DISH Makes Money Despite Complaints.

[Scherrman]

Dish/Cable are always going to be complained about. No one likes to see their bills go up year after year. The channels themselves escape blame since the consumer never sees their price increases.

What things in life haven't gone up in cost over the years? It seems prices go up and quality goes down.

 

[dare2be]

What things in life haven't gone up in cost over the years? It seems prices go up and quality goes down.

It's the only way to support "economic growth." Eventually the bubble will have to burst, just like the housing market did 6 years ago.

 

[MikeD-C05]

Expect MORE and Get LESS. That is the mantra for life these days.

 

[jerryez]

Actually, Exxon is the most profitable. I doubt that their position has changed much since 2011. I don't see Dish or EchoStar even in the top 100.

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/2011/full_list/index.html

 

[GaryPen]

I think Dish should move the CSR to Jamaica, and then people will truly understand how hard it can be to talk to a person over the phone who is speaking perfectly fine English.

Or Scotland, Ireland, or Australia, for that matter. Even England.

When I was working for British Telecom, I couldn't understand have the words coming out of the help desk guys' mouths. Plus, they say "yeah?" after every sentence, the way Canadians say "eh" or Americans say "umm". Every time he said "yeah?", I felt like saying "No. I have no idea wtf you are saying."

Ironically, I have no problem with any BBC or Masterpiece show, and I watch a lot of them.

 

[GaryPen]

Expect MORE and Get LESS. That is the mantra for life these days.

PAY more, and get less.

 

[Bobby]

PAY more, and get less.

Yeah, I remember when a quart of Hellman's Mayo (Best Foods west of the Rockies) was about a buck. Now it 5 bucks for 30 oz....

 

[harshness]

That article is not accurate. IIRC, Dish has around 14 million subs, and their 4th quarter numbers won't be available for awhile.

Probably about three weeks from now if the past is an indicator.

 

[Boss302]

Actually, Exxon is the most profitable. I doubt that their position has changed much since 2011. I don't see Dish or EchoStar even in the top 100.

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/2011/full_list/index.html

The Fortune 500 is ranked by gross sales / revenue. That is not the same as gross profit. Exxon is about 36% gross profit. Dish is 30%. Both are very high. Most large companies are much lower. Ford is around 15%, GM about 7%.

Dish is very profitable, thats a fact, no question about it.

 

[dare2be]

Yet, their profit margin is under 9%, which is in line with their industry.

 

[Jim5506]

Dish makes its techs sell over priced items to customers when they visit, if they don't sell X amount (to most shops and techs) then they are dropped a pay scale to make up for it. Dish will get its money - ohh yes even if that includes ripping the tech off.

I have been with Dish for 11 years an have NEVER had a tech do anything close to that - never even offered to buy anything - where to you get your dis-information?

 

[Jim5506]

The industry with the steepest markup (greatest profit margin) is cosmetics.

I can't quote you chapter and verse but I've heard several respected pundits say that.

Being most profitable and having the largest profit margin can and usually is a totally different thing.

The oil industry has a great deal of money invested in refineries, pipelines, etc., but they also make a lot of money (i.e. sell a lot of product), but their profit margin is not the highest.

Making a $100 million profit on $1 billion investment is only a 10% profit margin, whereas making $10 million on a $20 million investment is a 50% profit margin.

 

[navychop]

Are there supposed to be companies out there with NO complaints against them?

 

[MikeD-C05]

Are there supposed to be companies out there with NO complaints against them?

YES . Those who have yet to be invented.