My H3 is scheduled for this Wed AM, when the high temp (for the day) will be 17. I would not surprised if they call to reschedule, and I wouldn't blame them.
My H3 is scheduled for this Wed AM, when the high temp (for the day) will be 17. I would not surprised if they call to reschedule, and I wouldn't blame them.Dish isn't going to cancel a potential upgrade due to a possibility of weather. They've never done that and never will. In a industry that is as competitive as satellite TV, one reschedule could easily equate into a new customer for your competitor.
As I understand it, these folks are paid by the job - turn down work = no pay. He/she will be there. How much outside work is involved in a Hopper 3 upgrade anyway, 10 minutes (changing the LNB) ? Just have some coffee or hot chocolate available and offer it to them after they complete the outside work.My H3 is scheduled for this Wed AM, when the high temp (for the day) will be 17. I would not surprised if they call to reschedule, and I wouldn't blame them.
Mine included taking the dish off of the chimney and resetting it, changing the LNB, and replacing the 17 year old coax from the LNB to the hub location. That took him an hour....As I understand it, these folks are paid by the job - turn down work = no pay. He/she will be there. How much outside work is involved in a Hopper 3 upgrade anyway, 10 minutes (changing the LNB) ? Just have some coffee or hot chocolate available and offer it to them after they complete the outside work.
Actually, no, he didn't 'move' the dish, he just reset it. The lags that were holding it in were getting pretty rusty and deteriorating. The coax cable was also deteriorating in one area where it transcended from the roof to under the eaves. He showed it to me, it needed replacement now or sometime in the near future. He was diligent enough to take care of a future issue today instead of walking away. BTW, he was a dish employee, not a contractor.Some cases require changing the dish as well as the LNB, but he just moved yours ? The coax cable worked for the previous Hopper so it would work for the Hopper 3 as well. I think your tech is paid by the hour.
You can thank Dish policy. They will roll trucks in almost any weather condition except for major weather events or natural disasters. The status of the job is left to the tech to make the call as to safety.so my install it as scheduled today between 12-5. I recieved multiple notifications last night and early this morning confirming the appointment during our winter storm here. I receive a call about 9:00am stating that the tech could come out at that time as he finished early at another job, I told them I couldn't as I was at work and leaving early already 11:30am. Fats forward to 12:30 and I get a call from the tech stating he will be here at 1:00pm.
He shows up and ask where my dish is, it's obvious that's it's on the roof right in front of him. I tell him and then show him and he says he can't install it because it's a storm or snow on the roof or whatnot. That is understandable but they couldn't figure this it 24hrs ago when we were forecasted to have 8" of snow? The heaviest parts were also forecasted for morning and early afternoon.
Pretty obvious to me it would be common courtesy to cancel the appointment the day before so I didn't lose 5hrs of time at work for nothing. Even the tech that came here, why don't you ask before driving 30 minutes in a snowstorm where the dish is instead of wasting your time.
Other than that the tech was a nice guy and seemed to be sorry about the whole thing.
Not sure I even want to reschedule now as i have been on the fence about dropping the whole dish service anyway.
Techs are barred from getting off the ladder under normal conditions. Except where rigging can be used. This is the same equipment used by roofers. Includes anchors that must be bolted into your roof.Really?! I am supposed to know what the installer will and won't do? I'll walk on my roof all day with 1" of snow or 2'. Not an issue for me or most people I know.
The whole New England area got 6"+ today so he knew it was snowing or going to snow. 90% of the dishes I see everywhere around here are on right on the center of the roof on the ridge cap so it's not something out of the ordinary. Out of the 50 or 60 dishes I drove by today afterwards I saw maybe 3 or 4 right on the edge, the rest on the center.
Not blame. One of the issues tjhat chased me out of the business after 12 years was the complete an utter lack of responsibilities placed on customers.Really? You're blaming the customer for this miscommunication?
