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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.

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

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Aug. 8, 2019

    I had a problem with a cut line. Called to schedule a technician to come out. They said it would be a week. I scheduled the appointment and they said they would be there between 12 and 2. Never happened. So I rescheduled another appointment. Again said they would be out between 12 and 2. Never happened. Called and spent over a hour. They said technician never got the call ticket. They wanted me to reschedule another appointment. I don’t have the time to wait around and have no one show up. I get a text both times saying they would be on time. 1/2 before 2 I get another text saying technician was running late. Why text if you're not going to give technical a call ticket. You know they're not coming out. I’ve been a customer for a long time. I’m going to be canceling my service. Corporate America fails again.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Aug. 7, 2019

    In my years with Directv I have been more than satisfied with their service. Then I moved and that is where the service became a nightmare. After 4 call 2 of which were an hour plus we decided to leave them. When I said I didn't want to continue the service the response was "OK we will talk again soon." Well we haven't and it disappoints me because I liked the service. But, being in the customer service myself what they put us thru was not at all what I expect. So I no longer will recommend DirectV or consider it in the future.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsSales & Marketing

    Reviewed Aug. 7, 2019

    Beware of their deceptive promotions! They offered me a 2 year agreement with year 1 at $45 and year 2 at $75. I asked several times whether the year 2 rate floats with the current rate or if it's guaranteed and they said that it's guaranteed and that they would put notes in my file that it's not subject to rate increases. Well year 2 has just begun and the first month was $75 and then they raised my rate to $100. Essentially, they can continue to increase the rate every month. I called and they said they would keep the rate at $75 for month 2 and then it will continue to go up. Literally they said that they apologize, but the rate is based on their "standard rate". Like there's really a standard rate. She suggested I call every month when I get the bill to see what they can do. One more note, the 4K solution they offer is terrible, it requires 2 boxes and it fails to play 4K content about 50 percent of the time. When this contract ends I'll go back to Cox.

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    Reviewed Aug. 7, 2019

    My next door neighbors had a DIRECTV dish installed on the property line that we share. The DIRECTV technician told my neighbors it was the only place the dish could be located (not true). This dish has ruined my landscaping and lowered the value of my home - plus I have to look at it 24/7 (and the neighbors who ordered it do not. The dish is ugly. The dish can be placed elsewhere on my neighbor's property.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Aug. 6, 2019

    We were made all kinds of promises! Only to find out, once the installer got here, that the promises that were made by YOUR rep, Becky in Mississippi, were LIES! I want what we were promised! Pull the call log from 8/5/19 beginning at 2:50 PM Pacific time & send me a copy of it. Then, contact me, and let me know when you will be doing the right thing, and keeping your promises, to keep the customer you have had for over 18 years!!! I have now talked to 11 “reps” trying to get to someone that can actually help. STOP THE LIES AND FULFILL YOUR PROMISES AND GET YOUR SO CALLED CUSTOMER SERVICE BACK IN AMERICA, to eliminate the language barrier!!!

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    Reviewed Aug. 6, 2019

    We decided to switch to another provider, one of the main reasons being that we no longer have CBS with DirecTV. We called to cancel and was told we could either end service now and be refunded or continue until 8/17/19, at that point we'll be cancelled. I turn on the TV and cable box this morning (8/6/19, 11 days before the end of service) and we no longer have service. We call and someone else says they'll send out a technician. Now, mind you, we haven't had any issues with our service up until this point. It amazes me that DirecTV can do this, while we paid for a service and now not allowing us to have the service that we have paid for. People need to be informed of these matters.

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    Contract & TermsPrice

    Reviewed Aug. 6, 2019

    I was paying $64.00/month for the CHOICE package and $60/month for the internet. As little as we watch TV, it was worth $122.00. The young girls were walking around the neighborhood and talked us into signing up. We were promised a $200.00 gift card for signing up. I figured it was worth it since the early termination fee is $200.00. Well, we never did receive that $200.00 gift card, but it's not worth the aggravation of spending an hour with someone from India discussing it.

    Anyway, 12 months into our 24 month contract the price went from $64.00/month to $209.52! The changed included the renewal of the NFL SUNDAY TICKET at $48.99 for 6 months. I was told it "auto-renewed". My husband and I care only about the Cleveland Browns, so we would NEVER EVER sign up for the NFL ticket, but nice try! I realize more and more why people cut the cord. How dare you charge $160.63 for cable + $60 for internet that is $220.00 A MONTH! That is crazy! We don't even have premium channels. I hate DIRECTV.

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    Installation & Setup

    Reviewed Aug. 6, 2019

    I applied for service, my first installation date was 7/30/19 between 12-4. No one never contacted me. I had to contact DirecTV to tell me the technician was running behind and cannot give me another appoint until today 8/16/16. Guess what? The same exacts thing happen again. Once again I have to wait for installation. One would think since I been inconvenience Not ONCE but TWICE, I should be the very next appointment 8/7/19 at 8:00 am. Nope.. I am done with DirecTV and these sub-contractors. I will take my business and money to their competitor.

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    Reviewed Aug. 6, 2019

    Ever since AT&T took over DirecTV they have not been able to provide a stable DirecTV online viewing experience. Sometimes it works. Most of the time it doesn't. Why hasn't AT&T fixed their problem of customers not being able to access DirecTV online via a computer?

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPrice

    Reviewed Aug. 6, 2019

    Before I hired AT&T/DIRECTV services, I was told more than 5 times that my contract would be 2 years without any change on my monthly payment. Guess what, after 12 Months I got surprised on my bill that the price went up and I have called customer service to try to help to lower it, however their message is that they cannot help me at the moment. This is the third time I have been bamboozled by this company which I had some respect before, but I see that they don't take the business with customer seriously and all they want is to grab our money. Always they have a way to cheat customers.

    On top of that, they have third party companies calling their customer to offers mobile services promising good packages, phones for free if we move from our current carrier and once you receive the service and devices, then this company charge you all everything and even more that was told during the sales process. I really feel frustrating, disappointing to continue believing this company is not serious. I am taking this as lessons learned. If you want an advice, be really careful to make a deal with this company, you will get mad and regret later.

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    Customer ServiceContract & Terms

    Reviewed Aug. 6, 2019

    3 years of them charging me, countless service calls, ungodly long calls and no changes. Major stations no longer collaborating with Direct. Ridiculous. Will never use them again. Now with all the customers leaving they are trying to lock you down on 2 year contract.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed Aug. 5, 2019

    I had my AT&T wireless and DirecTV bundled and all of a sudden all I could see was the wireless bill. I called to find out why and no one could tell me. I also asked what the cost if my DirectTV would be said. Said $0. I knew that was wrong so I called twice more and was finally told an amount. After calling 5 times I found they unbundled it and couldn't bundle it back. This cause me to lose my bundle discount and be charged for HBO which was supposedly no cost for bundling it with the phone plan I have. They can't explain anything properly and the customer service is the worst I have ever seen.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupContract & TermsSales & MarketingStaff

    Reviewed Aug. 4, 2019

    I hate satellite. Hate, hate, hate! But I let my sister and the sales rep talk me into getting it. The sales rep assured me that satellites are better than they used to be, and that I wouldn't have to worry when it came to bad weather, such as snow. Bull! If we get heavy winds our system goes out and we either have to turn the TV off, or watch recorded shows. I can't wait until my contract is up (another thing I hate), but if I get a good enough offer from Spectrum, I am so out of there.

    Another thing, that I just found out today which really irritated me, is that apparently someone can call and have themselves added to your account. Sure, they need your permission, but how the heck is that even a thing anyway?!? I just got a call from AT&T because my brother was trying to get internet/TV service and somehow, I got involved. Their rep called me to see if it was okay to add his account to mine because my brother couldn't pass the credit check and would have had to pay $300 to get services installed. I did NOT appreciate that at all, so beware.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed Aug. 4, 2019

    We have been a customer of DirecTV for 24 yrs. Yesterday was the last straw. We waited 2 weeks and 12 hours for an installer to do a simple task, move our dish. First of all he shows up. My husband tells him what we need. We had a clear signal since day one but now there is a tree that would cost 1000. to take down or trim back. All of a sudden when the wind blows are signal keeps breaking up. Solution was to have the dish moved from the roof to the side of our house.The installer tells my husband it is against code to have the dish on the side of a house. Total lie. He tells my husband we would have an obstructed signal on the side anyway. The roofers that were coming needed it down anyway and they didn't want to damage it.

    The installer was here 3 minutes and said there was nothing he could do. Translation, it is hot, on a Sat afternoon and he wanted to go home early. We would like to have the installer unemployed asap. When my husband called to complain, the person at DirecTV offered him free streaming. for a month free. Seriously! She also said that we have to still pay for this month even though we removed all the equipment. Did they say sorry and offer to reimburse this months charges, no! Every couple months it seems they increase the bill. We are no longer customers of DirecTV and have switched to their competition for more channels, internet and phone for 200. less than just DirecTV! Beware, if you have a growing tree, etc. go with a different company. DirecTV was also very rude in all conversations yesterday.

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    Customer ServicePriceOnline & AppReliability

    Reviewed Aug. 3, 2019

    In years gone by DirecTV was the best entertainment service around! If billing or technical issues ever came up they would be immediately resolved with a friendly attitude. But once AT&T got their hands on it they destroyed it. They began by launching a flawed software update that caused most of the recordings on your DVR to disappear from the list of recordings. So you could record, but not view. Obviously the DVR is a major part of your cable or satellite service, right? Who would have guessed it would AT&T nearly a year (honestly!) to fix the crazy problem. No mention of the ongoing issue was ever made on their website for fear of scaring off potential customers. Imagine paying bill over $100 per month and not being able to use your DVR! When I called to inquire about it, they offered me a one-time $50 credit. That's laughable!

    So moving forward about 6 months, they raised my monthly rate by $65! When I called to express my angst about this outrageous price hike, the best compensation they had to offer was a $5 per month credit for one-year, knowing I had been a customer for 12 years. So rather than pay them $175 per month for what amounted to a fairly simple package, I told them to take a hike and signed on with Xfinity for a deluxe TV/DVR package, phone service and 500 mbps internet on a 2 year agreement for $199 per month. Oh yes, one last thing... when I called AT&T to pay my final bill they advised me they could only accept an "e" check (by phone) that could be cashed today... no credit card! And believe me, my payment record with AT&T had been perfect over the years. So to me, the above scenarios are all indicative of a company that's in deep deep trouble. My recommendation would be to avoid AT&T at all costs.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed Aug. 3, 2019

    So today 8/2/19 called DIRECTV/ATT. Asked for loyalty department. Been with DIRECTV since 2002. Rep said she could help. Don't need them. So after asking for bill credit to reduce my bill, Which has been done forever. Says nothing she can do. Tell her, "Always been able to get some credit." Said, "I would look into other options choices then." This takes like 25 min to get to this point. I hang up. My phone rings for like 5 min from number I never seen. It's their out of country rep telling me that I can change packages to reduce cost. Said no on package that hasn't been offered for like 10 years. That package had channels that now have to spend $112 or more to get same tv package. She then tells me that, "I can transfer you to loyalty department," said, "That's what I wanted to begin with."

    Get to correct department. Find out that rep made account changes that can't be fixed because package no longer offered. Loyalty department person spent almost 1 hour trying to undo what that rep did. She was also in USA. Nice lady but at end of day account altered by first rep unauthorized. Dish Network has wireless boxes now so I'll be going to them. Wireless boxes and discount were only reason I stayed with DIRECTV/ATT and I feel violated by out of country rep that changed my account then called me back knowing she had done something she shouldn't have.

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    Sales & MarketingStaff

    Reviewed Aug. 2, 2019

    Hit the road again in our motorhome and always had Hughes Net Internet service and DirecTV. ATT bought out DirecTV and do not believe that they have an actual mobile service. We purchased DirecTV mobile service and equipment for direcTV after selling our home and transferring our home service to mobile service.

    A nightmare has ensued as follows, 1. No mobile department so confusion reigns at DirecTV. 2. Multiple incorrect answers to various questions from various departments. Representatives not knowledgeable about a person being mobile yet they say they are mobile. 3. Could not get unit to work since the system they now called SWM is not functional for a person moving around. 4. Would not send a tech out to correct issues in the field since we did not have a permanent home address. WHAT, we were told we had a pin and were mobile.

