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scout_dad
Explorer
May 26, 2021

dish pay as go plan

Hello have a question about dish pay as you go plans. First I do not have dish at home otherwise I would pay the $7.00 for the extra service and save $$. My question is that is a monthly service and you can start, stop when you don't need it. Say had a 3 day trip planned and started service got home and turned it off would I still pay for the month or is a 30 day deal?

I heard people do that so that don't pay for the whole month, not worth to me to pay only few days here or there in a month.

Thanks,
  • Community Alumni's avatar
    Community Alumni
    May 26, 2021
    You DO NOT call them to pause or suspend the account. That will result in a monthly $10 "Maintenance Fee" to keep the account active. What you do is call them and tell them to CANCEL or DISCONNECT your service. The wording you use is critical to getting a credit for the unused portion of your prepaid month. Then you will receive a remaining balance credit on your account against the charges when you want to restart your service or your can ask for a refund of your credit balance. I have done it this way for the past 10 years and never paid for more than the partial month I used.


    I have never paid any fees to put the account on hold, regardless of what word I use.
  • steveh27's avatar
    steveh27
    Explorer
    May 27, 2021
    I just take the receiver from my house and pay nothing. I do sometimes call to change my locals at no charge.

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