Latest Dish Pay-As-You -Go episode
We went through Dishformyrv to set up our Pay-As-You-Go plan. Sure, there is no Restart Fee. But found out according to the 1-800-333-7474 people, you can only stop service for 6 months at a time a...
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Bill.Winegard wrote:
If you are getting those kinds of responses then your account is not setup as a pay as you go (PAYG) plan but rather a standard contract which has those kinds of limitations. It's either an accounting error or whoever set you up indicated that you would be under a 2 year contract. Contracts happen when you get receivers and/or other equipment free. You must have purchased your receiver and assorted accessories outright in order to use the PAYG plan. The PAYG plan can be turned on and off at will and used as little as 1 month per year.
Bill,
With all due respect I have a Pay-As-You-Go plan originally done through the Dish-For-My-Rv.com. I got it early in the program. I experienced a lot of the same issues that these others have had. The training of these reps is quite poor and they often do not even know what an RV is. I usually ask to speak with a customer loyalty rep and it gets straightened out. Another tip to people reading this topic: The VIP211k receiver goes into hibernation after a month or two of non use and the Dish people need to signal it to "wake up"
