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- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -13/+92Depends if the houses are close enough to touch or not. In my neighborhood, this could easily happen (but hasn't) because the houses are connected (which makes it easy for any idiot to burn down the entire block).
EDIT: I looked at the picture and its either a practical joke or someone working for Dish screwed up and simply didnt report the matter. Notice is has no wires running to connect it to any receiver within the house. Secondly, the homeowners are *****. They called Dish and the cmpany stated that they have no records of them in the computers which means that THEY ARE NOT BEING CHARGED. Instead of them simply taking the dish down, they call the police (because the cops are really gonna raid corporate offices to defend these turds rights!). And then this assmonkey states "I am going to contact a local news affiliate and report this to their consumer investigative dept. and see what happens." How do these people even brush their teeth without getting the brush stuck up their asses?
I have your solution, *****, take the dish down, throw it in the trash and shut the ***** up. Dish network said they didn't install it, so you arent being charged. Go inside your house and stop dragging down the human race! - JackPallance, on 10/12/2007, -0/+58Yeah, I tried the same thing with my wife,
"Honest Honey, it was just on the roof when I got home!"
Then football season conveniently started... - robbh66, on 10/11/2007, -7/+65I'm sorry- but this is the stupidist Consumerist article that's ever hit digg.
FTA: "I even offered to personally remove it from my roof and ship it to Dish Network 500, but the so-called Damage Control dept. didn't want it because they said they didn't install it. So it appears to be of NO VALUE to them, not even the flimsy $100 it may be worth!"
She's mad because she isn't getting any money from them. - Cerealkillr, on 10/11/2007, -0/+39For a college student, that means one new free cereal Bowl.
And there's a Unwanted sign on your roof. - brundlefly76, on 10/11/2007, -3/+30Hey I found a Coca-Cola can on my lawn this morning and Coca-Cola is disavowing any knowledge or responsibility whatsoever (!!) - please spam the hell out of the Coca-Cola CEO's mailbox because my personal trivia is more important then anything!
Grab a screwdriver, remove the dish, and get on with your life for christs sakes. - nlatimer, on 10/11/2007, -7/+29So they take the dish down and still have holes drilled in their roof.
- noahhoward, on 10/11/2007, -1/+19Just take th damn thing down and toss it in the trash for gods sake. What the hell is she bitching about?
- stevene, on 10/11/2007, -0/+17"I hate it when people install things on my ro without asking."
- Lyanto, on 10/11/2007, -2/+17@dayz
Yes, because it's so easy to get satellite TV without a reciever box. - schnikies79, on 10/11/2007, -1/+14It's a 10min job to remove the dish and toss it. Take some clear silicone and fill the holes. Problem solved.
Damn, I agree it's odd, but talk about making a mountain out of a mole hill. - FuzzyTheDuck, on 10/11/2007, -2/+15Hmm. I could see this as being a mistake. Maby the installation guy showed up at the wrong house?
- Lister169, on 10/11/2007, -0/+12It's actually broadcasting from the hidden cameras in her house.
Live on Dish Network channel 976. - jayyoung, on 10/11/2007, -0/+11I would think its a prank. You can buy an old dish for like 5 dollars at a thrift store. It looks like a good way to get people mad, I will have to try it.
- guywhodoesstuff, on 10/11/2007, -3/+12Oh, this mans figured it out.
GOTCHA! I've been going around town installing satellite dish's on people's houses just to ***** with them. - afx1, on 10/11/2007, -0/+8DO NOT WANT!!!!
- Jerim, on 10/11/2007, -4/+11Of course it is a police matter. It is no different than if you came home and someone had broken your door down, or painted over your windows. It is vandalism. Are the police suggesting that it is perfectly legal to go around and alter people's homes without their knowledge or approval? Can I put anything I want on my neighbor's home? I would strongly suggest calling back and pushing the police to file a report. Vandalism is never funny. Damaging someone else's Of course it is a police matter. It is no different than if you came home and someone had broken your door down, or painted over your windows. It is vandalism. Are the police suggesting that it is perfectly legal to go around and alter people's homes with out their knowledge or approval? Can I put anything I want on my neighbor's home? I would strongly suggest calling back and pushing the police to file a report. Vandalism isn't funny. Damaging someone else's property isn't funny.
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -3/+10 ceralor...as of late? Consumerist has ALWAYS been doing this. It is just that as of late, they have built up a critical mass of Digg accounts so they ahve COMPLETE control over this site, just like Roughly Drafted did last year. Consumerist's paid minions OWN the front page of Digg now. Anything they ant to reach the front page will, and anything they want to get buried will get buried. Same with comments. Anything critical of Consumerist will autoamtically receive so many buries that most people won't ever read them, and of course will not digg back up.