    5. They also directed us repeatedly to go to Wineguard to get answers, Wineguard said they could not help DirecTV customers unless the equipment was purchased through them. Another lie and now I am inundated with Wineguard ads to make a purchase. There's more but you should get the gist of my review, DirecTV has no Mobile Dept. and is a complete scam who we will now take to task. From past experience anytime ATT are involved it turns into a nightmare. The old DirecTV is gone.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed Aug. 1, 2019

    We have been been DirecTV customers for a long time (way too long actually), all the way back to when they weren't owned and run by AT&T. To get right to the point, DirecTV has been absolutely ruined and devastated by AT&T. From their insanely horrible phone menus, to their routine price increases for the same 500 channels of BS, to their off-shore "customer service" with employees who use some tacked-on Americanized names. In my opinion, as a customer, DirecTV needs a complete and total overhaul, bar none. The only other answer to this debacle is a change in ownership.

    My sincere wish is that there was a company out there who will provide the same level of customer service that DirecTV provided prior to their days of being owned by AT&T, AND that could give their customers the choice of channels THAT THEY DO WANT, instead of what they're offered. AT&T: If you're reading these reviews (I doubt that you are, or your customer service experience wouldn't be so pathetic), please understand that I will never purchase any other AT&T offering based on my experience with DirecTV. EVER!

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    Price

    Reviewed Aug. 1, 2019

    DirecTV is blocking Nexstar network stations, Smithsonian channel, and possibly ESPN and NFL networks. This is totally irresponsible, and I believe DirecTV could be the only TV provider to deny TV stations to its customers. I and many of my family and friends that subscribe to DirecTV will NOT renew. I guess we get what we pay for, DirecTV is inexpensive and not worth the cheap price that I pay. Cheap price cheap service. Many years ago AT&T was a premiere American company, not anymore. What happened???

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed Aug. 1, 2019

    I was with DIRECTV for about 12 years and wasn't using their services much anymore. I couldn't justify spending $58/month on something we didn't use. Then they jumped my bill to $110 a month. I called them to cancel everything and went through several people to get my account cancelled. They tried to take some channels away and still wanted to charge me $68/month. Nope, after 12 years I was done. I cancelled my account.

    A month and a half later I have a debit on my card from DIRECTV. I called them to see why I was being charged and they said my account was still active. Someone there, three days after I cancelled, activated my account! I went rounds with them and spent four days calling them and they wouldn't do anything to set this straight. I asked for the recorded call of me activating this or of anyone calling to reactive my account and they couldn't provide this. They did eventually cancel my account, but charged me with an early disconnect fee of $200!! I am beyond livid with this company.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed Aug. 1, 2019

    After Dish doubled our price for the same TV package we'd had for several years, I called DIRECTV to inquire about switching. The sales representative on the phone said "We are giving $300 prepaid gift cards to new customers, but because it's Memorial Day, I'm authorized to offer an additional $200. So we will give you $500 free cash just to sign up. Take the family and spend the weekend in a hotel on us." He referred to the $500 offer over and over during the course of our conversation. I signed up. The TV service was installed. A $300 prepaid gift card arrives in the mail. $300. Not $500 as promised.

    I call DIRECTV. I literally spent 4 hours on the phone and on hold. Four HOURS. I was transferred around to multiple different representatives. I talked to 2 supervisors. I told them that DIRECTV should honor the promises made to its customers. If that particular representative wasn't authorized to make such promises, then the additional $200 should come out of his paycheck, but Direct TV should honor the promises made by its employees. To not do so is FRAUD and it's a CRIME. I asked them to review the phone conversation. After all, they say that they record conversations.

    The supervisors told me they'd "launch an investigation" and get back to me. Today is August 1. I still don't have the $500 as promised. I have called multiple times, have spent countless hours on hold, have been promised that a manager would call me, have been promised that I'd receive an E-mail with the results of the investigation. Still nothing. I'm on hold yet again as I sit here typing this.... It's not about the $200. It's about false and unfilled promises. It's about unethical business practices.

    The TV service is fine. Nothing to brag about, but satellite TV is the only option where we live and both Dish and DIRECTV are seriously lacking in the customer service and professional ethics departments. I would avoid both if at all possible, and in particular, don't believe a word that the representatives at DIRECTV tell you. They apparently can promise you whatever is needed to make the sale, and the company will not fulfill those promises, nor will they make any effort to ensure their representatives are ethical and truthful in their promises to customers.

    Update - just got off the phone with yet another supervisor. This one supposedly is sending me a $100 gift card. We're up to $400, but DIRECTV still has not fulfilled its promises. And still no word on the "investigation." I think they tell you they'll launch an investigation as a means of getting dissatisfied customers off the phone. I think they have absolutely no intention of following up and trying to do the right thing.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupStaff

    Reviewed Aug. 1, 2019

    It has been less than 3 months I got DirecTV installed through AT&T. I've been having connection errors and when I contacted them (after trying several times following the steps to test/reset the receiver connection to the internet by myself) the customer rep or whatever is called, made me to follow the same steps several times and when it was not fixed, I was informed there is a $99.00 charge to send a technician to the house... Will be seeking legal advice to break the contract with them... Do not get DirecTV or AT&T.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed July 31, 2019

    Do not under any circumstances go with DIRECTV. They are not truthful. I was sent an email itemizing what my bill would be and when it actually was billed it was $34.00 higher. After talking with several people on the telephone for an hour and a half they never resolved the issue and stated they couldn't honor the email. We have also not had a local channel for several weeks due to the fact they are in a contract dispute. This is the worst customer service of any company I have ever dealt with in my life. If this is how a customer of many years is treated then I do not wish to be associated with this company.

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    Contract & Terms

    Reviewed July 31, 2019

    At point of sale it was not disclosed that CBS was not included in the network. Now we’re stuck with a contract missing a major network. In addition, our signal constantly lapses causing freeze ups so sometimes we miss part of a sentence or paragraph depending on the length of interruption.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupContract & Terms

    Reviewed July 30, 2019

    I’ve been with DirecTV since 2013. Recently they decided to play hardball with CBS, therefore customers are caught in the middle. After patiently waiting for them to end disputes , I finally decided to move on. They said they had a device to send to me and also my 91 year old mother that we would have to connect ourselves even though I have a protection plan and my mother has insurance. Didn’t matter. They would not send anyone out to connect it. I asked if my mom or myself were under contract, they said no. After having Dish install mine, I called to discontinue my cable with DirecTV and then they said I’m under contract for 12 more months. I hung up and the next person said 22 months, the next person said 11 months. I said, "Let me do early termination." They said I couldn’t until my billing cycle was over. I said, "Ok, then send me an email with the early termination quote." The guy said, "I’ll be right back." After waiting x amount of time, click.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed July 30, 2019

    Worst customer service I have ever experienced. I would try to pay my bill online but it would never accept it. I tried talking with someone at DirecTV but no one would answer the English line. Now I have tried to cancel for over two months but still after over 13 emails and untold calls, still not cancelled. They turned service off over a month ago but are still trying to charge me. Was told my service was cancelled last week and someone would call to pick up equipment. No call so I called and finally got someone and they said, "NO, it was not cancelled". PLEASE do not take a chance with these clowns. Update, after cancelling and not having service for over two months, they are saying I owe $136 for June/July. No box hooked up or dish on the roof and they claim they can see I had a signal. STAY AWAY PLEASE.

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    Reviewed July 30, 2019

    I regret agreeing to use DirecTV. I signed up at Sam's Club, and being an AT&T customer I was to get the Choice package for $50.00 per month. I have had this service less than 2 month, and have received at least 9 bills for it. Varying from $30 to almost $200. I keep contacting my rep at Sam's to get it fixed. Not getting done. So at the end of June they took $64.69 out of my account, which was about what I thought it should be. Saturday 07/27 they took at $32.49, then on Tuesday 07/30 - they took out $90.86. No one seems to be able to figure out why they can't bill me correctly. Then they hiked my bill from $50 a month to $85 a month. I am now trying to get it cancelled without a cancellation fee. If I had it to do over I would have never even considered DirecTV. If you are offered DirecTV--RUN!!

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    PriceStaff

    Reviewed July 30, 2019

    Dont ever get DirecTV EVER. Worst Service in the history of cable provider. Horrible techs, Reps dont even know what's going on with your order, you want a transfer service yet they give you a new service. Lie to you about promotions, charge you for free service when it's supposed to be free and you called to cancel it. ATT needs to reeducate their employees 'cause they don't understand a damn thing. Never ever have to deal with any cable provider except ATT. Please stay away. TRUST ME.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed July 30, 2019

    DirecTV is horrible. They sent a letter advising need mandatory upgrade on equipment w/ Genie. Had this done in April 2019 and was advised to have old equip returned by April 25th. Took old equip to UPS store and they advertise it may take them 30-90 days to receive the equip so hold on to your receipt. April, May, June I keep getting bills for $1100.00. I called early June and was advise to call back later in the month to see if my equip had been returned. I finally had the time on 7/22 and spent 1 hr & 30 min on the phone with Eddie who was able to determine my equip was received on 6/13 but DirecTV hadn't applied the credit back to my account. He was able to cancel my mother's acct because we merged both accts into mine. He was able to advise what my refund would be and it would take 24-72 hrs. Well guess what, my services were suspended on 7/29 - I looked at my acct online and lo and behold, acct still shows $1069.99 due.

    I called DirecTV, and of course you have to tell your story to at least 4 diff reps until you finally get the correct dept. I spoke with Jan (male) Gen CS Rep who transferred me to Jessica - Combined Billing who advised I needed to speak with an Acct Specialist. She transferred me to Zahdell in Cancellations who then put me back into the Q. YES THE Q. I spoke w/ Mark who was able to see all that was going on, he repeated my number several times and during this call it dropped. 1 hour 45 min. I waited for him to call back and so I proceeded to call and start this damn process over again. I got in touch with another Gen CS Rep who put me in touch with the Supv, Wenne. She told me she does see a credit pending of $795.00 but it wasn't approved yet. I kept requesting to have my services back on b/c of their error (in the 1st place I SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN CHARGED FOR THE UPGRADE).

    After an 1 hour on the phone, was told that collections was closed and they are the only ones who can reinstate my services. They were to call me at 7:30am cst because they open at 8:00am est. GUESS WHAT - it's now 12:00pm cst and still no call from anyone and I have 2 elderly people at home with no TV to watch because of DirecTV's inconsistency regarding my credit of $795.00. I will cancel my services with DirecTV. I will post all over the internet about my experience and will report them to the BBB, AG Office and anyone else I can find. Supv, Wenne knew how upset and frustrated I was last night and SHE didn't even keep up her PROMISE to call me this morning. WHAT A ** JOKE!!!! I spent 2 hrs & 50 min of my time last night and was held hostage from DTV and couldn't cook dinner for my family, didn't eat dinner and couldn't attend to my laundry.

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    Reviewed July 30, 2019

    We had DirecTV and had to have our roof redone which required taking the dish off the roof. After 3 weeks of not having cable because the 4 technicians they sent out refused to do the work to put the dish back on the roof, I finally cancelled the service. They said the balance was $102.36 and I was told by a salesman who came out to see how my service was going, that the fee would be waived. Also one of the reps I talked to said the fee would be waived. Well this month the $102.36 shows up on my credit report and drops my credit rating by 56 points. If DirecTV needs the $102.36 they can have it. BEWARE of these bullies.

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    Punctuality & Speed

    Reviewed July 30, 2019

    Called one month ahead to schedule an upgrade to coordinate with the AV equipment installer's visit. Technician came 2 days early with the wrong equipment, rescheduled a followup and AT&T cancelled it without letting me know. Rescheduled a third visit and again the technician brought the incorrect equipment. There is no one at AT&T CS that cares to make it right. Am doing everything to get rid of AT&T. Customer no-service.

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    Contract & Terms

    Reviewed July 30, 2019

    If you are looking to get DIRECTV be aware they can’t always provide the contracted channels you are paying for. CBS is now out on their service and oh wow they are willing to give you a whole $10.00 one time credit if you request it. Boy isn’t that just great. ☹️ The service goes off every time it sprinkles rain and their playback on demand service doesn’t always work right. We will be changing when our contract is up especially if they don’t get CBS back.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed July 29, 2019

    Directv is now owned by AT&T, and since then, they do not prorate the billing cycle. And you might say, so what's wrong with that. And the answer is: I was a customer of Directv for many years, and when I called in to ask if there was a way I could save some money on my bill, the only answer was I would have to give up some channels. So I said OK, I'll just keep the package I have and stop the "insurance plan" that I was paying for. And lo and behold, as soon as I did that, we had no TV reception! When I called in to report the problem, I was told I would have to pay $90 for a service call, but why? All of a sudden, our equipment wasn't working. Coincidence? Not sure.

