Dish Network ripoff.. DISH NETWORK Steling money from a soldier's family for 2 1/2 years Nationwide

I had an account for over two years with Dishnetwork in Virginia. In December of 04 I had pre-paid my account through the month of January 05. We were moving to another apartment and planning on having them move our stuff with us. As it turned out, we were unable to have them because our complex would not allow a satelite to be placed on our balcony.

After telling Dishnetwork this on January 7th, we were denied a refund of our pre-paid monthly fee. The rep told us that they do not give refunds for the same month.

After arguing and getting nowhere, a friend of mine suggested I contact our local political representative. After sending a nice letter telling him how I was a registered voter and having problems with a business operating in his jurisdiction, I actually received a letter back from his office!

I was told they would look into the matter and in less than three weeks, I received a full refund. The Congressman was Jim Moran, and I must say I was impressed.

You may want to contact your local leader since voter opinions seem to gain more favor. It is worth a try at least. It did work in my case.

Remember years ago when all you needed was an antenna and you could pick up several channels?

Know why you can't anymore?

Companies like Dish Network & Direct TV and all the others have jammers. They jam the broadcast signals from your local t.v. stations and then force you to pay for them.

I can't get one single channel on my t.v. without dish or cable.

These greedy mofos should hang their head in shame.

As for being the money of a military family being hard-earned. I simpathize with you as we are also a military family and my husband is now emotionally scarred from his 2 tours in Iraq. We deserve better than this sh**. And we are terrified that he will have to go again.

Back to Dish Network - My aunt & uncle just closed their shop last week. They used to unstall Dish Network & Direct T.v. amongst other things. I thought they were making a killing because they had their own business. Did you know that they are not paid at all for installing the satelites, and they only receive $1 per month for each customer they have. Not to mention they had to pay for the lost receiver when someone stopped paying their bill and did not return the equipment. What a greedy, stinking joke.

Shame on you satelite people. The cable people aren't any better.

God bless you in Alaska!

Love,
A fellow military family