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DIRECTV is a direct broadcast satellite provider that transmits to homes throughout the United States and the Caribbean. There are many different packages to choose from, each offering a variety of features, channels and DVR options. It's important to note that DIRECTV requires a two-year contract, and most customers experience an increase in prices after the first year.

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  • Various programming options
  • Easy to relocate with
  • Multiple packages available
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  • Costly to cancel
  • Price increases after first year

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    Contract & TermsSales & MarketingPrice

    Reviewed March 30, 2018

    This is the worst experience I have ever had. Almost would rather have none. It is incredibly overpriced and all the many channels they tell you get are sales and repeat channels. God forbid you would need help... it isn't happening. I could go on for hours about how unhappy I am but it won't help. I am still stuck in this awful systems for over another year. First cable company I find that will buy out my contract. I am gone.

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    Reviewed March 30, 2018

    Signed up 2 year contract. Never changed anything. Goes up every month a couple dollars. Suppose to stay same. Used excuse Government Taxes. Not every month. Will quit and tell everyone. It to get. Liars.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed March 30, 2018

    This company is the worst ever. They like to help anyone if you ask for date change they won't do it. Very rude can't wait to get rid of the them. Ever since AT&T took over the customer service is horrible. When it was only DirecTV it was ok. They lie.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingStaff

    Reviewed March 30, 2018

    They gave you false advertisement, and lie to you. And constantly overcharge you. I talked to one of a customer service because I was being charged over a hundred dollars on something I don’t know and then the guy was saying they gave me a hundred dollars. I mean how is it given to me if I was being charge over something that I didn’t sign up for. The employee was very rude. Not just that I was promised to get $500 dollars for signing up for DirecTV and plus a hundred to bundle phone and internet. So I said, "Sign me up for DirecTV and I’ll call back in a couple of days for internet." Which I currently have their service because they want to hit my credit which they did a year ago 6x I lost 30 points for. So after a couple days called back because I needed a phone line so I thought I might as well.

    Talking to an agent I gave her the account number of promised $500 and she said that offer never exist and that I made it up. I know what I was told. An agent and a manager talked to me and confirmed the same thing saying $500 and $100 for bundle. But I was told I misunderstood and the notes says I they only offer me $200. So I canceled my order and call the billing department because my internet bill went up $40 dollars for something I wasn’t informed off. Wasted hours talking to them on the phone. And after doing some research and stuff I found out that a few people was promised or should I say was being scam by DirecTV to sign up and get $500 dollars. But I was told that’s not from their office which will be weird because I called the same number. Next time I call them I will make a recording of the conversation and just go straight to Better Business Bureau and let them handle it. Because AT&T does false advertisement.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed March 30, 2018

    I do not understand why AT&T is taking what was a good service/product and turning it into something terrible. Today March 29, 2018 we noticed the entire format changed. What used to be a pleasing guide, channel remote experience turned into something no one in our household likes. After being loyal customers for over 15 years, we will be switching to the competition if this matter is not resolved. AT&T stick to the phone business before you destroy DirecTV.

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    Customer ServiceContract & Terms

    Reviewed March 30, 2018

    Nothing worse than talking to a computer! Customer service lies trying to get to use AT&T. My contract is up and I’m moving to Virginia by September and not using this incompetent company for TV service.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupPriceStaff

    Reviewed March 29, 2018

    ATT CELL PHONE & DIRECTV SERVICES ARE THE WORST. My experience. Dec 2016, I received a telemarketer call offering ATT, DirecTV and Internet services. I was told sign up and save substantial $$. I was on the phone 3 hours and 20 min to sign up all 3. Boy, what a mistake. What was offered: DirecTV entertainment package $50/month for 24 months; ATT Cell phone for 5 phones (I did not need new phones) $140 + Taxes for 5 lines with unlimited calls, texts and data. Internet (I do not remember what was monthly cost offered) but installer never came for 2 different internet installation appts so I ended dropping the internet.

    Cell phone service started but after 3 Gigabit Data, network slow down to level that I cannot get on reg website. Therefore, after 6 or 7 months of this, I canceled Cell phone service. DirecTV installer cut up all cable company lines to install DirecTV and after installation, I told him to check the channels, and he said I do not have ESPN channels. Entertainment package does have ESPN but DirecTV was giving me Select Package for $50/month. Since I did not have ESPN channels, I agreed to pay $63/month.

    Few months later, they increased to $66.52/month and I have no idea why. They do not send any email or call to inform that bill is going up. That continued until Jan 2018 then Feb bill jumped to $112.52 for no reason. Again, no call or email to inform me. I refused to pay until this resolved. Made so many calls and no one can give a clear answer why the increase. In March 2018, the bill increased to $229.29. On 3/17/2018, I spoke to 4 different people and took 2 hours and 22 min and call got dropped. Supervisor I was speaking to never called back. On 3/19th, I spoke to several people and again 4th person was able to reduce the bill to $149.29 and I paid that to bring the bill to current. Up until now, I must have spent over 250 hours on calls alone since this ordeal began in Dec 2016.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingStaff

    Reviewed March 29, 2018

    I was offered their services through an apartment complex I had maybe 2 years ago. They only had one internet/phone/cable package through DirecTV. Halfway through our lease the complex added sports channels to EVERYONE's package free of charge. We moved from that complex at the end of our lease, and made sure to cancel our service through the complex, as well as contact DirecTV to end service as well. Fast forward about a year and now I'm getting collections calls concerning unpaid charges to DirecTV. Turns out, the sports channels package was SEPARATE package that IS NOT CANCELLED WHEN YOU END SERVICE.

    So after realizing that these collection calls were not a scam, I called DirecTV's customer service number, and was told that I was responsible for the package subscription despite the fact that I no longer had service at that address. I explained to them that I had asked for my service to be discontinued at that address when I had moved, and they said that it didn't matter, I hadn't asked specifically for them to cancel the subscription package. I WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR OVER A HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR A SUBSCRIPTION AT AN ADDRESS THAT HAD NO SERVICE WITH DIRECTV!!! The representative literally told me "how were we supposed to known that you had moved?" I told you I was moving!!! That's why I cancelled my service!!!

    This is the worst company I have ever had the displeasure to work with, and I will never, NEVER buy or use any AT&T affiliated products again over this. The lack of intelligence and customer service was appalling, and even after I spoke with a supervisor, they could not see what they had done wrong, and refused to waive the charges I SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN CHARGED! I would never have paid these outrageous charges except I was in the military at the time, and could not have any financial claims against me for clearance purposes. Get your act together DirecTV, or you'll find that people don't like being swindled out of their money, and bullied into paying for services that THEY HAD NO WAY TO POSSIBLY USE SINCE THEY HAVE NO BASE SERVICE!!! Steer clear of DirecTV. I sure know I will!

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    Customer ServiceContract & Terms

    Reviewed March 29, 2018

    Had a 2 year agreement for DirecTV service from Oct 2016-Oct 2018. In March 2018 raised my bill from $66 to $110. When I called customer service the woman said that I did have 2 year agreement and I only had to pay the $66 and it would be changed in my account. I checked the next day and it was still $110. Called again and was told it was a 2 year agreement but only 1 year at that price unless bundled it with another AT&T service, and if I wanted to cancel I would be charged $140 ($20 a month that remained on my agreement). Both times I called customer service I was transferred 3-4 times.

    I spoke with a supervisor who stated that if the 1st person told me I only had to pay the $66 that she was wrong, that my bill was now $110 unless I bundled with another AT&T service. I have 2 AT&T accounts at 2 residences and I will be cancelling both accounts at the end of the 2 years. Worst customer service. This is not the 1st time that they have screwed up payments with my accounts and every time you call you get different answers.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & Setup

    Reviewed March 29, 2018

    I've been a customer with AT&T over 20 years. I was assured that they would not run my credit. They ran my credit so I did not accept the installation. When I called them about it they have refused repeatedly to remove it and said that they are unable to do so. I do not give companies that are this dishonest my hard-earned money. I cannot do anything about the harm they did to my credit but I can't help fellow consumers not to have the same problem. On my last and final attempt to try and get them to remove this from my credit while on hold the recording stated, "We don't run your credit". LMFAO!

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    Reviewed March 29, 2018

    The way we pull up recorded shows changed today and it's harder to read and even harder to find/play programs. Why in the name of heaven would you make something a lot more difficult. A couple of hours ago I asked on FB if anyone else was upset and already have 6 or 7 responses - all negative. Stupid. Just stupid.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupStaff

    Reviewed March 28, 2018

    To start off technician came to my house at 9 o’clock. Got out of his truck, looked up, says, "I don’t want to waste your time or my time. I can install your service." I told him, "I want to second opinion. Please call your supervisor." Technician left. From 930 till 6 o’clock at night I kept calling DirecTV to fix the issue. They did nothing. This is the worst company I’ve ever dealt with ever. They don’t know how to treat new customers nor do they know how to handle an issue. AT&T should’ve disbanded DirecTV.

    When I had the chance my technician with a lazy piece of ** and everybody in DirecTV kept telling me, "Someone will call you." Someone I’ll call you. No one called me then I can want to go cancel my account and they tried to save it. They said someone will be there 10 during the installation by 530 6 o’clock no one called me. The installation never happened. This is the worst company I have ever faced ever in my life. I hope everyone gets fired. I dealt with today on the phone and I hope the technician who came to my house to loses his job. Lazy piece of **.

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    Customer ServiceContract & Terms

    Reviewed March 28, 2018

    December 8, 2017 went to ATT to change phone service, employee told me about savings with DirecTV compared to Dish and said they would give me $200 VISA GIFT CARD. I said ok. They said watch mail for card... I did until February. Called again was told it would be 3 months, to make sure I did not cancel service. Called March 13, 2018 was told it had expired because I did not activate it. How can I activate the card when I never get ANYTHING about activating or even know where to activate? Was on phone waiting for replies, they entice you with rewards then do not follow through. Very disgruntled customer. Will make sure I never recommend friends or family, as soon as contract up for DirecTV they will be gone and so will ATT.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed March 28, 2018

    I have been a DirecTV customer for about 5 years and could not be happier. I have squirrels that like to chew my wires. DirecTV comes promptly. They are courteous, friendly, knowledgeable, get the job done quickly. When I mess up and need phone assistance they are prompt, friendly, patient, give me all the time I need. Will never change.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed March 27, 2018

    I have been attempting to rid myself of DirecTV since 12/2017- it is now the end of March, 2018. The first representative who I talked to initially to close the account told me my equipment was too old to be returned at account closure- he said, "Just throw it away" (I didn't). I was then billed for equipment about 2 weeks later. Called Directv back, then I was told they were going to send boxes to return the equipment, the boxes never arrived. Called them again, was told that they didn't send boxes anymore; I would have to take my own equipment to FedEx after they send me return stickers. Waited for stickers, none ever sent.

    Today I received a collection letter! They sent me to a horrible rude collection agency- because of their own ineptitude! I am going to attempt resolution one more time, then I will be forced to get my own attorney. This is a horrible company, the equipment was always malfunctioning; which is why I closed the account to begin with, pricing always changed. I would never, ever allow this company in my home again and I hope no one else will do so! You cannot get rid of them!

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed March 27, 2018

    DIRECTV phoned me, hypersold me on a FREE MONTH STARZ, said NO NEED TO CALL IN AND CANCEL IT in 30 days... Reality: Starz Money pulled $ from my MONTHLY. I pointed out the tempting offer which was all fraud, declined STARZ, said reimburse me... But they did not remove charges. They'd stolen 30$ extra month. I described this. The little billing clerk in Manila after an hour, wanted to repay me 10$. NO WAY! I said I was a net journalist, had 7000 articles online. Showed them where...and said that now more than a few would be about THEM. I was thinking "DIRECTV -- DIRECTLY TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT." They repaid the entire 30$ immediately. If you are a client of DIRECTV and they call offering a free month sample? DO NOT SAY YES. There are all sorts of side charges that whammy it up to double btw.

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    Reviewed March 27, 2018

    I own a rental property. DirecTV installed a unit on the exterior of home without my permission. When I tried to contact them I was connected to someone from another country, when I asked to speak to someone that lived in the U.S.A. that understood me, they said they couldn't guarantee that the next person could do any better. I told them this is against the law, when someone ask to speak to someone from the U.S. they are suppose to be connected. Poor company. I would not do business with them.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupPriceStaff

    Reviewed March 27, 2018

    I am a customer of ATT: in one of my calls to ATT, the representative was very solicitous and suggested that I become a customer of DirecTV as well and I agreed to. An install date was scheduled, to be between noon and 4 pm: at 3:30 the serviceman called to say that they were on their way and that the job could take up to 4 hours: since I did not have the time to wait that long it was agreed that we would re-schedule the install.

    For two weeks no one from DirecTV called to follow up and to schedule the install. So I called and was told the next available date would be 10 days going forward. It was scheduled, again between 12 and 4 pm. The day of the scheduled installation, Monday March 26th, the serviceman arrived at 1:15 pm. It was almost impossible to understand his English: he looked around the apartment and at 1:45 said that he was going to the truck to get some material. That was the last I saw of him... He never came back, never called.

    After an hour of waiting I called DirecTV: I was on the phone for almost two hours... Being transferred from account department, to technical department to scheduling department, only to be told that the installation had been canceled: by the technician? Too frustrating for words. The next step was to call DirecTV to cancel the account: I had to call at least 5 times, the automated answering service says that they are transferring the call and then the line is cut, 5 times that happened until I finally found a number where a human being (who could speak English and was pretty responsive) answered and hopefully the account was cancelled. Spectrum might be more expensive but it is worth it, I would not recommend DirecTV to anyone based on the experience I just went through.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed March 27, 2018

    I decided a couple of years ago to bundle my DirecTV and AT&T services. That was a big mistake. I cannot decipher my bill. I've called numerous times, but remain frustrated. My bill bounces from approximately $100 per month to $315 per month. I've called customer service for DirecTV and they transfer me to AT&T saying that it's their billing problem. I've called AT&T and I'm transferred to DirecTV saying that billing is their problem. I can't get a straight answer from anyone. I'm currently researching my options so that I can drop both services. My time is worth a lot more than having to stay on hold or being transferred back and forth with no answers. I feel that I've been taken advantage of.

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    Staff

    Reviewed March 26, 2018

    We suspended our account in November 2017. Technician had to come to the new house to verify we could not receive any more DirecTV service. That was on 12/19/17. After calling several times a week we are still getting billed. One agent even told me this is going to affect my credit rating. It's currently 805. They cant get it together there and the harassing mails keep coming.

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    Customer ServiceContract & Terms

    Reviewed March 26, 2018

    Constantly being charged with high bills and being given the runaround when I call about it. In the 8 months I have had DirecTV my bill has been the right amount two out of 8 times. Hate it and can't wait to get out of this contract.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed March 26, 2018

    On 3/23/2018 DirecTV took over $200 more than they should have from my checking account. I called to tell them that their automated system made this mistake. After getting nowhere with the representative, I called back and requested to speak to a supervisor and was in at least a 20 minute discussion with an employee. I went to my bank and told them what the problem was, while at the bank I called back and got another employee and asked to speak to a supervisor. This employee refused to let me speak to a supervisor and I demanded to speak to a supervisor yet he still refused. He stated he had read my file and he could help me.

