Kearnstd
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Re: That's just wrong.....
this will never fly, now that its in the media AT&T wont bill them for the box. $300 dollars is a far better loss then bad PR, as Dish is an optional provider for TV. while AT&T isnt for your phone in most areas.
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DownTheShore
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Immaterial. Every state has aspects that are not favorable, whether they're envionmental, economic, political, or social. We are just paying the price of the economic growth that benefited the entire country.
There's still beautiful places and people here. It's a great place to live, and I'm just tired of it being considered some sort of joke state by people who've never lived here.
~stepping off soapbox~
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Cheese
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said by TKJunkMail  :said by N3OGH :said by Corona :Sucks to go through it, but in theory, wouldn't homeowners insurance cover things like this? Sure but between the time AT&T and Dish want their cash, and the time the home owner gets a settlement check for the $300, she/he's out the $300. The houses being burnt down are worth millions. They can afford to pay the bill. I am pretty sure not all of the houses are worth millions  |
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exocet_cm
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Re: That's just wrong.....
said by ptrowski :I can understand "in theory" why they would want the money, but come on, that's just freaking wrong on so many levels. Wait until the cable company jumps on this!
"Satellite TV will make you pay for your satellite dish even if your home burns down! BUT WITH CABLE you HAVE no dish to pay for!"
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | reply to Thaler
I tend to agree... the homes here aren't worth anything (except contractors that want to add on will charge a boat load of $$$ for any change).
Marina Del Ray has VERY nice condos.
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supergirl
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Pensacola, FL | reply to Transmaster
New Jersey is just a suburb of NY.  |
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eh
@cox.net | reply to tpac_man
What has this got to do with India? |
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Thaler
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Encino, CA
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said by en102 :I tend to agree... the homes here aren't worth anything (except contractors that want to add on will charge a boat load of $$$ for any change). Oh, but of course. With property values like those on the beachfront, contractors KNOW residents can afford to pay through the nose. I'm sure the city also tacks on a nice hefty tax/fee wherever they can for home remodeling. |
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ptrowski
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| reply to exocet_cm
said by exocet_cm :said by ptrowski :I can understand "in theory" why they would want the money, but come on, that's just freaking wrong on so many levels. Wait until the cable company jumps on this! "Satellite TV will make you pay for your satellite dish even if your home burns down! BUT WITH CABLE you HAVE no dish to pay for!" That is excellent! I am willing to bet it will be running on TV by the time I get home this evening.... |
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tma
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How do you know these houses are worth millions? My aunt's house in Running Springs burnt down, a small cabin worth maybe $150,000 and DISH Network wants $600 for the receivers in her livingroom and the one in my grandmother's room. They are not wealthy people. Far too many generalizations about people in CA are being made. |
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Transmaster
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said by DownTheShore :Just another gratuitous swipe at a lovely state.  Beautiful compared with Wyoming or Colorado, I don't think so. But you do have some really cool places to eat.
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quatrix
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Davie, FL
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said by ptrowski :Wow, really? I did not know fire only target high end homes. Oh wait, it doesn't. But wildfires start in the hills, where the most expensive homes tend to be. |
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ptrowski
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| said by quatrix :said by ptrowski :Wow, really? I did not know fire only target high end homes. Oh wait, it doesn't. But wildfires start in the hills, where the most expensive homes tend to be. Being started by an arsonist, it started in the opportune area. |
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bjl
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Newport Beach, CA | reply to eric89074
If you're lucky. |
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Oleg
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Birmingham, AL
2 edits | reply to TKJunkMail
said by TKJunkMail :said by N3OGH :said by Corona :Sucks to go through it, but in theory, wouldn't homeowners insurance cover things like this? Sure but between the time AT&T and Dish want their cash, and the time the home owner gets a settlement check for the $300, she/he's out the $300. The houses being burnt down are worth millions. They can afford to pay the bill. I am sure AT&T and Dish Network makes more money than any average person makes,but i could be wrong |
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blah blah blah
@adobe.com | reply to Corona
Depends on the insurance. Some policies may only pay for the rebuilding of the house and not the contents. Does this come under act of God? Sometimes, they don't pay for those... |
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DownTheShore
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said by Transmaster :Beautiful compared with Wyoming or Colorado, I don't think so. But you do have some really cool places to eat. Nothing out here compares to the vistas you folks have there - we just don't have those mountains or vast tracks of undeveloped land for that kind of classic landscape imagery. But there's a lot of quiet beauty here, if one looks beyond the Turnpike. 
NJ is a smörgåsbord of eateries.
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KrK
Heavy Artillery For The Little Guy
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| reply to TKJunkMail
said by TKJunkMail :The houses being burnt down are worth millions. They can afford to pay the bill. They have mortgages payments of multiple thousands a month. They still have to pay while fighting with insurance companies.
Maybe some can afford to pay, but I'm betting a lot can't. Especially as their cash is needed for temporary housing and so on atm.
Really it's of little point to the issue.
I mean your statement is no different then someone saying:
"AT&T is worth billions. Screw 'em. They can afford it." now isn't it?
Just depends who you feel sorry for more, I guess.
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KrK
Heavy Artillery For The Little Guy
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said by Transmaster :This doesn't sound like the Dish Network (DN) I know. This isn't DN. This is AT&T's bundled Dish deal. If they had service thru DN, this wouldn't even be a problem. In fact when I moved years ago Dish Network let me use DishMover and suspended (IE I didn't pay to turn off or turn back on, but was not billed for a couple of months) my service while I got situated and then reinstalled. I think I paid em a $5 a month just to keep my grandfathered East West Network feeds up, because if you turned em off you couldn't get them back.)
This is purely AT&T for ya... and a sign of how DN will be in the future if the rumored buyout does happen, most likely.
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