Yet ANOTHER Scam

If you haven't already fallen victim of this, beware of switching to one of those satelite t.v. services.  I was pissed because my cable bill had quadrupled in ten years time, so I thought I'd check into these "dish" ass-clowns.  Big mistake!  My "free installation" cost me $50 bucks. I found this out when my credit card bill arrived.  When I contacted the dish folks to ask WTF, I was told it was to cover shipping my equipment to my house.  They didn't ship anything.  A mexican in a company van showed up three hours late with my shit. If that's worth $50, I'm in the wrong line of work.  I was also assured that "todays technology eliminates signal loss due to storms or solar events."  It would be "extremely rare" for this to ever happen.   Of course, the truth is that this "rarity" happens everytime a cloud passes my house! They advertise 5 packages under $50.  BULLSHIT!  They've already raised my bill to a level that surpasses my old cable bill, and it will go up $15 more in a year.  They advertise over 200 channels but forget to tell you that the bulk of those channels are infomercials, religious pablum, and various other shit that you'd never consider watching.  Wow! Now I know where I can buy $140 pocket knives and overpriced silver coins.  B.F.D.  Not to mention the shoddy install job these guys do. My old lady like to *$&#% when she came home to see how this guy drilled through our new roof to mount the dish and tacked coils of cable wire onto the front of our house.  They didn't even attempt to hide the stuff or install it in a more aesthetically pleasing manner.  I usually prefer a least a little kiss or two before I get railed!  These jerks got me good.  They even told me, "Don't cancel your cable until we've installed your dish.  You wouldn't want a lapse in service."  Translation:  We know if you call your cable provider to cancel service they'll offer you a huge discount to stay with them.  I was offered 50% off.  Of course, too late as these a-holes already had me locked into a 2 year contract! They say if I get a friend to join I'll get $5 off of my bill.  To me, my friends are worth more than $5.  I wouldn't do that to a friend.  I hope this world holds together long enough for me to tell these crooks to come get their shit.  Be warned folks, these jerks could sell pogo sticks to the crippled.