    After a long discussion he stated that he could have my money released after he spoke to a bank representative. Just so happens I'm in the bank. So the bank representative gets on the phone and at the end of their conversation he tells me that he would escalate the issue and have my funds transferred back into my account by the close of business Friday. And that he would personally call me back to verify that funds were transferred back to my account. That never happened.

    So I called back Sunday and asked to speak to a supervisor and got into another discussion about this incident that lasted until l told the employee that I would call the AT&T corporate office concerning my issue. The person puts me on hold for an extended period of time, after a while the same voice comes back on the phone indicating that he was a supervisor. He started to tell me about how this happened on the weekend and that it would take days to fix it. At this point I hung up the phone.

    I wrote this review to say this. I work hard for the little money I earn. I don't want to unnecessarily have it held for ten days. It took them a split second to take my money. Now they're telling me it's going to take ten days for me to get it back. When the error was theirs (they admitted this). And then when I call with an issue, to have the people that are supposed to helping me play games and lie to me is not right. I should've followed my first instinct when approached by them and turned them down.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPrice

    Reviewed March 25, 2018

    I called to request a address change, I then learned it's $199.00 to move the Service. It was too expensive so I advised I would rather pay monthly without moving service so my contract could end June 2018. The rep offered to waive the move fee, send a $100 gift card and my contract would be extended to January 2019. Jan 2018 bill, I learned the fee was not waived. I been calling since January and requested to speak to supervisor that never called me back.

    Now it's March my Service have been interrupted not because of my monthly bill but because of the mover's fee. I never got the gift card and I learned today my contract was extended to January 2020. Reps confirmed the move order to waive the fee but advised the account was flagged at the same time to prevent credit ls. I may have asked for a credit but not enough to where the account should have been flagged. Also I should have never been promised to waive anything if it was flagged. This issue was originally escalated March 12th to be reviewed. In the meantime no resolution and no cable and a contract that I did not agree to.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed March 24, 2018

    I will write this hoping to discourage anyone from using ATT in any way. I have been with them for the last year and as soon as my contract expires with them I will definitely not go back to them. My bill has never been consistent and when I call their 800 number they blame other companies. I have a bundle with DirecTV. They have blamed DirecTV for the timing of billing and it is a possibility but they are the company that is billing me. We had a new roof put on the house and the satellite was moved so as would anyone we called to have it reset in the correct spot.

    I would have believed that when I called they would have informed me there would be a charge but no one said anything. I also had a late fee added to my bill from 2 months before when they only sent a partial bill. (Again they blamed someone else for the billing error.) I was told on the phone to not worry about the late fee as they would send out the correct bill with a new due date. All I can manage to think is that they tell their agents to lie to customers to just get them off the phone. I've seen many, many horrible reviews on them and have to wonder how they stay in business. I am unfortunately in a contract until 2019 but as soon as I can I will be as far away from AT&T as I can get.

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    Price

    Reviewed March 23, 2018

    DirecTV offered 2 Years of TV at a Price Guaranteed of $75/month: When I question price hikes, they say the small print allows them to pass on price hikes from their suppliers, and I can't cancel without a $20/month for every month we canceled. Where is the Attorney General of North Carolina, where is the United States FCC? In days past the State's Attorney General took on Large Companies that didn't live up to contracts with the States Citizens. The United States Federal Communications Commissions is responsible for keeping Companies like AT&T- DirecTV from running roughshod over their Customers. Big Business owns our Politicians and the FCC.

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    Contract & Terms

    Reviewed March 22, 2018

    AT&T's new tower system is terrible! When AT&T took over DirecTV they screwed it up big time! The old DirecTV DVR boxes were well designed and they worked! When AT&T came out to replace one of the older DVR boxes they replaced all of our DVR boxes with their new tower system. The new tower system sucks! It is like having Adventure TV --- every time you turn it on you might get (silent tv) and the tv takes from 5 to 10 seconds to come on --- the TV blinks a white screen - then a black screen - then a white screen and then you might have sound or you might not -- it -- is -- an -- adventure but when the contract runs out it will be gone!!!

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupContract & TermsPunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed March 22, 2018

    This review was written on 03/21/18. I switch to AT&T/DirecTV in December 2017 and I regretted since then. On the first day of installation, they messed up my order and the technician was not able to set it up the way I wanted it (I wanted the receiver in garage. I have my TV mounted on the wall and all wires an hidden). The 1st technician left, and I had to call AT&T/DirecTV for another appointment, they scheduled another technician to come out next week, however; they cancelled on me on the day that they were supposed to come out and fix the issues. They re-scheduled me for 3 weeks later!!!

    The 2nd technician came and was able to fix the issue. At this point after almost 4 weeks I finally had TV. BTW the quality of picture sucks. They promised me a $200 reward card that was supposed to be mailed to me. They indicated on the call (back in December when I was setting the account) that the visa gift card will arrive in mail late March or early April, however; when I called today at (877) 258-1427 and ask them about the gift card (so I could look out for it in the mail) they said an email was sent to me to claim the $200, and since it was not claimed, it expired on 03/06/18. I do not recall receiving any email from them or they letting me know that I will need to claim the card first through an email.

    There was no follow up email sent to me telling me now that there is a reward waiting to claim prior to expiration date. I asked the customer service representative that since the card has not been claimed if they can re-activate it for me to claim, they simply said they want to do it. It’s frustrating dealing with AT&T/DirecTV, I am not happy with them, and will not recommend to anyone. I have to deal with them in 2018 & 2019 since I have a contract with them. I will need to put up the crappy service they provide or I have to pay early termination fees if I wish to cancel.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed March 21, 2018

    A customer for many many years. Contacted to inform of impending move. Was told they would decrease my monthly charge if I would remain with them until move. I repeatedly asked the representative to assure me that there were no additional contractual obligations. He assure me there were not. I have now moved and have been turned over to collections. I followed their dispute process. I requested that they pull the recorded conversation between myself and the representative to validate my comments that I was assured no additional contractual obligations were required. The response I received back was that I received a contract in the mail post conversation and no signature was required. I owed regardless of conversation. After 9 plus years as a very loyal customer. I will never again utilize DirecTV and will tell anyone that will listen to not use them as their provider.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed March 21, 2018

    I am on the phone with AT&T as I type. I had to literally call them 7 times and I still cannot get thru to a person to get help. My service has been disconnected. I had a credit on my account and I was to pay the difference. I paid the difference and my service was still disconnected. They want me to pay the additional before my services are restored. I get conflicting information from every representative I talked to. No one is willing to help at all. I asked to speak to customer loyalty dept. I get transferred back to the main menu. I've left my name a number for a supervisor call back. Still waiting on that call. It's been several days. AT&T is a joke. I will not have service with them much longer.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupStaff

    Reviewed March 21, 2018

    I recently contacted Directv to add two receivers for my RV since I already had my home account with them. After repeating my information and talking to 4 different operators I was told that Directv will not activate and receivers not bought directly from them at $99 each. I advised them that I was purchasing the King Quest dish from a dealer and that they were offering receivers for only $79 each. The operator continued to tell me they would not activate those receivers. So I gave in and agreed to buy their receivers even though they did not offer any HD programming after I knew the operator was giving me wrong information.

    So then I was told there was a $50 set up fee and that if I wanted my service to work at my residence and the RV while I was away I had to set up another account. At this point I was so frustrated that I cancelled and went and ordered a RV satellite dish from Dish Network which came with two receivers. Dish also has a pay as you go billing. I just let them know when to activate and deactivate the receivers with no activation fees. I will be switching my house to Dish also very soon. Dealing with Directv was the worst customer service I've ever experienced.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed March 20, 2018

    DIRECTV - CUSTOMER SERVICE HACKS. So you sold me DIRECTV Service and DIRECTV sold me the premium insurance. My TV suddenly stopped working. DIRECTV took 1.5 weeks to get me a box to ship it in (You'll blame a partner for that, ie nothing you can do. I believe that is hack 3.) Then I boxed it up and shipped it in. It took a week and a half to get the box?? WHY?? SO you can continue to steal my money while NOT providing service. Communication was very good about what you were doing once you got my TV, and while you fixed it and then shipped it back.

    Nightmare 2 - my TV was damaged in shipping it back to me. (Oh that is not DIRECTV fault is what I was told, listen to it from my 60+ minute conversations from today). From what I could tell the TV was not packaged correctly and only loosely put into a box - hunch, UPS didn't package the TV but DIRECTV will want to blame them! The TV was damaged - go figure. The picture also has a line through it now, carelessness by DIRECTV. So now I waited another week now to get a new box, one that would fit my TV, yet they shipped me a small box that did not fit the TV. I found one myself and today, for the second time, I shipped it out for repair. I called DIRECTV to see if they were going to keep charging me. Of course you are DIRECTV - YOU ARE IN FACT THE NEW COMCAST OF THE SERVICE WORLD!

    So how did you handle my call with all of your putting the customer first **? You had me talk to five, 5, of your reps over an hour of MY TIME. I repeated my name, spelled it, I repeated my phone number, repeated my address for ALL OF THEM - 5 TIMES!! Use technology you moronic cretins!! Yet I persisted while each rep assured me they could help; after repeating myself 5, "FIVE" times, giving them the same information over and over, they indicated they could not help, then put me on hold while they figured out the right person to help me and transferred me to that person who could help me. HOLY **, what a cluster one that clearly starts at the TOP - COMCAST LEADERSHIP (HACK 1) at your service!!!

    DIRECTV emulates Comcast customer service! DIRECTV has such thoughtless people wasting my time by lying to me and being so inept. What did I want, I wanted you to credit my service payment, for the time you and your partners are taking care of my TV while stealing my money! That's it! Simple stuff! But NO, you want to screw with people, give them the idea that you actually care and waste their time and steal our money (COMCAST HACK 2)! Transfer people all over your pathetic company then, then, hope they hang up in total and complete frustration like it did!

    Now you hope I will go away, oh and I will, right after I repost the ** out of this! FACEBOOK, 1200+ friends, LINKEDIN 1500+ contacts, every place that I can find you miserable greedy COMCAST IMPOSTERS! Where is my credit for services paid but can't be used because you keep messing with my freaking TV - (or will DIRECTV use COMCAST HACK 3 "blame your Partner")?

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingStaff

    Reviewed March 20, 2018

    My wife fell for a sales pitch from a salesman for DirecTV. From day one nothing went well. ATT was installed with DirecTV. The only thing is there was a three week delay between installations. The programming was not what was promised, I had numerous problems ongoing. I finally said enough. I stopped the service and was bombarded with calls asking why. I explained my reason over and over. I was charged a fee of over 300 dollars. I requested a bill detailing the fee being charged for discontinuing my service. I called for over two months. We were hung up on, told us they would send the detailed bill and never did. Every time they talked to us we would spend at least 1 -2 hours.

    They flat refused to send us the fee being charged for discontinuing our service. One of the service people asked us who we were going to get our service from and then said this was the only reason we wanted the detailed bill. To date they have still refused to send me the statement showing the fee I was being charged. They have sent three BILLS reflecting the fee, however I do not owe them a bill. I paid all my bills. They charged me a FEE for me discontinuing my service and the statement should reflect that charge. I would never use DirecTV again and would never suggest anyone else use them. They are not customer motivated in any way. The salesman tell people one thing and the company delivers something else. Each time you call them about your problem they start all over and pass you around hoping that you just give up. I give the lowest score possible minus 10.

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    Reviewed March 20, 2018

    The experience is the worst I have ever had. Wouldn't recommend them to anyone. The stress on our account was wrong. Can't get them to fix it then there's a random name on our account. They can't tell us how it got there. Have made multiple calls. Spent over four hours. They hang up transfer to multiple people. I would cancel them. I hate I'm stuck with them for 2 years. It's terrible and our price was not true. Got a bill it's almost 20 dollars higher than we were quoted. I would rate them at a negative 10 if it would allow me to do so. Hope this makes a difference and I hope everyone sees this. I will do whatever I have to do to get my word out. Go with Dish all the way. This is a nightmare.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupContract & TermsPunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed March 20, 2018

    On September 20, 2017 I called DirecTV and asked my options about upgrading service because my current remote and receiver was slow. I was told I would be charged $25.89 but I would NOT have to enter into a contract because I have been a customer for almost 4 years. On September 21, 2017 a service technician came to my house to update my equipment. He asked that I sign that he installed the equipment and everything was running properly and asked if I wanted the equipment protection plan which I did not and I denied. January 2, 2018 I called DirecTV to ask why I was being charged for the equipment protection plan and then proceeded to cancel my DirecTV because I was tired of pay $135 a month. I spent over 1.5 hours on the phone and was eventually transferred to a supervisor because the representative said they were going to charge me $200 for an early cancellation fee.

    He said when the service technician came out I signed a contract for 24 months. After a long discussion the supervisor he came to the conclusion that I did not in fact owe anything. I would not be charged to cancel early and they would send boxes to my house to pick up the equipment and remotes. Two weeks later I called back because I still had not received boxes. The representative said they sent the boxes to an old address. I asked him to confirm one more time I had a zero balance and he said yes and if the boxes didn’t arrive again to call back. Another two weeks went by and still no boxes so I called back for the 3rd time. This time the representative said I did not need to send the remotes and boxes back and that she showed I had a balance on my account for cancelling early.

    I told her the entire story and she said that a customer expert would call me the following day but after looking further she saw where I would not be charged. I received a call the following day by a representative and she said she could only offer me a little further discount. I was at work and asked to receive a call after 5:00 because I could not spend another minute on the phone at work. NO one has called back and we still have a balance of $197. How is this not fraud? It’s funny that I signed a contract to deny a protection plan and they still charged me for it. As soon as I brought that up they all of a sudden said I would not be charged to cancel early. Every call is recorded and I have had 3 representatives lie to me! I do not owe DirecTV any money for canceling my service.

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    Contract & TermsPrice

    Reviewed March 20, 2018

    During December, 2017, started receiving e-Mails from DirecTV/AT&T promoting a "Customer Come-Back" incentive to return for Service (WBL11). The first several Subjects quoted $200 Visa Reward, and then, toward the end of the Month, a Subject of "DIRECTV with $300 Reward Card!" Also, the Channel Package that I desired, 185+ (Choice) was offered for $29.99/month. I telephone, and arranged for installation for late December. Discussion with the DirecTV Rep resulted in an understanding that other than a fee for taxes and a second room mini-box, there was no additional fees, or a contract. So, What did it cost Me? 1. First 12 months: $70/mo. 2. Second 12 months: $113/mo. 3. Promised $300 Reward Vis: After 3 mos, ONLY $100. DO YOU THINK THAT DIRECTV IS BAITING AND SWITCHING?

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    Reviewed March 19, 2018

    I have been double billed by Directv for over a year. My husband and I sat down with our bank and found out we were paying an estimated 588 a month for our address. There was an account in my name and my husband's name. It took months to resolve and multiple calls. We also found out they were charging us for boxes that didn't exist in our house. They ended up crediting us 322 which was lower than we were overbilled. So they ended up putting the credit on my husband's closed account instead of my open account. Here it is a month later, multiple phone calls later and we're still waiting on our credit. They are now telling me my bill is overdue even though they owe us money. This has been extremely frustrating. I'm sick of calling customer service trying to get this resolved because I either get disconnected after an hour on the phone or they tell me I'll get a credit in 3 to 5 business days. Here I am still waiting.

