Best price on vip211??

[cbagman]

Just called Dish and am a bit preturbed. In february, I upgraded to HD and leased a vip622. Check that, I paid $299 to lease it. That locked me into an 18 month contract. Apparently this was a promotional price and I cannot upgrade another receiver until next year (only one upgrade per year). So now my only option is to purchase a vip211 and then pay $11/month to use it. Ugghh!

Dish said they charged $299 to buy the 211. Checked Ebay and the prices were a bit cheaper but not much. Anyone have any luck finding a cheaper price elsewhere?

I like Dish Network but the rules are a tad absurd....

 

[dfergie]

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[whatchel1]

2 suggestions

Contact ceo@echostar.com (the executive resolution team) and see if there is a way of them waiving the standing policy. It's a shot in the dark. 2nd there are many dealers on ebay that sell the units for under 200 each.

 

[Digital Dude]

Why would you have to pay $11 a month?

 

[Dishlover]

Strange, they are giving a 211 no charge with Metal package. Just $6 monthly fee to new subscribers. Seems bad business to take advantage of your existing customers.

 

[Dennishp]

Many companies, Telephone, Cable, and others offer great incentives to new customers but fail to do anything to keep current customers happy. It's a marketing strategy that escapes me. Pehaps they figure that existing customers are less likely to switch..so they offer great deals to lure new customers in. I would think that companies would reward a current customer's loyality with a perk every now and then....rather than charge them "throught the nose" for add-on's and features. This practice may force existing customers to other providers just to get a better deal...then switch back to get another deal. The only sword a consumer has is his pocketbook, use it whenever it benfits you.