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Wednesday, June 3rd, 2020 10:35 PM

Can you remove a dish that a tenant left behind?

Hi.. I’ve contacted your company to remove a dish that a tenant left behind and they tell me that now it’s my property. I never gave them permission to put this on property and cause damage. I’ve called multiple times with no solution. I need someone to come collect your equipment and take off all cable they used and properly seal any hole they did on my roof and siding. I also want you to block my address from being pulled up in your system as I do not want you to put a dish on my home again. If I dobt hear back from you I will contact the better business bureau and put in a formal complaint with them.

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5 years ago

this is worst company to go business with it is impossible to find them when you need them

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Once a dish is installed, it becomes part of the property. No one from AT&T is going to remove it.

SOMEONE had to give permission to have it placed on the roof. We'll assume the previous tenant did that. Call them.

FYI: From TERMS OF SERVICE

If you do not own your premises or your unit is part of a multi-tenant environment (e.g., an apartment building, condominium, or private subdivision), you warrant that you have obtained permission from any necessary party, including, but not limited to, the owner, landlord, or building manager, to allow DIRECTV and its subcontractors reasonable access to install your Service and your Equipment, or perform any Repair Service, and to make any alterations that DIRECTV deems appropriate for the installation or Repair Service.

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Don't mess with old people.  The older we get, the less "Life in Prison" is a deterrent.

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I contacted dish network and they vame no problem I will putting a complaint with bbb

ACE - Expert

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Are you saying DISH Network came out and removed a DIRECTV satellite?

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Don't mess with old people.  The older we get, the less "Life in Prison" is a deterrent.

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5 years ago

@Savi512

Upon install, the dish, cabling, etc. become property of the account owner. Only the receiver/client boxes are still DirecTV owned and returned by their prepaid shipping options. There is never a tech sent out to uninstall anything. This is how satellite (TV and internet) providers are designed.

You have nothing to dispute with DirecTV. Your only dispute is with the prior tenant who had it installed in an unapproved location. When DirecTV installs, the account owner signs off that install is fine and accepts all responsibility.

There is no way to block an address in their system. It is up to you to be clear with your tenants on any restrictions of dish placement (such as requiring a pole mount in the yard instead of affixed to the roof). When tenant signs off it is saying they have all needed permissions and if there is a problem it is between them and their landlord.

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I’m not the account holder I didn’t sign for anything. I never gave permission and I dint want you doing this in the d’iter

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As stated your tenant did.

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@Savi512

Correct. It is the tenant who signed and approved the install. By doing so they took full responsibility. So your dispute is with the tenant, not DirecTV. That is how it works.

None of us did this. We are customers like you, as this is a public forum. Sorry you don't like the answers, but this is the reality of the situation.

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