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    Installation & Setup

    Reviewed March 19, 2018

    When DirecTV was installed the person doing the installation caused significant damage my house, stole my personal property, damaged my garage and shed while trying to break into both. When I complained to DirecTV they were very angry with ME! All my complaints about the damage and missing property have gone unanswered.

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    Contract & Terms

    Reviewed March 19, 2018

    My wife and I got DirecTV when we lived in area where we could get TV and internet bundle. We moved and couldn't get internet service they provided. They swore our bill would not change. They keep trying to add little charges to our bill. It's different charges every time. They will not take charges off. Then, this takes the cake, our channel guide has been out for over a week. They told us it would cost us 99.00 for tech to come fix or 7.99 a month for the guide channel. I thought guide channel is included in service. They have us for 10 more months on contract and then they can keep their surprise charges. I would rather watch Crackle and Netflix on my phone. Thank you for your time.

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    Reviewed March 19, 2018

    I was promised that there would not be an increase in my bill. It was suppose to remain $65 per month for 2 years. I just received this month's bill and there was an increase. I called customer service and they kept apologizing but informed me that there was nothing they could do. I also have had an issue with my TV guide. For the past week, it says “to be announced”. I was transferred to tech support and they wanted to charge $99 or $7.99/mo for a technician to come out and fix the tv guide. I am very displeased with this service and would not ever recommend DIRECTV.

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    Reviewed March 19, 2018

    Installation and Equipment fees - Very poor customer service, unwilling to work with the customers under contract. Not sure how this company stay in business with the lack of customer support and willingness to help the customers. Instead overlook what the customer is asking instead of trying to find a solution that works for both the company and the customer. This company would prefer losing customers and getting bad reviews instead of working with the customers. Customer service is very important in any company.

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    Reviewed March 19, 2018

    Disconnected service because prices continued to increase. Had service for 8 yrs. 9 months after disconnecting and returning ALL the equipment in a prepaid box that was delivered to me by FedEx, I received a bill from a collection agency for $235.47. I was on automatic withdrawal for 8 yrs and never received a bill from DirecTV. Called the collection agency and was told it is for equipment. Now I have to file for DirecTV to review the bill.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed March 19, 2018

    Well I left Dish to be with DirecTV. Had them all over a year. It all started in December. They ask me if I would like to try HBO plus Cinemax for free for 30 days then if I want it, do nothing. If not just cancel. So 28 of Dec I canceled. Come Jan I was billed for Dec and Jan. They even turn me off another 25$ for something that was not my fault. Then I talk to someone. They said they take care of it and it was all went to Feb. Bill turned off again. Never took it off bill. Another 25 fee for shut off and I again called. They said pay 96$ and 89. From that point on my bill again 189 and shut off.

    This is not right. We live on fixed income. How can they do that? They said cause I'm in contract. This is not fair. I try to always keep my bills up. Was with Dish for twelve years and they are doing me wrong. Could you please do something? They ruin my credit over innocence. It's not fair they can do this to us. They say one thing do another. They record service. I told them Listen to it and they ignore me. I don't know what else to do. They cheat people for money and it was refer a friend. I referred my friend. She got it. I thought something was to come off they said, "Oh sorry it's not for December." They lie so much. They are a deceitful company.

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    Contract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed March 19, 2018

    I was stopped in Costco by a DirecTV salesperson and decided to listen to his deal. Worst mistake. He basically lied to me. I was told that although they give you some premium movie channels for free for 3 months, you really don't need them. He told me 80% of the On Demand movies were free. I asked because my previous provider had less and less available for free. I know now he was telling me what I wanted to hear. Without subscribing to premium channels, I would say 10% of the movies were free. Also had service issues. I had service interruption with almost every storm. I called once, they said they sent a signal through that would fix it. It didn't. After 5 or 6 months, I had enough and gladly paid the cancellation fee (for the "no contract," 2-year contract).

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupPricePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed March 18, 2018

    First, was talked into switching from DISH by DirecTV's shill NOW Communications. Install was immediate, but cost $50 to NOW, which I didn't understand until too late. Suffered thru poor service for over a year then cancelled. Then the difficulties really started. On 3/7/18, I canceled service with DirecTV. Received a cancellation confirmation email saying that I needed to return the DTV receiver within 7 days of receipt of the "return kit" or risk "non-return fees". OK, I'll wait for the return kit.

    On 3/11/18, I got an email with my final bill, including early cancellation fees. No address to send a payment to, so I got into a chat session and managed to pay (the hard way). Today (3/18/18), I realized that I hadn't received a "return kit" yet. Another chat session ensued. Contrary to the notices I had received by email, I

    was told that DTV no longer sends out "return kits", and I'd have to take the receiver to UPS or FEDEX with my account number to return it. Good grief - misinformation heaped on more misinformation. I have to conclude that this is all an attempt to squeeze more "late" charges out of me. Is this any way to do business? Worst customer service I've ever encountered. Very glad to be shut off DirecTV.

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    Reviewed March 18, 2018

    Signed up for DirecTV. Was told to download the app and start watching. I was sent ID and password. That didn’t work. After 40 minutes I was transferred to Technical support but phone dropped. No one called me back. Called them back through AT&T. They said they were closed. Found flyer for DirecTV. Called. They were open but they could not help. Left foot and right foot do not work together. Thank God I did not give up my present cable provider. Maybe that’s why they cost more.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupPunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed March 17, 2018

    2/27/2018 Ordered DirecTV and setup appointment on 3/7 8 am-noon. Never showed, never called to reschedule. 3/8 had to call twice after being told that someone who contact me to reschedule for install. 3/9 called again. Spent almost 3 hrs on phone, Debbie was wonderful and rescheduled me for 3/17 8 am to noon. Received phone message on 3/16 and confirmed install. Received call on 3/17 at 10:20 am to confirm install. Called at 1 pm. Requested to talk with a supervisor name George. Said to give him a few minutes. Never called me back. Called at 1:30 pm to get an updated status, was informed my install was now changed to Wed 3/21. Called back and spoke with Denver who said they can come and would call me back shortly.

    Called back again at 2:30 pm only to find out install was still 3/21. Spoke with John and was able to get changed to another Saturday 3/31 8 am to noon. More to come if they don't show up. Summary George needs to be fired, demoted or written up for changing to 3/21 and never confirming with me. He is the worst customer service rep that I have ever come across.

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    Contract & TermsPriceStaff

    Reviewed March 17, 2018

    DirecTV/AT&T is the worse cable company. My interactions with them moments ago has left a very bitter taste in my mouth. They give you all these discounts and trick you into a new contract, so when the discounts end they tremendously increase their prices, drop channels and refuse to negotiate. I'm stuck for 24 months. When my contract ends I'll be canceling for good!!! There's nothing they can say or do. BEWARE if you're deciding to go with DirecTV/AT&T. They really don't care if you're a satisfied customer or not. They will manipulate to get you in and then stab you in the back.

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    Reviewed March 17, 2018

    I want to give them zero stars but I don’t think it is allowed. My bill more than doubled in 6 months. I was paying over 240 for terrible internet... and ok cable. When I finally cancelled I was told that I should have called every couple weeks to get the best deal. I could have had a faster internet plan for $20 less. I should not have to call you for that to be on hold for 20 min to get a deal as your customer. After canceling I was given instructions to return my hardware... bring the Internet box to a ups store with my account number and wait for a box to ship the cable boxes in.

    Never received the box. There was a bogus tracking number. I have called them 4 Times with different instructions each time. First I needed to wait another few days for the box to arrive... that was 2 weeks ago. Then last weekend, they had not shipped the box but they would soon and I would get a new email with the correct tracking number. Today was the best... they don’t ship a damn box but they expect you to take the boxes to a FedEx location to ship them... Are you kidding me? Get your instructions straight. I only have 5 days until I will be charged 150 for each box... and I have to call them to get the information. No one deserves this headache and they should not be making any profit. I want to voice a complaint with the company but I don’t even know who to call and they will probably just give me another sales pitch I don’t want.

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    Reviewed March 17, 2018

    We had to call DirecTV out for repairs. They came out and said he would replace some component. It started to work. We have the problem again and they want me to waste 4 more hours when they should have fixed it right the first time. They offered me $10 for 4 hrs of waiting time to find another service provider.

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    Reviewed March 17, 2018

    I have been having a lot of issues where the picture freezes up for brief moment while using wireless recover. Have called DirecTV and keep getting the runaround, and till date they have not been able to pinpoint the issue. They keep saying that it’s a programming issue and they are working on resolving it. They are one of the worst TV providers I have ever experienced. Worst customer service.

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    Customer ServiceSales & Marketing

    Reviewed March 17, 2018

    DirecTV is absolutely the worst satellite provider on the planet. I have had their service for 10 months and have called every month because my DVR doesn't and hasn't worked since they put it in and they tell me I need to buy some service plan in order for them to come out and fix it! They are total scammers, they suck you into some promotional deal which ends up being total bs and then make excuses for months as so why it is still not working. Stay away!

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPricePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed March 17, 2018

    My stepdad struggling to survive on a fixed income was advised his monthly satellite bill could not be lowered so he should discontinue his service and have someone sign a new contract for service at his house guaranteeing he would be locked into a much lower price for a period of two years. When he asked me to assist by signing a contract I asked questions and was assured he would be locked in at a lower price for two years and that he did not have to do anything additional.

    Knowing how this company loves to bundle services, I really questioned the price but was reassured he would be locked in for two years; no problem. Twelve months later he brought his bill to me because it was much higher. I called and was told to look at the front page where it said '12 of 24' and again was reassured his bill would not be going up. Month 13 rolled around and his bill more than doubled. He brought it back to me very upset because it was much higher than the original bill the year before.

    We called DirecTV and got the biggest runaround. Questions were not directly answered; it's like they are just reading from a script, talking really fast. And, of course, always 'this conversation is being recorded.' I told them to cancel my contract knowing I would owe $220 in early disconnect fees. They said yes it would be $220. I also knew I'd have to pay a portion of the huge monthly charge but was willing to do so to get my stepdad out of this outrageous price they were charging. I made arrangements for the disconnect to occur on a certain day, the 28th of Feb. On that day, I called to confirm the disconnect had taken place which they said it had and wanted to know if I would like to pay the balance due which they told me was $88.79.

    I explained that I would be paying the early disconnect fee and asked if I could receive a final bill and pay it all at one time. Sure they said. Final bill came in at $321.99 when I was expecting a bill for $308.79 based on the information I was provided by the DirecTV employees. My stepdad called me on March 8th to let me know the bill was there and I went the next day to pay the bill. When I called in they wanted $326 and some change which really got to me. They said it was a 'late fee'. They did agree to drop the so called late fee and I paid the $321.99 they asked for just to get my stepdad away from a service he could not afford. The next problem was returning their equipment.

    I had several conversations with DirecTV. I called to arrange the service disconnection on 02/18/2018; called to confirm the disconnection on 02/28/2018; called on 03/09/2018 to pay the final bill and called back on 03/16/2018 because the instructions I was waiting for to return the equipment 'would be received by mail in 2-4 days' just did not happen.

    Actually, I was told different versions of what needed to be done to return the equipment each time I called them as I wanted to make sure I handled things correctly; so, I'd ask questions each time I called just to confirm what I'd previously been told. Each time I was told something slightly different. Just stressful dealing with these people and I know it is not really the fault of the employees; it is the company. My stepdad is now away from this company and once my contract with them is up at my house (in October) I'm going back to Dish Network. I'd been with Dish for years and am kicking myself for leaving.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed March 16, 2018

    I detest DirecTV. I have tried to contact someone other than an out of country person that cannot speak English properly. After getting DirecTV, I found I did not like it at all. I had to upgrade just to get channels I really wanted since they were not part of the 800 channels I was getting. After complaining about this, the associate I spoke with told me I had to wait 8 days before they could do anything. I asked why and she only answered that I had to wait 8 days. After 8 days, I called back and this associate told me she would expedite my request to speak to a manager. This was 3 weeks ago, I am still waiting on this expedited contact. I tried to find a way online to email DirecTV, funny, I still have not found a way to contact them other than the phone numbers at their call centers. They have lied and lied. I cannot wait until I can kick this company to the curb!!!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed March 16, 2018

    I answered my cell phone and a fast talking DirecTV agent said the call was recorded. He then said I am giving you Starz for a month free and some other Channel. I started to say something and he ended the call. Mind you I said nothing but hello! I got an email two days later from DirecTV Thanking me for contacting them! I got online with their chat service and found the agent had added the Channels and charged my account $6.99 a month! This is an example of a new law we will need in this country so these fraudulent service providers when a breathing human answers their phone can’t add services without a word! I have had ATT phones for years and DirecTV is associated with them. Shame on them for this predatory behavior. I complained but I am sure without a law enacted they will continue their fraud.

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    Reviewed March 16, 2018

    This was horrible before AT&T bought them out. Now it is even worse. Their wireless boxes are complete crap and cannot even detect their own remote. I hate everything about DirecTV and their cheap **.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed March 16, 2018

    For over two months I have been trying to cancel service due to moving. I have spent hours on phone being transferred from dept to dept to retention dept. I have paid past due for service that was never used and supposed to have been canceled. Still not canceled still being billed. Service interrupted... have not lived in house for three months. Will not cancel until I pay for service that should have been canceled. Surely this has to be against the law. Extreme gouging, extremely rude threatening customer service reps.

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    Reviewed March 15, 2018

    This is the worst company since AT&T started. I've been with DirecTV and the upgraded equipment. No email, no warning, no nothing. And then you try to call and all you get is, "I'm sorry." Does it hurt to send out emails? Sucks.

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    Reviewed March 15, 2018

    Lies lies and lies!!! Customer service is the worst customer service ever. This people keep lying to you. They don’t take care of their customers like they promised on TV. I’ve been charge for other stuff that I haven’t been asked. I got moved from one door to another and I got your $200 on top of it. When I was there to pay my bill they said I got $100 credit which was a lie too. Now I got a charges from them so they’re all not gonna pay $347 from their own eyes. Even the supervisor say it’s not his problem because it’s not a writing on here. Then I asked him to hear the conversation and he couldn’t help me.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed March 15, 2018

    Can't find Call Waiting info? Menu no longer brings it up??? Tech could not either??? SUGGESTION: Re: PLAYLIST DISPLAY - Please consider putting the recording dates next to the name of the recording. Presently the recording menu's information is confusing. Identifying the programs by their IDENTITY NUMBERS as opposed to the dates and days of the recordings is useless more often than not. I doubt anyone knows what episode or what the programs assigned numbers are...

    Presently one needs to pick a recording and then hit "info" on EVERY RECORDING to find DATE AND TIME OF ITS information. I record almost everything I view and watch programs at my leisure - I PAID FOR MY RECORDER FOR THIS OPTION - AND PAY MONTHLY TO CONTINUE USING IT. I am requesting that you return to the old format of providing day and or dates back next to the name of the recording.

