow to my shed... but got a can of Troll B Gone.

That stuff works even when its cold.

Who's taking advantage of something that they already have by making a big deal out of it. The ARPU difference of more than $250/year (even without the discounts) almost guarantees that the campaign won't cost DISH much and it makes DIRECTV look like the bad guy. A seeming win-win for DISH. Why not play it up?

What will you do if the numbers don't support your theory?

You're talking to the wind. He's not here anymore...

 

[Bronxiniowa]

Just switched from DirecTV to Mediacom (something I swore I would never do!) and am paying about $60 per month less for phone, Internet and TV (channel package more or less equivalent to DirecTV Choice Xtra and AT 200 minus the sports networks, which Mediacom doesn't offer) than I was doing with DirecTV. Four rooms, HD, whole-home, TiVo on three sets. Price will rise $20 in my second year of a two-year contract, which means I'll be paying $40 a month less after one year. If either satco can match that, I'll come back.

 

[dare2be]

You're talking to the wind. He's not here anymore...

I saw a bunch of people talking to the wind, since apparently I had this person on ignore. Who was it?

 

[Claude Greiner]

Just switched from DirecTV to Mediacom (something I swore I would never do!) and am paying about $60 per month less for phone, Internet and TV (channel package more or less equivalent to DirecTV Choice Xtra and AT 200 minus the sports networks, which Mediacom doesn't offer) than I was doing with DirecTV. Four rooms, HD, whole-home, TiVo on three sets. Price will rise $20 in my second year of a two-year contract, which means I'll be paying $40 a month less after one year. If either satco can match that, I'll come back.

The cable companies are getting aggressive.

With some of the deals Comcast has lately, with a 2 year price guarantee switching is a no brainer. Only issue with Comcast is their rental fees. By the time you add a Modem rental, with all the $10 fee here and there for extra receivers, the bundle is not as attractive.

At my house I own my own Modem and have a Tivo. Cuts the fees down significantly