Joey 4.0 Upgrade Request

[HipKat]

why own vs ?? i think our h3, joey 4k, and 2x joey 3 are leased ??
curious, and thank you ..
(our bill is up there pretty good, 250, locals, no other premiums .. we have an antenna connected also, just for backup)

When you own, you can "turn" your receivers on and off when you're not using them, saving on line lease fees.
$250 seems pretty high?? What packages/channels do you have?

 

[jackson85]

Do you want to buy a soundbar is a sales pitch.
Your TV volume is on 99, and you know it's probably bothering other people in the house. I can fix that, is a recommendation.
We teach viable and sensible recommendations, not sales pitches.

My last Joey 4 upgrade, the installer wanted to know if I was interested in a sound bar. I have heard smart home and surround sound

 

[navychop]

Last guy in my home tried to get me to buy their sound bar, even after I pointed out my 7.1 system. How can someone that clueless hold down an installation job?

 

[John2021]

why own vs ?? i think our h3, joey 4k, and 2x joey 3 are leased ??
curious, and thank you ..
(our bill is up there pretty good, 250, locals, no other premiums .. we have an antenna connected also, just for backup)

we got our system for ZERO out of pocket using CC rewards vs paying 150.00 for the hopper and 50.00 for each joey... sometimes it makes sense to own other times it don't
an owned joey is 5.00 and not the 7.00 our hopper is 10.00 and not the 15.00...
only advantage is you can add things and remove rooms when not in use..
if you have a mydish acct you can look on it under the my equipment section.. it will tell you if it's leased or purchased!!! all of ours says purchased..
owning vs leasing if all your doing is a box swap you don't have to deal with techs coming in and selling you crap as well

keep in mind depending on where you buy everything so that you get rock bottom pricing!!! a 6 room setup can run you close to 1000.00 before taxes . and that would be new or remaned numbers cleared and good to go not like some of the sketch stuff on ebay.. i would buy yhe hopper from solid signal and the joeys from dish themselves since there the cheapest and solid signal is the cheapest for the hoppers

 

[John2021]

Last guy in my home tried to get me to buy their sound bar, even after I pointed out my 7.1 system. How can someone that clueless hold down an installation job?

we had the first sales pitch for a sound bar i declined it ...

 

[John2021]

why own vs ?? i think our h3, joey 4k, and 2x joey 3 are leased ??
curious, and thank you ..
(our bill is up there pretty good, 250, locals, no other premiums .. we have an antenna connected also, just for backup)

Also buying don't put you in another 2 year like leasing does

 

[John2021]

Assuming you were trying to upgrade to a leased Joey 4? If you had a purchased one, I doubt the CSRs would care and would simply activate it.

We bought our joey 4. They installed it and activated it no hopper plus required

 

[JS_racer]

When you own, you can "turn" your receivers on and off when you're not using them, saving on line lease fees.
$250 seems pretty high?? What packages/channels do you have?

Top 250, sorry... not $250 ...
Sorry for the confusion, and my lack of clarity

Top 250, local, h3, j4k, joey3 x2

 

[HipKat]

Last guy in my home tried to get me to buy their sound bar, even after I pointed out my 7.1 system. How can someone that clueless hold down an installation job?

I have a Sonos Playbar, sub, and rears and a JVC System that was replaced by the Polk System. The JVC is older and doesn't sound as good. The Sonos is older and doesn't have volume leveling, plus the PIA it is to use the app for everything so while I agree with you, I have replaced tons of in-place sound bars and full systems that were dated or the speaker wire was a nightmare or just didn't sound as good. I tell my guys, it never hurts to ask.

 

[John2021]

Buying my Joey 4.0 wireless receiver also got me a $2 price reduction on my bill from leased to owned. Not a lot but every little bit helps.

same here buying our joeys each is 5.00 and not the 7.00 buying our hopper is 10.00 and not the 15.00 . fleesing might be cheaper up front but it costs more in the long run

 

[John2021]

Stand by for comments from folks that LIKE a black screen, over a screensaver.

boobies would be nice . i don't like black screens i think the t.v. broke

 

[John2021]

Just looked at our dish bill. As we charged our joey 4 to it. it just says owned receiver 100.00. no model. one would figure they would also put the model of joey on the bill as well. though it's on our acct as an owned receiver

 

[John2021]

Last guy in my home tried to get me to buy their sound bar, even after I pointed out my 7.1 system. How can someone that clueless hold down an installation job?

we had that happen when we had our joey 4 installed in one of the rooms. how in the hell could someone not see a sound bar that's as long as the t.v. is . the first time they tried selling us gold plated HDMI cables. i just said no thanks i use fiber optic HDMI cables... the first guy was paranoid that he would break something that i get!!! I wonder if they get chewed out if they don't meet a certain qouta as well. wich isn't fair to the installer . i know att would take reps in the back room for a qoute on qoute meeting and chew em out for not making there sales qoutas. i think verizon does that as well...

 

[Peter Parker]

The no soliciting thing doesn;t stand. You invite the tech into your home, part of the job is recommending products and services. By allowing the tech visit, you agree to the recommendations

It explains why some of us do not agree to it In this case I was rescued from that

 

[John2021]

It explains why some of us do not agree to it In this case I was rescued from that

They offered to drop ship our joey 4 you might want to try that next time if you can do it yourself!!! we just said no because we wanted them to take back the 4k joey that we didn't order and we had the protection plan... Dish is the cheapest place to buy the joeys!!! we got an e-mail saying that the 4K joey was returned to them..

 

[tjboston5676]

Last guy in my home tried to get me to buy their sound bar, even after I pointed out my 7.1 system. How can someone that clueless hold down an installation job?

They aren't clueless. It's required to offer and you can always add it to any other room in the house. Don't even need a TV. Can use it just to Bluetooth music to.

 

[tjboston5676]

I have a Sonos Playbar, sub, and rears and a JVC System that was replaced by the Polk System. The JVC is older and doesn't sound as good. The Sonos is older and doesn't have volume leveling, plus the PIA it is to use the app for everything so while I agree with you, I have replaced tons of in-place sound bars and full systems that were dated or the speaker wire was a nightmare or just didn't sound as good. I tell my guys, it never hurts to ask.

Fun fact. The 7.1 sound system in my house was given to me for free after I sold them a polk system. The dudes wife didn't like the big speakers and all the equipment. After I setup the polk system they were just going to throw the old one in the trash.