Dish billing question

[superfula]

Hey all. We signed up for Dish service a couple days ago and scheduled an install for March 28 through a 3rd party Dish/DirecTV dealer. I noticed a charge for 104.93 hit our account today. I was expecting 30.00 for sling, but am surprised they are already charging us for the first month of service when we won't even be using it until next week. Is this normal? I'm hoping the actual billed month doesn't start ticking until the boxes are setup, as we'd be paying for a week of nothing.

 

[garys]

Dish bills for two months up front, so that may be what was charged. If you are worried, contact Dish and have a csr explain the charge.

 

[superfula]

Dish bills for two months up front, so that may be what was charged. If you are worried, contact Dish and have a csr explain the charge.

Gotcha. So far it's a month, but we'll see. I'm not able to step away from the desk long enough to call the installer, thus the post for now.