Dish, like other large firms is run by bean counters and market research people. They have determined it is advisable to keep ALL appointments because it is financially better for the company. Missed appointments/reschedules generate lots of complaints. And complaints generate phone calls to customer service which increases hold times for other customers attempting to contact customer service.The system is not for the customer then. The local office did call me his morning and were fully aware of the conditions outside. It was not just snowing around my house and sunny skies elsewhere. If I am going to take off a day of work to to meet there schedule then they should have the courtesy to know whether or not they will be able to do an install that day. If not then call that morning or the day before and cancel the appointment. Maybe Dish should keep records of customers setups on file and it could be referenced by the tech prior. Honestly I figured they would have a system like this in place already but apparently not. Dish has been to my house about 10-15 times over the last 10 years or so and they have no record of my setup?
"Customer dish center of roof" Do not service unless less than 1% precipitation forecasted and 0mph wind.
In the end a system like this would only save both the installer and customer money.
I must ask what difference would where your Dish was located make because your complaint is the day before notice. Well, at that point there was a winter weather advisory for your area. This would not have triggered any delays in the next days scheduling.The point of this thread is not decided on whether or not he is going on the roof or not. It is that if dish has these rules in place they should then be canceling the appointment prior and not wasting the customers time. I couldn't careless that he didn't go on the roof. The point is obviously there is going to be snow on the roof anywhere he goes within a 300 mile radius. If dish does not keep records of a customers dish setup then there not running there company efficiently. If a installer is going call a customer before he drives 30-60 minutes during a storm then it's only common sense to ask "where is your dish located"
Correct. We never placed antennas on metal roofs. Big no no.....I am no roofer, but it seems you would NOT want to put holes in a metal roof?
I get pretty spun up about this work thing.I get the feeling that even if the technician called, and there was snow outside, this customer would have still instructed the technician to come out to attempt the installation since he had taken half a day off from work. Dish isn't going to cancel a potential upgrade due to a possibility of weather. They've never done that and never will. In a industry that is as competitive as satellite TV, one reschedule could easily equate into a new customer for your competitor.
As far as whether or not to risk his own personal safety for someone's viewing pleasure......heck no!!! I wouldn't do it. If he gets on his roof all the time in inches of snow, that's his business. Its his home and he takes the risk of leaving his family destitute as a result of his carelessness. As for the tech, he has to make the final call. I can't tell you how many customers rant and rave because you won't crawl all over their roof in an unsafe manner, or through puddles of sludge under their home so they won't miss Bonanza and One Life to Live reruns.
At the end of the day, if you fall and crack your back, or put in a pole and hit a gas line, or drill and pop a water line......the customer WILL wash their hands of any responsibility. And after saying things like, "I have no idea why they did that", they'll have some other schmuck out there to attempt something unsafe again.
Umm...if you have no experience as a tech, please refrain from speculating..As I understand it, these folks are paid by the job - turn down work = no pay. He/she will be there. How much outside work is involved in a Hopper 3 upgrade anyway, 10 minutes (changing the LNB) ? Just have some coffee or hot chocolate available and offer it to them after they complete the outside work.
BULL...The cabling was old. And most likely not on Dish's list of approved coax. Therefore, it must be replaced even if in perfectly good working condition.Some cases require changing the dish as well as the LNB, but he just moved yours ? The coax cable worked for the previous Hopper so it would work for the Hopper 3 as well. I think your tech is paid by the hour.
I am no roofer, but it seems you would NOT want to put holes in a metal roof?
Cold can suck. The cable jacket can crack. Makes it difficult to get the connectors to seat on the cable.My H3 is scheduled for this Wed AM, when the high temp (for the day) will be 17. I would not surprised if they call to reschedule, and I wouldn't blame them.
If that is the case, then .There is already a Dish up there that we did not install.
I already offered a pole mount but the customer says it's ok to mount to his metal roof.
Not blame. One of the issues tjhat chased me out of the business after 12 years was the complete an utter lack of responsibilities placed on customers.
for example...Customers that missed their appointments by not being at home then complaining to Dish as to why the tech could not return "right away" or that night.....or customers who did not think to communicate important information about their home/situation. Metal roof. Historic home. House full of sick kids. Have only an hour before they had to leave for the day. Boss told them they could not get off work.....All of which seems to become the tech's responsibility..
Its a never ending battle.
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