I won't get in trouble with Dish Network will I?

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I cancelled the service at the beginning of this month because I had decided to live with my aunt and uncle and they already have Comcast so I decided to cancel because then it save me 75 dollars a month and I'd have more extra money every month since my SSI is messed up and don't have a job again yet. So they wanted me to return the TIVO, the controller and the LNBF to them so they sent a box out to me. Unfortunately, my BF had taken down the Dish Network satellite and stored it in his parents garage and was buried in there. He never gave me the part and after cursing at me being rude after I told him I need the part ASAP because it must be returned within 10 days or I'll get a big fine, I gave up on him and today the UPS guy was sent here to get the stuff from me by Dish Network because I had failed to send it to them so they did it the hard way by giving me a first attempt. They left a package notice on the door and my aunt left it on the counter with a note and I panicked because I knew I was in trouble and two more attempts, I knew bad news would come. So the UPS guy came and I decided screw it, I'll just give them what I have so I got the box that had the TIVO in it and the controller and gave it to the guy and he put the return label on the box and took it. My dad told me he will pay the bill if I get it for not returning the LNBF.


I could have marched over to his parents apartment trying to get it from him but I didn't want to head over there when they weren't home (I don't know his parents number) and I had wasted gas going across town and he sleeps during the day so I doubt he answer the door and I could have gone over to where he works at at night asking for thing right in front of all the employees and see what a procrastinator he is. I was just starting to think of doing that but the UPS guy came so I thought screw it I'm giving them what I have. What a mess I put myself in. Never stay with someone you just met. I should have just moved to Portland and stayed with my aunt and uncle from day one and none of this wouldn’t have happened. If I cancelled the service then and they wanted the LNBF, I know my parents would have done it ASAP because they don't procrastinate when something is real important. They would have gotten the piece off the satellite and send it to me and I would have put it in the box and send it to Dish Network.


I hope I don't get in trouble for failing to send back the last piece after a first attempt. I'm not sure if I'm going to get more attempts and find UPS at my aunts and uncles doorstep asking for the piece because they were sent to get it from me physically for something I don't have. If I hear from Dish again asking for the LNBF, then I would have to do it the hard way to get it back from my boyfriend and it be at night. He can get mad at me all he wants for being desperate for the piece. Blame it on Dish Network buddy, not me. They want it NOW, so therefore I have to be impatient to have it done NOW, you can't procrastinate. Some things need to be done ASAP, its part of life and you can't set things aside. I'll even risk my life going to his work place very tired just to get the last piece back for damn Dish Network. Now I don't think I'll ever come back as their customer again because I don't think they want me because I didn't send them back everything they wanted.

My parents say I won't go to jail for not returning the thing and my mom told me to ignore the bills if they bill me but what do I do if they do attempts? What happens then? jail? A huge fine?

I would not worry about it. No way you can be arrested or fined its a civil matter.

At the absolute worst, they can report you to a credit agency and have it show up on your credit report. A dispute over property is a civil matter like Themachine1 said - it goes through a whole seperate legal system than crimes and won't lead to jail.

Still, I might try to work something out with Dish Network so there is no dispute. I'm sure you're not the first person who cancelled the service after a breakup and had something like this happen.

My boyfriend has me screwed over then. Wow I don't feel sorry for him anymore for what his ex put him through. He has some bad credit reports thanks to his ex. Had to switch phone services because he got a big phone bill because his ex signed up for it using his name and social security number and he refused to pay it so he got disconnected and they wouldn't believe him he didn't do it so he uses another service (the story might not be 100% true because I don't remember the details). I will use another satillite service when I get my own place. Might not be for awhile anyway, could be a few years since I might be going back to school. I can't live in a apartment and go to school at the same time unless there is a way around it.

I know I'm not the only one who has been in this kind of position. I have met people online who had room mates and then one of them moves out and he or she has their items and he can't get it back from him/her because A can't get hold of that person B Don't know where the perosn is and there is no way of contacting him or her C The perosn never gives you the item because they never have it with them whenever you go after them.

My ex was there. His cousin borrowed his stuff and pawned them off so he tried to get moned from him for it but he never did. So on my days off I'd drive him all the way to kalispell to see his cousin to see if he had any money. Then I stopped when gas was getting too expensive and my ex didn't want to pitch in for gas anymore so i said I was done taking him because it wasn;t fair to me I have to keep spending more money on gas and lose money and be in a tight budget so now on he had to give me money up front before we go and he said he'll head up there only when i do so I said okay. And it was the end of it.

If it goes to court, maybe you could plead insane and use Asperger's as your defense.

Thanks but no thanks. I woudln't do that. Using AS as a defense makes me sound like a leech to the society. And I don't even have AS, but I'm on the spectrum. The situation has nothing to do with AS or autism or PDD becsuse anybody can land in this situation. And my parents will support me on this, they're always here to help.

Last edited by likedcalico on 27 Mar 2007, 6:39 pm, edited 1 time in total.

calico, maybe can you just tell DISH net about the situation so they can give you an extension for how long you have to return the antenna, tivo and remote???

id say best thing to do when thinking about sat tv. buy the dish, reciever and remote from an electronics store, that way when you do cancel, they cannot make you send the dish antenna, box and remote,

sorry to hear about the problems you have been having, most tehy can do is fine you for not returning equipment but just try to call and ask what alternatives or if you can have an extension or pay off the equipment over time.

