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Hey guys,
Just got my voom bill in the mail. My total is 3326.87.
I have six recievers, four of which were installed several weeks ago.
I know others have had problems like this lately, although don't know if the amount was this high.
I am on hold right now, this is completely unacceptable. I only hope this can be fixed, but I am not holding my breath for it to be easy.
Let me know if anyone has any tips, should I try sending wilt an email?
Thanks guys for all the help!!!
Just got my voom bill in the mail. My total is 3326.87.
I have six recievers, four of which were installed several weeks ago.
I know others have had problems like this lately, although don't know if the amount was this high.
I am on hold right now, this is completely unacceptable. I only hope this can be fixed, but I am not holding my breath for it to be easy.
Let me know if anyone has any tips, should I try sending wilt an email?
Thanks guys for all the help!!!
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Yeah AMEX acted like no big deal. That is the exact reason I never do any autopay on my debit card.
I think the total should be something like this:
79.99 Va Va Voom
14.90(?) PBHD
6x 9.50
6x 5.00
So like 181.00 or so.
I am wondering if the "buy button" may be the reason, who knows. Not saying that I know everything, but I own a software company and just graduated with a degree in Computer Information Systems. I have been using computers for years. Frankly, people are letting compaines get away with way too much these days. There is 0 reason for such bugs, like I said not that I know exactly how they are setup. Its a matter of "lets get this out the door and let the customers find the problems." Our software is an electronic medical records system that runs a clinic. If it doesn't run, the clinic doesn't run. We test, test, test, then place it into beta, then do a beta test site release. So far we have never had a system down.
Anyways enough with my rant
I think I might just give them a call right now to see how things are coming.
EDIT:
Well looks like they got things taken care of. Total is 189.00 a month. So if they tell you its going to be 6-8 weeks, don't let them get away with that
I think the total should be something like this:
79.99 Va Va Voom
14.90(?) PBHD
6x 9.50
6x 5.00
So like 181.00 or so.
I am wondering if the "buy button" may be the reason, who knows. Not saying that I know everything, but I own a software company and just graduated with a degree in Computer Information Systems. I have been using computers for years. Frankly, people are letting compaines get away with way too much these days. There is 0 reason for such bugs, like I said not that I know exactly how they are setup. Its a matter of "lets get this out the door and let the customers find the problems." Our software is an electronic medical records system that runs a clinic. If it doesn't run, the clinic doesn't run. We test, test, test, then place it into beta, then do a beta test site release. So far we have never had a system down.
Anyways enough with my rant
I think I might just give them a call right now to see how things are coming.
EDIT:
Well looks like they got things taken care of. Total is 189.00 a month. So if they tell you its going to be 6-8 weeks, don't let them get away with that
In all cases, unlkess you know the person as a friend you did the CC billing, CALL THE CC even after you talk to VOOM to dispute the charge. Let both know you are working this out with VOOM and are notifying the CC AMEX just as an advisory to establish the date of dispute. The reason is that you want all parties on advisory as of an immediate date to set the legal audit in action. Notifying AMEX will remove the 3300 from your limit with the call. that should solve the "this weekend need" By telling a supervisor at VOOM you are advising the CC company anyway it will put VOOM on alert to rectify the issue expeditiously. And, BTW the one who said there is no limit on credit cards is wrong, even for AMEX there are limits. Don't be fooled in believeing that. The "no limit" phrase on AMEX applies to car rental, and other large purchase of travel. Say you rent a Ferrari with your AMEX gold card. Your card is on notice for the full value of that car but your card is free to make other purchases. If you steel the car as in don't return it on time your card may be charged that amount but you will have your Gold card frozen. Another way to test this is walk into a car dealership and try to buy a Ferrari with your Gold card, having never charged anything more than 2-3 thousand a month and never been late. See if you can drive out.
Another point- Anyone who uses a debit card for anything and also has credit needs a few lessons in fiscal management, the law, and what your rights are. I would also say you are very stupid but I don't want to get personal. Fact is that with a credit card the bank is at risk. Wioth a debit card you are at risk. Congress has held up legislation for years that would give you the same ptotection as a credit card but still if anyone auto pay or not decided to steal your number and charge stuff to it, you will be responsible for payment until you catch the thief. You will be at the mercy of the police and your bank, but in the meantime, you may have all your financial assets frozen at that bank until the matter is resolved. If you bank tells you otherwise, request that in writing. Banks will usually backpeddle when asked to have it in writing. Considering the number of CC transactions, the number of CC frauds are small and even rare but it could happen to you. The easy way is to never use check or debit cards. If you insist that you must put yourself at risk in this way, for whatever reason, then do this- Open up a checking account at another bank, completely different from the bank you conduct your normal transactions at. Then use your check cark or debit card from that bank and only keep a small balance there enough to qualify your debit card needs and resolve yourself that the balance you have there is at risk of being frozen at any time.
While the conspiracy theory of an easy loan to cover losses is humorous, the fact is that small business can indeed float some quick cash this way but they don't if they plan to use the merchant accounts for long. The chargeback fees are too high to handle. The CC banks weren't born yesterday in the loan business.
