New Add-On Packages
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Thanks. So there appears to be no combination of add-on packs that you could get your RSN with the Flex pack?
You get TCM, NBCSN (maybe), Cooking, Food Net, DYI, Cartoon... Welcome Pack seems incomparable to the base Flex pack.
The Smart Pack seems to be the better comparison. The Turner channels are included with Flex (TNT, TBS, TCM) as is NBCSN, though you don't get the Nick channels, as you would with Smart. That'd be $10 more for the kids.
Yes it makes the Welcome Pack seem like a real deal if $10 of it are locals and the rest you get for $9.99.
Are any of those available due to Freeviews and not inclusion with the package?
Aw... darn it! NBCSN is in free preview, which probably means it isn't in the package.
Blaze is also in free preview. No sobbing there. As are Sundance, RideTV, and Viceland.
I hope Dish updates soon with a full official listing of what's in the Flex Pack - then I could use their own comparison tool.
I checked that and the Freeviews LISTED now are Ride on 248, SundanceTV on 126, theBlaze on 212, Viceland on 121, and Sony Movie Channel on 386. Those are the ones listed by Dish on 103. If there are any other in Freeview I'm not aware of them.
Interesting that Viceland, Sundance, and SMC aren't your list. Maybe hope for NBCSN. If not, I'd still need to give this a close look.
Yeah, I have Welcome Pack and I don't see them anymore, either. Darn it. I was excited.
I talked to two separate CSR, NBCSN is not included in the flex Pak, NBCSN, FXX and a few other channels is on free preview for this month
I'd say this is a cross between DISH America and Smart Pack, and price-wise it is very much that. I figured out for my parents, if they wanted locals and ESPN yet, the Flex Pack would cost $5 more a month than DISH America and they would get an extra 15-20 "useful" channels, not the fluff stuff.... so to me this is a decent deal. Again, everyone's mileage may vary depending on needs I think.
I called about an hour ago and the first rep I spoke to knew about Flex, had a list of the channels, cost, etc but didn't have the ability to add it to my account. He transferred me to the "loyalty department" (and I could have sworn I was talking to Scott Greczkowski from the sound of the guy's voice!!). He said this package is unpublished and basically in "test" mode. Only people in the loyalty or retention department can offer it - which they will do when a customer calls to cancel, get lower rates, etc. He also said it's very popular. Because it's unpublished, there are no channel listings (publicly) available. He offered to read them to, including all of the different packages, but I couldn't keep up in writing them down. He also suggested that if I want to add any of the other add-ons, I have to call. This is incorrect, but no big deal - I can see the add-ons under "Core" just like Link showed in his earlier screenshots.
Ultimately, my bill is $4/mo cheaper but I get back channels we like but lost when switching to Smart Pack.
Ultimately, my bill is $4/mo cheaper but I get back channels we like but lost when switching to Smart Pack.
Appreciate your posts on this. I do see a difference in the two lists so it will be best when we can get actual lists from DISH including add ons. As an example If NatGeo is not in the core if it's in a pack with other wanted channels it may be worth getting that pack, otherwise a decision to lose that channel or not. Some may want locals, some not, ditto Sports etc... If you don't need a particular category you may save quite alot. (Natgeo/Bravo would nicely round out the list maybe they are in the same pack)
Well it took 3 phone calls between last night and this morning but I got the flex pack. I had to go through cancellations to get it and then because I had installed my own hopper 3 , 4K Joey and Joey 2.0 their system wouldn't allow them to turn it on. They were going to send a tech to do the software from my house , free of charge Saturday. I went to the store and when I got home I got an email saying my tech appointment was cancelled. When I called DISH back she said they figured how to do the install of the flex pack on their end and it was on my account and I would see the channels. When I first looked I had the same channels and when I selected one I knew I didn't sub to , it popped up with a message that I needed to unplug my receiver and let it reboot. So I did and the new channels came through.
I am now paying $60.99 before you add the fees and my HBO subscription . NOt counting the $40.00 off I get for six months from loyalty department. So $34.99 for flex pack+ $10.00 for locals+$10.00 for news pack + $6.00 for heartland pack. I am saving some. $29.00 on just my basic programming pack compared to $89.99 for top 250 that I did have.
The Csr who was an American man , not a foreigner like I usually get, said that this was their first move into real ala cart and that they would surely see some pushback from programming channels (ESPN> Sports). But that it was within their contracts to do this. I smell a lawsuit with ESPN coming up in the not so distant future. Either way I am really happy with this change on DISH's part.
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I am now paying $60.99 before you add the fees and my HBO subscription . NOt counting the $40.00 off I get for six months from loyalty department. So $34.99 for flex pack+ $10.00 for locals+$10.00 for news pack + $6.00 for heartland pack. I am saving some. $29.00 on just my basic programming pack compared to $89.99 for top 250 that I did have.
The Csr who was an American man , not a foreigner like I usually get, said that this was their first move into real ala cart and that they would surely see some pushback from programming channels (ESPN> Sports). But that it was within their contracts to do this. I smell a lawsuit with ESPN coming up in the not so distant future. Either way I am really happy with this change on DISH's part.
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Only people in the loyalty/retentions group can add these packages (currently) and as I understand it, they are all based in the US.
