treeman
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join:2000-07-15
Mcgaheysville, VA | Too much for Dish
Thought about Dish for a moment, till I priced thier gear VIP222 for the 4 HD sets I have would be 1000.00 up front. |
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dualsub2006
join:2007-07-18
Newport, KY
| When I first priced DirecTV I came up with a similar number for all of my TVs. Just a bit over $900. I already had Dish and was not at all interested in spending that kind of cash.
Then I called DirecTV. The person got me all sorts of credits and freebies and got my cost to install down to $175 which included my first month of service. He also gave me 3 programming credits that saved me a total of $25 a month for 2 years.
You never know what you will get from either DTV or Dish until you call. All I had to say was "I am interested in switching from Dish" and the dude tripped over himself to save me money and get me to change. It worked. If you call and don't like what the first person offers, decline and call back later. There is wide latitude in what these CSR's can offer you to sign up. |
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KrK
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Tulsa, OK | reply to treeman
You need to look into the starting offers, They set up your whole house for way less then $1000. In fact it's close to free with rebates and stuff. |
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KrK
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I just surfed over to www.dishnetwork.com and used their Dish Builder.
I pretended you wanted the Everything Pak (America's Top250, plus all HD, plus Showtime(s) HBO(s) Cinemax(s) and Starz(s) networks. Local Networks, Local HD's
I put you had 4 TV's, two HD, two SD. Set you up with 2 DVR's.
Price was $106 a month plus tax for everything. Course you could save $$$ if you didn't need all those movie channels or full packages, etc.
There's a one time setup fee of $49.99 but you will get $49.99 credit back, so....
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treeman
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Mcgaheysville, VA | reply to KrK
They don't seem to want to give you 4 boxes for some reason,when I talked to one rep they want too part with only 3 and use the SD output on one box for the 4th HD set |
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treeman
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Mcgaheysville, VA | reply to KrK
See thats the problem I want all the sets to have HD boxes, dont want SD on a HD set |
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KrK
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Tulsa, OK | Ok I'll adjust. I was making assumptions. |
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treeman
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Mcgaheysville, VA | When I use the builder after you get to 3 sets it tell you too call CSR--when I did that they would part with 3 boxes and wanted me to feed the 4th set with the SD output of the dual tuner box |
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treeman
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Mcgaheysville, VA | Directv is better it seems as to the amount of boxes you have, when we were in the DC area we had 4 and never any issues |
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KrK
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Tulsa, OK | reply to KrK
Yep you're right it says call CSR.
Course you could negotiate with em.  |
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treeman
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Mcgaheysville, VA | reply to treeman
Directv seems easier to deal with most of the time, at least thats what I hear. I would think that the PQ would be the same from either Directv or Dish |
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Snowcat
join:2004-02-02
Nashville, TN
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said by treeman  :They don't seem to want to give you 4 boxes for some reason,when I talked to one rep they want too part with only 3 and use the SD output on one box for the 4th HD set They don't want you to have more than 4 tuners, since the default equipment that is installed can handle that. Since the 622/722 are dual-tuner boxes, they count for 2. You can get more tuners, but you will likely have to pay extra for it. |
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KrK
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Tulsa, OK | reply to treeman
Check this out. Have to act fast tho:
»www.allsat.com/?PID=227502 |
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