    I got nowhere when I called technical (sp?) support except to say these things are being presently addressed. I did not feel assured by this of being heard about my specific needs!!! Then they wanted to send a technician (sp?) here to me to address the issues and then make me wait for a period of 4 hours to wait for them on a date far away. From my phone call??? (bad idea) I think that we should charge you for our waiting time.! Haha! It used to be that there was such a thing as service- now customers have little recourse. I would appreciate some acknowledgment that these problems are being specifically addressed - and not a generic e-mail.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPriceStaff

    Reviewed March 15, 2018

    Although my account was past due, I was told a additional $50.00 offer would be added to account for the next 12 months. Since the numerous increase pass to me as a customer, I kept the DirecTV service. For several months after Hurricane Harvey and repairing my home, I've had difficulty making my payments. I asked for assistance from DirecTV to avoid interruption of service. I call each time for any promotions/offers to help offset the high cost of the service. After FEMA and SBA denials for home repair assistance, I am still trying to complete the repairs of my home. I called the week 03/03/18 to ask about the contract on the account, lowering my bill and asking about any other options. I spoke to a rep. in the Loyalty Department and was told a additional $50.00 credit for 12 months would be added but I did not reflect on my bill.

    On 03/15/18, I called DTV again to ask why wasn't the $50.00 on the bill. Larry stated the $50.00 credit for 12 months wasn't added to bill but told me it was due to past due amount. I told Larry the same past due was on there when I called previously. Once Larry told me the reason, I asked about the contract on my account. Larry stated there was a contract on my account which was removed on a previous complaint therefore should not have one on my account. I told Larry it would not have been an issue if the previous agent would have explain it to me. Instead he told the $50.00 credit was added and should be on the next bill. He should have told me the truth instead ending the call a deception. This is to keep the customer from canceling service and to delay it long enough for the contract is in place.

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    Reviewed March 15, 2018

    I waited for 6 hours for the tech to show up and upgrade my receiver. I got off work early just to be home for the service call. The tech never showed and made the cancellation reason "customer cannot afford installation". WTF??? After calling and demanding that my call be escalated to a supervisor, they offered no apology and were nasty. I am cancelling my service at my home and my business. YOU HAVE LOST A LOYAL CUSTOMER.

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    Reviewed March 15, 2018

    When my husband and I decided to give DirecTV a try, I went online to request service. After selecting the services we wanted, I would hit the checkout button but would be redirected back to the order form...something was not working. We then called to let them know that ordering online was impossible. The woman I talked with said no problem, she could take the order and we would be given the same discounts. I explained that one discount, a $5 a month credit for autopay said it was only good if done online. She told me that would not be a problem. We went ahead with our order. When she asked for a card for the file, we of course gave her the one we thought would be used for autopay. Installation went fine and the In-Home Expert that accompanied the installer went through everything with us, even confirming our monthly price.

    We have had no trouble with our service. HOWEVER, after receiving a paper bill which was higher than our original quote and what the In-Home Expert confirmed, I called to get it checked out. All I ever hear is that we never signed up for autopay and the $5 discount is no longer available. Mind you, we are still in the same month as when I initially ordered. I still have the cart I used to try and place the order online and it clearly states a $5 monthly discount. When I explain that it is not my fault that the woman who took our order (after not being able to complete it online, which everyone from DirecTV that I have talked with says is normal!) did not enroll us as she promised.

    All I hear back from them is that I am not enrolled in autopay and that the discount is not available. Whatever happened to be given what you were promised? Since the fault with not being able to sign up online is clearly DirecTV's... not mine... I strongly believe I should be given what I was promised in my cart, AND by the woman who took the order, AND by my In-House Expert. Seems like a great scam to me. I have received the worse customer service ever. At least my cable customer service was always helpful. Whenever I have spoken with DirecTV and asked for a supervisor or manager I am NEVER directed to one. Not once! I can't even get my In-House Expert to call me back! Something is definitely amiss here. I have even offered to send a copy of my online cart to someone so that they can see that was my offer but no one cares. I have included this information below. I really dislike dishonest companies.

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    Reviewed March 15, 2018

    DON'T GO WITH DIRECTV... THEY ARE HORRIBLE. FROM CUSTOMER SERVICE TO SERVICE IN GENERAL. I've only had them since November of 2017 and I had to call every month to take care of my bill due to it being higher each time. They would add stuff without my authorization and I was to have HBO/Cinemax free for 3 months which the credit wasn't applied so I would have to pay. Now to top it off I'm paying these high bills while their system isn't working correctly which then I have to call these people again. Also you have to a protection plan ($7.99 or $19.99) or your service call is $99, even if it's their problem. I had U-verse before and I loved them but not the bills that's why I switched but now I'd rather pay more than deal with stupid people.

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    Reviewed March 14, 2018

    This has been the worst company to work with. I've dealt with credit card companies, utility companies, and plenty of call centers; this by far has been the worst. It started 6 months ago when DirecTV was due to install my services, but no showed, not even calling to state why. I called in the next day to find out that even though I was told my credit was great and I did not need to pay any installation fees ahead of time, there was an 8 dollar tax on that fee. So DirecTV did not call or install my services over 8 measly dollars. I got that cleared up and later installed. Then my first bill came, which was nearly 400 dollars! Their justification was a glitch in the system caused my promotion to not be honored, after around 2 weeks of calling in and fighting them it got fixed. But it didn't get honored on my bill before calling in multiple times, then filing with Better Business Bureau. After that, the company had a representative call me, and it was fixed.

    (TIP** if you have a dual promotional deal between CenturyLink and DirecTV for internet and TV services, call into CenturyLink’s "wellness center". This option is listed under the disconnect my services automated feature-When DirecTV does shady business practices, CenturyLink fines them hefty fines to fix it because CenturyLink's name is being sabotaged by a bad practice with DirecTV. Found that out from the wellness center myself. Call the wellness center, they will have everything taken care of, and will make DirecTV follow their side of the contract.) Things went well for the next few months. My satellite signal was horrible, channels I previously had disappeared, the on demand feature never worked-ever. We would have to climb on the roof in the weather to dry off the satellite receiver outside to watch tv. The usual satellite happenings, happened.

    Finally 2/27/2018 I called to get services at my new residence after moving. I've had 2 technicians come out and both tell me 1) they cannot install services here because the trees in my backyard block the digital signal and 2) I need to wait for a box to send back my receiver. Both technicians were wonderful! However, customer service support says my services are still pending disconnection 2 weeks later, and I must drop off my devices without a box or preprinted label to FedEx or UPS and they will take care of the rest-Seriously, does not sound safe to me! Over the past 6 months, I have spent probably 15 hours or more on the phone with customer service with this company and I can tell you, telephone and chat customer service within this company is a joke. You will not get a direct answer. Your bill and the bill they show for you will never be the same. You will have to explain basic math to customer service, repeatedly.

    Every customer service representative within the phone call, will transfer you unnecessarily, shift blame, and cannot give an outright answer. You will get a more honest and direct answer from the shadiest car salesman you have ever met! Seriously. I have been hung up on, without even being rude to the agent, and even in chat, they will abruptly end chat sessions if you ask too many questions. It just happened again to me a few minutes ago about if my services are actually canceled or not. You would think a simple yes or no to the question "do I still have services or not?" would be suffice, but you cannot get a simple yes or no from this company.

    Tips I have learned to deal with them. Have nothing planned for the rest of the afternoon, have plenty of food, and wine available, you will be on the phone getting transferred repeatedly. Have a pen and paper ready, along with the bill and a calendar, hell a calculator also- you will have to explain math, repeat back to them their logic, and count days repeatedly. Do not call before you have these above items. Get a phone recorder on your phone before you call. The majority of the phone call will be music from being on hold, but you would be amazed how much more help customer services agents are when you have the recordings from all of your phone calls to the company, especially when you have them available for the Better Business Bureau to listen to also.

    If you know anybody who lives “outside of DirecTV's service area” become great friends with them, that is the only way you will ever get out of your contract! If DirecTV cannot install services, they won't charge you the 500 dollar early termination fee. So just happen to move in with those good friends of yours. (Every time you call in and change or update your plan, your 24 month contract renews, they don't tell you that, but go to cancel your services and you will find out real quick). If you have a dual promotional package, as mentioned above, call the wellness center through century link, they don't want to lose you as a customer, and if they can blame the other company, they are happy to help- as always, they are people just doing their jobs, so the nicer you are to them, the nicer/more helpful they will be with you.

    If all else fails, file that complaint with Better Business Bureau. It's not the funnest option, but it is easy, it calls the company out on their tactics, and it got me (and hopefully you also) a higher up representative to call me and fix everything. He explained everything, gave reliable answers, could account for and cancel additional fees. My 400 dollar bill, was reduced to a 42 dollar CREDIT after filing a complaint with BBB. Just an option if all else fails. This has been the worst customer service experience I have ever had. It has been an agonizing 6 months! I started wanting to cancel my services immediately after having the service installed, and am so grateful I was able to move and not deal with this company anymore. Good luck.

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    Reviewed March 14, 2018

    Many years ago I opened this account. It was put in my husband's name because his name is on the credit card we use to pay for the service. We want to cancel the service and no one will talk to me because my name is not on the account. This is after talking to three people I can barely understand and being on hold for more than 15 minutes. Every few months, they find a new way to increase our bill and we are now paying over $140 per month for service we almost never use. I can't wait to hear what my husband's experience is when he calls. If you have a choice, use someone else! If I could give them no stars, I would do that instead.

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    Reviewed March 14, 2018

    I subscribed to DirecTV Now as part of a promo with AT&T internet. I absolutely hate it. Constant commericals, Constant lag, no user friendly customer service etc. I wanted to watch episodes that I had missed but was unable to start from season one. I cancelled immediately. I would not recommend DirecTV Now to anyone. Very poor customer service! No way to find help!

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    Reviewed March 13, 2018

    I used DirecTV 11 years ago, and I had a very positive experience. Recently I decided to return to DirecTV and the customer service representative have been incompetent, inconsiderate, and inconsistent. Needless to say, in less than 30 days this company has managed to lose my business forever.

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    Reviewed March 13, 2018

    I have been a DirecTV customer for 8 years. I find their customer service department inadequate and incompetent. EVERYTIME I call they cannot recognize my phone number, then you go into press this button hell. I have never been able to get service in less than an HOUR. Even given the account number mystifies them and their call in options a waste of time. Understand if you use them you WILL be frustrated with the most common questions, get disconnected and bounced around to the "right department."

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    Reviewed March 13, 2018

    We signed up for a bundle of DirecTV, internet and a home phone. Had our direct hooked up on the 7th and our other 2 services scheduled for the 9th. The 9th comes and they say there is and so they are suppose to come out the next day. Again same thing happens. Says they will be back. They never show up. My wife spent 3 days on the phone with them trying to resolve this issue. Just to have them tell us we will not be getting internet or a home phone after we signed a 2 year agreement for all 3 services. Customer service is rude and blamed the whole situation on us and then the techs that came to the house. ATT never once took responsibility for their mistakes or gave us the services we signed up for.

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    Reviewed March 13, 2018

    A year ago I signed a contract for 2 years with DirecTV. The bill was supposed to be $69 for Choice plan for two years. Every month my bill has been going up. I've had it for a year now and it keeps going up. The bill keeps going up for the last 2 months. I have had to call them and complaining about it going up. Last month it jumped up to $87. This month jumped up to a hundred and sixty. No. Excuse me. A hundred and $18 and I asked him how come it was so high and she said because I didn't add my AT&T Go phone combining the two bills together so they're penalizing me for not putting my phone on with the TV bill that's not in the contract.

    Why did I sign a contract. It's not a contract when the price keeps changing. It's not a guaranteed price. I'm very unhappy with this so today I called them to shut the thing down. They're going to charge me $240 to shut it down because I'm canceling before the two years is up because I refuse to pay more than the $69 that was promised to pay for 2 years. I'm not going to pay 118. I'm not going to pay $70. My price was supposed to be $69. I'm very unhappy with the service. I think that people need to be aware of DirecTV.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed March 12, 2018

    I never inquire any services from ATT or DirecTV. Upon checking my credit report, I found out DirecTV did a credit check out of nowhere. I never called them! How can they check my credit without my SSN or without any authorization from me! Please help as the customer service department is not helping. I also want to mentioned I filled out the web form online and got the report from Equifax saying that DirecTV did in fact checked my credit.

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    Reviewed March 12, 2018

    When I contracted services for 2 years the salesman assured me that it was a straight $50.00 for 2 years and at NO TIME did he mention you have to have an ATT service in the 2nd year. I would not have signed up because ATT isn't even available in my area and their cell phone service is awful in my area. Now they want $42.00 more a month for the same exact service. Lies and no one in customer service will help you.. too bad you didn't read the fine print. I can't wait to be done with them and I will NEVER EVER recommend them to anyone ever!!!

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    Reviewed March 12, 2018

    October 2017, I made the mistake of changing over to DirecTV and AT&T because of their great prices offered on packages and internet, but I hope to warn others of my mistakes. Due to DirecTV missing over 4 installation dates in October of 2017, I was promised a $200.00 credit which never received. On top of that, I was told the bills would be one and not billed separately, which it is now almost April 2018 and the charges come separately and I am not getting this great deal I was originally offered. I was told with Internet and satellite my bill would be under $100.00. I have yet to pay under $100.00 every month, in fact this last bill was $295.00.

    I asked DirecTV about my payment to AT&T 3 days prior for the amount of $79.00 along with the confirmation number and the rep at DirecTV said they never got the payment, I was told that even though DirecTV and AT&T merged, it is not possible for the DirecTV reps to see what happens on the AT&T side. I have spent well over 20 hours on the phone from the very beginning with DirecTV and AT&T trying to get my credits, as well as trying to resolve these issues, and it is getting me nowhere. Due to this being the age of technology and internet, I am now going to put all my time and effort in making sure others do not get "taken" like I did, by letting others know about these issues.

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    Customer ServiceContract & Terms

    Reviewed March 12, 2018

    Since AT&T took over DirecTV, our billing has been a nightmare. They promise so many great things over the phone and never deliver with the pricing that they promised at the time of a contract. We are counting down the days to get out and never ever consider ATT again. Very shady practices. We also had to get out of our cellular for the same reasons. Bill was never the same month to month and 100.00/more than what we were told at the store when we signed up.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed March 12, 2018

    I have been a DirecTV customer for 12 years. When my equipment stopped working, I was surprised to have to wait EIGHT DAYS for a service call. During that time, I got repeated phone calls and texts confirming my appointment. I waited for 8 hours, well beyond the 4-hour window they gave me on the date of scheduled service, and no one came. I called, and demanded to speak to a supervisor. "Kyle" the supervisor claimed he could not get me an appointment the next morning, but I would have to wait for 3 days for the next available appointment. What more do I need to say. This company's service department is worthless.

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    Contract & Terms

    Reviewed March 11, 2018

    I have had a broken 4K receiver for over 4months and when I call DirecTV says it is a national problem. Will not replace the receiver with a different model without a cost to me or signing another two year contract. Have had them for over 7 years and will not let me out of my current contract so I am stuck paying for a broken receiver.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed March 11, 2018

    I have been blessed to have associated over the phone with Janae. I spoke with her through DirecTV customer service. Janae, hearing mine and my husband's fixed income along with our ages and my husband's cancer, went over and above as no other representatives have done. Janae, a single Mother herself, understood hardships. She realized our situation of not being able to afford our DirecTV service any longer... she contacted her supervisor. My husband and I were offered upgraded equipment and a fair price for our DirecTV service.

