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If I order a receiver from solid signal will directv activate it or can solid signal activate it. If only directv can authorize it do they require a truck roll.


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Claude Greiner
I would personally just ship it back to them and call Directv/AT&T and get one for FREE!

If they activate it, make sure it's not LEASED, or let them put you in another 2 year agreement.

As a retailer that's the only way they allow us to activate equipment. Shady signal has no back door or special way to activate equipment than any other retailer out there.

All they will do is put you under a promotion so they can build the work order in OPUS, and activate your equipment.

If it's going to be leased with an agreement, why pay MSRP through Shady signal when you can get it for free by calling Directv/AT&T?

Solid signal is a shady company to deal with.

Go ahead and run the wire yourself and have Directv send out a tech to install it. He won't mind and doesn't care if your other receiver is at grandmas house.

Might be a problem if you live in Canada or moved to get locals.

Don't say I didn't warn you [emoji4]
krynn
I would personally just ship it back to them and call Directv/AT&T and get one for FREE!

If they activate it, make sure it's not LEASED, or let them put you in another 2 year agreement.

As a retailer that's the only way they allow us to activate equipment. Shady signal has no back door or special way to activate equipment than any other retailer out there.

All they will do is put you under a promotion so they can build the work order in OPUS, and activate your equipment.

If it's going to be leased with an agreement, why pay MSRP through Shady signal when you can get it for free by calling Directv/AT&T?

Solid signal is a shady company to deal with.

Go ahead and run the wire yourself and have Directv send out a tech to install it. He won't mind and doesn't care if your other receiver is at grandmas house.

Might be a problem if you live in Canada or moved to get locals.

Don't say I didn't warn you [emoji4]
solid signal told me there's another contract for activating a box and it's a leased deal amazon's the same way to. directv does NOT sell the genie systems!!!
Jimbo
solid signal told me there's another contract for activating a box and it's a leased deal amazon's the same way to. directv does NOT sell the genie systems!!!
Nobody SELL boxes anymore, I believe they are ALL considered a Lease.
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krynn
Nobody SELL boxes anymore, I believe they are ALL considered a Lease.
all boxes are leased unless one goes to a dish prepay plan
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One advantage of going with SS is that you can get the specific receiver that you want. It you call DIRECTV and say you want a wireless client you can get a C41W or C61W. But if you want just the C61W the best way to guarantee that is to order from a retailer.
Claude Greiner
One advantage of going with SS is that you can get the specific receiver that you want. It you call DIRECTV and say you want a wireless client you can get a C41W or C61W. But if you want just the C61W the best way to guarantee that is to order from a retailer.

And they are charging you full MSRP for a box that should be leased to you.

So get a free receiver you roll the dice when the tech brings out the receiver. Pay full price through solid signal, get ripped off, but get the receiver you want.

I agree a retailer is your best option, but NOT solid signal.

At least if you go through an honest independent retailer, you can get the receiver you want and not have to pay full price.
Claude Greiner
all boxes are leased unless one goes to a dish prepay plan

I will give credit to Dish for one thing. At least you can put a box on any account as an owned piece of equipment.

That's the one and only advantage they have over Directv.

This is the only time I will ever say anything positive about Dish.

Now where is my gold star.
jcrandall
I will give credit to Dish for one thing. At least you can put a box on any account as an owned piece of equipment.

That's the one and only advantage they have over Directv.

This is the only time I will ever say anything positive about Dish.

Now where is my gold star.
I think Claude really did earn a gold star with this post :cool:
krynn
One advantage of going with SS is that you can get the specific receiver that you want. It you call DIRECTV and say you want a wireless client you can get a C41W or C61W. But if you want just the C61W the best way to guarantee that is to order from a retailer.
i never had any problems getting what i wanted.. the second time around. the first time it was confusing since they don't mention the 4K mini's and or the genie 2 system on there site. i had to call in and tell em i wanted to upgrade my system to 4K and i wanted the genie 2... all free even after the first genie was installed...
krynn
And they are charging you full MSRP for a box that should be leased to you.

So get a free receiver you roll the dice when the tech brings out the receiver. Pay full price through solid signal, get ripped off, but get the receiver you want.

I agree a retailer is your best option, but NOT solid signal.

At least if you go through an honest independent retailer, you can get the receiver you want and not have to pay full price.
hell id'e tell DTV that there nuts if they think i'm paying for stuff that i don't own:D, now if i wrecked it then that's different!!! with normal wear and tear expected...
Jimbo
i never had any problems getting what i wanted.. the second time around. the first time it was confusing since they don't mention the 4K mini's and or the genie 2 system on there site. i had to call in and tell em i wanted to upgrade my system to 4K and i wanted the genie 2... all free even after the first genie was installed...
Thats because you were asking for what they were pushing ...

I tried for months to have them listen to me when I wanted to move to 4k ...
I told them I wanted to keep what I had (hr24s and a HR44) Now I knew I would have to change to an HR54 and that was fine, but for months they told me I couldn't do that, that I had to get the HS17 ... I asked them why they couldn't give me the HR54, and they came up with some stupid excuse, so I continued to hang up and call back another time.