    But then when I tried to call in to say I no longer wanted to be a Directv customer so discontinue our service, I was on the phone for 45 minutes and no one answered. Then I called in the next day, one day after my billing cycle ended, and I was able to get in to talk to someone in 5 minutes. So because I stopped our Directv service ONE DAY after the billing cycle ended, I was charged for an ENTIRE MONTH of NO TV SERVICE.

    When I complained to the service rep on the phone, she said there was nothing she could do. So I asked to speak to her supervisor and was directed to talk to Mr **, who was the most vile customer rep I have ever talked to. He talked over me so much, I could not get a word in edgewise, so I was never able to state my problem because he was so terrible!!! (And that is because I can't use swearwords.) Bottom line --- NEVER choose Directv for your cable TV programming. Again, since they have been taken over by AT&T, all they want is money--they don't care about their customers at all.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed July 29, 2019

    I have been a Directv customer for 15 years. Besides the price going up every year and having to pay extra for local NBC and FOX stations (which are broadcast from New York and LA and are nowhere local to me), I have a repair problem that cannot get reported because the phone number puts me on hold and there is no place to file one online. My problem is this: My service was out so directv sent a serviceman out on June 15th, a very hot Saturday. He had to move the dish higher on the roof because of all my trees to get a signal. After he left, I noticed that my gutter helmet was bent where he had placed his ladder against it. This voids my warranty on the gutter helmet. I have been unable to file a complaint and send pics of the damage. Would not recommend directv to anyone and am thinking about discontinuing their service and trying something else.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed July 29, 2019

    Worst experience ever!!! The rep that sold me the service flat out lied to me. My bill was not what it was supposed to be. When I complained, the answer was, "Yep. He lied to you." Well I switched to Dish and canceled my service on July 3rd. Was told all was taken care of and that I would not be charged a cancellation fee because I was lied to, she offered, I didn't ask. I thought well that was nice. Also was told by another rep that Jessie, my original rep who sold me the service had been fired.

    Well the end of July I get another bill for DirecTV! Turns out I have to pay another month even though I didn't use it. The last rep said I was done! Well 4 frustrating calls later I owe another month and they raised my CenturyLink bill by $10. I will be finding another internet provider. I call DirecTV and they say, "Oh we can't do anything because we can't see your bill." I call AT&T and they say call DirecTV. Back and forth, back and forth. The whole experience has been awful. There were issues hooking up the internet and I didn't get it until a week or two after I was supposed to. The guys from the set of the Hills Have Eyes who hooked my DirecTV up made a huge mess out of my cables. Cutting MY own cables and making things too short.

    Save yourself a ton of frustration and go with Dish. DirecTV and AT&T are horrible. The bills are not what is quoted even though I had it in writing and the customer service, well it's the worst I've ever come across, every single time I've called. I will NEVER EVER use them again. Worst experience of my life!!!!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed July 29, 2019

    It is very easy to get Directv, but when you want to cancel...it is impossible and a waste of your valuable time. We have had Directv for many years. However, the recent loss of CBS was the last straw for us. I have been on the phone for 75 minutes, being transferred from one person to another. This was after my first call was answered and recording advised that someone would be with me in one minute. After I said I was calling to cancel service, the phone connection suddenly disappeared. I finally got back to a person and must have talked to 5 different reps while being put on hold in between each one. Then they told me I was not permitted to change because I am not on account, although my husband told them several times to add me.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed July 29, 2019

    I called in because I was being overcharged for my service. I switched from a wireless box to a 4K box within the first month of my service. When I made the switch, they never removed the old box from my bill and proceeded to charge me 3 “TV Access” fees at 7/fee for 10 months. I call in and after an hour, they finally agree to pay me 70 dollars and the associated taxes. If this all happened, I wouldn’t be posting.

    My next bill comes and my one year pro ends jumping my DIRECTV bill to over $170/month, not including internet. Yes, you heard me correct, $170 for tv. No, I don’t have HBO or premium channels. Not only did the bill spike, but guess what was still on the bill? A TV Access fee! Did I get a refund? Nope! So I call back, and my customer service rep tells me he “just had the same thing happen to me last month”. As the conversation went on he contradicted himself and it was apparent he lied. He did not have the same thing happen to him, it was just a way to appear empathetic with his frustrated customer. They had no record of the promised refund. They said they would review it and get back to me. Nevertheless, I cancelled my tv service and apparently have a $240 termination fee to pay them despite them lying and being dishonest. Terrible customer service, extremely frustrating representatives and I am ready to move on!

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    Contract & Terms

    Reviewed July 29, 2019

    AT&T dropped two major local channels, 4 & 5, without warning and I’ve had no access to them for weeks. Switching to Comcast but AT&T is charging me $180 to cancel service even though they are the ones who have breached the contract by failing to provide the channels they promised. Hope this is included in the ongoing class action consumer lawsuit already against them.

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    Customer ServiceCoverage

    Reviewed July 29, 2019

    Hi there, I have been a customer of DIRECTV for 6 straight years with auto payments and with no issues until last month. With the storms and everything the power went out and back on as usual; however this specific time our cable box, that we have on a Surge protector blew. It ended up blowing my aux ports that are in the back of the TV. I called DIRECTV and waited a few days for them to come out and tell me that yes the box blew and when my fiance went to unplug and plug it back in; due to no picture and not picking up that we had cable, shocked him blew out aux ports out. The technician then plugged it into our HDMI port. A few days went by and our cable went out and again blew out our HDMI PORT. I called DIRECTV once again to come have it fixed and waited a week. I was without cable for a total of 2 weeks last month, instead of splitting my bill in half, they only took 50$ off.

    Anyways, finally when DIRECTV came out for the second time, he then verified that my HDMI PORT and back aux port were both blown due to the DIRECTV boxes. Now I have only one set of aux ports that works and I can only have one thing plugged in to my tv at a time now. We had a total of 3 technicians. The second one said the first one gave us an old box, then the third one said both the first and second technician were wrong. The third technician finally got it working, but only to the side aux ports because those were the only ones to work. I got insurance and called damage claims, did everything they asked, only to receive a letter today stating that it wasn't their fault and won't be fixing the issue when the insurance clearly fixes these issues.

    I will be dropping you tomorrow and thanks so much for the worthless help. Also now I'm afraid that if this box blows, because then I will be completely without a tv and I just purchased this tv and a fire stick that is now worthless. I'm really dumbfounded, I have been your customer for 6 years straight with auto payments and no issues, and you are denying to fix my tv. It's really upsetting to me and wonder what the hell is the insurance for then?

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    Sales & MarketingStaff

    Reviewed July 28, 2019

    NBC and CBS - kind of big players to be losing don't you think! Also your 4K advertising is nothing but a BIG SCAM. Two sports channels that might show an event every other week if you’re lucky! Big selection. Don't waste your money.

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    Contract & Terms

    Reviewed July 28, 2019

    I have been a customer of DirecTV for about 5 years. I find the service to be as good as any other and have been satisfied. Until early July when DirecTV and Nexstar went into negotiation about CBS. NEGOTIATIONS should have been handled prior to consumers loss of a major Network. If not corrected soon I will want out. If you try to bind me to a contract then I should be able to do the same. I was advised I could stream CBS. But I want it the way it was promised.

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    Contract & Terms

    Reviewed July 28, 2019

    We moved to DirecTV from Spectrum. It was a mistake. Our local NBC channel is no longer available, DirecTV’s answer “Sorry”. That was weeks ago. The contract negotiations drag on. Very dissatisfied. We will probably move to another provider soon. Save yourself a lot of trouble, do not use DirecTV. They make a lot of promises but do not live up to them. Additionally, when it rains.....no TV. It is amazing that a company like AT&T has such a poor TV division.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed July 27, 2019

    3 days ago my main Genie decided that it would no longer communicate with my minis. Called and spoke to two people apparently from India as I could barely understand them. They determined my main box was dead and were sending out a new receiver for "self install". Now understand we have been paying extra for premium service which includes onsite repairs. Fast forward to Saturday and no new box. Called again and finally spoke to someone who English was their first language. She again determined my main box was dead. Tried to schedule a service call for two weeks out.

    Spoke to a supervisor who for the third time determined my box was dead and again scheduled a service call for two weeks out! Since ATT bought out DirecTV service has become a joke. They have zero customer service. They don't care two whits about their customers. Their equipment is all used/refurbished junk. The only thing going for them is they have a few channels my wife wants that Dish does not have. OH and for the last three weeks DirecTV has been in dispute with CBS, so we can't even get our local stations!

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed July 26, 2019

    I have been a customer since DirecTV began, back in the TiVo days. It was a great company with fantastic customer service. Then AT&T took over and the nightmare began. I currently have service and recently moved. I was not aware they charged a fee to move, it was always free with DTV. After I set up the move I received an email stating the cost for the move. The CS agent upgraded my equipment (did not request), and the total was $399. When I called to complain CS told me it usually costs $500 to move. I then advised him to cancel my service and the cost to move became $149. I still asked to cancel service and the cost went down to $49. I live in a rural area with no other option for service so I paid it.

    When the installer came I told him about the problems I had with my service and asked if the box I had was going bad. He asked what the problems were. I advised him that the screen freezes and sometimes I have to change the channel to get a moving picture. Of course after a while that channel will freeze. The picture jumps and you miss that portion of the program and on-demand does not work. He advised me those problems are wide-spread and AT&T has no solution.

    Later I called to complain and was transferred to Tech Support. They did something remotely and when that did not work advised I needed a service call. They checked my account and found I didn't have the insurance plan ($8.95/mo) I would have to pay $99 for the service call. I pay $90 a month for SERVICE but have to pay $8.95/mo for that service to be satisfactory, what? This is unacceptable. I am going to wait out my contract and put up an HD antenna. After all there is nothing good to watch on my 69 channels. I have Netflix and Prime TV and I end up watching something of value on those networks which beats watching "reality" tv shows on a screen that freezes.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed July 26, 2019

    Worst mistake I ever made!!! Joining DirecTV!! The worst customer service!!! Nothing but problems since day one!!! And no one seems to care!!!! No managers available or headquarters!!! Do not go with DirecTV, you will regret it!!!!

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    Installation & SetupStaff

    Reviewed July 25, 2019

    Well we had the service for a year now, if a bird flies by and farts the service goes out for 20 minutes. If it is raining, cloudy, sunshine it don't matter. The tech that installed our service was an idiot. Spent 3 hrs trying to get a signal point. He even went back to the warehouse and got a new LNB and dish, still nothing, ran new incoming lines still only 40% signal. Stupid right? Come to find out the battery in his device was almost dead. They have no, 0, nothing for new shows but if you want Spanish every other channel then these idiots are for you! Stay away. Push these jerks out of business.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed July 25, 2019

    DIRECTV aside from being expansive are now charging you if you make a payment over the phone. Never heard of it and this is something to be aware of. Time to get rid of them as they are becoming more expansive and no wonder they are losing channels. Not worth it!!!! Lousy service all around!!!!

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    Reviewed July 25, 2019

    I was in a grandfathered package and called to inquire about lowering my bill and turning on HBO...After hearing options to lower my bill only a few dollars a month I decided to stay in the package I was in. I also had them turn on HBO...After that I tried to watch ESPN and found I did not have that channel. They had moved me into their lowest current package without my consent. They would not put me back into my grandfathered package. I now have Dish Network and love it.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed July 25, 2019

    I’ve been a customer of DirecTV for years. Over 6 years. After our contract was up, we stayed with DirecTV but they started to raise our bill higher and higher each year. We finally decided to switch companies due to the continuing rise of our bill. I called to cancel and was told I would receive boxes for the equipment to be returned in. Two weeks later, no boxes. I called and was on the phone with a lady for 54 minutes - all I wanted was boxes to ship my equipment back in. I was assured after an hour that they were sending boxes. Weeks later nothing. I called back and demanded they send my boxes so I can return THEIR equipment, again assured they would process my request again. At this point I had spent nearly 3 hours all together on the phone requesting boxes to ship their equipment back.

    A month later they charged my card $300 for “equipment not returned”. I called and explained I’d be happy to return their equipment and I’ve been calling for two months trying to get boxes to ship it back in and I’ve been told by multiple representatives that my boxes were in process being sent to me. I was on the phone for another hour trying to my $300 back and boxes to be sent. I was assured I would get my money back and boxes would arrive at my house. Since then it’s been two weeks. I’ve spent nearly 8 hours on the phone with representatives. Each time I get a different story. I’ve been told they can see every time I’ve called in and requested boxes and that I’ve showed “good faith effort” to do my part, and I’ve been told that no representative ever processed a request for boxes - ever. They’ve lied saying I would get a refund in 7 days. They lied saying I have boxes being shipped.

