Got some sad news to share. Claude Greiner died yesterday

[Miner]

May he rest in peace.
He was missed when things went south.

 

[comfortably_numb]

I didn't know Claude and only watched his posts from a distance, but I think it shows the character and sense of community of the people and moderators of Satelliteguys to show respect for a guy who seemed to cause a lot of problems here (and elsewhere).

One of the reasons I'm proud to be a member here.

 

[rvvaquero]

I always pictured Claude as a wiry, grizzled, bitter old man. Seems like the only thing I got right was the bitter part. Hard to believe he got that way at such a young age. No doubt that the stress of that attitude may have contributed to his health.

Rest in Peace young man.

 

[comfortably_numb]

I always pictured Claude as a wiry, grizzled, bitter old man

As did I. Now I come to find out we were the same age (I'm also 46).

Always best to let go of the anger and hatred because as they say "it'll shed years off your life"

 

[bhelms]

I bought a 622 from Claude when that was essentially the only way to get one and he helped me through some issues remotely. (IIRC that was in the days of the faulty HDMI connectors.) He was decent enough with me and I never sensed any issues although apparently there were plenty with other folks. RIP Claude - yes, way too early for anyone...

 

[Phil T]

Met Claude, Scott and Charlie at a get together at the Denver convention center in 09. I believe he was also at a get together in Aurora, CO Scott hosted around the same time. I had just dropped Dish when DirecTV came out with the DirecTIVO's. Charlie told me he would get me a deal to come back to Dish. I had been with them since 1997. He did e-mail be but the deal was the same I could get anywhere so I never went back.

So sorry to hear of Claude's passing.

 

[telstar_1]

Met Claude, Scott and Charlie at a get together at the Denver convention center in 09. I believe he was also at a get together in Aurora, CO Scott hosted around the same time. I had just dropped Dish when DirecTV came out with the DirecTIVO's. Charlie told me he would get me a deal to come back to Dish. I had been with them since 1997. He did e-mail be but the deal was the same I could get anywhere so I never went back.

So sorry to hear of Claude's passing.

You got a personal subscription deal directly from Charlie Ergen?

I was at that Team Summit (dealer convention) as well and had some good discussion with him, even though our business models and ethics somewhat differed...

I got a kick out of his spelling challenges in his posting to Dishretailer, and then it was like one day that all cleared up. Hmmmm. You couldn't help but laugh at lines like that he had "soar knuckels" from installing.

 

[navychop]

Anyone here maybe attend the services?

 

[primestar31]

Anyone here maybe attend the services?

It isn't until tomorrow.

 

[navychop]

Yeeesssss?

That's why I'm asking. Time left to plan.

Sadly, I cannot attend. Hoping SOMEONE from our little family can make an appearance.

 

[chiodo]

RIP Claude, I talked to him a few times many years ago online and on the phone, He sold me my first Dish Receiver, DVR522. Real easy guy to deal with. I haven't been on Satellite Guys in a long time, because I'm not involved with Satellite TV anymore, but just today I had to help an elderly couple re-align their Galaxy 19 FTA dish and I had some issues. So I decided to come on here and first thing i see is the post about Claude. RIP.

Edit: I found his Obituary online. Claude Greiner Obituary - Grosse Pointe Woods, MI

 

[DS0816]

Monday, May 18, 2026—I happened to come across this news.

I am sorry.

Sympathy is extended to all of Claude's survivors who are near and dear.

I know that, over the years, there are some people—be they on this site or another site similar in its content—who are no longer alive.

Well wishes, in general, to everyone…and, with that in mind, please take care.

 

[dishstaller]

I decided I'm going to keep Claude's board alive. $40/mon is pretty cheap to keep all those old threads alive.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

I decided I'm going to keep Claude's board alive. $40/mon is pretty cheap to keep all those old threads alive.

I am glad you will keep it going. The price he told me was a lot higher then that. If you need anything just ask, always happy to help.

 

[dishstaller]

I am glad you will keep it going. The price he told me was a lot higher then that. If you need anything just ask, always happy to help.