Finally about 6 months ago I got ahold of the Employees line (somehow) and they knew exactly what I wanted and sent it out right away.
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Claude Greiner
Thats because you were asking for what they were pushing ...

I tried for months to have them listen to me when I wanted to move to 4k ...
I told them I wanted to keep what I had (hr24s and a HR44) Now I knew I would have to change to an HR54 and that was fine, but for months they told me I couldn't do that, that I had to get the HS17 ... I asked them why they couldn't give me the HR54, and they came up with some stupid excuse, so I continued to hang up and call back another time.

Finally about 6 months ago I got ahold of the Employees line (somehow) and they knew exactly what I wanted and sent it out right away.

That's the biggest issue sometimes.

You need to tell them you have 4K Tv's so the idiot on the other side of the phone will then suggest 4K equipment.

If you go straight up and request it, they always want to fight you fir some reason
dishstaller
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· posted in TV Shows
I had quit watching this show years ago because I ended up more annoyed than entertained. Well......I'm STILL more annoyed than entertained. I DO find it interesting to see how things work behind the scenes at many businesses. What annoys me is how utterly out of touch CEOs are with the companies they run. At the end of almost every episode the head of the company is amazed at how hard the employees have to work and many times have to work around impossible guidelines set forth from headquarters.

I found this one interesting because the new CEO had big plans for this company, Muscle Maker Grill, and it looked like the stores were all pretty busy. Recent history hasn't been good to this company however. I bet the covid lockdowns were the real killer.


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Last reply · posted in DISH Network Support Forum
I thought I would come here and find lots of complaints about the update to the dish anywhere mobile app, but am not seeing any. It used to look just like the desktop webpage. Now you can no longer filter by sports channels or movie channels. Plus that they made it look like a big button telephone and you see fewer channels in the screen which requires more scrolling. Yes I realize you can look at sports then select which sport you want to look at, I just liked being able to see all sporting events in the guide with all other channels being filtered out. Am I alone in the wilderness on this?
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Juan
Not alot of dish customers any more
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Scott Greczkowski
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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!

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One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters

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White Wedding - Billy Idol
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White Christmas - Elvis Presley
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Dirty White Boy - Foreigner
Bobby
Tickle Me (Dirty, Dirty Feeling) - Elvis Presley
dishstaller
Dirty Diana - Michael Jackson
osu1991
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Last reply · posted in TV Shows
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Another Tulsa King spin off.🙄
Anony55
Last reply · posted in DISH Network Support Forum
For quite a while now, people with a VIP211k have been losing their recordings on their activated external HDDs... even when there's nothing physically wrong with HDD. I believe this is an intentional and underhanded tactic that Dish is pulling in an attempt to force users away from the VIP211k.

They are obviously regretting that they ever let users have a "non-dvr" dvr in the first place. You would think they would be happy charging you a $40 one time fee... and then be happy letting the customer be the one responsible for HDD failures.

Dish clearly hates the 211k bitter-clingers. This recording deletion problem is intentional (IMO), and I think it is just one more tool that they are using. Hopper and a 2-year agreement... that's what they want you to have. Think about that... a 2-year agreement... with a company $30 Billion in debt (that's with a B). What happens when all that debt causes them to drop the channel that may have been your whole reason for having Dish in the first place? Guess who's stuck with a service that no longer suits their needs... for the remainder of the 2-year agreement.

On top of that, they don't want you to install it yourself. I purchased and installed all my equipment myself. That used to be common. Now, they lie to me and tell me that my dish must be updated to use a Hopper. Funny thing is... they don't even know what dish I have because they didn't install it, and I didn't tell them. If you ask what type of dish/LNBs the hopper needs... good luck getting an answer. All they know is that whatever you have needs to be upgraded by an installer.

It is quite apparent to me that they care much more about staying in their box, than they do working with the customer. That's too bad, because it hasn't always been that way. It's like they are totally unaware of the current business environment that they are trying to compete in.

I have been a customer since 2010. I will be cancelling my service before the next period. Yeah, I know, my $1,200 a year won't make a difference to them. It just seems like they have forgotten who needs who, especially when you consider the competition in today's streaming world. But hey, they will have succeed in forcing me off the 211k.
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Nebugeater
Got a 211k that works fine, and I no longer need it if someone wants to throw me a few bucks and pay shipping. Not tied to my account as of last week. Used with a tailgater and got a wally
Former member 208119
Class action.
a hopper 3 with 6 firesticks and or if you wanna spend even more money apple tv's
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Got a 211k that works fine, and I no longer need it if someone wants to throw me a few bucks and pay shipping. Not tied to my account as of last week. Used with a tailgater and got a wally
Is the 211k still available? If so, I'm interested.
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Nebugeater
Is the 211k still available? If so, I'm interested.


Actually, it is. A couple of people PMed me when I posted this, and when I asked for an address, they never responded. Then I just sort of let it go. Send me a PM to continue the discussion
Anony55
Well, after nine months of being on pause, I finally figured out that I was wasting $5 a month. So I cancelled. For the first time since 2010, I no longer have a Dish account.

