Dish Tailgater, pay as you go

No credit checks or long-term contracts, as well as no fee to start and stop your monthly service.

what the dish web site advertises

Have had Dishformyrv pay as you go plan for several years. vip211k receiver and Tailgater antenna. Works great .... most of the time. Occasionally it takes several tries before it finds all the sats. As far as dealing with Dish, no problems.

From Dishformyrv web site:

There is no commitment required, activation, disconnect or restart fees. When you are no longer using your service you can simply stop paying your monthly bill. However, if you are a current DISH subscriber and have a receiver added to your account, or you have a credit card on file for Pay-As-You-Go programming, please call DISH to remove from your account to avoid being billed for the next month.

Key here is do not use auto pay if you use the pay as you go plan.

rk911 wrote:

rhagfo wrote:
...Biggest issue we have is stopping the service after use. Dish just doesn't have a real smooth process for turning off the service at the end of a trip. You need to CANCEL the service, then you get an email to Please come back. If you only pause your service your are charged a $5 a month service charge. The service and reception is great, so I just keep saying to the surveys get a true RV package.

nope, all you need to do is simply stop paying the bill. most of the cust. support people you will encounter are not aware of or have no experience with RV accounts. there used to be a separate RV accounts phone number but that was discontinued a while back.

here's what we do. first, if you haven't done so create an online account with DISH. that will minimize your contact with DISH.

next, if you have your account set to auto-pay each month remove that option from your account. you can either pay your bill via your online account or by phone without human contact.

when you're ready to turn off your account simply stop paying your bill. you'll get email reminders but you can safely ignore them. when it's time to re-start you may have to call and speak to a CSR as your online acct access may be suspended due to inactivity. simply tell them you are in an RV and want to reactivate your account. that's it.

for residential accounts DISH allows customers to "suspend" their accounts for up to 9-months in each calendar year. as RV'ers we own our equipment and we are month-to-month, no 2-yr contract. our accounts are either on or off.

what link allows you to set up a dish online account where you can see the auto pay or manual pay system part?

usersmanual wrote:

rk911 wrote:

rhagfo wrote:
...Biggest issue we have is stopping the service after use. Dish just doesn't have a real smooth process for turning off the service at the end of a trip. You need to CANCEL the service, then you get an email to Please come back. If you only pause your service your are charged a $5 a month service charge. The service and reception is great, so I just keep saying to the surveys get a true RV package.

nope, all you need to do is simply stop paying the bill. most of the cust. support people you will encounter are not aware of or have no experience with RV accounts. there used to be a separate RV accounts phone number but that was discontinued a while back.

here's what we do. first, if you haven't done so create an online account with DISH. that will minimize your contact with DISH.

next, if you have your account set to auto-pay each month remove that option from your account. you can either pay your bill via your online account or by phone without human contact.

when you're ready to turn off your account simply stop paying your bill. you'll get email reminders but you can safely ignore them. when it's time to re-start you may have to call and speak to a CSR as your online acct access may be suspended due to inactivity. simply tell them you are in an RV and want to reactivate your account. that's it.

for residential accounts DISH allows customers to "suspend" their accounts for up to 9-months in each calendar year. as RV'ers we own our equipment and we are month-to-month, no 2-yr contract. our accounts are either on or off.

what link allows you to set up a dish online account where you can see the auto pay or manual pay system part?

goto mydish.com, click the LOGON/OFF button towards the upper right and then click 'create online ID'. here's a link to a YouTube video showing the steps. clicky

Mydish.com

thanks for the link


Only good if you have a dish account. I need to set up a account
no where on this link can I see where you start a account?
what did I miss(regarding this )

usersmanual wrote:
thanks for the link


Only good if you have a dish account. I need to set up a account
no where on this link can I see where you start a account?
what did I miss(regarding this )

if you have DISH tv then you already have an account. when you setup an online ID you'll be asked for the phone number used for that account.

if you don't have DISH tv you'll need to establish an account with DISH or an authorized DISH reseller first. that needs to be done on the phone or in person.

rk911 wrote:

usersmanual wrote:
thanks for the link


Only good if you have a dish account. I need to set up a account
no where on this link can I see where you start a account?
what did I miss(regarding this )

if you have DISH tv then you already have an account. when you setup an online ID you'll be asked for the phone number used for that account.

if you don't have DISH tv you'll need to establish an account with DISH or an authorized DISH reseller first. that needs to be done on the phone or in person.

Thanks I just found that out appreciate the help in this matter

You can set up your account and purchase your equipment here:

Dish For My RV

lryrob9301 wrote:
You can set up your account and purchase your equipment here:

Dish For My RV

yes, but you may be told by an ill-trained DISH CSR that the hardware for the PAYG accounts are limited to certain antennas and receivers. this is what I was told when I called them to set up service. I then called Solid Signals, an authorized DISH reseller and learned that I could set up a PAYG account using any antenna and receiver. we had the Winegard Trav'ler installed on our new MH and chose the ViP422k DVR/Receiver. PAYG works fine. when we're home I simply don't pay the bill for the upcoming month. when we're ready to take a trip I call, have the account re-activated and pay for the upcoming month (30-days). this is not an ad for Solid Signals...you can set up service with any authorized DISH reseller. just be aware that the Dish For My RV Folks may not furnish accurate information.