Does the protection plan reduce the cost of new remotes?

[Deadlocked]

Two of our remotes have about had it after 6 years. Does the protection reduce the costs or will they be the same no matter what?


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[KAB]

Contact Dirt.

 

[Claude Greiner]

Yes. Remotes should be free. But seriously I wouldn't carry the protection plan just to cover a remote

 

[KAB]

For once (Good Lord) I agree with Claude. They are dirt cheap on eBay, less than the protection plan and the minimum commitment.

 

[Deadlocked]

I don't really trust eBay and the ones at Walmart run a bit expensive, especially with the need for two.


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[Dah-Henny]

You can prolly get them free from DIRT, if you're an outstanding customer.

 

[ChadT41]

Hell, if you cant get 2 for free, I would suspect atleast 1 free one full price, or even just the price of S&H depending on your customer status. That said, KAB, I agree. Claude has been saying some interesting, not as full of hate messages lately. Claude, change of heart?

 

[Claude Greiner]

I don't really trust eBay and the ones at Walmart run a bit expensive, especially with the need for two.


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The dish remotes on ebay you see for $3 each actually come from Dish.

They are from customer returns at the dish warehouse from customers who disconnect. From there, they get sold by the pound as scrap to a place in Mexico.

From there they get shipped to Pennsylvania where these kids with learning disabilities scrub them down, and the a company sells them for a buck or two each.

I bought them before. Some remotes are new, but others I would hate to imagine where it's been used previously.

I wouldn't use one in my house, and actually stopped selling them due to the quality issues.

A new remote from Dish is $14 dealer cost.

 

[primestar31]

I've always bought my Dish remotes cheap off of Ebay. They are fine, and brand new.

 

[ChadT41]

I just have a load of remotes stored up from upgrades and what not. Various activities when I worked there offered me 4 or 5 extra 40.0's I keep around just in case. And yet When the new one comes out I am gonna buy it.

 

[Tampa8]

All my DISH remotes now have come from Ebay with zip, zero, nada problems, and at very low prices.

 

[DishSubLA]

I would suspect we would all have to pay for the upcoming $30 simple (with voice) remote regardless of DPP. Agreed. The standard equipment remotes are cheap, even at full cost through Dish. DPP is all about other problems. I can tell you that in my case, it has saved me a TON of cash. However, I don't think DPP makes economic sense for some accounts, especially if you have a simple set-up with one or two boxes. If a problem occurs, you can always add it at that time and cancel it after a few months to avoid the cancellation penalty or even just pay the penalty.

 

[rvvaquero]

I can tell you that in my case, it has saved me a TON of cash.

Do you know how much a "TON" of cash is? If you're only talking about one dollar bills, it would equal over $900,000. Of course, larger denomination bills would equal a greater sum. In ten dollar bills, the total would be over $9 million. You must have a ton of Dish equipment.

 

[dwarren2]

What model remote are you looking for? I would bet that if it's for an older receiver, there are a lot of us who switched to a Hopper who have older remotes laying around. I do. 2 5.3IR frpm my old 722's.

 

[Deadlocked]

What model remote are you looking for? I would bet that if it's for an older receiver, there are a lot of us who switched to a Hopper who have older remotes laying around. I do. 2 5.3IR frpm my old 722's.

TV1 and TV2 for 622.


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[Tony S]

Deadlocked,
To answer your question, Yes, replacement remotes are free if you have the protection plan. I have replaced a few over the years and Dish sent them to me free.

 

[Claude Greiner]

The other thing to consider is that dish doesn't ask for the old remote to be sent back, as it's not worth paying the return shipping.

Speaking of shipping. I once sent back about 50 remotes to get exchanged.

Someone at dish sent me 50 individually boxed remotes each with a 2nd day air sticker.

I was a bit irritated as all the boxes where dirty, instead of being clean if they used 1 big box.

 

[dwarren2]

Your welcome to my remotes if you just pay shipping.

 

[ChadT41]

I would give you mine if I hadn't given them to the installer a couple years back for my upgrade. Sorry.

 

[shortspark]

I have the protection plan and did not know about the free remotes. I paid twenty three bucks on Amazon for a remote to work the 612. I'll know better next time.