Well today was V-day. I have waited 10 days for my install date with the high hopes of all HD can offer but also knowing the experiences others have had.
(Installs contracted with Don Lors electronics)
With V-day fast approaching I spent all day in the attic yesterday mounting a 40 Element antenna because I knew the stealth would be too small and wanted to have it all in place so the installer would just have to plug it in. It took me literally all day (on my birthday none the less) but I was able to all the channels except one over 80%. I then drilled into the wall cavity and fished the wall to the basement and feed the cable to where the TV is. I figured I wanted the best connection so I bought the best F-Connectors 12 for 24.00, and terminated the cable. I moved outside mounted a pole that would hit 61.5 with no obstacles, ran that cable to the house and buried it. I went to bed knowing they would be there in the morning.
NOW the BAD NEWS.
Today I got a call from the installer about 8:30 AM ( now I'm thinking ok this is going great, but that is the only part of the day that went good the rest is downhill). He said he was calling to set up my DirecTV and asked if I had the equipment here. I informed him I was getting Voom not DirecTv, he said what, I said Voom, he said What I said Voom. He said that he had never heard of Voom and since I did not have the equipment he could not install it. Well I finally got him to call his office and asked him to call me back. Now its 930 he said that his company had the equipment and they were going to send it to him and he would call me back when he get it and come out. ( i thought this a tad strange since his company is 2 hours away but I went with it) Well that was the last I heard from him. So now its 3PM and I call the office at which time they claim they paged the tech 3 times with no response and tried to set me up for an install tomorrow, ah no Ive already wasted my whole day. She contacted another installer who said he could be out in 1.5 hours and do the install so I agreed to wait. Now its 8PM the other tech calls me to get directions but he is an hour away and its already dark out. So i told him just forget it I called VOOm and cancelled with even though I bought the Va Voom package they did not seem to care.
Well Guys it was nice knowing you this last month but I must bid you a fond farewell and will be signing up for E* HDTV to go with my E* and Charter cable. Thanks for the memories.
(Installs contracted with Don Lors electronics)
With V-day fast approaching I spent all day in the attic yesterday mounting a 40 Element antenna because I knew the stealth would be too small and wanted to have it all in place so the installer would just have to plug it in. It took me literally all day (on my birthday none the less) but I was able to all the channels except one over 80%. I then drilled into the wall cavity and fished the wall to the basement and feed the cable to where the TV is. I figured I wanted the best connection so I bought the best F-Connectors 12 for 24.00, and terminated the cable. I moved outside mounted a pole that would hit 61.5 with no obstacles, ran that cable to the house and buried it. I went to bed knowing they would be there in the morning.
NOW the BAD NEWS.
Today I got a call from the installer about 8:30 AM ( now I'm thinking ok this is going great, but that is the only part of the day that went good the rest is downhill). He said he was calling to set up my DirecTV and asked if I had the equipment here. I informed him I was getting Voom not DirecTv, he said what, I said Voom, he said What I said Voom. He said that he had never heard of Voom and since I did not have the equipment he could not install it. Well I finally got him to call his office and asked him to call me back. Now its 930 he said that his company had the equipment and they were going to send it to him and he would call me back when he get it and come out. ( i thought this a tad strange since his company is 2 hours away but I went with it) Well that was the last I heard from him. So now its 3PM and I call the office at which time they claim they paged the tech 3 times with no response and tried to set me up for an install tomorrow, ah no Ive already wasted my whole day. She contacted another installer who said he could be out in 1.5 hours and do the install so I agreed to wait. Now its 8PM the other tech calls me to get directions but he is an hour away and its already dark out. So i told him just forget it I called VOOm and cancelled with even though I bought the Va Voom package they did not seem to care.
Well Guys it was nice knowing you this last month but I must bid you a fond farewell and will be signing up for E* HDTV to go with my E* and Charter cable. Thanks for the memories.