Another point- Anyone who uses a debit card for anything and also has credit needs a few lessons in fiscal management, the law, and what your rights are. I would also say you are very stupid but I don't want to get personal. Fact is that with a credit card the bank is at risk. Wioth a debit card you are at risk. Congress has held up legislation for years that would give you the same ptotection as a credit card but still if anyone auto pay or not decided to steal your number and charge stuff to it, you will be responsible for payment until you catch the thief. You will be at the mercy of the police and your bank, but in the meantime, you may have all your financial assets frozen at that bank until the matter is resolved. If you bank tells you otherwise, request that in writing. Banks will usually backpeddle when asked to have it in writing. Considering the number of CC transactions, the number of CC frauds are small and even rare but it could happen to you. The easy way is to never use check or debit cards. If you insist that you must put yourself at risk in this way, for whatever reason, then do this- Open up a checking account at another bank, completely different from the bank you conduct your normal transactions at. Then use your check cark or debit card from that bank and only keep a small balance there enough to qualify your debit card needs and resolve yourself that the balance you have there is at risk of being frozen at any time.
While the conspiracy theory of an easy loan to cover losses is humorous, the fact is that small business can indeed float some quick cash this way but they don't if they plan to use the merchant accounts for long. The chargeback fees are too high to handle. The CC banks weren't born yesterday in the loan business.
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Sometimes a thread gets so many posts in it that is can cause issues for the server so that why today we introduce The Song Name Game Part 3!
So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
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Several Dish offers showed up today in my account. Once you choose one the rest are removed. Offers were Showtime, Starz, AMC and others.
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Not for me, mines has no mention of how long aka the offer period and the Terms and conditions the $0.00 is good for. All I see is one can lose $5.00 if you decide to remove it before day 31 after you add it to the account.
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I created this thread on the original Edgecutter Cutting Edge Forums site. It's simply a place for those to review the latest software available for those using Windows 10 and Windows 11. To date it has received 112,559 views. I have been asked by staff to continue this thread here.
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To each there own but I've found that Windows can't do much more than Linux can. Can't have everything.
For niche use cases, yes I agree. Kali for ethical hacking and security testing, and running a Cacti server for network monitoring are the two things I have experience in. Plus thousands and thousands of other things, but for every day use I just can't see it. The owner of the GMRS repeater that I pay to access is changing the Tx DPL tones tomorrow, while Chirp is available on Linux, the software to program my MXT500 is not.To each there own but I've found that Windows can't do much more than Linux can. Can't have everything.
I run Fedora and Ubuntu in VMWare, honestly I don't care much for the UI of either of them and I don't feel like spending days/weeks to customize the UI to make it look Windows-like when I could just use Windows. The cartoonish dock at the bottom of the screen reminds me of Apple products.
As I said above, and, FWIW, I run Win11 Pro and Arch on separate 250 GB NVME drives, using F8 to select which I boot to, with a 1TB SSD for storage, accessible to both OSs and a third formatted Nvme I want to use to learn Kali. It was much faster to setup Arch than it was to strip down Windows. Windows still takes much longer to boot.
For some reason, the satelliteguys.us site is loading a lot slower than usual on both Chrome on my Asus laptop and Safari on my iPhone.
I'm also seeing longer appearances of the blue bar at the top and the "3 blue bars" loading symbol.
Is anyone else also having the same problem? Thanks in advance.
I'm also seeing longer appearances of the blue bar at the top and the "3 blue bars" loading symbol.
Is anyone else also having the same problem? Thanks in advance.
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Remember folks... just like DNS... its always Foxbat.
WTF… …What the Foxbat!Remember folks... just like DNS... its always Foxbat.
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wow what a kick in the balls!!! the wife blames you when things don't work now scott's blaming youWTF… …What the Foxbat!
I know. Here's what Scott has in store for me if I get out of line:wow what a kick in the balls!!! the wife blames you when things don't work now scott's blaming you
Help, I'm a little confjused on the activation process.
I purchased the Joey 4 from Solid Signal and shipping box has Call 866 726-4282 to Avtivate new Receiver. That number is Solid Signals number.
I googled and that search said call Dish to activate. I assume that is correct unless this requires a 2 step process.
Please let me know.
Thanks
I purchased the Joey 4 from Solid Signal and shipping box has Call 866 726-4282 to Avtivate new Receiver. That number is Solid Signals number.
I googled and that search said call Dish to activate. I assume that is correct unless this requires a 2 step process.
Please let me know.
Thanks
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All good called Dish and new Joey 4 is activated and working.
Old Joey 2 deactivated and no need to return.
Old Joey 2 deactivated and no need to return.
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i bought mine straight from dish as it was only $ 100.00 bucks!!! had the protection plan they came out removed and deactivated the 4k joey and activated and installed the joey 4.All good called Dish and new Joey 4 is activated and working.
Old Joey 2 deactivated and no need to return.
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Apple has finally released their Apple TV 4K with built-in Siri and a microphone so it can respond to your queries even if you don't have the remote. It also increases in price, to $299. I had been planning on updating my current Apple TV 4K streamers, but that's $600 for the two of them, and that's a pass at this point.
At $299, it had better come with 256 GB of Storage, Gigabit (or better) Ethernet, the latest HDMI tech and standards, and one year of free Apple One. But it probably won't…
At $299, it had better come with 256 GB of Storage, Gigabit (or better) Ethernet, the latest HDMI tech and standards, and one year of free Apple One. But it probably won't…
Apple TV 4K
Apple TV 4K. New Siri AI and hands-free control. Stunning picture and immersive HomePod surround sound. Works with your Apple and smart home devices.
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. apple's been making money off of software and not hardware for a while
they all do that anyways.. ever notice your cell phone slows down when you come up for an upgrade..
. apple's been making money off of software and not hardware for a while
The new curated multiview is now live.
While on many of the sports channels and non sports channels there is a multi view option button. It will pull up a side bar with many different multi view options.
While on many of the sports channels and non sports channels there is a multi view option button. It will pull up a side bar with many different multi view options.
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Really excited for this season with Kentucky having a new coach and some really exciting recruits. Probably won't last long, but here's hoping this season is great.
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