481, Report:
#83532
Posted Date:
Mar 11 2004
Dish Network Rip-off! Where is our Consumer Protection? ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES. United States
This is real simple. Check into Dish Network and Echostar. How is it possible all of these things are going on yet the GOV does nothing? If I was to charge your credit card or do some of the things DN has I would have been thrown in jail?
I had Dish. I canceled when they re...
Entity
Categories: Television Parts & Services
482, Report:
#79755
Posted Date:
Feb 09 2004
Dish Network ripoff lied about service provided, 7 times!! I say Fraud, Mis-representation, and plain old lying and ignorance. Picayune Nationwide
The installer told me I would receive affiliate channels (ABC,CBS,NBC), and after the installation was complete proceeded to show me how to turn off the satellite to get these channels.
The reception was worse than with a regular rooftop antenna,but I thought it might be the weat...
Entity
Categories: Satellite Dish Companies
483, Report:
#32431
Posted Date:
Jan 03 2004
Dish Network/Echostar ripoff thieves; victimized many consumers Nationwide Worldwide
1998 December - bought satty system from Dish Network distributor in Jacksonville, FL. System worked well under normal weather conditions: clear skies. 2001 March - system worked well until screen began to blink, even during clear skies. Called Dish Network tech dept. They just tol...
Entity
Categories: Satellite Companies
484, Report:
#75873
Posted Date:
Dec 26 2003
Comcast Comcast, cable pig, Denver Colorado
To start, I loved AT&T Cable/Broadband, for the most part their employees where nice and always tried to help. Comcast bought out the cable and broadband of AT&T here in Denver a year or two ago and ever since then everything has gone down the shitter.
My wife and I have ordered...
Entity
Categories: Internet Services
485, Report:
#75073
Posted Date:
Dec 16 2003
Allsat, Allsat.com THIS IS THE WORST COMPANY-OWNER AND WORKERS and policies!! Springfield Missouri, Florida?
I made the mistake of trying to get sattelite service through this company. Below is a copy of the BBB report I made BEFORE coming here and finding out that BEN, the jerk I talked to and who hung up on me IS THE OWNER!! Guess my complaint won't matter after all. No wonder all of ...
Entity
Categories: Satellite Dish Companies
486, Report:
#74557
Posted Date:
Dec 09 2003
Dish Network fraudulent billing practices Internet
I had a Dish Network account for 4 years. Upon cancelling my account, I started receiving collection calls from dishnetwork regarding a $12.96 charge for an intangible service that I did not authorize. The charge was supposedly for allowing me to re-activate my account at no charg...
Entity
Categories: Satellite Dish Companies
487, Report:
#69337
Posted Date:
Oct 17 2003
Pegasus Satellite TV Rip-off Scammers What a rip-off!! Baltimore Maryland
I live in a small town in the Berkshires in MA (about 2 hours from Albany and 2.5 hours from Boston). We do not get cable so the only service I have to choose from is satellite. I had signed up with DirecTv in 1997, and the only provider for that available in my area is Pegasus.
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Entity
Categories: Satellite Dish Companies
488, Report:
#67020
Posted Date:
Sep 15 2003
Dish Network ripoff They could care less if we are satisfied or not with their services. Palatine Illinois
I have spent around 2 hours reading the various reports on Dishnetwork. I wish I would have done this sooner. I have been subscribed to dishnetwork for 7 months.
I have been receiving my local channels for the past 6 months and all of a sudden I don't. I call to report the p...
Entity
Categories: Satellite Companies
489, Report:
#48412
Posted Date:
Jun 29 2003
VMC Satellite VMC Satellite dishonest staff have committed electronic theft and ripped us off! Fairfax Virgina Nationwide
We responded to advertisement by VMC last summer stating we would receive three months free satellite service if we responded by midnight of that evening. We signed up on the internet and had the required $49.99 fee for a certificate electronically deducted from our bank account app...
Entity
Categories: Satellite Dish Companies
490, Report:
#61300
Posted Date:
Jun 20 2003
Dish Network ripoff and trickery to get you to sign contract The money is not a big issue, but the principal of being lied to and tricked is beyond contempt. Littleton Colorado
Upon signing up for the Dish Network at my local Sams Club, I was advised that I had three days to cancel the contract if I was not happy. When the installer came, I got on the roof and showed him exactly how I wanted the dish installed, but he said he couldn't strap it to the chimn...
Entity
Categories: Satellite Dish Companies