Why?Because it is of no benefit to me,I offered to go that route and they still wouldn't give me HDFFL,and that was back when it was still available.So screw em,they can keep sending me a bill and I pay it online when I'm damn good and ready.
Why?Because it is of no benefit to me,I offered to go that route and they still wouldn't give me HDFFL,and that was back when it was still available.So screw em,they can keep sending me a bill and I pay it online when I'm damn good and ready.Why would someone not do autopay and paperless billing? I have for years; its great. First off I have it charged to a credit card that I pay off monthly and get 1% cash back on. So for my roughly $120 a month bill time 12 months I get about $14 cash back each year plus I do not have to buy close to $6 a year in stamps to mail the bill each month. I also never have to worry about late fees as the bill is just handled. Then what is my time worth. So to not do paperless billing with autopay you would be giving up about $14 a year in free cash, paying $6 a year for stamps, and paying another $10 a month for service for a total of around $140 a year. I guess some people just have a lot of time on their hands and really like writing checks and buying stamps.
I have been saying this was going to happen, ever since they came out with that stupid HDF24. Only been a year and they realize the errors of their ways. And @Yespage if you think because it's free they can get away with it, they save the money in the fact that you have to have autopay(guaranteed payment), and paperless billing. The paperless billing can save a company millions a year.
It's not about sale, but it will help keep churn down because subscribers hate to see a charge like "HD Fee" on their bills AT THE END OF THEIR COMMITMENT. They will get PO'd and leave Dish for anyone else just on principle. I'm glad to see someone at Dish came to their senses on this on. A separate HD Fee was just a plain STUPID idea. Yes, build into the cost. People prefer that method.This is great for those that got in on free hd for 24. However I don't believe this going to help sales.
All equipment is hd now. They lowered the advanced receiver fee but now charge for the 1st box. All new customers get hd regardless.
Used to be you could get a $10 month discount on the advanced receiver fee with auto pay & paperless billing for 24 months. Those with a standard hd box paid the $10 fee no discount available.
They aren't losing any money, they just cleverly done away with the term & hd is included now.
Dish could do something similar IMO.
Any new customer that signs up with Dish gets HD equipment. It's just that they still have a lot of SD equipment out there. I'm sure Direct still has SD equipment out there too.
The TV fee showed up with the transition to HD only equipment.
There are no less than three classes of DIRECTV customers now:
Long-timers with optional separate HD, DVR and WHDS fees
Those beset with the $25 Advanced Receiver Fee
New customers with the $15 ARF and paying for the first TV
How much longer can they keep trying to charge for HD when all new tv's are HD and have been for a while now? If Dish Network was available back in the 50s and 60s I could see them charging extra for color.
I could see that. They would have tried to charge a "Color TV Fee" until the early to mid '80s when about all the B&W only sets were about gone. Or, had Dish been around in the mid to late '80s when stereo came out, I am sure, if you wanted a stereo receiver, they would have had a "fee" for that too. Next we will have a 4K enabling fee, probably about $10 per month.If Dish Network was available back in the 50s and 60s I could see them charging extra for color.
How much longer can they keep trying to charge for HD when all new tv's are HD and have been for a while now? If Dish Network was available back in the 50s and 60s I could see them charging extra for color.
Exactly...one should not forget the Disney SD/HD double-dip.You can't be naive enough to think DISH wouldn't have been, isn't, and won't be charged for those things by the content providers..... Just like all the other carriers are and charge for one way or the other...
How much longer can they keep trying to charge for HD when all new tv's are HD and have been for a while now?
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