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quick question! Help!
are you supposed to tip installers? We are having uverse installed and are debating as to whether it is customary or not. If so, how much?
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If they do a good job, I tip $10
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IF they do a good job...
The one I had didn't so I sent him about his way.
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Mainly because I can do that shit by myself. Now if they're moving some heavy shit and installing it, I most definitely do.
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ill usually offer them something to drink, like a coke or bottle of water but thats about it.
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he called about 45 minutes before he headed this way to give me notice and he's been very nice. He even tuned my son's guitar while he is waiting for stuff to program (without our initiating it) so I'm inclined to just didn't know how much. Thanks!
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I've never even thought about tipping a cable or phone installer. They get paid pretty well for the service and it's expected that everything will work perfect the first time. You shouldn't expect a tip for doing your job as described, I mean you can't get money back if the guy is an idiot and cuts your phone line or every time it rains your TV quits working and they have to send someone back out to fix it.
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i haven't ever tipped or ever heard of anyone tipping installers. i feel like shit now. oh well. maybe next time.
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Usually a crisp Ben Franklin does the trick.
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sounds a little fishy to me....
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She went ahead and gave him $10.. He set up 4 tv's, 5 computers and was really cool.. Even hooked my son up with a wireless card for his computer (his has been crapping out and was having trouble getting set up).
Now we just have to figure out how to work this new shit. <-- Chili
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Who I tip and how much depends solely on how drunk I am.
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What package did you get?
<---- Uverse Tier 2 tech
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Leah -
Let me know how you like it! We are getting uverse on Friday!!
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 All of ours used to do it so that's going to suck, but the tech said there is an upgrade in the works to allow them all to do it. The menu is going to take some time to get used to, but there are a lot more HD channels on here than we had on dish (we got the closest comparable channel package that we had before) so that's good. It's something new and I don't always adjust well to newness so I'll have to get used to it before I make an acurate review.
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i only tip three people
waiters bartenders barbers i dont see anyother reason to tip anyone else, especially if youre making a decent hourly wage.
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 I like to give a little extra to show my appreciation when someone goes above and beyond. Small gesture for such a good return. It makes me feel good. 
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I believe they only get paid $14-16/hr .....I could be wrong though
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Oh and Leah the prem techs are very underpaid, I can't say what they are paid but is almost 1/2 what a Install repair tech makes. So a tip for them if they did a good job in your opinion would be welcomed by any of them.
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Like I said, he did an excellent job and was very friendly. We felt he deserved something extra.
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my rule of thumb is that if they are cool, do a good job, ill feed them- send the wife to whatever fast food joint they want and get them grub.
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With the dish, we had one DVR in the living room that was usable on our bedroom TV and the living room and another one in my son's room which was shared between the two boys. It was perfect! Soooo...can we get more than one DVR in the house? If so, would that increase our ability to watch/record more things at once? I'm already frustrated and ready to go back to dish. 
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I had U-Verse for about 2 weeks. It wasn't all they advertised it to be. For one thing, I spent the money for 3 HD televisions, and could only watch one at a time. They finally admitted that I was too far from some box or switch for it work properly. Kind of pissed me off after dropping Dish and going to all that trouble. I had lots of problems with the tv picture freezing up for like 15-20 minutes at a time. By the time it stopped, the show I was watching was over. And the problem of not being able to pause or rewind on any set except one was an issue. I went back to Dish, but I kept the internet service and the phone service.
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I tried one time and he said they can't accept them.
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Yes - I tipped the Fios guy that came out to my place for the install....and do it before he finishes too.
We had had the internet service before the TV service....he looked over the other stuff even though he didn't have to. Replaced my router with a better one, then also handed me one new in the box and said "here, keep this around in case you ever need it". He also gave me some extra HDMI and RCA cables. It was $20 well spent for me.
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Our ONLY complaint with dish was losing signal during rain and storms. Because of all of the trees around our house there is only one spot where the dish is mountable and it is not that great. It didn't use to be too bad, only out with the worst of the storms and ony shortly, but now, because of the trees, it's losing signal all the time.
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I would tip if I had the extra cash, sounds like a cool dude
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