    My husband is 71 years old and I am 60 years old. I could not control my emotions and began to cry. Overwhelmed with the kindness and caring Janae showed us, I want to let DirecTV know how sincerely conscientious Janae was for us. You are blessed to have her in your employ, and we are forever blessed to have met her. Thank You.

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    Reviewed March 10, 2018

    Planning on taking to court. I can't get it off my credit. I was lied to. DirecTV doesn't beam through trees as the guy on the phone said that new Tripod tech. Was a bunch of crap. Beware. When I get my house this year I'm getting Dish Network. All I wanted is it off my credit. DirecTV you are a joke. What kind of fly by night operation are you running.

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    Reviewed March 10, 2018

    Have read the complaints about DirecTV and thought I would add the following for thought. I have had DirecTV since 1985. Always satisfied but would rather pick channels than a package but that I could live with. Now I see they are giving gift cards up to $200.00 to sign up and/or $30.00 for three months not dish required. I have to ask what are they doing for a customer for over 30 years - NOT A DAMN THING. Now during bad weather my service goes out - only what I want to watch - not the infomercial channels??? I also noted that they offered a 50% discount on the NHL channel with only 35% of the season remaining. Great deal only pay for a half of a season when a quarter is remaining. I am going to research some other option as I am tired of being screwed. My next post will be about Cell service and the screwing we are taking there.

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    Customer ServiceContract & Terms

    Reviewed March 9, 2018

    DirecTV installers (MasTec), damage your home and company has little interest in taking responsibility for it. TV company has a lot of issues with service and customer service. At this point after 6 months it's just been one issue after the next. There is a good reason for contract and arbitration clauses.

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    Reviewed March 9, 2018

    I cancelled my DirecTV February 18 because I went with Uverse. This morning I got an email with a $356.83 charge. I called Uverse and found out it was a Directv charge where they didn't cancel the service. I called Directv and was told they couldn't talk to me because the account was in my husband's name. Ok, they have talked to me for 2 years. I was the one who ordered the service, which was OK with Directv, they dealt with me every time I had to call them, which was often, but now that they didn't cancel the service and owed me money all of a sudden they can't talk to me! My husband is deaf and they're fully aware of this. Directv says their customer service has an A+ rating. Only if they are the ones filling out their own surveys. Not one time when I called did I have A+ customer service as a matter of fact I'd rate it D- at best. They were rude and not helpful at all. As soon as my 2 year contract was up I got rid of them asap.

    During my two year contract the price constantly went up, I was charged for things I didn't order, when I called them to tell them I didn't order it I was told I did order it, I had to fight with them to have it taken off my bill. Directv is the worst. Even on moderately cloudy days the satellite would be out for hours or when it would sprinkle rain it would go out. I called numerous times only to be told I had to tell them what the problem was. Well if they sent me to tech school I could have done so. I finally called and blew up and they sent someone out. They had the satellite in the trees and used the wrong wiring. We suffered for a year this way. It did get better but never was good. Never once did we get an apology for having to suffer a year with Directv the way it was. I have made sure many many people did not make the mistake of getting Directv as it is the absolute worst in every way possible.

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    Reviewed March 9, 2018

    Call with problem in regards to channels not working. They feed you a bunch of bull and will not back up anything they say. They are out to get your money and you're out of the service they promised. They will not compensate you for their channels not working and tell you it's your problem. I've called twice about this and no resolution has been made. Cannot wait till my contract is over and I will be glad to get rid of DirecTV. This has been one of the sorriest excuses for TV I've ever had.

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    Reviewed March 8, 2018

    I needed to cancel my Directv services, this has been one of the worse experience I'd ever dealt with. Customer service was rude when I didn't want to answer a million questions about why I was cancelling service. I was told that I was under contract because I hadn't called to cancel at renewal time. I was never told I had to call. So now I'm being charge $240.00 for cancelling which makes no sense at all. Directv has trained its people to be thieves and crooks. They have lost a customer for life.

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    Price

    Reviewed March 8, 2018

    Every time it rains a little heavy or we get snow blowing the picture goes out for hours. On 3-6-18 we had no service for 4-5 hours. The price for DirecTV is costing as much as Cable with less channels. We had DirecTV for over 8 years and this past year is got to a point where we are disgusted. We planned on moving in several months. We have Fios phone and internet and found we can get the entire bundle and save over $80.00. Just DirecTV itself is $140.00 a month. The entire bundle from Fios is $131.00 for 2 years. At least we can watch our shows during snow or rain.

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    Reviewed March 8, 2018

    Just cancelling the service is AWFUL! I called before I received the service to cancel the installation. The first time I called, I was on hold for 14 minutes before I spoke with someone. When I told him I wanted to cancel the installation, he got all my information then put me on "hold" and wouldn't talk to me while I heard him laughing it up in Spanish with his co-workers background. When it was clear he wasn't going to talk to me anymore, I hung up. The second time I called I spoke with a person who said he could cancel my service. After giving him all my information he informed me that he couldn't cancel my service and transferred me to the people who could "help". Once transferred I was on hold again and finally got through to someone and then he immediately hung up on me! After this customer service call, there is NO WAY I would ever do business with DirecTV. GLAD I CALLED BEFORE I GOT THE SERVICE!

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    Reviewed March 7, 2018

    When we signed up for DirecTV we asked the installer 'How does the satellite hold up if the weather is bad?' And of course he assured me that the service was amazing, it rarely went out, and only in extreme weather events!! Went even further to tell us he had DirecTV in his own home and he never had an issue!!! Well lo and behold a few days later we had some rain, a few sprinkles, and out went our satellite!!! It's been about 6 months since we started service and we lose connection if the damn wind blows, if it rains, if it's cloudy, if the sun sets, you get my drift!! That coupled with the fact that the internet connection drops on an every other day basis makes me sincerely regret signing up for this awful service!!! But at least I have 400 channels of nothing to watch!!

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    Reviewed March 7, 2018

    I have been with DirecTV for a long time, I even left and they got me back. However after having to suspend my account due to moving ever since I reactivated it the bill hasn't been right. So anytime you call first of all they are all foreign and they pretty much ONLY use the script. 2nd of all I was told my bill would be about $100 now they are telling me $122 before taxes but my bill has been around $150 and with all their promotions... Which I was recently given one 5 months ago it's been screwed up ever since.

    The lady told me they were overcharging me but they can't explain why I have paid $305 for just two months of service? Get off the script I have had plenty of customer service jobs I know the deal. Also very disappointed that they teamed up with AT&T!!! I won't be renewing my TV with them when it's up. $480 to cancel my contract. I have no fancy channels sooo I am confused. WITH THE POWERHOUSE THEY ARE WITH AT&T THERE ISN'T MUCH YOU CAN DO TO FIGHT THEM. UGH!!!

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    Reviewed March 7, 2018

    So I've only been a DirecTV customer for less than 2 weeks, for the last 4 days I've been without TV, I called on a Sunday because I was getting errors that there was no server to connect. The first representative I spoke to was very nice we went through all the steps to get it working and all failed so she had to set up a service call two days out. I had to take a half a day off from work in order to be there for the repair. I called the day of my appointment to be sure that a Tech is scheduled and the appointment was confirmed. I waited all afternoon and no call and no Tech, I called customer service she said he was running late but will be there. Around 5:30 pm I called customer service again they had no idea why the Tech did not show up nor did they care, we asked for a supervisor. They said one will call back within 30 minutes, over an hour later the supervisor never called.

    I had to make another call. I got this customer service rep by the name of Patrick, he keep me on the phone for over 45 minutes! He stated he was trying to find solutions, all he did was put me on mute to talk to his buddies! I then asked him to transfer me to a supervisor. He was real rude and put me on another hold, I waited on the line for 30 minutes more to talk to a supervisor and one never picked up the line, I was so frustrated I had to hang up. I still have not received a call back and my TV still is not working. Contract or not I'm going to cancel this. I too was talked into switching to DirecTV by AT&T it was the worst mistake ever!

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    Reviewed March 7, 2018

    DirecTV would have a rating of 5 from me. I've had them for years with no problems, and no problems with the weather. When we first got DirecTV the Tech placed it on the side of the house so it would be protected from the weather. That worked for a very long time. Then we just wanted the service added to another TV and get Genies only. When requested just to add another TV they said we had to put the dish on top of the house. I told them the reason it needed to be on the side of the house, and they said they are not allowed to place the dish on the side of the house anymore. Now every time there is bad weather our channels go out. Who wants to be in the house with no TV during bad weather. To get it fixed through the week you have to take off from a half of day from your job or wait until the weekend. A suggestion is that they get a case or cover to protect the dish from the weather. We are searching for other options as of this time.

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    Reviewed March 7, 2018

    I am so displeased with Directv since At&t bought them out. I signed a two year contract a year ago with a set price of 54$ and now my bill has gone up to 134.44$! When I called customer service to get this corrected they put me on hold for a hour than hangs up the phone. Finally after calling several times after speaking to a supervisor he said that the process has to go through a back channel to get resolve and that they will be calling within a week to resolve it. It's has been 3 weeks later and haven't heard from no one. I will be filing a lawsuit against At&t/Directv.

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    Reviewed March 7, 2018

    I signed a two year contract with DIRECTV. Their prices went from $79.00 to $141.00 in less than two years, yet I was penalized when I dropped their service before the expiration date. They added Starz without my authorization. When I questioned why they added the service they said they would return my call within 72 hours, they did not. They claim great customer satisfaction results yet I have never been asked to complete a survey. Their commercials constantly bash Cable TV. In my opinion they are far worse. The only positive is that they answer the phones faster than Cable TV but their service is not as good. Try watching their service in a rain storm (:

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    Reviewed March 6, 2018

    Very rarely get service, nothing records as it's supposed to! Technician is over an hour late and still hasn't called!! Talked to a supervisor and she was very rude! Had her on speaker phone and even my husband thought so!! Will never have DirecTV again and do not feel that it's fair to have to pay to cancel a service that I don't even get any ways!! If it wasn't going to work here then they should have never installed it!!!

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    Reviewed March 6, 2018

    If I could possibly give zero stars, I would. Completely disgusted with Directv. As soon as my contract is up, I will be cancelling my service. Called Tech Support about our service cutting in and out on a minute to minute basis. Determined I would need a new receiver. Promised it in two days. 2 weeks later, still no receiver. CALLED again. Promised another receiver in 2 days, 1 week later, no receiver. Called again, promised a new receiver OVERNIGHT. GOT IT! Oh wait, wrong receiver... Called again, promised a new receiver and a month’s credit on my service. Got the new receiver, NO MONTH’S CREDIT. Got on their chat, was offered $30 credit, NOWHERE NEAR a month’s credit. Had to call once more, FINALLY got credit for my month of lost service after having to BEG for something they owe me. As soon as my contract is up, I will be cancelling my service, Never going back.

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    Contract & Terms

    Reviewed March 6, 2018

    I had been a Dish customer for 12 years until a couple months ago. AT&T talked my wife into changing from Dish to DirecTV which was a colossal mistake. In just 2 months Direct has been to my house 5 times and didn't solve anything. It freezes up on me constantly, the remote is terribly slow, and the picture quality is not great. If I could get out of this contract today I'd gladly do it. The freezing up almost suggests they are streaming all or some of their shows. It stops like a computer does when you're streaming. Buffering. Now Direct is advertising that you can get them and not have to have a satellite. That tells me they have to be streaming. But how, without a satellite? Are they hijacking my internet service? Very disappointed. Going back to Dish as soon as possible.

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    Reviewed March 5, 2018

    Why is this company still in business with their terrible service? I got my bill today on 3/5/2018 and the bill needed to be paid by 2/26/2018. When I called they said a late charge will be applied next month. This is not the 1st time this has happened. I want to know if there is a cable provider in the St. Louis area that is good with great or good customer service. Need to find one now as I now hate anything that is connected to AT&T.

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    Reviewed March 5, 2018

    Football is on for only 5 months. Why am I charged for 6 months. Could I please speak to an individual whose first language is English please. If I had a choice I would cancel and go with someone else.

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    Customer ServicePricePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed March 5, 2018

    As everyone seems to notice, after AT&T took over, the already mediocre service has become downright shoddy. I don't even want to get into the missed appointments by them and the inaccurate information they give you. There is terrible response time with the remote request and the actual result. Sometimes I just turn the damn thing off because I don't feel like waiting forever for it to go to the next item. The remote/response time is ridiculous! I'm starting to look for a better company that doesn't cost an arm and a leg and actually give 'good' service. Enough is enough. I wonder if they bother checking out all these complaints or if they even care. I doubt it.

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    Customer ServiceContract & Terms

    Reviewed March 4, 2018

    I had DirecTV from 2000-2017. When Hughes owned DirecTV customer service was unbelievably good. After AT&T bought it, customer service was horrible. I was never so glad for my last contract period to end. Any complaint or issue, I had to go through the merry go round of phone h.e.l.l. It is no better than having regular Cable TV.

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    Contract & TermsEase of Use

    Reviewed March 4, 2018

    Was a former U-Verse subscriber. Switched to DirecTV after a lot of pressure from AT&T. Greatly regret it. The DirecTV receiver interface is clunky and slow. Recording shows or watching OnDemand is a nightmare. With recording - if we schedule seasons of shows or sports, it often misses episodes or games, with almost no way to adjust. Searching for shows on OnDemand is not at all intuitive (U-Verse has them beat here hands down). Half the time you search for a show OnDemand and it tries to get you to record an upcoming broadcast - completely misses the entire purpose of "OnDemand". Channel selection is pitiful. They hang you with a 2-year contract that doesn't allow for switching back to U-Verse. They want $400 to update my receiver, unless I extend my commitment and sign up for some ridiculous protection plan. Worst single experience with any product from AT&T.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed March 4, 2018

    Dishonest & Liars!! I signed up for a 2 yr contract & after 3 months they increased my monthly payments $10 more. Directv says they can do this anytime. So it's not a REAL contract. Not to mention Rude Representatives & poor internet service. The reps hang up on you, when they cannot rationalize charges. They say to pay the extra charges & you will be credited the next bill. Unbelievable!

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsSales & MarketingPrice

    Reviewed March 4, 2018

    They lie to get you to sign up. I've learned, if you need a contract it's because then they have you whether you like it or not. DirecTV is no different than 20 years ago. They told me more and better service, lie. Out of 500 channels, I only get like 40, the rest is ALL advertising. They claim less service interruptions, a lie, they gave me a set price of $89.99 per month. I've paid more than $130 since I joined in Dec of 2016. They told me Internet was included, BIG LIE! I pay an additional $60.00 on top of the $130 for Internet. And I signed up online, and they put the service and billing in my ex husband's name. They won't fix it.

    And just to let you know the worse, if you try to contact them and IF BY CHANCE you get through, you won't hear or understand anything, because they're all in 1 room. So you hear like 20 other people talking. I've made over 15 calls to resolve issues and NOBODY is smart enough to know how to fix anything. I highly recommend you STAY AWAY FROM AT&T DIRECTV.

