AH--------Another disatisfied dish customer-imagine that- are there any plans going to boycot this company, or to just down right sue them as scam artist? Please let me know. I would like to know what I can do to help put dish out of business for ever! Lets face it, instead of helping feed the hands of possible terrorist, should we as american stick with local tv cable companies! we know where our personal info is! we can understand the rep! and we can handle any lawsuit locally under that states laws!! We as americans should be smarter! Keep with your local cable company, stop using dish! Its funny I have went through the same b. S. As all of you, overcharge, price going up, for a whole year I would only pay past due amount this month (and many other months) I would let it get interupted befor I would find time to run pay 40 - 50 dollors to have it turned back on, but this month they wanted 61.99 on april 5 by 1am, well I fell asleep, went to pay the next day- nope now they need the hole amount including what would be my current bill thats not even due, so 10 hours made the difference on how much I could pay- but that wasn't the kicker, it was that fake supervisors attitude with me- so over 77 dollars they would rather be very very very rude with a year long customer and lose me-they won't charge crap to my credit card, because if I call my company, I will tell them they are not allowed to take any money off that account, and that card will obide by my request, if they put it on my credit, well thats going to hurt ha ha 12 neg items, no positives, all are companies that tried to scam me and I don't pay scammers, pay cash for what I want, no worries about identity theft or these scammers. I plan on going to my local cable company. Would like to help anyway possible to stop dish from being in business- for one month I got 2-$5 discounts, promised these on each reciever, but don't you know, bill has been raised and I only get one $5 credit- does anyone know this answer? I paid $250 up front-according to them for my equipment. So isn't it my equipment? so they can't charge me for it or ask for it back- I know they told me I was buying the equipment up front since my credit was bad, so why they charge me $5 for reciever fees and then give it back is stupid anyway. Its my stuff, that was what they told me and I will be keeping it. They are scammers and third world terrorist contributors as far as I am concerned. Lets get the word out-stay local, stay american! please let me know anything I can do to help fight these scammers!

-reply by carrie

Dish Network and high cancellation fees
Dish Network - Scam Scam Scam! Do Not Trust Them!

Stay away Dish Network, they promise less dropouts then cable, don't beleive it! My Girlfriend was ready to cancel because of the dropouts and because we had a Tech come out and he was blamming it on a ten year old tree and we had to trim or cut it down. I wasn't yelling but said in a loud voice that we arn't cutting it down. He left because he said he wasn't going to listen to me yelling at him. We decided we would cancel but they told us it would cost 700.00 to cancel. That is a ripoff! I've emailed the CEO at Ecostar and they emailed back and said they would call us.

-reply by Roger

Dish Network Bait and Switch SCAM
Dish Network - Scam Scam Scam! Do Not Trust Them!

Check this out -- We had dishnetwork for a year - got an offer for directv - so took it - dishnetwork called us every month wanting our buisnees back - a week ago we got the install - today I get the bill for 189+ buck. *** is this? our deal was 1st month free, 3 month of movie channel and 27.99 a month for a year (that was w $10 off every month). I call em - got hung up on from the first chinese lady, I call back and get a dude - GOOD I said to myself... Then he starts his crap - my computer is slow today... (yeah right I say to myself) - he says some crap bout charging $5 cause we don't have a phone line attached - "Why do I need a phone line attached?" I ask dude. "So we can upload new info to your receiver" I say "how do you do that if the phone is on the hook" - he says "We dial out from your phone" I say "so you hijack our telephone" he says "hold on a minute" - Then I get some crusty hag and do the run down with her again - Now her computer is slow and a technician just happens to come by and tells her she has to reboot her computer... What a bunch of crap... She says you bill is 59... Blah blah - I said "NO - by bill should be the 27.99 like you promised me on the phone.. First month free. She says "we bill in advance" I say "well if the first month is free my bill is 27.99" - well her mysterially computer "crashed" - she says she will fix it when it comes back up... She said after the computers cycle tonight my bill will be 27.99 + tax and if just send in $30 it should be ok... - Well Tell ya what I'm ready for tommorrow cause I'm gonna be on the phone all f'and day - they are either gonne give me my 27.99 as promised or I'm gonna tell them to come get thier crap outa my house and jam it up thier ass - I will gladly pay directv 200 bucks to rehook us back up...