    They’ve intentionally not sent boxes to return their equipment, with hopes that they could do just what they did. Take $300 from me and say it’s because I didn’t return their stuff. Despite trying and begging for boxes and hours upon hours on the phone with them. I’m done waiting for boxes. I’ve been told I can take the equipment to a FedEx pick up or UPS pick up. I am from a small town and the closest pick up is an hour away. I am driving an hour to drop their stuff off and then requesting my money back, again. I will do everything I have to in order to pursue this matter. I’ve never been more disgusted with a company. They are liars, cheaters, and scammers.

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    Staff

    Reviewed July 25, 2019

    After having DirecTV for many years I decided to cancel my service with them due to the cost of the service. I called and canceled on the 24th of July and they informed me that the billing cycle ended on the 23rd. They also informed me that since I was responsible to pay the bill that was due they wouldn’t cancel my service till the end of the next cycle. They would not cancel it now and expect me to pay that bill. Talk about greed and the lack of concern for the customer. And it’s not a good way of trying to get people back. To DirecTV, don’t hold your breath waiting for me to pay that bill.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed July 25, 2019

    I can’t seem to get to chat or by phone to talk to someone about trouble-shooting. Can’t get on demand, won’t take my password. I called in mid afternoon and in the evening. I’m paying for channels that I’m not getting, I have been with them 10 years and it just seems to get worse.

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    Price

    Reviewed July 24, 2019

    After 23 years I will no longer use this company for my TV service. They have tried everything possible to rip me off. Every time they have something new to charge me for, just a terrible experience to deal with them. TIME TO GET RID OF MY MOBILE PHONES WITH ATT!

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed July 24, 2019

    Bad experience. They told me when I called to cancel since I am going to be on a fixed income they would give me $100.00 monthly discount. Now they are denying this. When I ask them to pull the recorded phone conversation, they said they do not do this based on a customer request. I ask for a mailing address to send a letter and I was told they do not provide that either. I would need to look it up. I have the notes I made from the call on May 24th when I called to cancel. The loyalty/retention department offered the 100.00 discount for 12 months and now no one will not pull the recorder call to prove who is right. I know I am, I have my notes. I could not believe they would offer such a large discount and repeated several times.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsCoverageSales & MarketingPunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed July 24, 2019

    We have been a customer for 7 yrs & overall feel played by their system of a big promo offer then increase/promo offer/increase & so on & so on for years to the point that since AT&T took over it became much worse & the increases became more & the promo's became less. My last run was a joke. My bill went up from $80 to $146 because they auto added the NFL network and then the $50 promo expires and my bill was going to go up to $196. That's insane so I wanted out of my contract. They thought I was trapped. But my cable co was going to buy my contract out. So, I wasn't. So I decided to finally cut ties. My contract was to end 8/8/19. On 7/16/19 I get a "hate to see you go" email.

    Well I can't accept the offer because account not termed yet. So why send the offer? They would rather tease you and tell you no and then say your account but term and then you have to wait 24 hours after to even be elig for ANY promo offer. Who wants to be without any service for that time? My experience is you want to stop a customer from walking out the door not but they would rather see you leave and then after you leave then try to entice you to come back. Well wouldn't it make sense to want to stop you before you leave? They would rather play games and treat you like crap then try and keep a good loyal customer.

    I am done playing the games with DTV. I spent 2 1/2 hours on the phone and had I understand and agree but they will do nothing to keep you. I have never been late and always was a good customer but yet they would rather see me leave and then try and tease you with an offer a month before your termination date just to tell you can't do nothing for you so just wait. No thanks! I am going to another provider and will never return to DTV and the shenanigans of their games. Your customer service policies are horrible and you as a company policy have a very poor policy. I am a very dissatisfied customer and will never return nor recommend your company!

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed July 23, 2019

    Been a customer for 2 yrs! My cable just stop working for some reason for the past few days now 07/23/19. I called and the wanted to charge for a tech to come out. I wasn’t paying for it, wasn’t a reasonable amount! And then I asked to disconnect my services since my contract is up 07/18/19 the customer service rep told me I have to pay the full amount for August since the 07/18 has passed. Excuse me! I called on 07/22. Are you serious. Expect me to pay the full amount. Now I can understand if it was for the four days I had it. Even still my TV IS NOT WORKING!!!! And today is 07/23. I’m making sure the whole world know about this and how DirecTV treat their loyal customer! Searching for the CEO! This is unacceptable....

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed July 23, 2019

    My bill went up in price and when I called DirecTV they basically told me, even though I was a loyal customer there weren't any current promotions to lower the bill. My bill went from $81 a month to $106. I tried to canceled my service. I wanted the service to end immediately and have my bill pro-rated, but they "don't do that" and that I would be billed for a full billing period. The service I spoke regarding this told they sent out a letter stating as such. I told them I never received anything and I DO save all my bills and correspondence.

    I don't understand how businesses are able to get away with ripping off consumers. I then told them to send me the information I needed to send their equipment back via email or US mail. They told me they couldn't do that because my service hadn't been canceled yet. I told her I canceled my service, even though they were forcing me to pay for a full month of service. Between yesterday and today I have spent 2 hours on the phone and got absolutely nowhere. The customer service rep yesterday was rude and I asked to speak to her supervisor & was finally told they would send me an email with necessary info to the return the equipment. If I could give zero stars, I would.

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    Contract & Terms

    Reviewed July 22, 2019

    I made a contract with Directv to provide me with television service for two years. Directv has not lived up to that contract. Directv has canceled at least two of my channels without my permission and will not cancel the contract without a heavy penalty. I do not have the money to fight AT&T in court so all that I can do is to try to inform other potential customers of their business practices. I have tried four times to get them to fix my problem and they always say that is fixed, they haven't fixed anything.

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    Reviewed July 21, 2019

    It appears CBS has dropped their programming on DIRECTV due to greed. DIRECTV assures the DFW area that they have tried paying CBS an outrageous amount of money to keep programming active through their negotiations. CBS chose to cut off all programming to viewers on DIRECTV. Shame on CBS! Everyone who is angry about this decision should review CBS on their website and hopefully they will reconsider and bring back viewing to DIRECTV.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed July 21, 2019

    Over the years DIRECTV has become the absolute worst in customer service. Not only does it take at least 20 minutes just to get to a human being to speak to them about your issue but once you get through the automated system and finally get a live agent you realize you’ve been transferred to a call center in the Philippines or India as the accents are so thick that it is very difficult to understand the person you are speaking with. The amount of hours and frustration endured just trying to get customer service is beyond comprehension.

    Recently I was told that I needed to have a tech come out to switch two of my genie boxes so that I can get 4K capabilities on the TVs I requested. I move my whole day around because they give only a 4 hour window when they’ll show up only to have the tech tell me that that what I really need is to get an upgraded Genie 2 system, not move the receivers around as the last customer service call suggested.

    Bottom line is that customer service agent didn’t even recommend this option to me. I never even knew there was an upgraded system that could solve my problem much better than the workaround they were offering. They waste the customers time on the phone, they waste the customers time by scheduling ineffective appointments, and their service continues to disappoint. Now they have cut off all of CBS’s channels from their service. We pay premium dollars for DIRECTV yet the customer service and channel selection dwindles day by day. Time to move to Cable and or over the top streaming.

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    Customer ServiceContract & Terms

    Reviewed July 21, 2019

    Was a Uverse customer 8 years but the bill was rising so I made a call to get it lower. I got some slick fast talking guy. He said “sign up for DirecTV you’ll have the same channels. As a bonus we will give you $100 visa after 4 months and another $50 visa after 6." I bought it. Week later I noticed Uverse doesn’t have the same channels as Directv. I called to complain. Then 6 months go by and I don’t get a visa gift card so I call to complain. Now today they dropped channel 2. I called to cancel. This company is terrible beware. Know your rights! If they change the terms of your contract YOU can cancel. It’s in your rights with $0 Fees. I ask all to join me in boycotting. #BoyCottATT

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed July 20, 2019

    I was watching a program and wham- the screen went dark and a code appeared 272 stating that the program was blocked. I contacted DirecTV ATT phone number for customer service. I am being jerked around and asked to speak to a manager. Jamie came on the phone and after a few rounds she politely told me that the channels are blocked. At this time I discovered that about 5 channels that I regularly watch are "blocked". She could give me no reason as to why they are blocked other than they are in HD and my old receiver cannot pick up the signal. I was just watching the program on my tV when it went dark. It had no problem picking up the signal before that. It turns out that everyone will be migrating to HD and I am essentially being forced to "upgrade my equipment". However, I have to pay $23 more a month for this. It's not my fault, but I have to pay.

    She tells me in a rather vague way that if I make three payments of this new bill, which I am on a fixed income and it will be a hardship, I will magically get reimbursed or have a credit and eventually get my three months expenses back....really....and I have swamp land I'd like to sell you. I asked specifically if this "upgrade in equipment" will constitute a new agreement and place me under some sort of contract and she says absolutely no. Then she sends me an email and guess what the fine print states...I have entered into a new 24 months contract with ATT DirecTV. How is this possible? I hate being lied to, especially over the phone by a faceless voice. I asked for her promises in writing and she could not give me anything in writing.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed July 20, 2019

    In March of 2017 I entered unto a 2 year contract with DirecTV, together with AT&T. In June or 2018 I moved my service to a different address. In my new home I began immediately having trouble with connectivity issues with some of their receivers. They came out many times and replaced some of them but the problem persisted. After continuous complains a technician was sent out to my home and told me he was going to replace with new equipment that would resolve the connectivity issue. He did, and the issue was resolved, no more dropped signal. He said this was new improved HUB and then it could also allow me to install more Genies, I never needed or ordered more Genies.

    On the following statement I noticed that my automatic paid bill with them had been increasing every month, a total of $100 over what it was a year earlier, so I called to dispute. When I was told it could not be lowered I asked to close my account since the contract was now over 2 years and I was month to month. They told me I could not because my contract had been extended until 2021 by them installing that equipment in my home. I never asked for the equipment, I was never told the equipment would tie me into a contract, this was done deliberately, and they did it the same month the 2 year contract was over. For the last 3 month I have been calling their Loyalty Department and 2 other reps told me not to worry I was not on a contract and they would lower my bill.

    Today my husband, who is authorized on the account, called and advised that he was recording the conversation. Now they refused to acknowledge the other persons we spoke to and the fact that they assured there was no contract. They say on the day on installation of that new equipment, the fact that I signed an iPad, put me into a new contract. I signed the iPad because the tech said it was acknowledgement of new equipment installed, not new contract. He just gave me a screen with a line to sign. This is intentional fraud, I was duped, deliberate theft, not only on the day of the installation, but on all my follow up calls regarding the issue for the last 4 months where they assured all was month to month, not until I said it was being recorded.

    I have detailed notes of my conversations with Marie and Lorenzo in the Loyalty Department in Las Vegas, and today with Shantell and Francisco in New Mexico. None will give last names or extensions, and as evident in the recording, simply ignore the fact of what I was told by others. On July 1st, 2019 there is a credit showing on my bill, received by Lorenzo when he admitted that the notes said I had spoken to Marie and that she had offered credit. These 2 also admitted that they would have felt duped and understood but said not to worry, no contract. Today, the other 2, Francisco and Shantell said they did not see that in the notes. I was told the only way to close the contract was to pay $400 or $20/month of remaining contract.

    I asked how much for the most basic package, he said $27/month. I'd rather pay that and get another provider for my premium channels instead of giving them the pleasure of STEALING from me, after always having their premier package, for the last 2 1/2 years in my name, and previously since 1999 in my husband’s name. By forcing me into this contract I have thus far lost $1,035.00 and will lose an additional $800 or so over the next 20 months. THIS IS BLATANT FRAUD AGAINST THE PUBLIC AND SHOULD BE STOPPED.