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    Reviewed March 4, 2018

    I had 7 receivers, 5 in home and 2 in RV. I was talked into the Genie 4K system. I told her the RV was in Georgia, that I couldn't use the Genie. She said, "That's okay. We will put in the 5 in the house and the RV will stay the same." A BIG FAT LIE!!! My bill comes and it has 5 receivers and not the 2 in the RV. I called. The RV can't use the Genie system. Now they say I need an account for the RV. I'm pissed off after being a customer since 2000, 18 years and you get this. I have my cells and internet phone and internet through AT&T. Bad choice.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed March 3, 2018

    This company is horrible. A bunch of made up fees and the customer service reps is by far the worst I've seen. Nobody leaves proper documentation/notes and not helpful at all. Xfinity is a much better company from my experiences with both companies.

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    Contract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed March 3, 2018

    As soon as my contract is up with AT&T and DirecTV I am canceling and never going back! Tell me how I had to suspend my account because my house was flooded and all the equipment was destroyed and I recalled again to suspend it longer because we are just about to start working on the house this month and they send me a partial bill of $33.05 for the two weeks it wasn't not suspended between the two suspensions. I do not have the equipment, you can see no usage because it was DESTROYED and I don't live in my home and there is nothing you can do about the charge. I was livid and yelling at the rep. I took a big deep breath and told her I was not mad at her, she is just doing her job but this is BS and her company she works for is BS.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsSales & MarketingPriceStaff

    Reviewed March 3, 2018

    I am paying over $72 per month for the cheapest package, it started out at $43 per month, which is pretty steep, for Basic service for 1 TV. When I was talking with the salesperson, who assured me that I could put my account on vacation mode at any time, I thought it would be worth it. I understood that it would prolong my account. When I called to put it on vacation mode, I was told I could not because I wasn't a client long enough. Wasn't told about the horrible reception either. Every time it rains, the wind picks up or a tree moves, we lose the reception.

    So now my only recourse is to get in contact with the Attorney General of my state and leave a complaint. I call to find out why my bill was so high, it was around $43 a month, now over $72. I was told second year was more expensive because the promotional pricing was over. I said "what promotional pricing?" I was never told. I asked for my signed contract and they said they don't have one. They can say and do anything. In my opinion Spectrum is much better, no contracts, and better service.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed March 2, 2018

    I was on the phone for over 45 minutes, two separate calls because I had to hang up on the first representative, and was able to accomplish NOTHING! Both representatives had VERY LOUD background noises and both kept putting me on hold but instead of pressing a hold button they would lay the phone down and carry on with whatever was going on in the background. The second one was asking me strange questions and the whole thing was very annoying and unprofessional. I swear I felt like I was being punked! GET IT TOGETHER DIRECTV!

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    Customer ServiceSales & Marketing

    Reviewed March 2, 2018

    I have been a loyal customer for over 9 years. In the time since merging, every time I call customer service they are more sales focused. They add packages not requested and bill is too high if you don't watch it. They lack interpersonal communication skills and problem solving skills. Very sales driven on all calls. I live in the rural zone and my options are very limited but I am looking for other cheaper options.

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    Reviewed March 2, 2018

    I’ve been with Directv for several years & I find out today my bill will increase from $35 to $93 per month for the same thing I already have. UNBELIEVABLE! They say I can switch to a NEW package for $60 (same thing) for the 1st year then the 2nd year it increases to $119, Damn. I thought ALL Providers done away with Penalty Contracts But I guess they haven’t! This is a runaway train that nobody can stop. These Companies have a Gun to our head & there’s nothing we can do about it. Welcome to a Monopoly!

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed March 2, 2018

    The reason for this review is that I keep seeing top rating for DirecTV and great ratings. I am not one of these people. I had been with them for a long period of time. I asked could they give me Red Zone on my account. They wanted to charge me. Not anything except a click of a button! However, I felt that for my years of loyalty, that was an easy upgrade, particularly since it was not bundled and I was paying too much. This is before they decided to team up with AT&T. So now they are copying another company with the bundle package, the one I am with. I just wanted to say to everyone that their customer service stunk when I was with them!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed March 1, 2018

    I called AT&T customer service on Feb 28, 2018 for assistance in accessing my account and the representative tried to hard sell an AT&T wireless phone account. I explained that I was in pain and that I just wanted help with my account but she persisted. After approx. 30-45 minutes she explained that she herself couldn't help me but she would transfer me to technical support. She said goodbye and hung up. No help, no positive results, nothing. Not happy!

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPrice

    Reviewed March 1, 2018

    I signed a contract for 24 months and after 12 months they raised the price and said I would need to purchase new service from ATT. They were not very customer orientated when I called to complain. I spent an hour on the phone with them (they transferred me to 3 different people) and they basically told me though that they really couldn't do anything.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupContract & TermsCoverageStaffReliability

    Reviewed Feb. 28, 2018

    Installed Genie and 2 Genie Minis (one was 4K) in May of 2017 on a 12 month agreement. We were having malfunctioning issues within a few months. The 1st warranty service tech told us equipment had been installed incorrectly. On a later service tech call we were told by a different service tech that there was a known issue with the 4K genie mini. We were told all along that all should be still covered under warranty because nothing lasted beyond the warranty period of time. We still were billed for replacement equipment and service calls. Hours and hours have been spent on telephone calls for all of this. Records of online chats were kept - but when referred to in phone calls I was told the company didn't have the record. I was told all along that replacements of equipment would not increase length of contract.

    Finally returned the last 4K Genie in December 2017, so now operating with 1 Genie and 1 Genie mini because was going to be charged $99 to replace the 4K. They changed their 12 month contract from 3 pieces of equipment to 2 pieces of equipment because of the defective 4K units. Am told today that the length of my contract has now been extended to September 2019. First told it was because I had accepted a $25 credit for 24 months that extended it. This was a transaction that I never asked for or agreed to and was an arbitrary email sent to me. When I told them I didn't want the $25 credit they removed it from my account but said my agreement was still extended to September 2019. The subsequent conversations said the extension was because we had exchanged the 4K genie mini in September 2017.

    We were told each time we exchanged the 4K genie minis that it would NOT change the contract agreement because the equipment was under warranty. Phone call to company 10 days ago I was told my account was being referred to the "Back Office" and I would receive a call within 7 to 10 days. I have not received a call. I've talked to multiple people in multiple departments throughout the past months and never get the same answer from any of them. I'm still supposed to call them back today to try to resolve this issue. Steer Clear of DirecTV!!! I really want nothing further to do with them.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 28, 2018

    I have been a customer for over 16 years. My bill is $133.52 just went up from 96.51. I called to complain and was treated without respect. I am thinking of stopping my service and changing to another company. The first person I spoke to said she would give me a $25.00 discount but to me that was not satisfactory so I ask to speak to her supervisor. That person was extremely no help and said that she could do only $10.00. When I said that I was thinking about changing she said, “Oh well”. I think the cost is way too much. I have no special channels. If there is anything that can be done would be appreciated. I think that being I have been a loyal customer for as long as I have been there can be something done. I will be waiting for a response. Thank you.

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    Customer ServiceSales & Marketing

    Reviewed Feb. 28, 2018

    They don't even deserve a star. Their customer service technicians are liars. Customer service, is horrible. They say they'll pay off the old contract and you also get a gift card. Everything they say is false. They should not be in business. They are a scam. They raised our bill and said it was because we didn't have a cell phone with them. Horrible all the way around. I'll never do business with them again.

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    Sales & Marketing

    Reviewed Feb. 28, 2018

    What a SCAM!! Get something else! Go somewhere else! Bill almost doubles after a year, but they do not tell you this? Rebates and gift cards must be signed up for online after 6 months, then they must be redeemed within 1 month service or they magically disappear, and you get nothing! Worst scam there is in television entertainment.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 28, 2018

    So I recently ordered DirecTV for my new home, I was given a date and time and agreed to this date and time frame. I took off work to be able to be there for the install on 2/27/18. The hours were between 12 pm and 4 pm. I received texts throughout the day saying they will be there at the time they said and to press 1 if this is ok or 2 if we needed to reschedule. I pressed 1 on several calls to let them know we are still on for that date and time. I was waiting all day for these folks and at 4:07pm I get a call saying they are cancelling the install and could do it the following day. There was no sympathy at all or sorry for the inconvenience. I cannot take another day off of work to accommodate these folks.

    When trying to speak with whoever they would connect me to I would have to repeat the same story over and over even when they told they were making notes so I wouldn't have to go over it again. That was a big lie!!! So the next day 02/28/18 I called the customer service line and spoke with a very nice lady, I told her the situation and she apologized and said she would speak with a supervisor, after waiting for 10 minutes on the line she came back and said her supervisor authorized her to give a 25.00 discount. I told her that's ridiculous as I gave up way more money than that missing work. When I asked to speak with said supervisor she told he couldn't come to the phone because he was busy.

    This goes to show they don't care because apparently this supervisor is more important than anyone else on the planet and my problem doesn't deserve his attention other than trying to throw me a measly 25.00 dollars to shut me up. Before this I was 20 yr customer of DirecTV and AT&T took over and it's the worst company on the planet. So I cancelled my order and will not be going back. I will make it my mission now to let everyone I come in contact to find other sources for their entertainment needs. This is unacceptable!!!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 28, 2018

    I am so sick and tire of my bill is not consistent, I have to called customer service every month and she just read the bill and tell me what the bill appeal, not listening what my concern. Ask to talk to supervisor. She put me on hold and hang up. The next day I called again. I was on hold for 20 minutes. Then supervisor got on the phone. This man name Louis id #** had a major attitude, where did DirecTV personnel hired this people. They are not professional at all. DirecTV should have a system follow up phone call survey, I ask customer service for corporate office number. They don't want to give it to me, what are they hiding? I will shop for other service. No more bundle TV and WIRELESS. Both of my bill are higher.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 28, 2018

    I recently had DirecTV installed at my townhouse. The service worked for approximately 2 days before it went out. Called DirecTV to have it fixed. It took 5 days before anyone came out to fix it. As it turns out the homeowners association was re-roofing all of the units and had knocked the dish out of alignment (no fault of DirecTV) so it was a matter of 10 minutes to re-align the dish. Service technician was very courteous and assured me there would not be a service call charge as I had the service only two days and I was within the 30 day "window".

    I received my bill the other day and to my surprise there was a $99 service charge. I called customer service. I explained the issue and what was told to me by the service tech. I was put on hold for approximately 10 minutes and was then told there was no way they could reverse the charge. The service charge was more than double my usual monthly charge. Considering what I was told when I made the service call and what I was told by the service tech, I consider this excessive and unfair. As much as I'm happy with the programming I cannot and will not recommend DirecTV to anyone looking for new service.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Feb. 28, 2018

    Worst customer service ever. I signed up for DirecTV in December 2017 and was promised a 300.00 Visa gift card as a sign on bonus. I was told that I would receive it in three weeks. As of 2-6-2018 I still had not received it so I called DirecTV. I was told that the reward had not been entered in the system. I was told that it would now be another three weeks before I received it. As of 2-27-18 I have still not received it. I was now told that it could be March 10, 2018 before I receive it. I have spent over a hour on the phone and to be honest it was the WORST CUSTOMER SERVICE I HAVE EVER HAD. I WOULD NEVER RECOMMEND DIRECTV OR AT&T TO ANYONE. TERRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE. I would not even give them a one star rating.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsSales & Marketing

    Reviewed Feb. 27, 2018

    If I could rate 0 I would! I canceled service with DirecTV when my contract ran out over a year ago. I recently went to add a line to my AT&T account and was information that I couldn't due to a $900 outstanding balance with DirecTV. Called DirecTV and was informed that I have an outstanding balance for early cancellation and equipment charges! The equipment was returned and when I canceled service I was informed there was no cancellation charge due to contract ended!!! Be careful with this company when you cancel their service. They will still scam you out of money even if your contract ended!!! I'm still going rounds with DirecTV. VERY DISSATISFIED with this company and their money schemes! I highly recommend staying away from DirecTV.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 27, 2018

    Will never work with DirecTV again. Moved out of state and let DirecTV know of my transition. Was advised to bring my devices with me to have a service rep establish connection at my new location (this would have been great). Was advised at that point (in September) that if service was unable to be connected I would have early cancellation fee waived. Service rep came out (beginning October once I moved). Service was unable to be established because of the direction my apartment faced (ok, not a big deal). Service rep called it in, I called it in, and was instructed by rep that a box would be sent out for me to return my items. Inquired about making final payment. Told to wait until service boxes received. Once again it was confirmed over the phone and supposedly noted that early termination would be waived. Again, great.

    Boxes don't come, I call in to inquire, am instructed that box will be resent. Inquire about making a final payment once more, told to wait. Send in box, we're now in November. I call in, boxes haven't been received yet by DirecTV, told to wait for final bill. Get electronic bill end of December stating that it's the final bill and will be sent to collections if not paid (great, now I can make a payment). Make payment Jan 4th. Despite several notes that rep later sees, at first the amount is showing the early termination charge. Run through events with rep, she finally looks at notes. I make payments, ask her throughout the call if that brings me current and closed. She confirms. Says I'll receive proof of payments. Great.

    February, get call from collections stating I owe amount. What does this amount consist of? Early termination and indeed an amount that for some unknown reason was put on literally the day after my "final bill" payment. Called DirecTV. Was bounced around to 6 different people, none of which seem to know that early termination fee was supposed to be waived or able to explain to me why it could take 3 Months with the box in their possession for them to read the card for a pay-per-view fight that for 'some reason' never found its way on any of the bills since August (strange).

    And then someone who says, "No. The value you paid on January 4th took care of fight, we will correct and waive the early termination as we’ve been instructing since September." "Ok. Thank you. You’re sure? I’m paid? I’m closed?" "Yes, give us a couple days." A couple days go by. I’m still getting calls and when I call DirecTV automated system still declares an amount due. Ok, so this wasn’t fixed. I talk to a rep. Again, am bounced between about 3-4 people. Another person who says, "I see the problem, you’re good. I have my supervisor fixing it now." "Ok. Thank you. You’re sure? I’m paid through?" "Yes, you’re good."

    2 weeks later, collector call for a different amount, and a different amount listed when I call DirecTV. They ‘say’ the pay-per-view fight from August. Ok? The fight that took you months and months to itemize? The fight that I was told was paid in my final payment? I have no problem paying any services I used, but I can’t get different answers from every person I talk to.

    I shouldn’t be told repeatedly to wait to make a payment and then get a final notice before collections letter. I shouldn’t pay that amount and then get a call from collections for that amount. I shouldn’t get the issue “fixed” to find it only partially fixed. I shouldn’t call back in for the millionth time since September to ask yet another person that doesn’t know what they’re doing, why I have an amount still showing. Made a payment today for the new amount (again it doesn’t match the collections amount) but am told by another all star that this will make me closed and current. Value zero. And will transfer over to collections so that they know that the amount has been paid. We will see. I wonder what amount I’ll see next week.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupPunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 27, 2018

    I had a installation scheduled to get my satellite service and when the technician got there, I could tell already that he was having a bad day. He left Ike's around my house and I knew something was wrong. He said he couldn't carry his equipment that far and that he couldn't install my dish. Well if he couldn't carry his equipment that far, why was he looking at my house! Well I will say that because of me losing EVERYTHING from Hurricane Harvey...my house is anything but beautiful. I am by myself so recovery for me is slow. I am a single income household and I don't live in a mansion. My dad lived there before me and he was elderly and had a lot of trash and junk around. Which is cleaned up now but it's still rough. My home is very clean inside and I think he just didn't want to install my dish. He was very rude to me and looked like he hated his job. He just said he couldn't carry his equipment that far from my driveway.

