DISH Has Made it Impossible to be a VIP211k Owner

[dishdude]

Got rid of my 211K's a couple years ago and replaced them with Wallys when 211K EOL became apparent. I started monitoring Amazon and ended up buying Wallys earlier this year during one of those "secret sales" that pop up at the end of the month for some vendors when they need cash flow or have to hit sales numbers. Paid $25, yes twenty five bucks each for factory packed refurbs. Had zero problems installing them myself and eliminated the box fee. Right now they are priced at $42.99 on Amazon, heckuva price. Meanwhile the DVR's are working just fine. And with the add-on OTA dongle your have 4 tuners. No different than computers, if you want to stay up with technology you have to upgrade every now and then or you're left holding a brick.

Oh, yeah, one more thing, why wouldn't you want a box that connects to the Internet? Dish is offering dozens of free streaming channels plus during rain fade it switches to streaming many/most(?) channels as a backup, all automatically. By not upgrading you're only short changing yourself.

He's not looking for help, just looking to complain.

 

[Anony55]

He's not looking for help, just looking to complain.

I would have phrased it differently, but yeah... you're essentially correct.

The time for help was the multiple times when I was on the phone with Dish offering to buy and install a Hopper (which they all said no to).

 

[Anony55]

Got rid of my 211K's a couple years ago and replaced them with Wallys when 211K EOL became apparent. I started monitoring Amazon and ended up buying Wallys earlier this year during one of those "secret sales" that pop up at the end of the month for some vendors when they need cash flow or have to hit sales numbers. Paid $25, yes twenty five bucks each for factory packed refurbs. Had zero problems installing them myself and eliminated the box fee. Right now they are priced at $42.99 on Amazon, heckuva price. Meanwhile the DVR's are working just fine. And with the add-on OTA dongle your have 4 tuners. No different than computers or cellphones, if you want to stay up with technology you have to upgrade every now and then or you're left holding a brick.

Oh, yeah, one more thing, why wouldn't you want a box that connects to the Internet? Dish is offering dozens of free streaming channels plus during rain fade it switches to streaming many/most(?) channels as a backup, all automatically. By not upgrading you're only short changing yourself.

You make good points. In fact, I was looking forward to an internet connected receiver. That's why I offered to buy and install a Hopper. I love the Dish scapes and the Hopper is the only receiver that can get the gallery channel 305 that has all the old ones on it as well as the new ones.

Like I said before, they told me that only an installer could install a Hopper... and if I wanted that, I would have to have a 2-year agreement. Deal breaker for me.

 

[John2021]

They aren't even interested in that, if you want to install it yourself. I offered that... multiple Dish employees weren't interested. I even offered to buy (pay for) the receiver.

They want everyone on hoppers!!!

 

[John2021]

You make good points. In fact, I was looking forward to an internet connected receiver. That's why I offered to buy and install a Hopper. I love the Dish scapes and the Hopper is the only receiver that can get the gallery channel 305 that has all the old ones on it as well as the new ones.

Like I said before, they told me that only an installer could install a Hopper... and if I wanted that, I would have to have a 2-year agreement. Deal breaker for me.

id'e buy the hopper off of solid signal and own it there's no 2 year also!!! the hopper 3 is 270.00

 

[Anony55]

They want everyone on hoppers!!!

...as long as you let them do the install and start a 2-year.

 

[Anony55]

id'e buy the hopper off of solid signal and own it there's no 2 year also!!! the hopper 3 is 270.00

If that option was available, someone needs to tell the CSRs.

I offered to buy a Hopper and install it... they all said no. I don't know how many times I can say that before someone addresses that fact.

 

[John2021]

...as long as you let them do the install and start a 2-year.

we bought everything we own it!! they installed it.. the only reason we have a 2 year is we got the price lock and wheels and deals after i pressed it... we swapped out our joeys we bought em they installed em at no charge since we have the protection plan we bought the joeys from dish for 100.00 a pop for the joey 4.. there was no two year to swap the joeys since we own em. an owned joey is $ 5.00 a month and not the $ 7.00 of a fleesed joey

 

[John2021]

If that option was available, someone needs to tell the CSRs.

I offered to buy a Hopper and install it... they all said no. I don't know how many times I can say that before someone addresses that fact.

i would bitch!!! this is the first time i heard of them not activating owned boxes. you should not have to lease boxes!!! it took us two months to get em to set up our acct with owned boxes be aware!!! by that time it was me blowing my sprockets yelling and screaming at them . what LNB and switch do you have