Now you see why so many people feel the need to murder their ex's.

You might look the precise part up on Ebay to get the free market value of the used part. Which is much less than what Dish charges,. I was under the impression the LNB is required to stay at the home it was installed in.

I wouldn't say that was a good idea, but you do bring up a valid point... You ask Dish Network to bill you for the equipment and take him to small claims court over it. That will lead to one of three outcomes:

1. He pays you to make it go away.
2. He doesn't show up to court and you get a default judgement.
3. He shows up and you have to explain to the judge what happenned. Probably you'll get a judgement in your favor.

This is a great argument against using the Dish Network. $75 a month to watch TV and you have to do all that when you cancel? In my neighborhood, the other bad thing about the Dish is they want you to sign an 18 month contract. WTF? How many people know for certain they're going to be in the same place for that long? I can't believe they can get any customers with these kinds of practices.

Worst case scenario is that they wil charge your credit card for the equipment. Then you can try to contest the charge. Since you won't have returned the equipment unless your BF provides it, it might be hard to contest. Then you could take your BF to civil court to cover the charge (plus interest).

I agree dish network is a lot of money. I'd love to cancel ours but my husband says he needs to watch the sci-fi channel for his job .

It cost that much because of the packages I have. My bf and I were sharing it splitting the bill. He never paid me half of it. We only had it for a month till we had to move out of his apartment. The Dish was under my name and my Dad's and I moved it out to Oregon when I moved. I'll just tell them my bf stole it from me because he won't give it back. My Dad said he will pay it if I get billed. My Dad spoils me by helping me out with charges. When he coems out here during spring break he and I are going to try and get it from him by trying to see him. I'll probably have us go over to where he works in the middle of the night and bug him there. Besides Dish can't get to my kmoney. My credit card expired I never put down the new card number and ex. date so for two months I paid the bill by using my checks. My mom said they can't get money out of my account but I gave them my checking number and all and check number and account number. That's how they bill me when I use a check. Mom says they still can't get money from it. I can't beleive he is putting me through this. He claims he cares about his women but I didn't know he do this to me. Next time I won;t trust the next guy I'm with till I been with him for three months and I will not room with them till I know them long enough. Luckily I didn't jump into a relationship till knowing him for two months. Then a month later this happens. if I had the LNBF, it wouldn't be a big deal of packing the tiems in the box and taking it to a UPS. It would have been all done on the same day I got the box. If the UPS place was closed, I would have done it the next day after I got up in the late morning. But the box and the controller should be good enough, there is no way i can get free service now without the box and all unless I go on ebay and buy a TIVO and the controller and hack the LNBF and get free service. My bf told me thats why they want it all back because people cancel and hack it and get free service and they don't even know they have it. I don't know how to hack but they don't know it. To make dish network happy I can even give them my Bf's number so they can bug him all they want for the part and leave the problem to him. Or have my Dad and my aunt and uncle calling him all the time. It will indeed make him mad but screw it. He needs to learn how not everything can be put aside as long as he wants it. Shows I'm more mature in that area. And I'm a baby to a 12 year old (to his view)and yet have more maturity in knowing when thigns need to be done now and not procrastinate. At least i know how to handle money better than him. I can take it to court if I have to. Even to the police. I can just keep his GBA SP I accidently packed in with my stuff till he gives me back the piece and my cleaning stuff I accidently left behind. If his son wants his GBA he can bug his dad about giving his girlfriend back the LNBF. That's the main thing I want. I wouldn;t be surprised if he decides to go and buy his son a new one because he doesn;t want to have the pressure to give me back the piece. How hard is that? Sure he is a busy person, works at night goes home and sleeps but hello, all he needs to do is leave early when he goes into work and just come here and give me the piece. I've done that before when I had to return the videos I rented because the due date was 4:00 PM and I don't always get off work before four and have enough time to return them. I don't like paying late fees. I'd leave ten minutes early, drop off the videos and then head to work. I wish I could tell him that to help him understand. I'll stay up and wait for him or I can go out and meet him and then it's done. Does he not know that? At least I know to do things just to get it out of the way so I wouldn't have to worry about it.

He finally stopped by this morning. He called after 8:30 asking me if I want the part and I said yes and he told me he was six blocks away so come downstairs. I came downstairs and waited and thinking he was coming to go up the the door and knocked, he called me again and I saw he was right outside in the front yard and I came out and he gave me the piece out of the trunk. There wasn't much between us. I came out got it and went back inside remembering to say thanks. I called up Dish and told them I fianlyl got the part but I had already sent out the TIVO and the controller because the UPS guy had came to get it so I gave him what I had. So they are going to email me a label and all I have to do it print and it put the item in a box we have and take it to UPS and ship it.

I seem to have tragic luck because everytime I go in rage, get real upset and decide to give up, it finally happens. Funny coincidence I have or does anyone beleive its magic? I find it a coincidence.

Why are you so obsessed about this?

Is it because of your boyfriend?

She was afraid she'd get in legal or financial trouble over the unreturned equipment.

If she's so unhappy with Dish Network, why can't she just get digital cable?

That's much better than satellite, and it confuses people less.

By that I mean that you wouldn't be wondering, "Did I see that show earlier?"

I guess it's too late for her to get digital cable now. The damage has been done already. By the way, I seriously doubt Dish Network would be upset at her over this.