I've never had Directv, my long time contact in the Dish Executive office retired in Jan, he gave me HBO free for a year as a parting gift, didn't even tell me. In addition he would extend my two $10 for 10 months credits when they would run down and somewhere along the way a $5 credit came along. Two years ago there was a deal I found on Slick Deals to get a $30 per month credit that has been 2 plus years and counting.
When the current crop of Dish reps see my package and discounts they act like I'm stealing from them! Saying you have xx discounts... We can't give you more... blah blah blah
My guy never started a sentence like that, always was "let me see" !
Since I'm a long time AT&T wireless and Uverse Internet I can probably bundle some discounts together to come close to what I'm paying now. Losing the NFL Network and free RedZone and losing my Dish contact will probably push me to Directv.
I need a package similar to Dish America Silver, Hopper and two Joey's.