DISH Price Increase 1/17/2013 (UPDATED!)
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That is only one piece of the puzzle. If you activated before 3/1/2012 then you would still get $5 off AT120+ and $10 (or $5) off AEP.
No puzzle, I've said it before but hasn't been validated by dish. Price protection credits are altogether different than the credit for aep & 120+.
If a customer was activated between 3/1/12 & 1/16/13 they will receive a price protection credit on top of the aep credit if they have it. Here's the catch....customers price protection credits end a year after activation, but do not start until 1/17. So for someone who activated on 3/2/12, their protection credits end on 3/1/13. In reality they'll only receive 1 1/2 months of price protection credits.
* Eligible customers will only receive the 18-month credit if they do NOT have the TV2 Receiver Connection fee (for America’s Top 120 subscribers) or $10/
mo. HD add-on (for America’s “Everything” Pak subscribers) on their account.
In other words if you are paying the tv2 connection fee it will be removed & no additional credits applied.
AEP if you're paying for the $10 hd add-on it will change to hd free for life & no additional credits applied.
It's a $5 credit for 18 months on at120+ or $10 credit for 18 months on aep if you qualify regardless of activation date.
If a customer was activated between 3/1/12 & 1/16/13 they will receive a price protection credit on top of the aep credit if they have it. Here's the catch....customers price protection credits end a year after activation, but do not start until 1/17. So for someone who activated on 3/2/12, their protection credits end on 3/1/13. In reality they'll only receive 1 1/2 months of price protection credits.
* Eligible customers will only receive the 18-month credit if they do NOT have the TV2 Receiver Connection fee (for America’s Top 120 subscribers) or $10/
mo. HD add-on (for America’s “Everything” Pak subscribers) on their account.
In other words if you are paying the tv2 connection fee it will be removed & no additional credits applied.
AEP if you're paying for the $10 hd add-on it will change to hd free for life & no additional credits applied.
It's a $5 credit for 18 months on at120+ or $10 credit for 18 months on aep if you qualify regardless of activation date.
Yes, just the semantics of price protection credits.
I feel pretty confident the info I posted to be accurate. It would be nice for DIRT to chime in & confirm for the good of the site & to put rumors to rest.
Your info is accurate from what I gathered as well. I'm not arguing the accuracy or validity of what you posted, and I am in agreement.
I only wanted to point out that new subs within the last year aren't the only ones getting credits. 
Your info is accurate from what I gathered as well. I'm not arguing the accuracy or validity of what you posted, and I am in agreement.
That has been the confusing part for many & some disagreement on info posted.
No arguing here, we're above that.
i got the $10.00 AEP credit for 18 months and my account is active since august 2011, a few posts back i wrote about how my new bill that arrived yesterday was credited. i didn't qualify for the price protection credit, so, a $5.00 increase is what i get for now.
By chance did you opt out of locals? I also have at200. After the increase i am paying 59.99 because i do not get locals.
So is the $5/mo credit (for 18 months) for AT120 or AT120+ customers? I am currently a AT120+ customer and do see the credit on my bill. With this package now running +$10/mo. over the regular AT120 package, I am thinking of dropping down to AT120 instead -- but only if I don't lose that $5/mo credit.
You misread my post -- it already mentions that I see the credit! I am wondering if I will still get that credit (for the full 18 months) if I drop from AT120+ to AT120.
Yep, and the sneaky SOB's will snatch it away at some point. I upgraded a 508 to a 211k AT MY EXPENSE (as in, I purchased the 211k). When I activated the 211k they took away my grandfathered no locals status without even telling me. To add insult to injury they changed the ownership status of that 211k to "Leased" a few months later.
I wouldn't mind so much if they carried more in HD than NBC & PBS for my DMA (the main reason I didn't sub to locals when they were optional) CBS is in SD and I don't get Fox or ABC at all.
Thank you DISH. May I have another!
I wish grandfathering with Dish would be more flexible like my cell phone provider is. I'm on a grandfathered family plan that is no longer offered and is $10 cheaper than anything they offer now, and I've been through multiple phone upgrades without any changes to my grandfather status (just new commitments). Only package changes should trigger a loss of grandfather status, not equipment changes.
I'm still really confused as to why I was downgraded from AEP to the Top 250 and given half-price premiums for 6 months.
Waiting to see my next statement before I call and see what happened.
-Customer since July.
Waiting to see my next statement before I call and see what happened.
-Customer since July.
They did that to me as well a while back. I purchased my 722 and then magically at some point the status changed from owned to leased. A DIRT member thankfully took care of that for me.Yep, and the sneaky SOB's will snatch it away at some point. I upgraded a 508 to a 211k AT MY EXPENSE (as in, I purchased the 211k). When I activated the 211k they took away my grandfathered no locals status without even telling me. To add insult to injury they changed the ownership status of that 211k to "Leased" a few months later.
I wouldn't mind so much if they carried more in HD than NBC & PBS for my DMA (the main reason I didn't sub to locals when they were optional) CBS is in SD and I don't get Fox or ABC at all.
Thank you DISH. May I have another!
That really makes me mad when they do that. I don't care what the reason is, it is inexcusable...
I think, since you have been a customer for less than a year, you would only have been eligible for $5 off until this July. Half price premiums + AT250 for 6 months netted you what...$6 off your bill? Pretty much a wash since it looks like none of your credits will go past July this year anyway. But after 6 months you'll need to do something about those premiums or you'll be paying more than the increased AEP price.
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