DirecTV Sucks!

[cofi]

Dish has a disaster policy why dosent dtv

Not to mention dtv has there own fucking insurance for this equipment.... we need to support company's that stand up for our neighbors not kick them while there down

[DD977GM2]

It sucks, but if all 360 homes had DirecTV, that's $144,000 someone has to pay, and $400 is on the cheap end for Sat equipment. Should be covered under homeowners insurance.

This is what the article should have been about instead of blasting DirecTV for doing what they do everyday when their property is damaged.

For those of you upset and gonna cancel DirecTV over this.......the liberal media just won at their game

[Jeffrey Lebowski]

Just a tip..goodwill on the balance sheet has Jack to do with what you're talking about

HAHA. That was my first reaction too. There is a finance definition for this......

[cofi]

from dish chat this am

You have my assurance on this that we will never charge our customers for the damaged equipment due to the Catastrophic Act of Nature
We do not want to further cause inconvenience to our customers
If that happens, we will be replacing the receiver, and we can also send a technician to install the equipment if you are planning to move your locationElaisha (ID: 8L6): It is my pleasure.
Elaisha (ID: 8L6): Here are the offers that we can provide:

You have the option to put the account on Pause for free. It will give you much time if you are relocating.

We can offer a free installation if you are relocating.

We can also replace the damaged equipment at no cost.

And lastly, we are more than willing to provide credits for the time without the service.




so again fuck DTV and im really smh at you guys

[cofi]

It sucks that people are losing their houses in these fires, but if you were too stupid to take the last couple of years worth of fires as a warning and make sure to clear underbrush and trees away from your home to make a defensible space you are partly to blame.

wow i can not think of a reply to this that would not get me banned

[Bailey Guns]

Somebody needs a fukin hug.

[MattR]

wow i can not think of a reply to this that would not get me banned

That's what I was thinking too. Dirtrulz must not have any vegetation at his fire proof house, he must be catastrophy proof...lol

[DD977GM2]

It sucks that people are losing their houses in these fires, but if you were too stupid to take the last couple of years worth of fires as a warning and make sure to clear underbrush and trees away from your home to make a defensible space you are partly to blame.

Hey dirtrulz,

It is obvious of your ignorance. Have you ever been in a forest fire or even close to one? Even with underbrush cleared and the area near you thinned out......a fire of this magnitude can easily start your house on fire from a distance. Let me bold this for you so you can read clearly............

FIRES CAN CROSS INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS DUE TO EMBERS AND THE INTENSE HEAT THEY PRODUCE

So to have such a blanket statement for those people losing all their worldly possessions..... truely reflects on your character and Id suggest you log out and forget this site exists. Go infect other sites...but leave this one alone.

That is all the COC allows me as I enjoy this site and don't wish to be banned.

[Circuits]

It's your right as a consumer to only do business with companies whose policies you like (in this case, free shit in case of a natural disaster).

from dish chat this am
so again fuck DTV and im really smh at you guys

[RblDiver]

HAHA. That was my first reaction too. There is a finance definition for this......

Indeed. For the non-finance people, goodwill is essentially the amount you pay over and above what a company is worth. So, for instance, if DirecTV was worth, say, $1 billion (their assets etc), but Netflix bought them for $1.5 billion, then Netflix would show $500 million of "Goodwill." It's a way of saying that "we think you have a value more than your assets are worth, like name recognition, etc."

As to the "Clear brush" argument, I agree, but there are cases where it doesn't work. I heard this morning that the brother-in-law of some friends of ours lost their home in the Black Forest fire. Last year, I'm told, they spent $10,000 to remove 100 trees and do some fire mitigation around the house. They left with the sprinklers on the roof and deck, and despite all this they lost everything. This is all second-hand so I haven't a clue quite how much clearing DID take place, but take it for what you will.

And on the DTV charging bit, well, it IS part of what insurance is for. If they wrote it off, I doubt the insurance would just pay $400 to the guy anyway.

Edit: Oh, and goodwill write-offs aren't for cases like this. IIRC, it's for cases where the value on the books is different than the actual value of the company as dictated by stock price. For instance, if the total value of the stock was $1.25 billion, the book value was $1 billion assets + $500mil goodwill, they may decide to do a write-off of a portion of their goodwill to bring the two values more in line. However, you can't "create" goodwill if the stock value is HIGHER than book value.