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join:2005-07-22
Tempe, AZ
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| I was called I received calls from a Dish distributor. They were very rude when I pointed out I was on the DNC list. I went to Dish Network's web site's "contact us" to complain. I'll give them credit for responding to me. But, their attitude was that they have no control over their resellers.
I also filed a complaint with the FTC.
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Mospaw
Head Ache
Hawaiian Jellyfish
join:2001-01-08
The Pacific
·Cox HSI
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All Things Macintosh
Automotive
| Re: I was called It's not Dish Network, but a re-seller. I was getting daily calls from a heavily-accented call center. They would never give me a number to call back, and got a bit pissy if asked who they really were. My favorite question was to ask where they were calling from. They would usually answer "California" and my first response was "How's the weather in California?". After they answered, I'd ask which part of India California was in. They didn't like that.
I did pressure one or two callers to give me a real number and company name, but that number was never answered.
Even though it's a reseller, I still hold Dish responsible. They can put pressure on the reseller to cut the crap. I actually got ahold of someone at corporate who was concerned enough to give me fake credentials n case they called again so they could track the order.
I never bothered to reply (shame on me, but I'm not a customer and I'm not gonna do their job for free). Oddly, the calls have also stopped. Weird coincidence, that. I don't care if Dish Networks gets nailed to the wall or not, but I'd love to see their slimy reseller put right out of business. | |
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sirghost
citywide
join:2005-07-23
Phoenix, AZ | BULLSH*T!!! Dish is in complete violation of the do not call list as I continue to get calls from them even after I told them to take me off there own lists. At least they are willing to let a judge decide this out though. | |
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| PapaMidnight
join:2009-01-13
Baltimore, MD
| Re: BULLSH*T!!! Dish itself may not be in violation, but the resellers are. Seems more like finger pointing to me on this one. Mind you, I am no defender of companies. The 8 mystery calls per 12 hour period I receive daily are enough for me to laugh at the DNC list. | |
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kfsutops
Premium
join:2002-08-19
Brandon, FL
clubs:  | Re: BULLSH*T!!! Actually, the are responsible. They are subcontracting/sell for DISH or however you want to call it. It makes Dish ultimately responsible.
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Homunculus
Pipsquack
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join:2000-12-14
Dar al-Harb
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| said by PapaMidnight  :Dish itself may not be in violation, but the resellers are. Seems more like finger pointing to me on this one. Mind you, I am no defender of companies. The 8 mystery calls per 12 hour period I receive daily are enough for me to laugh at the DNC list. Dish is responsible for the resellers. Dish is in fact, responsible. And so are the resellers.
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join:2009-01-13
Baltimore, MD
| Re: BULLSH*T!!! said by Homunculus :said by PapaMidnight :Dish itself may not be in violation, but the resellers are. Seems more like finger pointing to me on this one. Mind you, I am no defender of companies. The 8 mystery calls per 12 hour period I receive daily are enough for me to laugh at the DNC list. Dish is responsible for the resellers. Dish is in fact, responsible. And so are the resellers. If that is the situation, have at it. | |
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screavic
Premium
join:2006-08-11
Paron, AR
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| Stupid Resellers I too receive calls from their horrible resellers but I push the buttons to emulate a fax modem tone lol. It cut down on the calls, well except the "automated" ones that say I have placed an order and "My dish will be delivered today"... isn't that partially considered bait and switch. I call to say I don't have an order and they say "Well in that case we can offer JUNK"
Sorry those of you that have dish if I have offended you, I love my DirecTV. | |
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belawrence
It's All About The Games
join:2000-08-06
Santee, CA
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·Cox HSI
| Re: Stupid Resellers said by screavic : I love my DirecTV. I get as many of these calls from DirecTV dealers, too.