I do have to say that I did appreciate the account pause option. That just gives a person some time to see what the fallout of cancelling will be... without having to go all the way over the cliff first.

Since I never once had an "oh shoot, I need Dish Network for..." moment, the decision was a lot easier.

Funny enough, when I called to cancel (for real, not playing the pricing game), all of a sudden, they were offering me deals that I was told before that I couldn't get without changing out my VIP211k. Now, I could have had those specials with them just sending me a new card for the receiver. LOL!

Of course, my mind was already made up because of having not missed the service while on pause. That, and the fact that I bet the 211k still kills recordings.

All in all, I'm glad that I had Dish for all those years. I just outgrew the need, and they pressed the issue by deleting recordings. I would have eventually went this route without the deleted recordings issue. But, for sure, that did hasten the outcome.

I'll still pop in at this site from time to time. Believe it or not, I still have a C/Ku BUD that I intend on playing with again if life ever slows down.
dishstaller
Actually, it is. A couple of people PMed me when I posted this, and when I asked for an address, they never responded. Then I just sort of let it go. Send me a PM to continue the discussion
Unless things have changed at Dish, which is entirely possible, they won't activate the 211, even as a replacement. I gave one to a customer a while back....which when I turned it off I made sure to tell the CSR I wanted it freed up so another customer could use it, I was assured it was.....and when they called to swap out there's they were told it couldn't be done. Now like I said, things MIGHT HAVE CHANGED.
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Last reply · posted in SatelliteGuys Support Center
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.
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Scott Greczkowski
Remember folks... just like DNS... its always Foxbat. :D
Foxbat
Remember folks... just like DNS... its always Foxbat. :D
WTF… …What the Foxbat!😱
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zipping right along here
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WTF… …What the Foxbat!😱
wow what a kick in the balls!!! the wife blames you when things don't work now scott's blaming you :biggrin
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Foxbat
wow what a kick in the balls!!! the wife blames you when things don't work now scott's blaming you :biggrin
I know. Here's what Scott has in store for me if I get out of line:
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I know. Here's what Scott has in store for me if I get out of line:
OMG to freaking funny :biggrin
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comfortably_numb
I know. Here's what Scott has in store for me if I get out of line:

Not likely since that place closed down.
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TheRatPatrol
Last reply · posted in TV Shows
Anyone else watch this show? Any guesses as to what was in the box Gibbs gave to Abby that was on her desk? It look liked it was glowing.

I also heard that someone was leaving the show at the end of this season. Any guesses as to who thats going to be?
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Jimbo

Howard ...
You don't like Tony, or Tony as the Director (he's only been there for 30 seconds now) or you don't like NCIS ?
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Howard ...
You don't like Tony, or Tony as the Director (he's only been there for 30 seconds now) or you don't like NCIS ?
Tony as the director.🙄
Jimbo
Tony as the director.🙄
Would you rather have LaRoche ???
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dfergie
I liked this episode and a toned down Tony...
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Howard Simmons
Would you rather have LaRoche ???
No. Bring in someone new.🤔 Tony is not serious enough for me. Parker is too close to the team and Tim is too young to take over IMO.
dfergie
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Last reply · posted in The Sports Section
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Oh weird, it was I think a 20 minute version of this.


View: https://youtu.be/nFM3BlYQJT4
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Weird F1 weekend is already over with a Saturday race.
dfergie
Tried to watch the truck race but the stage c**p is why I don't watch NASCAR anymore…
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Today is the anniversary of Dan Wheldon's passing at Las Vegas in a dreadful crash that luckily didn't take more drivers' lives. I vaguely remember the crash, but I more strongly remember Paul Tracy trying to keep it together as he left the Medical Center knowing that Dan most likely wasn't going to.

The safety in these vehicles is beyond incomprehensible, especially relative to what it was 60 years ago, when dying wasn't unexpected. But it is still very dangerous. I always scoff at the prayer invocations, but never scoff at the risks these drivers take and the emergency workers out there who might need to pull short of a miracle to save a driver's life.
Tried to watch the truck race but the stage c**p is why I don't watch NASCAR anymore…
HBO Max has the live in car streaming without commercials, which provides an interesting take, but you are driving blind, knowing only what the team is telling the driver about what is happening on the track. The stages definitely ruin the NASCAR set up.
meStevo
Lifetime Supporter
Last reply · posted in The Sports Section
Schedule drops tomorrow. Mandatory mini camps in June. Hall of Fame game August 6th.
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Selfish Drake Maye holds back on giving the ball to Bills unlike Jags game, gets the win on the road.
dfergie
Some tight games that went to the wire...
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Selfish Drake Maye holds back on giving the ball to Bills unlike Jags game, gets the win on the road.
A big win for the Patriots, and they are now 3-2.

Browns lose a close one with... The Jets. That is a classic Browns loss (granted, any loss is a classic one it seems). 49'ers, Vikings, and Chiefs remain undefeated. The AFC north have a three way tie at 3-2 for second place. :eek:
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Hopefully nowhere near a microphone.
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Hopefully nowhere near a microphone.
After having experienced Gus Ferguson trying to call soccer games, I'm uncertain why NFL football analysts get hate. Even the "worst" of them are pretty good.