Yeah, at first he wanted $80.
I appreciate the offer if I end up needing any help.....I very well might.

 

[slow_poke_pete]

Wow got to say I am in shock. I know he has had some bad health issues and almost died a few years ago, but I thought he was on the mend.

I was talking to a friend from DIRECTV who told me Claude was going to be headed to Las Vegas for their Revolution show and that he said Claude was excited to go.

I didn't like that I had to ban him from the site, I gave him many chances and even took him back a few times hoping he would have changed. But all he was doing here was posting tons of posts just bashing DISH. Now what happened between him and DISH he may have had reason for being mad at them, but he didn't understand that we were not DISH and his posting were driving people away from the site. The site was and is here to HELP people. If Claude has a legitimate claim against DISH like he told me had I always wonder why he didn't sue them.

Instead of suing DISH however he kept threatening to sue me for banning him here from SatelliteGuys.saying I was violating his first amendment rights. He didn't get that this is a privately owned site and as such there is no first amendment here. We run the site according to our rules... and if you don't like the rules you can go somewhere else and start your own site. Everytime he made his threats I would take them print them out and bring them upstairs to my lawyers. If people don't know it I am the head of the IT department for a very large law firm. Whenever he posted he was going to sue me and make me stand trial in Michigan the attorneys upstairs would laugh and would tell me to reply back to him to do it and sh!t and get off the pot... and then they were going to go after him for everything he was worth.

As many know Claude and I ran DishStore.NET together. Many people got their DISH equipment from us. When I shut down DishStore.NET Claude owed me over $20,000. But I never got angry about that, and remained friendly with him, and I never bugged him about the money. I also ran his DishRetailer website for him until about that time. He refused to update his software and the version of his software had some big security holes in it and you guys know me and security of things on our server. I had to finally make him move off of our servers and on to his own.

Even after DISH supposedly caught him doing things that got his terminated as a DISH dealer I kept in touch with him. It wasn't until all his posts were the same negative DISH posts over and over again and those posts were affecting this site that I had to put my foot down. I even told him after he was banned to make a fake name and continue reading things. I don't know if he ever did that but I do know he created about 30 different Dish Sucks, Scott sucks and so on accounts just coming here to post anti Dish stuff. It was after that is when I cut ties with him and the threats of lawsuits starting coming.

I have some fond memories of Claude I remember taking him for his first drink of alcohol in Las Vegas and took him to the Star Trek cafe at the MGM. Where me and him shared a Captain James T Kirk long island ice tea which came in this huge bowl. Claude didn't drink too much of it but he was wasted and it was hilarious! I don't know if he ever had a drink after that again. I remember him licking the screen on his telephone and then stick it to the side of his head so he could talk on the phone without using his hands. We had a lot of good times together and that's what I want to remember about him the most. When we were together we were two peas in a pod.

So I am very sad to hear the news. I just let me wife know and she too is upset. I guess her and Claude were still friends on Facebook and she told me that he kept posting on Facebook looking for lawyers in Connecticut to file stuff against me. But she never told me that until now. Oh well.

I am sorry I had to ban you Claude, but this is my site and we are here to help people. As I mentioned before I gave you a number of chances to come back and you did the same thing. SatelliteGuys is my baby and I must take care of it.

Claude was one of a kind, there is no doubt about it. He will be missed. And honestly I do think about him often and the good times we had in the past.

Rest in Peace my friend.

I wonder what his beef with dish was?

 

[navychop]

He had a million beefs. Later, IIRC, he upped it to two million.

 

[primestar31]

I wonder what his beef with dish was?

Dish killed his massive monthly commission payments as a Dish retailer. I don't know exactly why, but they completely stopped paying them.

 

[navychop]

Apparently due to improper (illegal?) acts by one of his employees.

 

[slow_poke_pete]

Dish killed his massive monthly commission payments as a Dish retailer. I don't know exactly why, but they completely stopped paying them.

The only thing he seemed to like as far as dish goes was the old flex pay acct's. i seen people say some pretty nasty things about dtv but he still praised em that's because he worked for em i think.