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phoshizzle
@qlogic.com | its about time I use to get a call from them everyday at the exact same time on my work phone. Some stupid recording trying to get me to sign up. It drove me crazy. | |
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me1212
join:2008-11-20
Pleasant Hill, MO | I have never gotten one. But I already have dish. Is it the resellers, or dish them self? | |
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brooklynman4
join:2004-09-07
Brooklyn, NY
1 edit | Re: I have never gotten one. That why they got rid of a lot of resellers. | |
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join:2008-11-20
Pleasant Hill, MO | Re: I have never gotten one. I heard they got rid of a lot, guess this is y. I got mine originally fro ma reseller, but now mostly deal with dish, I would/do trust sears/radioshack. | |
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hottboiinnc
ME
join:2003-10-15
Cleveland, OH | Resellers? Since when does Dish have a reseller besides the phone companies.
The companies that are selling Dish that are calling are only AGENTS of Dish Network. THEY DO NOT RESELL DISH! | |
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@dslextreme.com | Re: Resellers? Dish has thousands of resellers all over the USA.
Get your facts straight | |
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ME
join:2003-10-15
Cleveland, OH | Re: Resellers? Name some? Resellers and Agents are two different things. | |
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Cultivant son jardin
Premium
join:2008-02-18
Denver, CO
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| Re: Resellers? said by KrK :Many of them probably could care less about the DNC as Dish takes the heat--- not them. They'd take the heat if Dish cared to apply it. Sounds like Dish was turning a blind eye.
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ME
join:2003-10-15
Cleveland, OH
·Time Warner Cable
·buckeye cable
| you don't know the difference.
A reseller rebrands the service and bills the customer for the service under their brand. They do not get a bill from Dish Network. Nor does the company promote the Dish Network brand.
An agent will sell the Dish Network brand, and install the services, they also make a commission off selling and installing. They do not bill the customer for services.
THAT is is the difference between the two. The same as for Radio Shack. Just because they sell Sprint and AT$T Wireless and activate the services and make $$ off each sale that does not make them a reseller. That is an Agent. They do not rebrand the services and bill the customer under Radio Shack. | |
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Randy
Premium
join:2006-04-25
Springfield, IL
clubs: | Re: Local paper plug Yeah that the article I tipped to Karl... | |
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hayabusa3303
Over 200 mph
Premium
join:2005-06-29
clubs: | here it goes Now a priceincrease is coming because of this. | |
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mememememeoo
@newwavecomm.net
| Dish calling and calling Dish (as well as DirecTV, Comcast and others) outsource a lot of their sales to contract companies who do nothing but use customer lists to call thousands of people a day. They sometimes have hundreds upon hundreds of operators in tiny cubicles all lined up in rows whose sole job is to get people to subscribe to any service they are contracting for. These companies are above reproach when it comes to courtesy and obeying the DO NOT CALL LIST. Hell they don't care. They only care about billing for sucessful sign ups. And even then they usually don't get paid until an installation is succesful.
The fact that Dish is the center of this doens't surprise me one bit because they are slowly dying and they know it.
In a few months it will be too late for Dish and I will be the first to dance on their grave when die the painful death they deserve. I may even send Charlie flowers.
And no I am not a former disgruntled employee. I did install for them as a contractor and I have to say that I have never worked for or with any other company that was as disorganized and out of control as they are.
I hate their business model, I hate their equipment, I hate their customer service, I hate their installation department and I hate their sales people. Gee what else is there. | |
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| Joe12345678
join:2003-07-22
Des Plaines, IL
| Re: Dish calling and calling if dish goes under will they sell there sat space to Direct tv?
will direct tv buy there customs?
Direct tv and dish merger? That may be cool the bandwidth to kill cable with hd channels. That may even give the room for east and west vers of all the main hd channels. | |
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KrK
Heavy Artillery For The Little Guy
Premium
join:2000-01-17
Tulsa, OK | Read: Disgruntled Former contractor. | |
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belawrence
It's All About The Games
join:2000-08-06
Santee, CA
·Sprint Mobile Broa..