The only thing that keeps Consumerist in check is that they are not alone in their gaming pracitces. At least a dozen other sites now have complete control over the page as well. The ultra left wacko conspiracy sites, the Ron Paul sites, etc.
The two people that have the LEAST control over Digg these days is Kevin Rose...and the general userbase.
(By the way, to DocNo..you would be laughed out of court SO FAST if you demanded that Dish replaced your roof, when you have zero proof that they did anything.) - Technopundit, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5Space Junk???
- krinn, on 10/11/2007, -1/+6I had something similar happen. I ordered DSL installed. When the installation time came and nobody had showed up yet, I looked outside and I saw a Verizon tech running a wire to my neighbor's house. I don't know how he was planning to complete the installation since my neighbors weren't home at the time.
- stephant, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4I would freak out if someone drilled a bunch of screws in my roof (especially if I didn't have any idea who did it). Drilling screws through your shingles is just a plain dumb idea and I have no idea why anyone would do it. Sure it might work out just fine if it's done absolutely perfectly but if there is a leak, even a ridiculously small one, you can destroy your roof or even the support structure. I would absolutely be furious at someone and I think dish network should at least take it seriously.
Those of you that think it's no big deal haven't ever had a pinhole leak in your roof. - dpknc84, on 10/11/2007, -3/+7It's just a couple of holes, jeeze. It's people like you that instigate stupid lawsuits just to make a few bucks. Go to Home Depot and buy a small batch of roofing tar or silicone for a couple bucks and/or get some metal flashing and slip it under the shingle. Problem solved and you don't need to replace an entire section of roof for a few screw holes.
- Rchapman8, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4We all know it was just the husband who had it installed. He found out she didn't want it and he pretended like he had no idea about it.
- getliquified, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3I'M ON YOUR ROOF,
STEALIN YOUR SATELITE SIGNAL!!! - themurph2099, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3When Dish Network says they didn't install it...they're probably right. Dish Network uses contract workers to install their dishes locally. Not all installers JUST work for Dish Network. If an installer did this by mistake, there is no reason why Dish Network WOULD have any information them. A local affiliate could have taken the order, then the local installer messed up, and Dish Network corporate might not even know about the house it was SUPPOSED to be installed on yet....
- p0wl, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3If an installer actually set this up, there would be an LNB on the dish. Dish Network also uses independent contractors, so it could have been several different satellite installers in the area.
I'd guess that it's some kind of joke. - Technopundit, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Pranks like this are way funnier if you install the dish on the roof of your neighbor's CAR!
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3You are right. But There is ZERO evidence that Dish had anything to do with it.
If I throw a Coke can and hit you in the head, do you sue Coke? - 0firefly0, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4You can say that again!
- ceralor, on 10/11/2007, -4/+7I agree. Consumerist is getting a little excessive with their articles as of late. It's as if companies must be infallible, or else! God forbid they make a totally harmless mistake.
- Lanlost, on 10/11/2007, -2/+4@ robbh66:
"I'm sorry- but this is the stupidest Consumerist article that's ever hit digg.
FTA: "I even offered to personally remove it from my roof and ship it to Dish Network 500, but the so-called Damage Control dept. didn't want it because they said they didn't install it. So it appears to be of NO VALUE to them, not even the flimsy $100 it may be worth!"
She's mad because she isn't getting any money from them."
I don't think that's what they were trying to say.. I think they were trying to say that by taking the dish back Dish Network could have saved or gained $100 on the lost dish. - sacherjj, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2I just took our DirecTv dish down. I so have to do this on my street somewhere.
- usercc, on 10/11/2007, -2/+4Get fingerprints footprints and dog-smelling prints. Take twenty-seven eight by ten color glossy pictures with circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one explaining what each one is to be used as evidence of this vile perpertrator.
(credits to Arlo Guthrie) - foolfromhell, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Really? There have been numerous satellite dish robberies in my area...
- brundlefly76, on 10/11/2007, -2/+4hdtvdust is absolutely right - people as digg users we are supposed to be a proud community of higher-level thinkers with a grand experiment...
However, lately, digg has become much more unreliable then even the mainstream media.
I would even say that dig has become a very dangerous opinion-making tool.
The unfortunate truth is that digg has become very powerful, so it is a powerful tool for anyone who can gather enough people to build a frontpage story.
Despite their best efforts, even Kevin Rose will admit that they do not have a reliable system to prevent against this, and it happens daily.
