Dish Network is offering a "free" iPad if you sign up for satellite service. Avoid this, it's a scam
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Well not really a scam but staying with the promo deal for whatever amount for the first year off of the bill is the better way to go and then just take those savings and get the better Ipad3.
This is nothing more than Dish and Apple getting in together to help make a deal look sweet and get rid of over stocked older ipads for apple with of course a cut.
This is nothing more than Dish and Apple getting in together to help make a deal look sweet and get rid of over stocked older ipads for apple with of course a cut.
Nothing in this world is free.
Everything now has disclaimers.
With that said I think getting the discount is better then the free iPad myself.
Everything now has disclaimers.
With that said I think getting the discount is better then the free iPad myself.
It's called "Marketing 101". Average people never look beyond the word "FREE".
Welcome OP to finally waking up to the pyramid scam of the American economy. It works GREAT as long as you keep shoveling more people into it from the bottom. That is at least, until you finally just run out of people.
Wait, that's a scam...that ought to be illegal...blah, blah.
It's a choice, and people get to decide. You'd be surprised how many customers call in, throwing a temper tantrum, thinking they should get both. Or existing customers, same tantrum,but thinking they should get a free IPad.
The discounts are better in the long-run. Some people are impatient not wanting to wait. For those, they can get a bigger lump sum which is the IPad.
How many times do you see items advertised as "free"........just pay handling, processing and shipping fees.
When buying a car I always use Excel to calculate the total cost of the various purchase options that include rebates, interest rates and also cash.
It's rigged! It's a conspiracy! This is illegal! Scam! Scam! Scam!
Where's the face palm emoticon when you need it.
Where's the face palm emoticon when you need it.
You really should have come to this site first and read about the promotion fist. You would have been fully educated on the promotion and not surprised by anything then. You also could have signed up through one of the DIRT members here.
Basically the promotion is: You can either get the monthly discounted price for programming for the first year, savings depend on the package you have. If you decide to take the iPad then you decline getting the monthly discounted price for programming. It's a trade off.
If you went with the AT120 you get $20 off per month for the first year which totals $240.
If you went with the AT200 you get $25 off per month for the first year which totals $300.
If you went with the AT250 you get $30 off per month for the first year which totals $360.
I believe Dish is valuing the iPad at $300 retail. Interpret the promotion how ever you want but it is not a scam and some people actually consider it a good deal. It all depends on your thinking, do you want more savings over a period of time or do you want a product right now. Some people want things right now! this is a pretty standard marketing technique and a pretty good one at that.
