That's the problem

Oct 22, 2014
1:37:41pm

Sea Chicken

That's the problem

whenever Dish/DirecTV offer you a deal, you always end up spending more money. They won't cut your basic service price, just give you more add-ons at a discounted rate.

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Sea Chicken

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I'm trying to see what Dish can do to keep me as a customer...

Tokolosh

10/22/14 1:20pm

Retention is where all the deals are at. Nobody else can do anything for you.

Broda

10/22/14 1:23pm

I had a similar situation the other day when looking at my deal with Comcast

cougarfan84

10/22/14 1:50pm

Be prepared to drop them altogether. When we were getting ready to move,

T-Bird

10/22/14 1:24pm

I am with Dish. I called a few months ago wanted the Hopper - I had an older

BYU81

10/22/14 1:32pm

keep us posted...i'm about ready to make a switch...

ds7

10/22/14 1:34pm

TNT was once a Directv subscriber. A few years ago he cut the cord

TNT

10/22/14 1:34pm

That's the problem

Sea Chicken

10/22/14 1:37pm

Great point Indy

TNT

10/22/14 1:40pm

Well, that was crap. Cancellation box is on its way.

Tokolosh

10/22/14 1:42pm

No go, huh? I was planning on doing the exact same thing with Dish in 9 months.

Virginia Ute

10/22/14 1:43pm

Three keys to negotiating for the best deal with your provider

cougarfan84

10/22/14 1:54pm

They are starting to call customers' bluff because there are a ton of customers

BYU81

10/22/14 1:44pm

They normally work better than that...what did you say and what did they say?

Desert Rat

10/22/14 1:44pm

They offered a discount of $20 per month for 10 months...

Tokolosh

10/22/14 1:50pm

wow. that surprises me. well, cancel and then do the new customer deal under

johnnycarson

10/22/14 1:52pm

Or move to something else for a while. I believe that after 90 days of no

cougarfan84

10/22/14 1:57pm

They would lose money if they offered everyone the new customer discount.

BYU81

10/22/14 2:00pm

Maybe, but not everybody is calling up trying to get deals. Plenty of people

cougarfan84

10/22/14 2:08pm

yeah, but for utah fans...no p12 channel. although someone told me its coming

johnnycarson

10/22/14 2:01pm

did you give a date a few weeks out? They'll probably call back in a couple days

byujag

10/22/14 1:46pm

Yep. November 5th.

Tokolosh

10/22/14 1:48pm

I am about to do the same thing with Directv, I hate doing this every year but

gilbertatty

10/22/14 1:42pm

I keep telling them I am willing to pay $1 per month. They keep calling me but

JAGA97

10/22/14 2:18pm

If they're anything like DirecTV

godawgs

10/22/14 4:25pm

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