The most frightening thing is that right now a political candidate for President has a grassroots organization which completely owns digg, and thousands of digg users are eating it like candy, when they should be gathering all the information on all the candidates and not drinking the manufactured koolaid of one who has a pied-piper platform. I cant even type his name or party in this comment or it will be found and dugg into oblivion by his people. - gregpc, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3It's a ten-minute job IF you have a ladder, clear silicon and the desire to climb up onto the roof. Without these things it's a Saturday afternoon and those are pretty valuable.
- SilentBobSC, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Having installed for a couple years, two things come to mind,
A) That looks like an intrusive roof mount (the bolts are going thru a sealed roof), unless they were particularly detail-oriented (considering the goof, I'm assuming their not) then you've got some serious water damage to deal with over time. I was always instructed to find the best eve / side mount and to pole mount when possible to avoid this type of install.
B) The LNBs are nowhere to be seen. This lends me to believe that it may have been setup by a custom A/V shop that sent out their dish techs and the installers were to come out with the reciever box and any other goodies (usually Amp, Speaks, etc) to finalize the install. Saw this happen constantly with pre/post-construction.
Anyway, she does need to find out who did this since the mounting will require some work to be done to prevent any leakage. - sannm, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2If you look you can see it isn't wired into the home just in a loop, installers always make sure the homeowner is home before they go drilling holes in a roof (in case the homeowner has a specific location/drilling requests) so my guess is that it's a practical joke on the uptight neighbors.
- oddmanout, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1someone should call Kirk Cameron... he somehow explained how Pepsi Cans and Bananas got here where there was apparently no other explanation.
- tinkertoy, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1This has to be a practical joke...if you look carefully, there is no LNB or receiver horn on the dish. Probably some neighbors who had just got rid of their old DISH antenna knew these people would go ballistic and create a ***** if something like this happened to them. (You're right honey, look at those ***** -- bet they're gonna call the police again)
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Umm.... ebay?
- Trevor2, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1The dish doesn't even have a LNB and the coax is like 2ft wrapped around the dish not going anywhere. That rules out an installer that just went to the wrong house, I'm betting someone knew these people were ***** and it was a prank.
I know some people I would like to do that to.
Edit: looks like people above already covered what I said - daone, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Its obvious from the photos that some sub contractor f***ed up and won't come forward to admit it. I'm sure the sub contractor employer is fully aware of this and handled the matter internally. The employer would have to know within 24 hours because they would ask what happened to a Dish 500 receiver you were supposed to install at this address?
The home owner should have known that Dish Network does not install receivers directly through them and distributes the orders to sub contractors.
Its also obvious from the photos that the home owner who made a big stink about the unwanted Dish Receiver couldn't use it because the dish didn't have a receiver installed and no wires were hooked up to it.
Though the home owner went a little overboard with contacting local news channels about the unwanted Dish Receiver, they are in the right to protest and find out who trespassed on their property and drilled holes in their roof to install the unwanted Dish Network Satellite Dish with out contacting them or confirming the address. - colinmhayes, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1I'd make them take it down.
then again, I don't own a ladder. - bshock, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1I'm not sure I understand this woman's problem. If Dish Network doesn't own this object, then it belongs to her. Get a ladder, pull it off the roof, sell it on eBay or whatever.
- StiGUP, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1o hell i'll take a free dish network SAT.....FTA weeeeeeeeeeeee ...they must live in a fantasy world? JUST STFU and move on there are wosre things going down in the world and your getting free ish and complaining....jesus christmas...do these people live in society?
- clickwir, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1They are really small and a spot of silicon will easily fix it for many many years. Might very well out last the cheap shingles most people use too.
- razrielle, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2As far as I see it, its not a major problem with them installing it in the wrong address as it is property, liability, and trespassing. Sure she can take it down but then she has to deal with atleast 3 holes in her roof where she has to spend her own time and money repairing. Also, what if said person falls off the roof or ladder when taking it down, then dish network is partly responsible for her injuries. Next, what if she does leave it up there and a natural disaster(hurricane, tornado, high winds) come along and rip the thing off the roof then rains. She can get water damage where it can cost her even more money. Also she had an unknown person come to her house to install it without her knowledge which i am assuming is trespassing. There was no one there to watch this person who could have just waltzed into any room and taken everything they owned. Thats what i see is the problem
- Technopundit, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1I have a feeling somewhere the next day there was a dish technician getting over a terrific hangover.
- demonthefallen, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1I work for Dish Network as a technical service rep, and I assure you that this is by far the most amusing thing I've heard all day(Not to be offensive just cracks me up) And I can point out our installers never do an Install without the person who's names on the account present, as they need to sign the service agreement. I could see one of the local retailers screwing up though, Because I get many complaints about them. Though the lack of the LNB leads me to think it was not installed to get signal, or even put on by anyone affiliated with us.
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