    I offered to help but he still refused. He left without me even getting to tell him that he could use a paved driveway that was about 30 feet away. So he just left and said a supervisor would come and look at it! I called the office and they said that he cancelled my order and I would have been waiting on a supervisor that would never come. DirecTV didn't even sound concerned when I called. They just kept sending me to different people to talk to and told me to reschedule! So if I could reschedule...why did he not install it! I think DirecTV is a waste of your time and you should look elsewhere for better service. I think I was a victim of prejudice because of what the house looked like. And their technician was overweight, rude and lazy!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 26, 2018

    I had to call in to ATT yesterday, the automatic system wasn’t working and Justin started hardselling the DirecTV sign up to me. I had considered it after reviewing some literature delivered to my home. When the Visa gift card reward offer went from to $200 to $300 then to $650 I was surprised. At $650 as a signing bonus I signed up. Scheduled for installation this Thursday. Neither the approving manager Cody nor Justin would agree to send me a confirmation of that amount in writing. Of course I became suspicious. Called in today (Monday) to find out what the amount was they had down for me in the notes as my Visa Gift card bonus. And it was $200, not even the $300 promised in the mailer I received two days ago. Two lying agents from DirecTV including a supervisor.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupPunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Feb. 26, 2018

    I have a home-based business and when I signed up with DirecTV they automatically puts me under "business" package due to my federal tax ID location - which is my home. I was not aware of that until it's installed and I am now stuck with a bunch of sports channels that I don't watch. I called them to switch to residential package but they said I will not be able to, because I have a federal tax ID at this location. I never had this problem with Spectrum in the past years. I seriously regret switching to them and now I am stuck for 23 more months of nothing to watch. What a waste of time and money.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupContract & TermsSales & MarketingStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 26, 2018

    Customer service is horrible, and the bait and switch they throw on you is disgusting. Found out last week that the salespeople are not required to ask things like do you want 4K when you order service. In 2016 when I set up service, I did so about 6 weeks before wanting service due to moving, etc. I had one salesperson offer me $400 to install that week. I declined because my TVs were not due for another 6 weeks. This person said I should take the money and buy a new TV so I can do the install. That person would not accept that I was not interest in another TV since I already had 4.

    After being flooded out last year, I put my account on freeze while I was living in temporary quarters. Due to the water damage, the electrical items no longer functioned. I did have the Protein Plan, and had used 1 year of the 2 years under the required contract. I reactivated my account upon moving to the new location, and set up installation. To my surprise, the tech installed a different box (the size is huge). Never was I told that this was new equipment which then got me into a new 2 year contract at that time.

    Last week I then found out that I should have asked about a 4K box when I first order the service in 2016, or when I reactivated after the move. This was just AFTER finding out I was in a new 2 year contract from Sep 2017. That was when I realized how underhanded DirecTV is. If I get the new 4K box, I have a new 2 yr contract, and I get to pay for the service. I also had been paying for 2 boxes that were unused because I had that many boxes at the old location, but 3 TVs were destroyed, and I was not planning on replacing them right away. Nice of the tech to not tell me I was paying for those boxes that did nothing.

    The whole thing started because of the update to DirecTV caused me major issues - the remote doesn't work. The update caused issues with my Smart TV rebooting continually, and the on screen data is not readable because of the small font, the color of the data, and background color. I wanted to cancel my service because of the upgrade that made the on screen unreadable, which was how I found out about how underhanded DirecTV is.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupContract & TermsPrice

    Reviewed Feb. 26, 2018

    Signed up for Directv a year ago thru Costco; promised 2 year price lock w/ promotion. Confirmed with Directv went set up installation. My bill 1 year later has doubled! Call direct-they tell me the day of installation the form that was signed had a box that stated the price was locked for 1 year then to do 2nd year I had to opt into more AT&T services (bundle). I was never told that on the phone when point blank asked about the 2 year price lock. That boxed should've been pointed out; who looks at the form; primarily told that we signed agreement on the installation was done. I was offered $30 off month for a year but still rip off. I would NEVER pay $125/month for Directv. It's not worth it. Watching TV is freezing up a lot lately.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 25, 2018

    The merger of AT&T and DirecTV is the worst. Instead of having one bill there are two. When signing with AT&T they never stated you will receive a separate bill. I never received one bill from DirecTV but after 4 month they cut my service. Call DirecTV customer service and couldn't understand the person speaking. They were rude and couldn't explain or help with the issue sending me to 4 different agent.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPrice

    Reviewed Feb. 25, 2018

    I can't even rate this company they are so bad and such liars. I had to give it a star because it wouldn't take anything less but believe me it is much less than. Don't waste your money on this company. Your programs are no different than cable. Not better at all. Same thing. I can't figure how they have an A+ rating when they have a 1,215 negative reviews. BBB must be getting paid off by them... They get you to sign up. Advertising better shows better this and that then you get it the cheapest programs you get most are commercials to buy stuff. You call and complain and, "Well what do you like to watch." Then they get you to buy another more expensive package then you find out there is nothing on that either then you complain and again, "What do you like to watch?" Then again they try to get you to buy a more expensive package.

    They want you to be unhappy so you will continue to buy more expensive packages they don't know how to give great customer service. Then you decide this is **. I'm tired of paying for garbage and I mean garbage with this company then you have to pay $400.00 to get out... what a bunch of **. Don't waste your time. Don't do it. You will be sorry and you will be sorry. You will be sorry. I can't stress that enough...

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    Verified purchase

    Reviewed Feb. 25, 2018

    I have had DirecTV for only one month and I have lost service at least once a week and one week I lost it twice, sometimes for over 30 minutes!!! This is a long time when you're trying to watch a program! Right now, I am trying to watch the Olympics, and in the last 2 hours my service has been interrupted at least 5 or 6 times! This is way too much!! And, of course I was told "it would rarely happen." I hate being lied to!! And, I hate DirecTV!! As soon as I can figure out a way, I'm going to get rid of it!!! I'm a Senior Citizen and I work part-time at home on my computer... and I really want my TV to work 24/7!

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    Reviewed Feb. 25, 2018

    I had recently started to receive Showtime channels. Even though the movies are somewhat entertaining, I had begun to see a weak pattern of a group of the same movies recycled over and over for weeks. I would paged through the 500s channels and find a movie played just the day before is again playing. I would not recommend Showtime to others now or in the future. I would hope executives would see this and make program changes.

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    Reviewed Feb. 24, 2018

    I have been a DirecTV customer for 5 or 6 years. It is a very frustrating company to deal with. They absolutely have lied to me. They do and say anything to get your money. If you are not a new customer your bill will stay outrageous. Unless you wanna go to a programming package with nothing in it! If you have any options other than DirecTV, take it. You will be much better off.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 24, 2018

    After getting a $200+ bill from Comcast, I thought that we would go back to DirecTV for television services and keep Comcast for internet service as we were unhappy with CenturyLink internet service when we had DirecTV before. We also kept getting an email offering a $300 gift card when we came back to DirecTV. So I called and went through absolute hell including being hung up on 4 times - having to redial. Listening to a person ask me questions that I could not understand due to such a thick accent but I could understand the person that was telling him what to say. I finally asked to speak to that person (Angelo). He was rude - and could not answer my questions and told me he had to transfer me to the department that helped prior customers - did not transfer - hung up.

    Before transferring was on hold for 24.22 minutes. Was transferred to Kai - she actually put the phone on the desk as I could hear the call center. Picked it up and said, "You are still on?" Said that I had to go back to new sales because my record was older than 2 years. Hung up. All of this brain damage trying to get new services for lower rates??? I finally went online and chatted and ordered the system. LOL - the rates were not what were quoted in my emails and I also could not get the $300 gift card. So ridiculous. I ordered it - got the statement and decided to screw that - if it was this hard to get service and was treated like crap - how would they treat me when I was a customer??

    Forget it - went back to Comcast who I had asked to disconnect me - got a better deal - I don't have to do anything and they really do have great customer service so I guess the old adage - "You get what you pay for" is true in the world of Cable television - oh and now Xfinity had mobile service so my new iPhone 8 Plus is on the way - LOL and all of this bill will be less than my $200. Good luck DirecTV - overhaul your customer service reps even the ones in training and the trainers stink!

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupPunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Feb. 23, 2018

    DIRECTV/ATT the worst customer service when it comes to in home repair orders. Twice in one week we have waited four hours for a scheduled appointment and had no one show up. Their answer the first time they said they went to the wrong address and called the homeowner who said they didn't have DirecTV, that's because they didn't call. I then made a second appointment and no one showed up so my husband called them on a different issue and the system told him, "I see you have an appointment scheduled for today". Well when I called to find out where the tech was I was told we didn't have an appointment. I am so done with this company. Total waste of 8 hours and what do they give you for your time another appointment next week. Total FBS!!!

    Wow just got an automated call from DIRECTV to change our scheduled appointment time between 2:10 & 2:40 but they didn't say what day it was for so I waited for an operator to come on the line. They thought I called them to make appointment. I told them that they called me. Well new appointment is for Monday between 12-4pm So what happened to 2:10 & 2:40? You can't make this ** up.

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    Installation & SetupStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 23, 2018

    I spent 45 minutes on the phone today trying to solve a couple of simple issues. Not sure any of them were solved. I was transferred to 4 different people who would all say, "I can't do that but I will transfer you to someone who can" but who, of course, could not. I was issued a refund in the form of a DirecTV MasterCard. I have tried to use it 4 times and had it rejected 4 times. They, of course, can do nothing about this. They don't issue credits to your account or send refund checks so I am guessing this is a scam to keep your refund money. They also charged me for a receiver which I did not use when I moved. They told me on the phone that they would send me a box to return it in with directions for where to send it. I never received the box or directions.

    Today they told me to take it to UPS and they would return it for me. I'm not holding my breath. If I didn't live in the middle of nowhere, I would cut the cord with them and will do so as soon as an alternative is available. When AT&T first bought them, it seemed the service improved, but that hasn't lasted. I am writing this review because I am angry and need to get it off my chest. On a positive note, I will say that every person who has ever been sent to repair or install some piece of equipment has been excellent. Polite, courteous and good at their job. They, of course, do not work for DirecTV but are contracted by them to do the work.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Feb. 23, 2018

    Was a DirecTV customer since their beginnings. My monthly bill for 6 TV's was understandably high; $180ish. As the need for Tech Support continued to rise with old equipment, I was forced to endure AT&T's phone support. I knew more about fixing the equipment than they did, was placed on hold for literally over an hour on multiple occasions, hung up on, transferred to other unknowledgeable people w/o warning... I finally had enough and cancelled. I mailed all equipment back, certified FedEx as instructed. The tracking number showed it was dropped off and signed for at DirecTV address. I was sent a bill for $1000.00. I spent about 3 more weeks of multiple hour hold times, disconnects and transfers, arguments, and some manager named "Denver" threatening me with lawsuits.

    Turns out when I told him I worked for the Govt. my equipment magically appeared and the bill was dropped to $0.00. When I told this story to multiple people it turns out this has happened a lot and is a common ploy DirecTV plays with people to get that last bit of your money. Warn a friend, especially the elderly or meek ones who can't stand up for themselves. DirecTV is a shameful company.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & Setup

    Reviewed Feb. 23, 2018

    After Comcast increased my cable & internet over $50 per month, I contracted service with AT&T for internet and DirecTV for cable. This will make sense later. I declined the 3 free months of premium channels because it is a pain to have to cancel and even if I had them, I would rarely watch those channels. I have NEVER had any premium channels, free or not. AT&T sent me a "Velocity" for internet. The paperwork that came with it said that it would be automatically activated in 7 days if I did nothing. When they came to install DirecTV (within the 7 days), they informed me that the Velocity would not serve my needs since I am a CPA who works from home and I would not be able to send spreadsheets & other documents with it. They said they had canceled the service and I just had to mail the Velocity back to them, which I did in a timely manner.

    I also called AT&T to tell them that the Velocity was in transit to them and to not activate it. A week or so later, I get an email saying "Congratulations, you can view your video bill." I called AT&T and they said service was canceled and video bill was just an example. As a CPA, I questioned it because the dates and amounts were pretty specific to the dates service was to have begun. I reiterated the device was being returned and I did not want it activated. Of course, they said all was well. Several days later, I got an email saying "Congratulations, you can view your video bill." I called again and said the device was in transit back to them. I did not use it. They said the video bill was just an example and I could ignore it, which I questioned because the dates were pretty specific being activated 7 days after date of purchase.

    A week or so later, I get a paper bill saying I owe $118. Usage was 0 minutes, 0 texts, 0 data. Duh AT&T. I didn't want it, never used it and was told by AT&T several times that the device would not be activated. 6-7 hours on the phone later, I was told it was taken care of, but that was only a few weeks ago so maybe there is another bill coming. After they informed me the Velocity would not work, I called Century Link (CL) the next day to set up internet. I did not know it prior to talking to CL that they have a bundle deal with DirecTV and we got that set up. After paying my 1st month of DirecTV ($47-no HBO on it), my ebill was canceled because CL was taking over the billing. OK-fine. Yesterday, I got my first bill from CL. I was charged $11.39 as the pro-rated charge for HBO. I had declined all premium channels, but even if I had not, it was supposed to be free for 3 months.

    I just started making calls and I am being given the run-around through various CSRs, again costing me valuable time. I am a CPA! I don't have time to deal with THEIR (mistakes?) FRAUD at this time of the year for me. And no one should have to deal with this crap no matter who they are or what the dates are. I am going to be sharing this issue with my state senators and representative.

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    Customer ServiceCoveragePrice

    Reviewed Feb. 22, 2018

    I signed back up with DirecTV on their welcome back program, where I was promised a $200 rewards card. While talking with their reps. I was also offered an extra $100, (for a total of $300) as extra incentive to come back. I was supposed to received these cards in 3 to 5 weeks. After 3 months and several phone calls, I was assured my $300 was on the way. I finally received 1 card worth $200, in spite of assurances that I would receive the whole $300 promised to me. I once again called only to be told, first, that I had already received the total $300 I was promised. Then after much waiting on the line, I was told that all I had been promised was the original $200. I should have listened to the bad reviews on AT&T and their poor business practices of promising one thing but then not honoring it. Guess I need to send a letter to the attorney general.

    I have already warned one friend against using DirecTV or even Dish as both have crap equipment which you have to pay a monthly fee to cover all the repairs or else pay their exorbitant fee for repairs if you don't pay them monthly. They get you either way. Once upon a time you were able to buy aftermarket equipment that was yours, so if you bought quality equipment it would last for years, or you leased their equipment which they replaced or repaired when it quit working. Now you have to take the cheap crap they give you and then instead of them repairing or replacing it, they charge you to fix it. Unless your cable service is just totally crappy I suggest you stay with them. In the long run it will be cheaper and a lot less stressful.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Feb. 22, 2018

    One star is one star to many. Customer service sucks! I HAD to cancel my account and move in with my children. There was no compassion to help with the cancelation fee. There was no indication that the new address was recorded. I got no information on how to return the equipment I have. I called two weeks later to get the information I needed to return the equipment. After 15 plus minutes to just get my address changed I gave up. I'll just throw the stupid equipment away! I will NEVER use, get, recommend DirecTV to anyone!