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    Price

    Reviewed July 20, 2019

    We have been customers of DirecTV since 2004. This is the most disappointed I have ever been in them. Today is the 50th anniversary of the moon walk and I had planned to tape eight hours of coverage on the Smithsonian channel, which was available as of last night. Turns out it is owned by CBS, and they picked today for it to be removed. Our CBS local channel has been gone since July 4th, of all days. I called to get either something off my bill or an extra package for free for a few months, which DirecTV did every other time there was a problem with CBS. Not that it begins to make up for the disappointment of not being able to see the channels, but it was something. AT&T refuses to give a discount or extra package and suggested we get an antenna. Well, we are more than 50 miles from our local stations and that will not work. It should be illegal for them to charge for services we are not receiving.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupPunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed July 19, 2019

    Cannot get service to come when they set an appointment, took off from work the whole day after spending over 3 1/2 hrs on the phone the day before to confirm appointment. Service got worse after AT&T took over. I have been with DirecTV for 22 years. No one knows what there they are doing, no communication with other departments or with homeowners. I do not recommend this service at all . No stars.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed July 19, 2019

    I called to discuss missing the local channels. I was advised by the first customer rep that he could fix my problem by mailing me something I could plug on the back of my Genie. After being on hold for a while he gets back on the line and says he is sorry but I don't have the correct equipment and he is sorry and immediately says goodbye. I asked him not to hang up the phone that wasn't sufficient. He told me to hang up and call the customer service phone number. He tells me the same number that I had just called where he answered the phone. He transfers me to the loyalty dept where a female rep says she can help me.

    She puts me on hold then a different Male rep gets on the line and asked if I was the customer or the representative. I told him the customer. He then proceeds to say I didn't have the right equipment and he would need to charge me over $300 to get local channels. I then ask to cancel my subscription. He transfers me yet again where I'm told that I would need to pay $140 in early cancellation fees or pay additional money to get the local channels that were part of the agreement when I got into the contract. DIRECTV broke the contract but I have to pay to get the local channel that should be included or pay to get out of the contract. I don't feel I should pay an early cancellation fee. Their negotiations have nothing to do with me, but on their company. I cancelled with them to go with a company who has the contract with the local channels.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed July 19, 2019

    I cancelled DirecTV a year ago because their customer service became horrible after AT&T purchased them. I received an email from AT&T asking me to

    come back and advertising their specials. I called and after 2 minutes I remembered why I cancelled. The person I got was impossible to understand and asked me the dumbest questions. She had my old account in front of her and expected me to remember my password from a year ago and then she said she was going to call me on the phone number she had a file, which was the line I was on. I finally just hung up, I don't have time for stupid.

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    Installation & Setup

    Reviewed July 19, 2019

    Canceled DirecTV April 20th, 2019. They said they would send me a box and return info to send the equipment back. Never received box or instructions until July. In the interim they billed me for a month's usage, and 163.00 non-returned fee. Phoned AT&T about 5 times to get something done. I think they this to get an additional charge when canceled. Scamming a ten-year customer.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupPrice

    Reviewed July 19, 2019

    I have been with DirecTV for 20 years!! When I moved I had called them in advance to set up the move and transfer my service. After I moved they told me I had to wait for 2 weeks to get a technician out for my install. I was going to add internet too. When he arrived he informed me that the location I was at couldn't provide me with internet. I said, "Ok just do the TV." He said, "I couldn't" and I'd have to cancel the entire order and have to reschedule. Sounds easy right? WRONG!

    Over the next week I spent literally HOURS on the phone with them and most didn't speak English correctly or could understand what I needed. I was passed around to several departments each time having to give my information along with what I wanted. I just wanted some service so I could watch TV!!! Ever since AT&T took over DirecTV has gone down the tubes! After hours of no resolution I finally cancelled everything... After 20 years of being a loyal customer. I immediately called DISH and was on the phone for under 20 minutes and they had an installer out the next day!! And it was half the price I was paying for DirecTV!! Needless to say I'll never go back but now highly recommend DISH instead!!

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed July 18, 2019

    In ONE DAY, 1st phone call to customer service 45 minutes, 2nd phone call 22 minutes, 3rd phone call 36 minutes. Had to have Rep read back to me notes I requested be entered from my call the night before. Resolution? NONE. Massive number of PRIME TIME channels lost. Technical support wasted my time for 45 minutes so that could watch RERUNS!!! Compensation?? They MIGHT give 5% discount MAYBE. Don't waste your time with DirecTV. They lie and they do not care. Do not make MY mistake.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed July 17, 2019

    My bill doubled in price and when I called DirecTV they basically told me, "Too bad." They said there weren't any current promotions to lower the bill. My bill went from $71 a month to $132. I canceled my service. I wanted the service to end immediately and have my bill pro-rated, but they "don't do that" and that I would be billed for a full billing period. I don't understand how businesses are able to get away with ripping off consumers. I WOULD NEVER EVER tell anyone to get DirecTV. Between yesterday and today I have spent 2 hours on the phone and got absolutely nowhere. The customer service rep yesterday was rude and when I asked to speak to her supervisor, I was told "She's in a meeting". Meanwhile, every time I asked a question or commented on something, the line went silent and then in a minute she'd be back on the phone with me. If I could give zero stars, I would.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsCoverageStaff

    Reviewed July 16, 2019

    We had a two year contract with them. We decided to go to streaming and so a week before contract was up, I phoned DirecTV (AT&T) to cancel. They said phone back the 15th (contract expired on the 16th). I called on the 15th. They said there would be an early termination fee ($10) unless I phoned back on the 16th. BUT (and I knew this, they didn't tell me) the new bill for service dates 8-17 to 9-16 is generated on JULY 16. So, I said, "If I call back tomorrow, you will bill me for a new month of service, correct? And you don't prorate, so I will have to pay for another full month of service, correct?" The answer was yes. But they would cancel the 15th with a $10 "early termination" fee.

    I told the woman I would be happy to cancel ON the date that my contract was up, but if I did that I would have to pay $138 for another month. I told her I am being FORCED to "terminate early" and I didn't want to be billed for another month. Finally, and I mean I had been talking to her for quite a while about this, I said, "Look, I used to work for an AT&T chatline and I KNOW they are famous for cramming, and when people would inquire about it we would have to act all like it's their fault. The service was on their phone bill, because they MUST have ordered it, and if the people specifically said "I want a refund" then we were to give it to them." I did not tell her, but I refused on my job to handle those calls. They put me in a department where I didn't have to lie to people.

    So, anyway, I told her I know how AT&T operates and I AM NOT PAYING $10. She put me on hold, came back and said they were crediting my account $10, so that when the bill came for the early termination it would be covered. They need to be investigated. Do you know how many people get stuck paying for a FULL MONTH of service because they call on the last day of their contract? And, it was like pulling teeth to get them to agree not to make me pay the $10. I mean it's only $10...but times how many hundreds (thousands) of customers that cancel? Crooked. They should be investigated. And I believe I will be contacting the Michigan Attorney General to see what can be done about them. It's theft.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed July 16, 2019

    I have had DTV for 12 years and the past year has been the worst i have ever had. My services have been disconnected 3 times for no reason and am forced to pay a fee for selling products on tv. I am disgusted with the new way they do business. They dont care anything about customer service. If you purchase a movie it is only good if you have their services so basically you give them 20$ to borrow the movie. I will never return back to them with all the support issues and them telling me my brand new 4k tv is the problem and it's not their genie mini. Please.

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    Customer ServiceContract & Terms

    Reviewed July 16, 2019

    DirecTV’s customer service is terrible. I have had so many issues with them. They never understand what I’m saying and always promise the issue will be fixed or corrected but it keeps reoccurring. My latest issue is trying to order a movie I keep receiving the code 781. Then I call in in no one seems to be able to help me. This keeps reoccurring and I’m honestly fed up. As soon as my contract is up I’m going back to Cox. Because of course we were convinced to sign a contract and now we’re stuck or pay fees. I would not recommend DirecTV.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed July 15, 2019

    I recently moved and they left line throughout yard, leaving a trip hazard, my granddaughter has already fell because of this. I have asked repeatedly for them to bury line and each time they tell me a day but they never show up nor call. They are not willing to give you a time when they are coming out, twice I have missed hours at work waiting. They pride themselves on service but all I have heard is lies. We pride ourselves on paying for services but this is not a service that I am willing to pay. I believe they think because they have you under contract they can treat you as they wish. Today someone is supposed to bury the line. Either bury this threat or I will not pay you a dime.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed July 15, 2019

    I have been with DIRECTV since 96 and the service is ridiculous. I have been without TV for three weeks. They have sent two people out here that does not know what they are doing. The living room TV was the problem. Now we have two TVs out because of DIRECTV and we cannot get anybody on the phone who knows what they’re talking about. Very very disappointed and DIRECTV would not recommend it to anyone.

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    Coverage

    Reviewed July 14, 2019

    I use to get twin cities stations by having a twin cities address. My receiver went bad so tech came and replaced receiver. But now no twin cities coverage. I live in Minnesota and pay Minnesota taxes. So I miss Minnesota news events. The coverage areas should be the state boundary lines. I live 30 miles east of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. As a Minnesota resident South Dakota news does me no good. I know you abide by FCC rules and regulations. But there has to be some way to remedy this coverage area. I am seriously considering switching to vast for they have at least one Minneapolis station. William **

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    Customer ServiceCoveragePriceStaff

    Reviewed July 13, 2019

    Started having issues with reception on Sunday during the Women's World Cup game and just kept my fingers crossed it would keep reception. Lost reception later in the day. Was getting all kinds of "771" error messages. Check for tree limbs blocking the satellite. Sky was in clear view. Placed service call on Wednesday since service was worsening. Call scheduled for today, Saturday 13th of July, between 12-4. Right now it is 5:36 pm and still no service! Typical response from DTV. If I call I won't be able to understand what they are saying as it seems DTV doesn't believe in US customer service reps! Cost of DTV is outrageous for what you get. You pay insurance each month on the equipment but can't seem to get it fixed. So I just get a call saying he would be here between 5:50 and 6:20 pm. What a wonderful way to waste a Saturday. I think I will be going back to Spectrum. I could handle the 12-4 schedule but now it has been two hours past!

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    Online & App

    Reviewed July 13, 2019

    Around year 2017 I was trying to get Cable and internet so I thought of trying DIRECTV. So while they talking with they trying to throw promotion in. If I do get the cable internet they will give an tablet. All I have to do is pay 1.00 that's and I'll get it back. Well I end up changing my mind few days later before remind you I had already paid for the tablet. So after I changed my mind few days later decide to cancel everything I make sure I was not gonna get bill or anything we were good. But I was wrong. Months later I'm bill for tablet I never received. So when I finally got a hold them they said, "Oh my bad we did received the Tablet. I don't know why you still getting billed." So they end sending me to collections. Mess up credit for something I never got. Both DIRECTV and AT&T are fraud that's really jack. I can't purchase things because of this need to be handle.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed July 13, 2019

    I have had DirecTV for years! Today 7/12/19 I was scheduled to have two more receivers put in two rooms between 12-4 pm at 3:55pm the tech called and said "Sorry I can't be there until 6:30pm. Would you like to reschedule?" Today is my daughter's bday and part of her gift was getting cable in her room and going to the movies at 6:15pm. I talked to 7 different people and they had no sympathy for not only my daughter who was in tears but no concern for the time I took off work to be there between 12-4pm. This is the most unprofessional company I have ever dealt with! They also promised a tech would be there in "30 minutes" after I complained about the first tech! I waited outside and an hour and half went by and nothing!

    I called again and they acted like they couldn't hear me! They also contract out people to be their techs and they don't need background checks to do that! You would think a multi billion dollar company could afford their own techs and trucks. I will NEVER recommend this company to anyone ever again! My daughter is still in tears because not only did she not get her one thing she wanted (cable) but we also missed the (already paid for online) movie at the theater.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPriceStaff

    Reviewed July 12, 2019

    Just to start, DirecTV is by far the worst company that I have ever had the misfortune of dealing with, and that is saying a lot. I have been paying $98.78 per month on a two year contract. In May the price went up to $130.35 because the promotions expired. I called the Directv loyalty department to see about canceling my service. I was told that they could lower my bill to $65.35 per month and keep everything the same. I thought that was more than fair and said ok. When I received my bill it was $130.35 so I called the loyalty department and they said that there was no record of the changes. I start all over again with another person in the loyalty department and they come up with an amount of $67.79 per month with no protection plan.

    The next month I get a bill for $143.78 so I call them back again and talked to a Supervisor after being on the phone for well over two hours with the rep in the loyalty department. After appx. another hour the supervisor came up with an amount of $71.99 + tax per month. By that time I was fed up so I asked if they could cancel my service and have someone override the early cancellation fee that I was told by the rep was $100.00.I was told the nobody can override that fee. I finally agreed to the $71.99 + tax amount.

    Fast forward to 7/11/19 and I get a bill for $143.78. After one hour and forty six minutes on the phone I talk to a supervisor and she comes up with an amount of $61.78 + tax per month but I still have to pay the bill of $143.78. I asked the amount to cancel the service and was told this time that it would be $240.00 and nobody can change that. I agreed to the 61.78 + tax per month for twelve months. After totaling up the time with all of the reps and supervisors it totaled seven hours and two minutes over several days. I will see what happens next month. This is the short version of what I have gone through with this company. When my contract is up I will never ever do business with this company again and I hope you won't either. I would welcome a call or email from a Manager about this problem but I won't hold my breath.