-reply by Sean

Replying to Trap FeedBacker OK - as promised here is my update. - I got up the next morning and called - first guy I talked to was Jay - (I remember him from 3 years ago - I went through the deal with him - he said "There was no written contract" - I said "cmon bro - don't start with that crap" - he said "hold please" - OH - I forgot to tell you - I was recording the conservation as it is legal in the State where I live as long as one person knows... 3 minutes later after they BLARED some elevator music - J comes back and says hold on we are working on it. 5 minutes later - he comes back and says the same thing... - after 20 minutes total on hold - he comes back and says I owe nothing ! he said your account is zero and normal billing will continue in JUne. - Thats my update... All I can assume is they went back through thier RECORDINGS as they record conversations also - they also figured out I would continue to call them until they did what they said they would. - So my advice is don't let them take your dough - they try to do that cause most people just pay it... And some people like me have zero tolerance for corporate liars. They are predators who prey on people who don't have the time to stay on the phone all day and prey on folks who do not like to confront others... Take my advice and stay on them and don't let those predators take the money you worked hard for... There are plenty of others to steal your money like oil companies, grocery stores and taxes. Sean Out!

-reply by Sean

Dish Network HIDDEN Receiver Rental Fee
Dish Network - Scam Scam Scam! Do Not Trust Them!

I too am having some serious issues with Dish Network. I have been subscribing to DN for 7 years as a standard customer and owned my own receiver. Well with the wife�s nagging I upgraded to HD with DVR � what a mistake. The add said �Free Installation�, �Free Equipment�, �Add DishHD High Defintion channels for as low as $10 a month� here check it out for yourself:
Http://www.Allamericandish.Com/offers.Htm
Notice it says �Free Equipment and Installation� will guess what I find on my bill � a month fee of $7.00 for equipment rental. I have called several times, last time I kept asking to speak to that persons boss. Finally spoke to Mark Montoya who told me he would send me a copy of my contract (which I have a was reading to him) but this will take 6 to 8 weeks.
Well I called back before I posted this and spoke to Alex (he wouldn�t give me his last name). Now I am being told I have to pay the equipment rental because I pre-pay my bill yearly. So I say $30/yr by pre-paying but they are charging me $84/yr for the equipment. What a freaking rip off. Alex said I can ONLY change my account billing during my annual renewal time, which of course means I need to pay for another 9 months before I can straighten this out. I told Alex that 30 days prior to my renewal I will be cancelling my account. Which is ironic because this all started with offers from DTV which seemed better. My brother signed up with DTV, I will check with him about their �FEES�

My next step is to write the CEO of Dish Network:
CEO Charlie Ergen
Dish Network
P.O. BOX 9033
LITTLETON, Colorado, 80160
You.S.A.


-reply by Chili_Willy

dish sales misrepresentation
Dish Network - Scam Scam Scam! Do Not Trust Them!

Replying to anwiii
I had been a subscriber to Direct TV for several years, but decided to try Dish Network since according to their phone sales person, they would provide me with everything I had been receiving from Direct TV plus more for about $20 less per month than what I had been paying Direct TV. I did not get a bill until the second month of my service and found that it was substantially more than what they had promised and more than what I had been paying to Direct TV. I called customer service, but they said I signed a contract and there is nothing that can be done except to downgrade the service. They did not appear to accept responsibility for the apparent misrepresentations made by their sales person. It seems that according to Dish Network, the company always right in any dispute with a customer. Fortunately, I did not give them my credit card number. Instead, they have threatened to have a collection agency go after me for what they are billing. I may go back to Direct TV if Dish Network hasn't ruined my credit.

-reply by bob

dish tv
Dish Network - Scam Scam Scam! Do Not Trust Them!

Dish TV has either government operatives or organized crime personnel fiddling with its programming. You can bank on that. BET ON IT. Any one who tells you differently is a fool or a liar. HAVE A NICE DAY.

-reply by Bobby

Unauthorized Charge on Debit Card for $400, Dish Claims Equipment Not Returned
Dish Network - Scam Scam Scam! Do Not Trust Them!

Dish network has ripped me off repeatedly since I signed with them almost a year and a half ago but this week was the worst yet. I happened to look at my bank balance online and saw a $400 debit from Dish. I immediately called to find out what it was, thinking they must have made a mistake. I was told that it was a charge for equipment that was not returned. Not true. On March 24 I had installers come to the house to replace a non-functioning 622 receiver with a 722 that has been working fine since. They took the old unit with them! Maybe they never logged it back in or something but that is not my problem.

So after spending a while on the phone with someone whose accent I couldn't understand, I was finally told that they would look into it but it would take 2 to 3 weeks. I got agitated at this point and said no way--why should it take 2-3 weeks to reverse a fraudulent charge. The woman then agreed to have it taken care of in 3-5 days but something about her told me she was just trying to get me off the phone.

So just to be sure I called again today. I got someone who looked up my case and again told me it would take 3-5 days but he had to check with the dispatcher to find out if the equipment was ever returned. I repeated again that it was not a matter of it being 'returned' because they took the broken unit with them. I have now been on hold for at least a half hour while he supposedly gets in touch with the dispatcher (on a Friday after