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3rd of Aug, 2011 by User211325

BE WARNED - DO NOT USE DISH NETWORKyou will regret it!!! I had been a customer of DirecTV for a long time but thought the idea of saving a little money per month ($20) was worth signing with DishIt was the worst experience Ive EVER had with a company in my life. Remember, everything I am about to go over is compared to DirecTV since I had been with them for many years. From day 1, the interface or user friendliness of how everything was set-up was very UN-friendly. It took many more steps to do simple tasks and at times was flat out confusing but, I kept thinking, Im saving $20 a month. In retrospect, its as if all common sense went out the window when Dish was deciding what units to offer OR (and I believe this to be the case) in order for Dish network to compete with DirecTV and save a buck Dish network chose an inferior product...I never had this problem with DirecTV. In fact, it was quite the opposite. I started wondering, did I make a bad choice? Then I started to notice a common problem with the Dish Network recordings, each show I recorded would have several areas where the screen would go black or fuzz out or several static lines would appear making the recorded show unwatchable or annoying at best...I never had this problem with DirecTV!
I called Dish network and, after waiting on hold for a long time, got people that I couldnt understand because their English was so broken. I told the Dish network CS agent, after several WHATs?? that I couldnt understand what they were saying. I had to hang up and call back so I could get someone that could speak understandable English. Again, I got someone I couldnt understand. The Dish network CS agent tried to walk me through some reprogramming
and such but it was a very long haul as I couldnt understand anything. After a lot of time and 2 more calls attempting to fix the issues I was having with their unit, the Dish network CS agent suggested I get a new unit. Dish network said, they would send me a new unit and then I would need to send the malfunctioning unit back to them within a few days. They would be replacing the current unit for one that was the same model. I told them this unit seemed cheap and I
would like to get a unit that wasnt so cheap. I was told, No, unless I was willing to pay more. The idea was to save money and I didnt want to spend more on another unit. Besides, how did I know it would be any better? A week later, I got the new unit from them stating I had a short time to send the malfunctioning unit back. I then noticed there was no return slip to send the unit back. I ended up paying $15 s/h to send their defective unit back. I then started to hook up the new unit as instructedIt didnt work. Again I found myself calling Dish network CS and again was extremely frustrated with the lack of English. After many hours of frustration and playing IT for Dish network, finally,
the new receiver was working. It wasnt long before I realized, the recordings were just as bad as before. The problems I was experiencing from the other receiver were identical. Needless to say, I was furious and realized I had made a very bad decision in going with Dish network. It was obvious; Dish network had cut corners to save a buck. I should add, DirecTVs customer service was amazing in comparison. I always understood the person on the other line and they were always courteous. At this point, I no longer believed in nor had any faith in Dish network, neither their equipment nor their customer service. I was done with Dish networkdone with their lousy CS, done with their unfriendly interface, done playing Mr. fix-it and done with inferior Dish network products. Naturally, I wanted to cancel the service and go back to DirecTV. I knew I would need to call Dish network CS to cancel my account and was dreading the thought. I knew I would be battling just to understand them. I explained everything that took place. They informed me I would have a $300 fee charged for early cancellation. I told them I will not pay that fee with everything that has happened. The Dish network agent said there is nothing they can do. I then told them that I need to speak with their superior. They transferred me, I heard music and then I was hung up on. I called back. Got a new agent who wanted me to repeat the issue rather than read through the notes so I did. Again, the agent said there is nothing they can do and I needed to pay the $300. I told that agent to put me through to their Boss and they did. I spoke with a woman who had me repeat everything AGAIN. She told me there was nothing she could do and I owed the $300. I went round and round with her explaining firmly but professionally, I have been wronged here. I am cancelling your service because you failed to keep me satisfied on many levels and there is no point in continuing to do business with a company that doesnt care about me or providing nor exercising good business practices. I told her I want to speak with your boss right now as this is going nowhere and before I could finish my sentenceshe hung up on me. I called back. I told the 1st rep I want to speak with your legal department. The rep slowly but surely said, I will transfer you to our legal department. I then spoke to another CS
rep and again had to explain my whole story. She said I would need to send the 1st unit back. I explained to her that I already did. She said she had no record of it. I told her a Travis at the front desk signed for it about 3 weeks ago and I had a tracking number. She said send her that info and if the original unit was received she could work with me. I sent it to herand never heard anything back so I called again. I told the first agent I need to speak with your boss. I was then transferred to a supervisor. The supervisor had me explain the whole story again and proceeded to tell me I still had to pay $300. I then told her I needed to speak with the legal department because that person said they would be willing to work with me so long as the Unit was indeed returned. She said they dont have a legal department for me to be transferred too. I told her the last lady I spoke to was from their legal department. She said the last person I
spoke to was a Dish network agent with the same status as hera supervisor. I told her to let me speak to her boss and she transferred me. The next person I got on the phone said he was it that there was no one higher than him. Again, he had me explain my situation. He then replied stating I had to pay the $300 dollars. I said, so no matter what has transpiredeven
though your company has not lived up to any kind of satisfactory service, even though your company has inconvenienced me, even though you have wasted many hours of my time in trying rectifying this situation and inconvenienced me greatly. He said, yes sir you still owe the $300 and you will be charged $15 dollars for each unit you need to send back I explained to the agent that I am an internet marketer by trade. I send millions of emails daily, have social sites with huge followings, am skilled in search engine marketing. I told him the way I was being treated was wrong and explained that I would have to use my talents to warn others if this was the route he was going to take. I told him I was going to asked one more time...give him one more chance to let me speak to someone else that could write off the $300. I again offered to pay $150 if he would pay the other half. He said there is no one else for me to speak with and I would need to pay the full $300.I told him to cancel my account immediately and that I will see to it people hear about my
experience with Dish network he didnt care??? I expect Dish Network to do the following... - Refund/write-off the $300 dollars, - Refund/write-off the last month of service, - Pay for the receivers to be sent back.

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