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    Reviewed July 12, 2019

    Very disappointed in paying so much to watch infomercials. They continue to raise prices and reduce major channels / networks. If something doesn't change within the next 7 days, we are switching to DISH.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPriceStaff

    Reviewed July 11, 2019

    I was given a price for my package, by Directv customer service representative. This price was said to me on two separate occasions, and was overheard by the DirecTV, installer, and my friend, on speaker phone. I also wrote down all details of the conversation at time that it happened. Then they upped my bill by a hundred dollars this month, and said that they never gave me that price. I spent six hours on the phone with customer no service, trying to get them to honour the price they gave me. I signed a new contract, only because they were supposed to give me the agreed upon price. They said it was not their fault, that a customer service agent, gave me the price agreed upon. Who's fault would it be then?

    The company needs to stand by the price given to me, and heard by two other witnesses, including their own installer. The supervisor was rude, and said that they only, "give loyal customers a break." I did have to cancel them in the past also, for this same kind of dishonest practices. I was giving them a second chance. I have been with them three years this time. Now they want to charge me almost five hundred dollars, cancellation fee. This is terrible, as I did the contract, because of the agreed upon price they gave me. I was supposed to get the agreed upon price, for twelve months, starting last month. Now they want me to pay, a hundred dollars more, than what was told to me. Terrible customer service, and dishonest practices.

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    Reviewed July 11, 2019

    What a terrible shame on you to ATT and DirecTV for not keeping it together. We have been 1 week without news service and each company is pointing fingers at each other but not resolving any issue while the customer is paying for broadcasting we are not getting. I am now thinking I will drop DirecTV and re join our local cable company - just too much drama for me and my pocketbook.

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    Price

    Reviewed July 11, 2019

    Installed bundle 5 months ago; price was quoted for first year. From the first bill, amount was higher than quoted; have had to call every month to fight for the quoted price. Very aggravating. I will have to pay penalty if I cancel but DirecTV does not have to stick to the quoted price.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPriceStaff

    Reviewed July 10, 2019

    I was under contract for two years but when my two years were done I call to cancel and a manager gave me a good deal WITHOUT RENEWING THE CONTRACT. I got my bill and the price the manager gave me wasn't the price delivered. I called back to cancel the service and the representative stated I was under a two year contract again and I needed to pay before I can cancel. When I ask for a copy of my contract of the two year renewal they stated they couldn't provide that. From my experiences with DirecTV it's been a nightmare. I've had so much BS with them it's insane. I don't recommend them, I don't know why this company is still in business!!!!

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPrice

    Reviewed July 10, 2019

    I've been with DirecTV for about 6 years. One complaint after another with their customer service. I've been out of contract with them for 2 years now, I called to see if they had any incentives to upgrade my basic package, I downgraded a few months ago because they kept increasing the price on me, anyway, I explained to them that if they couldn't offer me anything comparable to Dish I would be changing. They informed me that my bill was due 2 days ago and they couldn't do much until I paid it, which I did at that time. My bill was $66.00, but then they said I owed them $137.13 because my bill was due 2 days earlier.

    I paid the $137.13, then found out I paid for 2 months, a month ahead. When I questioned them, I was inform that everyone pays a month in advance and that is how they bill and I would now have TV for the next 30 days and they don't refund. I feel that some companies have completely forgotten what customer service is. I will be changing on the 6th of next month. I lowered my package mainly for the reason that the package payment changed from month to month. One month I would pay $115.00 and the next it would be $135.00 with changes made. Explanation was taxes change every month.

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    Contract & Terms

    Reviewed July 9, 2019

    I am forced to use Directv through my rental agreement. Based on my experience in the past year I can promise Directv will never be in my future. First half of the year I couldn’t get NBC and always scrambled to find the must watch football games. Finally got NBC back, now I can’t get ABC. Directv states they have tried to make deals. I see the common greed component being Directv. Over it and never again.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed July 8, 2019

    If I could give zero stars I would. We have been without cable for 9 days now. We have had 3 appointments scheduled (and took off work) just to wait around for 8 hours and have them not show up. Then we call to schedule yet again and they tell us it will be a week before they can get here! Seriously, I’m going back to Dish Network. They have great customer service. The only reason we switched was to get the Astros' games. But I’ll watch the Astros at a bar before I’ll give DirecTV another dollar.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed July 8, 2019

    Gets ridiculous not able to order movies without having to call the 1800 #, speak to employees that do not listen or hard to understand. The issue we are having is with DirecTV not able to order movies with the remote and they are not sure when it will be fixed. Can not wait until my contract is up. My 1st time having DirecTV and will be my last.

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    PriceReliability

    Reviewed July 8, 2019

    I have been a customer of DirecTV for a number of years and their service continues to decline, while prices continue to rise. Two of our major channels that we watch the most have been off the air over a week while DirecTV is negotiating prices with the provider. I am paying for a service that they are not providing. In addition, every time a thunderstorm comes through we we lose service altogether. I am not a fan of Spectrum TV at all but if this doesn’t improve immediately I will be changing to someone more reliable! I certainly do not recommend DirecTV to anyone seeking a reliable TV signal provider.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed July 8, 2019

    This is what you see when you come here "DIRECTV does NOT participate in the ConsumerAffairs authorized partner program." Of course they don't! They'd have to have a full time staff of hundreds of people!! I'm disabled and could not figure out my remote. Called for help - specifically to have a tech come out. Supervisor Barbara insisted on telling me how do it, but it wasn't gonna happen. Eventually hung up on me. Seems it's been all downhill since ATT took over... Moved on to Dish. Much better.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed July 8, 2019

    This #### company has gotten far too big. Your customer service sucks. The only way to get anywhere with them is to threaten to discontinue service. Bring back WJTV or I am gone. I have been a long time customer but I am sick and tired of the "b.s." games you all play. Inching up prices every year. Disputes with channel providers. Customer loyalty means nothing to you! It's all about making your pockets fatter. Sad really, I am a small business owner and always try to treat people like I want to be treated.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed July 7, 2019

    Today I turned on the tv to watch the Women's Cup final soccer game and I am greeted with a message that the channel is not available because Nexstar was too expensive. No advanced notice at all; no chance to obtain alternate options. I called DirecTV/AT&T. They say, "It's not our fault Nexstar declined our offer." I call Nexstar at **, they say DirecTV declined their offer and DirecTV decided to pull it from the lineup.

    I've been a customer for 5 years, but it does not look like I will make 6. Ever since AT&T took over DirecTV their customer service has plummeted, is obviously outsource, and in my opinion the worst customer service on the face of the planet. Management doesn't care about loyalty at all in any way, shape or form. Before AT&T took DirecTV over we never had these problems with stations being removed from our lineup, or service people that don't really care when you call in what's going on. They always give you the same spiel, "I am so sorry for the inconvenience." Well management just remember we the people out here have to pay you to give us service so that means that we are your bosses. If you have no customers you won't have any paycheck.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed July 7, 2019

    So I get home from vacation, Nexstar says the owners of the station have removed this channel from your lineup despite our request to keep it available to you.

    I called DirecTV/AT&T. They say, "It's not our fault Nexstar declined our offer." I call Nexstar at **, they say DirecTV declined their offer and DirecTV decided to pull it from the lineup.

    I've been a customer for 22 years, yes 22 years. Ever since AT&T is taking over DirecTV their customer service has plummeted, is obviously outsource, and in my opinion the worst customer service on the face of the planet. Management doesn't care about loyalty at all any way, shape or form. Before AT&T took DirecTV over we never had these problems with stations being removed from our lineup, customer service people that don't really care when you call in what's going on. They always give you the same spiel, "I am so sorry for the inconvenience." Well management just remember we the people out here have to pay you to give us service so that means that we are your bosses. If you have no customers you won't have any paycheck.

    I am so sad that you guys treat people this way. 22 years I have been a DirecTV customer. You just don't care anymore. Thank you for the awesome customer service. I live 70 miles from an antenna. I can't get my locals. There must be something in the way that does not allow me to get them. I put an outside antenna up. It doesn't work. Oh, that's why I pay for my locals. I just like to say thank you so much for the awesome customer service because of the absolutely sucks.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed July 6, 2019

    Kristian ** (Kris) Phone Number: **. He got into my home by saying he was here to lower my monthly Dish cable bill. He talked, he took my remote and went through my settings, asked questions starting with, "do you watch a lot of sports?” No. I said. Yeah unfortunately Dish still makes you pay for the sports channel. "It looks like you already have a pretty good deal with Dish. The best I could do for you is $5 a month.” I said, “That's better than nothing." Then he said, “What if I could give you the same package, but no sports channel, for only $42 a month?” I told him that I couldn't, I'm in a 2 year contract. He then explained to me how he could take care of that. How he could take care of everything, all I had to do is send back the Dish equipment once I received the box and begin a 2 year contract with DirecTV and pay $42 a month, but he said, be ready to switch to a different cable company at 2 years because then my monthly bill will skyrocket.

    He said he would throw in free 3 months of premium channels, saying, but if I do not intend to keep those stations, I will need to cancel them before the 3 months are up, or I will be charged. He was polite and professional. He showed compassion. I wasn't sure at first. I asked questions trying to catch him on something but couldn't. He wrote his name & number down and told me to call him if I ever had any questions. Having a son myself, I remember thinking, his mom must be very proud of him. That was June 1, 2019. Today is July 6, 2019 and I'm watching Netflix (courtesy of my adult son).

    It was all a lie. Dish charged me a $346 cancellation fee and DirecTV charged me $240. DirecTV would not honor what he told me. I called Dish 24 hours later explaining what happened to me and was told I could continue with my contract but my monthly bill would now be $103 instead of $65. The phone number he gave me he would not answer nor did it have voicemail setup. Nor did he answer my texts. Don’t let this happen to you. I am now paying $586 for cable cancellation fees. I have called and spoke with so many different people, most were out of the US. All were sorry this happened to me but couldn't help me. How can DirecTV get away with this?

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPriceStaff

    Reviewed July 6, 2019

    Over the years, I’ve watched the fees for my service continue to increase, but I understand that you have to make a profit and I’m ok with that. What pushed me into this decision to cancel my service was the lack of service that I have recently not been provided. On. Feb 6th, I called your company because I was having a problem with a receiver that I had in my master bedroom. It kept freezing and even if I turned off the TV and box, it would stay frozen on the same image. So your team told me they would send me a replacement receiver. I explained to them that this was for the receiver in my master bedroom, NOT the main receiver in the living room.

    About 4 or 5 days later I received a new receiver. It was a full, large Genie. I hooked it up and then called your team for activation. All went well and I now had TV working again in my master bedroom. That’s when all of the real, time-consuming challenges began. A day later, I noticed that none of the other 3 locations in my house had a working service. So I called you to contact center and they tried to rectify the situation. After some time on the phone, they told me they had sent me the WRONG receiver and they should have not sent the large Genie but the smaller one. They then told me they would send me a replacement, stating that I could not have more than one Main receiver.

    So I waited about 2 weeks and called back on 2/21 to inquire what was taking so long to receive the new box. Your team politely apologized and said someone had made a mistake and did not put the order in, but they would take care of it and send it out right away. Again I waited and no receiver. So I called back a third time and again I was told a mistake had been made and they would mail me a replacement. I asked them to provide me with credit because the other 3 TVs had no service and no one in our home could watch TV except me, in the master bedroom. They gave me a credit to my account.

    I again waited but no receiver so I called in again today. I was on the phone for 2 hours and 20 minutes. This doesn’t count all of the other calls that I have made to resolve this minor issue – I have at least 6-7 hours invested into this with no resolution. Again, on today’s call, I inquired about why I had not received the new replacement box. I was told that it was never sent out. Another error and no explanation on why it has taken 44 days to get this issued resolved.

    I was transferred to 3 or 4 different associates and after spending an hour and 3/4 with billing and then technical support and then final to customer loyalty, I hit the limit and simply ran out of patience. It took another 8 min of hold time and 20 min or so to speak with your save a deal team. No client should have to invest 2 hours and 20 min to resolve an issue. And no client should have to call back 3 times to try to resolve the issue of not receiving a new box.

    I didn’t want to cancel my account, but after talking to your technical support team and having to read off the serial number of every box that I have – multiple times - they tried to tell me one of the boxes that I had was associated to another account, whose account, they did not say. I moved into this house in mid-June of 2017. It was your programmer that came to my house and installed all 4 locations. So how you could have a box, in my house, associated to another account, is beyond me.