·Cox HSI
| said by mememememeoo :
In a few months it will be too late for Dish and I will be the first to dance on their grave when die the painful death they deserve. I may even send Charlie flowers. This same post or a slight variation of it appears whenever a DISH story is on DSLR, and always from an anonymous poster (see here - »Dying Dish) I could respond with the same "competition is a good thing" argument, but obviously you're either a cable company associate, or just a troll.
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bmamba
@bellsouth.net | Dish Do not call violations I have to be perfectly honest, hard times left me without cable and Dish called me with a special package, boy was I Glad.1 win for Dish | |
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woody7
Premium
join:2000-10-13
Torrance, CA | hmmmm..... Not to mention calls from Canada!
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woody7
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join:2000-10-13
Torrance, CA | Re: hmmmm..... I have call blocking, and calls from Canada all seem to get through 
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DaveNJ
No Fear
join:1999-09-01
New Jersey | Dish and Car Warranty Over the last 6 months, i have gotten at least 3 calls a day. The strange thing is that the call times, are usually 1 min later then the day before. Anyway, there needs to be a star code to enforce this, like after an market car, *DNC | |
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MySay
join:2008-04-08
Mansfield, TX
2 edits | And where... And where is the lawsuit against the POS company on the "This is the second notice that the factory warranty on your vehicle is about to expire!". I've NEVER received a call from Dish Network; however, the above idiots call my CELL PHONE at the very least a few dozen times a week! What the hell is the hold-up here?
They go after Dish, because it's a legitimate... well-sized company. It's an easy target, with an almost sure payout! | |
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Larry_Larry
@newwavecomm.net
| Cable guy or trol Neither. I used to do contract work when I was in-between jobs and I have a very serious dis-taste for Dish Network. For the 5 years that I did Dish, cable and DirecTV I never had any problems except when workign with Dish. My real name is Larry and I would drive across the SF bay area to do a Dish install only to arrive and have the customer tell me they cancelled the day before. Or I'd drive 50 miles and they weren't home. I'd call on the phone and get "Oh is that today?" "They didn't tell me you were coming. I cant do it today because I'm at work."
None of that EVER happened with DirecTV. What's more Dish equipment is wayyy over engineered for something as simple as watching TV. I used to get service calls to go and teach people how to record a program. It was senseless.
So there you have it. The fact that I use weird Anon names is becaus ei don't need any body to knbow who I am. What difference would it make? And the word in front of the box is ANON: right? Am I right?
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belawrence
It's All About The Games
join:2000-08-06
Santee, CA
·Sprint Mobile Broa..
·Cox HSI
| Re: Cable guy or trol said by Larry_Larry :
I would drive across the SF bay area to do a Dish install only to arrive and have the customer tell me they cancelled the day before. Or I'd drive 50 miles and they weren't home. I'd call on the phone and get "Oh is that today?" "They didn't tell me you were coming. I cant do it today because I'm at work."
None of that EVER happened with DirecTV.
I worked for a home integration/security company for thirteen years which installed both - botched calls were about equal between the two, but the lynch-pin was when DirecTV tried to extort money from us for buying smart card readers which we used as part of our card access business.
said by Larry_Larry :
What's more Dish equipment is wayyy over engineered for something as simple as watching TV. I used to get service calls to go and teach people how to record a program. It was senseless.
How hard is: find show in guide, press select, choose record once, weekly, or whenever it comes on, and press select again. See satelliteguys.us or dbstalk.com to see which DVR reigns supreme. | |
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deadi
Premium
join:2001-08-26
Perry, OH
| I have Dish..... Its through my ISP and I explained this to them. The caller promptly transferred me to a Dish representative who said they would remove me from the list or add me to a DNC or something to that effect. The calls stopped for a while but resumed again. I also get calls warning me that the warranty expired on my going on 6 year old car. I explained that I am an auto mechanic and did not want a warranty, I fix my own cars. Understanding these warranty's, I would never purchase one for myself. That did not help, still get calls.
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