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    Installation & SetupContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 22, 2018

    One star is too much for DirecTV. About a year ago we wanted to upgrade our service. To do this, they made us lock into a two year contract. We continued to be unhappy with our service and decided to cancel our service in December 2017. We were charged an early termination fee which we were happy to pay to get free of this company. We received an email that the fee would be included in our final regular bill. We had DirecTV bundled with CenturyLink with autopay covering the bill each month. We assumed everything was fine until we received an email in February that our outstanding bill had been referred to collections.

    I spent two hours yesterday and one hour with DirecTV today trying to do two simple things: Pay our outstanding bill and find out if this would affect my credit. I never could get someone to take a payment and finally figured out on my own that I could pay by calling the automated service. I never could get someone to help me with the credit reporting issue and DirecTV wanted me to work this out with the outside collections agency. All this for a $66 bill that we were never informed existed and was only 30 days delinquent.

    The funny part is that several of the seven people I was transferred me to tried to sell me on returning to DirecTV. Steer clear of this company. They will drag you into one big black hole. On top of everything else, the dish they installed on our roof left permanent damage to our roofing and they left us to take care of this. I will sort out today who I can report this experience to in the State of Washington.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 22, 2018

    I was a DirecTV customer for almost 10 years. I tired of receiving poor quality reception during poor weather and a constant barrage of increased pricing. I switched to another carrier to reduce my costs and to get better internet. Two years went by and I received a call from a DirecTV/ATT representative who offered me, after a few hours of negotiation, a bundled package of DirecTV and ATT 1 gig internet for $112/month. That was supposed to include a waiving of my monthly equipment costs. Of course, I received my first month's bill and it was about $55/month higher! Both ATT and DirecTV put me through phone hell and each blamed the other for the price difference! During my call with ATT, I was put on hold for 35 minutes waiting for research of my case and then, when a representative finally came back on, I heard a voice say "**" and a click! Anyone who uses these companies should have their heads examined!

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Feb. 21, 2018

    I have been an ATT customer for years now. This company is all about the bottom line, period. I have been having the same issue for months now, called 3 times, and finally they decide to send a technician out to fix THEIR equipment, and charge me $99!!! It is absolutely unbelievable that a customer should have to pay for equipment that does not belong to them. Also, I needed a new remote, and instead of telling me that I could get one for a $1 on eBay, they sent me a new one, and charged me $19.99! Never telling me that I would be charged... Like I said, this company couldn't care less about the customer, their only concern is profit... One of the worst experiences I have ever had... Very sad.

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    Reviewed Feb. 21, 2018

    We have been DirecTV customers since 1996 and have always like it. Without issues, I foolishly decided to upgrade our equipment thinking there would be some improvements. Boy was I wrong. The menus make finding functions extremely difficult. You need a map to get around. The remote is awful. The prior remotes were a real plus with the ability to find your function keys in a darkened room without looking. Now the buttons are tiny and I have to look every time I use it. They broke something that was great. Cable remotes have always been awful and DirecTV's used to be a real plus. When we record a show now, it comes up on every channel possible and at various times. We are constantly deleting the extras. If we try to cancel recording one of the extras, all are cancelled. I sure wish I could get my old 44 unit back.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 20, 2018

    I was contacted by DirecTV/AT&T to reinstate our service. The representative promised an amazing package that has been NOTHING BUT AWFUL. None of what she said is correct and I have spent HOURS on the phone trying to get the package honored. Most people have been absolutely unhelpful. We have had service for under a week and regret it fully. DO NOT AGREE TO DIRECTV OR AT&T.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 19, 2018

    I decided to bundle my services in October of 2017 as I had a combination of DirecTV, ATT, and Comcast services at home. By dropping Comcast I should have been saving money. To be short and sweet DON'T BUNDLE. I still get two bills and I can't even access my DirecTV bill. They dropped my autobill for the DirecTV account and when I called to pay online and the customer service person told me it would cost five dollars to pay it. I had to call back and used the automated system. Needless to say the bills are confusing and I actually pay more (net bill as I upgraded some devices) than I did before.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 19, 2018

    I ordered DirecTV months ago, and was put on a promotion deal. Which was good, so when promotion was over I asked the representative to take me off the promotion so I won't be billed and I asked to downgrade me back to choice plan. So anyway he did not respect my wishes and end up billing me for channels I didn't even watch and wasn't even aware of still having the channels. So I asked to speak to a supervisor and she called her self Chris and she was extremely rude. Long story short DirecTV took advantage of me and I'm switching cable providers. I advise people to go elsewhere for cable TV. DirecTV is way too pricey and has tons of hidden fees.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 18, 2018

    Since we canceled service 2 1/2 months ago, we've had 6 interactions so far with various customer service representatives at DirecTV and still no recovery kit has been sent to us to return their equipment. Each time we have been lied to. On one occasion, my husband was told to go to FedEx to and give them the box and account # and they would take care of the rest. This was untrue. They said they don't do that. Then a rep told my husband to go to UPS, that they would do it. False again. We've asked for 3 recovery kits so far and nothing has been sent to us. And yet, they are billing us for the their equipment $170+. This is a sham. Over and over again, we speak to reps, spending countless minutes, hours to resolve this and they do not deliver. Each time, we have to start all over again. This is a dishonest business practice. Bill the customer for something they cannot control or correct.

    I am completely at a loss how I can read so many complaints and yet they get away with it. If you read their Facebook page (where I also posted complaints numerous times), it is filled with frustrated, disappointed customers; Google is filled with forum posts from angry customers yet this company does whatever they want with no accountability. It's hard to believe how they can be in business.

    If I could give them no stars that would be generous. I will be contacting the Attorney General's office, the Better Business Bureau, and anyone else that may be of help on this. This company needs to be investigated and addressed through the justice system. I can only hope that DirecTV will go out of business one day. And that will be a great day.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed Feb. 18, 2018

    Bills always change. It's never one set price and I have to call up complaining about my bill, then adjustments are done then the bill comes out saying one thing and yet it's something else. They have the worst customer service ever!

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPrice

    Reviewed Feb. 18, 2018

    DirecTV does not hold their word on contracts! When I called DirecTV on 5/18/2017 to switch from another cable company, they had a special of $64.95 per month for internet with CenturyLink and cable with DirecTV for 1 year. When I called back a day later 5/19/2017 to say I wanted to sign up for that special, they told me it would now be a price of $94.00 for both internet and cable with the same carriers as mentioned above, plus they would give me a $10.00 discount for auto pay for 2 years, which would make my bill $84.00 per month, plus taxes. When I got my first bill, the cost was $187.07! I was charged an internet fee of $64.95 + taxes/fees and $103.99 for cable. I thought well maybe that was just because we switched from another cable carrier and they had to charge for the partial of previous cable carrier. So when the June bill came the cost was $117.37, still not the $84.00 package price I was told.

    I called up to talk to DirecTV and they said they would add Loyalty discount of $10.00 for the next 2 years, which was my contract time period. The next bill showed a credit of $10.00, but only for 5 months. They also added a new Protection Plan fee of $7.99 per month that we were not told about in the initiation of this contract. So finally by August bill, the price was at $73.53 with the credits given. Then the September bill arrives and the charge is up to $131.05, and the bill has remained at this price, with a couple dollars in additional taxes each month. NOT what we were told with our original contract! We were also told that we get 4 receivers with this cable contract, at no additional charge. We only had a need for 2 at the time of initiation, and asked the service installer if we could add 2 additional receivers at any time for FREE, and he said yes.

    I called today, 2/17/2018 to add 1 receiver and was told that it would cost me an additional $150.00. I said that I was told at initiation from the installer that I could add up to 2 more receivers at any time at no cost, the customer service rep said that installer told me wrong and I should be happy that I am paying such a low cost for my cable programming! I was extremely frustrated when she said that because none of the costs of this contract have been true! I told her I will not pay that kind of a fee for a mini receiver! I also received an email from DirecTV in January saying that I will be accessed an additional fee each month. Too many added fees and not holding their word on my contract. I will be sure to tell everyone I know about the poor service I received from DirecTV!

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupPricePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Feb. 17, 2018

    I signed up for their bundle package (tv internet, cellphone) end of October 2017. I had to wait until Dec. 1st for installation of internet. I could have had DirecTV and phone the next day but AT&T would not honor the bundle price. I decided to wait until the Dec 1st date for the bundle price. I was told it would all be on one bill. When I received my bill they were all separate bills and I received not of the bundle prices I was quoted when I signed up. I had called numerous times and was told someone would call back. I decided to cancel everything on Dec 26th. The Loyalty Dept. Offered to reimburse. The $100 installation charge but could not honor the price I was quoted because it expired the end of Oct.

    Jan. 2nd I called because I didn't receive the boxes to send the receivers back, spent 30 minutes on the phone to go through the whole cancellation process again. Jan. 21st I called again because I still have not received the boxes to ship genies back, told the same thing, I should receive in 3 to 5 days, I also requested my final bill showing me that I would be charged $400 for cancelling DirecTV early.

    Feb. 9th I called again, still no boxes to ship back Genies. All I get is apologies and they would create another order for the return. Feb. 16th, I called again,still no boxes and the bill I received has charges on them for the genies and a past due amount. My new provider will reimburse me the contract buy out providing I provide them a bill that shows the charges with a description within 60 days. Past due is not a description.

    I think AT&T/DirecTV is making sure this does not get resolved until my allotted time has expired to submit the bill for reimbursement. I will definitely be taking this company to court if my miss my deadline to submit a final DirecTV bill to my new provider for reimbursement. I have told and continue to tell all my family, friends and coworkers not to deal with AT&T and their affiliates. They get people sucked in by deception. I knew something wasn't right when the made me wait over a month to get internet hooked up. Now I know why, they didn't want to honor the promotion they had in oct. planning on making another call Feb. 22, 2018 for the boxes again. I even asked to drop the receivers off at a local DirecTV office or ship via FedEx and was told that was not permitted.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupPriceStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 17, 2018

    The following timeline tells of my horrible experiences with DIRECTV: JANUARY 1, 2018. Genie DVR has been acting up for over a month and needing to be reset so placed order for 4K Genie. Receiver for RV was to remain the same and was told everything else would be 4K. JANUARY 4, 2018. Tech was supposed to arrive between 12:00 and 4 PM. At 4:19, the Tech called and said he did not have the equipment to install 4K. He would have them direct drop the equipment needed and would have to reschedule. I asked about the recordings we had on the HDR and the DVR. He said he could not transfer those recordings and he would cancel the order. I would have to call DTV again to see what could be done.

    JANUARY 13, 2018. Tired of not being able to watch satellite TV. Called DTV and said I wanted to replace the receiver in the family room for a 4k. Keep the RV receiver as is. Remove the HDR from the study and replace it with a mini-Genie. Keep the master bedroom mini-Genie and Remove the mini-Genie from the guest bedroom. I was advised that there was no problem leaving the RV receiver as is. I could have the 4K receiver in the living room if the TV was 4k. The mini-genies would also have to be 4k to work with the Genie 2. Then if I changed out any of my other TVs to 4k, they would be ready. Tech was schedule to come between 8 AM and 12 PM on January 16.

    JANUARY 16, 2018. Tech arrived just before noon. Upon walking him through what we wanted to do, he got aggravated and said if he knew this, he could have done the job on January 4th. He advised he could not do what DTV wanted to do as he could not install any 4K receiver including mini-genies that were not connected to a 4K TV. He changed out all the receivers but one and installed a wireless hub. He started trying to activate the system but could not get through to DTV as AT&T service at my house very poor. He spent 40 minutes on hold once he did get through using my WIFI. Once the receiver was activated, he could not get anything to work. He made numerous attempts to get through to DTV but could not get an answer.

    He finally gave up and was going to re-install the Genie but I told him that was what I was having problems with. We have not been able to watch DirecTV for over a month as it kept freezing up and saying it had lost satellite reception. He then re-installed the HDR so we could have some TV while he tried to figure out what was going on. We finally got to watch some TV but it would not connect to the internet so we could not see the shows we wanted to see on Demand.

    JANUARY 17, 2018. Can’t get any satellite at all. The HDR says it needs to be refresh. Tried to refresh, that didn’t work so I rebooted the receiver. That did not work either so we are not receiving any DTV. Called DTV and talked to Anie. Offered 3 months premium channels – declined. After sitting on hold waiting for transfer to technical support, I was hung up on. Recalled 10:45 – 10:52 Mia answered. Wanted to charge $150 to be able to reconnect system to internet. Had no idea how to resolve receiver problems. She then connected me with her supervisor Jonathan. He agreed that we didn’t need what they were installing. Re-scheduled Tech for the 19th between 12 PM and 4 PM. Do away with Genie 2 and replace with HR54. Internet connection will then work and mini-genies will work. Jonathan said he would monitor progress. Spent almost 4 hours on the phone today to get to this point.

    JANUARY 19, 2018. Received e-mail from Goodman Networks saying installation was complete and was wanting to know of my satisfaction. Replied to e-mail saying still waiting for installation to be completed. It is now 1:30 and the Tech was to be here between 12 PM and 4 PM. 2:01 PM, 3:15 PM, 3:55 PM, 4:06 PM, 6:15 PM, 7:33 PM, 7:50 PM< TV Service called – found tech with equipment Be here by 8:30 AM tomorrow. JANUARY 20, 2018. 8:09 AM Everything now works. Waiting the 24 to 48 hours for On Demand and full channel lineup to work.

    JANUARY 26, 2018. Cannot connect to the internet. Going out of town, will try again upon return. FEBRUARY 3, 2018. Trying to reset to be able to reconnect to internet. Nothing I do will let me reconnect to internet. Going out of town again. Will call DirecTV upon return. FEBRUARY 12, 2018. Called DirecTV and placed on hold. After long wait, lady answered and I told her what my problem was. She transferred my call where I was placed on hold again. Finally, another lady answered and I had to again explain what my problem was. She had me do the same things I had already tried and then told me to contact my internet provider. It had to be their problem. I explained that I was having no problems with anything else I had connected to that system. She then transferred me to someone else.

    When he answered, I had to explain again what my problem was and he also proceeding to have me do the same test and reset that I had already done. Still not working. He said he would have to send a Tech to fix my problem. He then tried to sell me a premium service policy. NO THANKS. Tech was scheduled for February 16, between 12:00 and 4:00 pm.

    FEBRUARY 16, 2018. After sitting at home all afternoon waiting for the Tech that never showed or bothered to call, I called DirecTV again. After waiting on hold again, a lady finally answered and I asked why the Tech did not show, she said she had to check. She placed me on hold again. After a wait, she came back and said they would have to reschedule. She tried to find someone for that evening but nothing available. She then tried for Saturday, again no one was available. She then wanted to try for Monday but I told her I would not be available. She then scheduled a Tech for February 21, between 12:00 and 4:00. She then tried to sell me the premium service policy and I told her NO.

    Why would I pay more for a service when I have spent 1 ½ months trying to get my DirecTV working. She asked if there would be anything thing else. I said I was going to check into changing TV providers and I was wondering how I could get their junk out of my house. She said they would send a Tech out to remove all equipment but there would be a charge.

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