    After all of this time on the phone, I tried to solve this issue and remain a customer of your company. So I’m now paying you, to get out of my contract early and of course, returning all of your equipment. There are some other issues I have with the way you bill your customers – offering free months of Movie channels but not informing the customer that it will convert to billing after 3 months.

    I’m sure you’re battling for market share today with all of the less expensive services now provided by YouTube, Netflix, Google etc. Every customer counts and had I received halfway decent service, I would have stayed, for a lifetime. Could this be one of the reasons why you’ve lost more than 1 million customers in the last 4 quarters?

    PS - It now gets even worse - We mailed all of the equipment back and we took pictures of every item in the box (no trust) - but yet 3 weeks after you had received ALL of the equipment, you still tried to charge me for not returning the equipment. So you tried to tack on another $292 - only after calling in (once again) and explaining that we have all of the pictures of the box and all of the equipment we put in the BOX and the TRACKING number, the call center rep tried to come up with an excuse that it will take another billing cycle for that to show up, really? You received the box on April 18th – Billing was on 5/1/19.

    No way they didn’t know this. He then came back and said they found the equipment - you can't make this stuff up!! This is the WORST customer experience I have EVER had in my life. He said to wait for another billing cycle and it should show up or call back in to check – really? Call back in and waste more of my time. No way! - After the next billing cycle, again the amount of $297 showed up. This is a complete SCAM. Don't do business with this company. Google charges $47 per month and you will not have to go through headaches like this.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed July 6, 2019

    I went online as a prior DirecTV customer and reviewed the packages. The total charge online shows 60.49. When I tried to chat to a representative they gave me the phone number for the win back customers which I called and they insisted the price would be 77.00 or 67.00 if I got auto pay, I advised them it shows 60.49 online and they said maybe their website was not updated??? I do not see where that would be the customers problem. They also offered a $200 visa card but how can you offer one price online and get a phone number to call and they up the cost. This is not proper and I would like this to be reviewed. Thank you.

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    Customer ServiceCoveragePriceStaff

    Reviewed July 5, 2019

    House burned down, lost all boxes except one, it was in my RV.. Two of them were DVR'S that were insured with DIRECTV. Tried about 10 times calling to ask for a supervisor. All people that answered the phone refused to let me talk to a supervisor. Kept getting transferred back to the same department. Received a letter offering $250 off of my back bill. Tried to speak to a supervisor because I did not want to get billed for boxes I didn't have. All refused to let me talk to a supervisor. I was a DIRECTV customer for over 30 years and they treated me like crap. They are overpriced but I didn't mind spending a few extra bucks. Finally called again today and got nowhere again. All in all terrible customer service and overpriced. I'll try another service.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPriceStaff

    Reviewed July 5, 2019

    They are horrible. Beware. They will charge you to come out fix their worthless equipment, price is kept going up after you signed a contract for a fixed amount. You will be on the phone minimum one hours and still not resolve your issues. It has been two days I have no TV. They do not want to come and fix their problem unless I pay $99 or buy protection plan to come and fix their equipment. That is ridiculous.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed July 5, 2019

    When you call to have someone come out to look at your equipment because it keeps going out, they transfer you multiple times. Seems that no one knows how to do their job. After being transferred four times, the last rep said he would have to call back and never did. When you cancel your service with them, BEWARE!!! They will charge you for service you are not using because you cancelled before the billing cycle was over. According to them, this is their policy. So now I am stuck for a month with equipment I can’t use and and paying for service that is not being used. DO NOT GET DIRECTV!!! And if you do, make sure that if you cancel, you wait until the end of your billing cycle.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed July 5, 2019

    DirecTV is in negotiations with Nexstar and we are paying for channels we are not receiving during their negotiations! All my favorite stations are blocked out, and I have been paying my bill. DIRECTV offers no compensation or termination of agreement on this, saying we have to continue to pay even though we are not receiving what we signed up for. This should not be allowed! DIRECTV agents say they cannot do anything about this. How long will this go on? They have no answer, but in the meantime I am expected to pay my bill. I want out of my contract without recourse, but they say I cannot do that without paying for the rest of the contract period! DIRECTV is holding us hostage! We have to pay for what we cannot watch!

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    Reviewed July 4, 2019

    The huge and intolerable problem with DIRECTV is reception. When it storms or rains hard, there is no reception. This had caused us to completely miss shows or worse, the end of a show we have gotten interested in. The irony of this, during bad storms when you really need to see the weather report, satellite is completely off.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPriceStaff

    Reviewed July 4, 2019

    A sales rep came to my house and told me if I switched to DTV my bill would be $50 plus tax for 2 years (w/ 2yr contract). My first bill was $50 plus a $8.95 sport fee, which I could not cancel and rental fees for the boxes. I called and they would not honor the price their representative quoted me PLUS I was then told that that price was only for 1 of the 2 years of the contract. I demanded to be let out of the contract for them misrepresentation and after 5 months of ME calling (never received 1 phone call back from them). They denied my request. They have the WORSE CS, you have to go through several different menus to speak to someone and half the time after being on hold, it goes back to a menu. I can't wait until this contract is over so I can go back to DISH!!!

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed July 4, 2019

    I had dropped DirecTV about 3 months ago because of the constant rate increases and bad customer service since AT&T took over. Now I am getting 3 to 5 calls a week trying to get me back so I asked to be removed from there calling list and they keep calling. So I asked to talk to a supervisor who was very rude and told me it would take 30 days to get my name off there list and then hung up on me. So I would not recommend this company to anyone.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed July 2, 2019

    I have been with DIRECTV over 2 years. When I started it was a promotion and was told it wouldn't change for 2 years. But every month the bill has a different amount; it's never consistent. So I call to see when the expiration date ends and they can't tell me or send me the information in writing. You can't find it online. They just rather bill you with the surprise increase.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed July 2, 2019

    I HAD been with DIRECTV since 2003. Once AT&T took over, their caring for the customer went out the window. I called in three years in a row to have the MLB package removed from my bill and it was never removed and was automatically added year after year. Spoke with 9 different people today! Six of them I could not understand about 1/2 of what they were saying. Two others just transferred me to outer space. The last lady while well informed was completely helpless do to company policies to get me taken care of. Long story short I no longer have DIRECTV that I have so enjoyed over the years.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupPunctuality & SpeedStaffProcess

    Reviewed July 2, 2019

    I don't know how they are #1 in customer service. Had DirecTV for 24 yrs. Worst customer service ever now that AT&T has taken over!! Every time I called they would transfer me to someone in another country. They would always put me on hold then hang up, at least 3 times. Every time, their excuse always the same. Have a new system in place, working out the glitches. Hard to understand them 'cause of their thick Middle Eastern or Philippine Accent, and they sometimes get upset when you ask them to please repeat themselves.

    We have literally been trying to get service for a month. They make an appointment and then show a day prior as if they're scheduling in Pacific/Philippine time for the East Coast, then cancel the order vs following up to see what happened. No calls ever to follow up. We literally have to re-engage the process all over again because of their mistake. Ridiculous!!!!

    And by the way when I ask to speak with a manager they just hand the phone to someone else in the room who puts us on hold for 2 mins every time we ask a question. Waste of time. Well it has been 4 weeks and nothing. Called them up. Got the same runaround with them hanging up on me again. When got someone willing to help, she was nice and sympathetic to my frustration but could not do much for me. This is the same every time like broken record. Unbelievable!!!! They must survey their customer when they first install the service, before they get a chance to deal with customer service a couple of times. 'CAUSE I CAN NOT SEE HOW THEY ARE #1 IN CUSTOMER SERVICE! That is a lie.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & Setup

    Reviewed July 2, 2019

    Terrible customer service!!! Asked to upgrade our equipment after 7 years, had to set an appointment. Was given 4 hour window for them to show up. Called them 1 hour after the appointment time was over. After 20 minutes, was told they would call me back within 20 minutes to let me know what happened. Two hours pass, no call. Called back again, 1 hour into repeating my story, suppose to have placed me on hold only to hang up on me and not call me back. I WAS NOT ABOUT TO CALL THEM AGAIN, I AM DONE!!!! NEVER RECOMMEND TO ANYONE!!

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupStaff

    Reviewed July 1, 2019

    First of all I have been a DirecTV customer since the '90s. I called to upgrade my system to 4K and I was on the phone for over an hour trying to get it done. Then when it was done I was told that the scheduling program was being upgraded and I needed to call back in 72 hours, 72 hours really!!!! I was able to schedule the installation online for today July 1st 8AM to 12PM. I received a confirmation call for the appointment. On July 1st I received a call at 10AM that they had not forgotten about me and would be there by 12PM.

    At 12:30 PM I had not heard anything so I called DirecTV and was informed that my installation was now scheduled for July 8th. No call. No explanation. No nothing. Now I have been on the phone on hold for 25 minutes trying to talk to a supervisor and of course none are available. They clearly do not care for about their customers.

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    Contract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed July 1, 2019

    Contacted the sales dept to check about service promotions. They had a good promotion. 236 channels for $55, 2 years contract. The $55 is for the 1st 12 month. After that is about $130 per month. But that was not all, other charges apply totaling about $77 per month the 1st year, close to $200 per month the 2nd year. This is only for TV service. Very misleading promotion, and you are obligated to pay whatever the 2nd year due to the contract. Totally outrageous.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed July 1, 2019

    I have been a customer since 2007. I called to cancel my service on May 12, 2015. My account was suspended, as it was a vacation home. NOT ONE PERSON at DirecTV told me I'd have to reactive my account in order to cancel it... So they charged me for the MOST EXPENSIVE programming for the last month of service, erasing the $99.21 credit I had! I have called in to customer service four times since May 12. I've spoken to 10+ people... And NO ONE ever seems to have a manager. When you call, you always have to talk to someone in another country, so communication is limited, at best. DirecTV is the worst television programming service. Don't sign up, they are thieves.

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    Contract & TermsPrice

    Reviewed June 29, 2019

    We moved into a new house and we could no longer get internet through our bundle. I was told we could keep the DirecTV part of the bundle which we were paying $35 for. They ended up raising the price to $99 and renewing the two year contract. I could have bundled tv with my new internet provider at the same $35 a month. I was not told of the new price I would be paying when I agreed to keep the DirecTV. Now I am being charged a $400 dollar cancellation fee.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed June 29, 2019

    I’ve been with DIRECTV for a long time and you know they bill you a month in advance so I tried to beat them at their round game and I pay my bill two months. I zero balance my bill and these ** had the nerve to still bill me twice so it’s like you’re paying two bills every month even if you zero balance your bill. I think we all should get together and pull a class-action lawsuit on their ** that are teaching to mess with consumers and I believe in that saying that they have the customer is always right. What happened to that ... I’m so disappointed with DIRECTV and I have to say it. I’m disappointed with Dish too because they’re rip off artist just like DIRECTV. Can’t trust anybody today. Everybody is about the money. What about the people. I miss Viacom. You guys remember that all you want TV $50. Smfh.

    The sad part is because they went to digital TV the only way you can watch TV is you have to have cable. You have to have it .... I will never trust another word that DIRECTV says to me. As far as I’m concerned all of the customer service are professional liars and they’re only out to make that paycheck. I am mad at you. I’m disappointed in you. The way that you guys would just swindle people like that. So wrong...

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    Customer ServiceContract & Terms

    Reviewed June 29, 2019

    I signed up with them to save money. I asked and was told that DirecTV was not a contract and my bill would be in the $85 range. Well come to find out, my bills were coming in over $100 and when I called to cancel service, I was unable to due to being a contract. So I had my account suspended and yet they're taking money out when they're not supposed to. Now they refuse to give me my money back. Nothing but liars and thieves.

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    Reviewed June 28, 2019

    I ordered DirecTV for my house and cabin. Tech came to house but was short one box for cabin. He said he get one shortly and stop by to install. Six weeks gone by and still no box. Many unanswered messages & promises. Don’t buy DirecTV!

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed June 27, 2019

    I was a customer for over 15 years. When prices kept going up I called to get a lower plan, they said not to worry. They would just give me HD free for 10 months, ok. Then we moved and they said we move you for free, they did. Then we were on vacation and forgot the payment so we came home and called and said we wanted to pay the 150. They said, "You can't. You're a day late, bill already done," so my husband said, "I can't pay over 300 right now." So they shut it off. My daughter moved in so she just did Dish. Then they sent a bill for over 600.00, for cancelling commitment.

    I said my commitment was for 2 years over 12 years ago. They said, "Oh we put you back on commitment when we gave you that great deal of 10.00 off for HD. Oh and also when we moved you." I said, "Without telling me, before you recorded my ok." She said, "Oh well the agent should have told you but look at the fine print." They're doing it to everyone without recording your ok like the first time. Then they send an email saying they will take commitment off if I turn back on. It's too late have Dish, will pay my bill but probably get a lawyer for the commitment. They should be able to put you on commitment without recording like the first time. They are doing to everyone. It's a hot mess since ATT bought.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed June 27, 2019

    So after 22 years with DirecTV, I was tired of paying out the nose and wanted to cut the cord. I called to cancel and the guys was very flaky about canceling. I wanted to know the process. He then told me that if I canceled that day, I would NOT be charged for this month since my autopay was the next day. I said, "Good, do it." He said it would be canceled by midnight. Because he was flaky, I called back a couple hours later to confirm and they confirmed that I would not get charged for the whole month and that they would resend a month prorating the month since I was 1 week in billing cycle. That sounded more correct. Well, midnight came and gone and then I noticed I was charged today after all.

    I called them back and they said that the cancel order was pending - in negotiations. What? I said to cancel, I wasn't negotiating! So I explained what I was told (by 2 people) to this next person and she kept saying that it wasn't her and wasn't her fault. I was not yelling at her! I told her she wouldn't like to be lied to by 2 different people as well as not having it in the system all the way to cancel. I asked for her supervisor. They are definitely canceling at the end of my cycle, so I have to pay for the whole month (they no longer prorate) even though I already started another service yesterday! So now I'm paying for their service I no longer need or want for 3 more weeks. AT&T really sucks as you can't believe what you are being told. They need to train their people better and do what they say! 22 years and they don't give a crap!!

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed June 26, 2019

    I have been a DirecTV customer for 19 years. Customer Service and Technical Support has suffered since ATT took over. I lost all On Demand access after a technical support call resulting in resetting all of my receivers almost 3 months ago. I keep calling, getting the unbearably long waits (36 minutes right now), promises of calls back, emails back, and "referring it to engineering" to no avail. I am to the point where I don't believe in the company anymore and am ready to cancel my service.

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    StaffReliability

    Reviewed June 26, 2019

    I've been a DirecTV customer for several years. This morning I received a call from a DirecTV representative saying that I was going to receive a one year free subscription to HBO and other premium channels for being such a loyal customer. She told me to say "yes" to continue and to hear what channels I'd be receiving so I said yes, she rattled off the channels and some other numbers very quickly before hanging up on me. I found this very odd, so I logged in to my DirecTV acct to find that I was going to be charged for this upgrade. I should also note that this representative altered the number she was calling from to appear as a local caller. I cancelled online, customers beware of this shady tactic!

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupPunctuality & SpeedStaffProcess

    Reviewed June 26, 2019

    I don't know how they are #1 in customer service. Had them for 3 yrs. Worst customer service ever!! Every time I called they would transfer me to someone in another country. They would always put me on hold then hang up, at least 3 times every time, their excuse always the same. Have a new system in place, working out the glitches. Hard to understand them 'cause of their thick Middle Eastern Accent, and they sometimes get upset when you ask them to please repeat themselves.

    I finally canceled my service before my next billing cycle, but they took the money anyway. Trying to get the money back is like trying to pull your own teeth out. Very aggravating and frustrating process. They will not put the money back into my bank account. WHY??? DON'T KNOW! It was easy enough for them to take it out. Anyway they will only refund me with a prepaid visa card that would take 4 to 6 weeks to get. Ridiculous!!!!

    And by the way when I ask to speak with a manager they just hand the phone to someone else in the room. Waste of time. Well it has been 9 weeks and nothing. Called them up got the same runaround with them hanging up on me again. When got someone willing to help, she was nice and sympathetic to my frustration but could not do much for me. She said they just recently received the request for the refund so I should receive it in another 4 to 6 weeks. Unbelievable!!!! They must survey their customer when they first install the service, before they get a chance to deal with customer service a couple of times. 'CAUSE I CAN NOT SEE HOW THEY ARE #1 IN CUSTOMER SERVICE!

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & Setup

    Reviewed June 25, 2019

    DirecTV has kept me on hold for hours and no show to do a install move. Called to cancel. Say they cancel and they don’t. Don’t ever use this service provider for TV. I’ve literally been on hold for hours and they aren't any help to reschedule the install.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed June 25, 2019

    DirecTV is by far the worst company to deal with. I have been with AT&T for 14 years. And for cable with Xfinity. Now on 1-12-2019 I was approached by AT&T in regards to my cable services so I decided why not let me just do everything through AT&T. My order was white cable, no matter what the dish can not be anywhere crazy, and no extra drilling. My husband took off of work to wait for technician of which was 3 hours late. He completed the installation and left. Now I get home and the first thing I see I the huge fish on a pole right by my front door, I go inside and see black wire and tons of holes on the wall, I call DirecTV. The agent barely spoke English and 4 hours I to the call dealing with different departments complaining I decided that same day I made a mistake. So I ask to deactivate the service now. Installation was on 1-12-2019 and deactivation is on 1-12-2019.

    They tell me they will have a technician scheduled to come out on 1-14-2019. We take off of work and no one showed up. Again called DirecTV and they said, "Due to snow tech can not come out. We will reschedule." Again we reschedule and I take off of work waiting for tech whom never showed up. I call DirecTV. They tell me they weren’t sure why tech would be scheduled to come out because they don’t come back for the dish. All we had to do was ship out the box. Now here we are lost two days of work, and my house looks like hell I grab the material and ship it back out. I call DirecTV. They admit to receiving the equipment and were sorry for all the misunderstandings. I ask if I owe anything. They stated that everything was done in a very timely manner on my part so nothing is owed. $0000 it is.

    I last week I decided to go to AT&T to get an Apple Watch and they inform me that there was a block on my account but didn't know what it was after 3 hours of calling and dealing with different departments because they are so incompetent. We finally are told that there was a bill from U-verse. Now I have no clue what U-Verse is. They give me a reference number. I call the phone number that I was provided with and come to find out it’s DirecTV. AT&T rep and myself were on the phone for 4:30 hours and every department was transferring us to different department. At the end we were told that there was a bill for $495,03. When asked why they tell us $240 for deactivation, and the remaining for second time deactivation. And equipment. I went crazy. Even the AT&T rep got angry saying that we shouldn’t pay a dime. This was all DirecTV scamming yet they continued to transfer us to many more different departments.

    We were transfers to customer service, activation department, collections department, escalation department, corporate, customer service again, management team, billing. And yet nothing resolved. And they continue to pretend they understand and admit that this is all DirecTV. Yet nothing has been resolved. Then I call DirecTV corporate in Texas and surprise their corporate line is busy and answering machine is full and a recording directed that the complaint gets typed or written and mailed out!!! Really. This is unbelievable and I will NOT PAY A DIME for something I owe nothing for. Please if you are thinking about switching from your cable company to this circus read the reviews. It’s a scam company and they will try to steal from you.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed June 25, 2019

    We are not big fans of TV but as the promotion was available on cell phones, we opted for DirecTV. DirecTV accidentally removed my service in middle of the billing cycle. We called numerous times explaining the problem but the CSR's has no knowledge or understanding other than promoting new products/offers. If they can't resolve, they disconnect the phone. When the next person picks up, we need to explain from the beginning. This is on top of automated service. They keep you on the phone for hours. Very poor service and I do not recommend to anyone. Go for alternative service.

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    Customer ServiceOnline & App

    Reviewed June 24, 2019

    We've had DirecTV for a few years. The one advantage they have is the DVR setup and how all the TVs in your house access the same DVR for recorded shows. However, their website is super buggy and it takes forever to successfully stream a show through their site, of course the service doesn't work when there's storms 'cause it's satellite, and paying our bill is always a full afternoon process with these people. Very unfortunate they can't offer a better customer experience. We finally are fed up with it and switching to Spectrum.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed June 24, 2019

    I canceled my service a month ago. I have called the company gave them my new address so that I could ship the equipment back only to have them send it to the wrong address not once not twice but 3 times. I have been on hold countless times only to be told to "just take it to the post office. They will know what to do." WRONG!!! They wont ship it without a shipping label and box. Once again I call. Now I get a supervisor which then he wants to say it's my fault since I didnt take it 5 miles from my old address. Hmmmm I told them when I first called I NO longer lived in the STATE!! I'm beyond upset. It's my credit that this goes against since I just can't take it to the nearest DIRECTV office. So now I'm currently on hold yet again trying to return equipment that they dont seem to want back BUT will charge me!!!! TERRIBLE service and dont bother getting a supervisor. They just put you on hold and do NOTHING.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & Setup

    Reviewed June 23, 2019

    We had DirecTV for years but the constant raise increase caused us to switch to Spectrum. After quite a few years with the poor service we switched back to DirecTV. A salesman by the name of Josh was pitching sales at a Walmart in Madison, Indiana. We were promised a Walmart gift card which we received. We were also promised a Visa gift card to offset the installation fee and first months charge as we had such a horrific time getting them to install on the right dates. After many texts sent, Josh said he had put us down for the Visa card. His quote was, "I'm a man of my word". Well apparently his word doesn't matter much because we never received it and he doesn't answer any messages. Just hate for a salesman to be so untrustworthy.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed June 23, 2019

    May 16th called to get a new receiver. After talking to 7 different people got one sent May 18th. Tried to install. Would not work with my dish so so I talked to 3 different people to disconnect my service. I was told by one rep and one supervisor it was disconnected. Received bill for $267.23 for non payment. Called June 22 to see what was going on. I was told balance was due to non payment and the receiver that I was told was free due to upgrade. I have not had tv since May 16th. DirecTV did not turn the service off. The lady I talked to had attitude so I give it back and she hung up on me. I called back and got a nice men who was trying to help me and he switch to account adjustment who told me I had a 2 year contract with you I didn't know I had then she said she was going to put on hold to review my account and end up transfer me to AT&T (hanging up on me).

    I was on the phone 3 different employees for 45 minutes to a hour still getting billed for things employees said they were going to do and didn't to contracts I knew nothing about and I am being told it's going to collection because of thing you were suppose to do and did not do. Now I know never to do business with AT&T. I had DirecTV since 1993. If anyone ask me how good it is I tell them they need to find somebody else.

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    Ease of Use

    Reviewed June 23, 2019

    We lost one of our major network over three weeks ago. CBS. No info as to when it will return. Other stations are all shopping channels. The HD channels are not included. The guide on remote is hard to use. No way to reset. The DirecTV On Demand does not load. Overall experience is bad. We had it prior to AT&T and it was great. Want to move to Dish as soon as we can.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed June 22, 2019

    I had their service for years. Every time it rain, storm or snow we didn't have service. In February it happened again and I called. They tried to fix it from the phone and then decided someone would have to come out. She said someone would be calling me back in awhile to tell me when they are coming out. When my service is out I have NO tv. I waited for hours no one calls. I call back and he said someone will be out February 24th. That's 21 days away. So I am not supposed to have tv for 21 days. I contacted Comcast and they came out the next day. My service hasn't ever gone down due to weather. When I call Directv to cancel they claim I have a contract. I didn't. No one has ever told me. I never signed one either. I talked to 4 people from Directv the first time I called in about no service. I mentioned several times how upset I was and not one of them said I have a contract till I cancelled!

    I called several times, wrote letters, explained my experience and several of the employees expressed how terrible I have been treated since I was such a loyal customer for years. They have charged me $250.00 for a cancellation fee. I have not paid it so they have turned me into collection. I used to tell Comcast employees when they called or came out that I have Directv. I would never support them again. They don't care about their customers. All they care about is money. I would never recommend them to anyone. Several of the people I know have left them since then. A lot of my neighbors. Some people told me this is what will happen to me. They do it to EVERYONE. I know a guy that works for them and he says the same thing. Don't give good reviews for them. They should be held accountable for the way they treat loyal customers.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed June 22, 2019

    After 6 months remote controller was not working. Called AT&T wanted to exchange like I did with Spectrum was given a hard time, was told I had to pay 15.00 and it would be mailed and not be able to watch TV until we received or go to an AT&T office, we were given address, went and they do not carry them we have to have it mailed. Very bad customer service.

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    Reviewed June 21, 2019

    DirecTV is a JOKE!!!! Nothing but problems with these PoS! CANCELED MY SERVICES AND THEY first said my deposit was used on my first months bill. NOW they're saying my deposit wasn't a deposit, it's an "Additional FEE" to get their services. Come on DirecTV, get your damn story straight. Maybe you should tell your reps not to use the term "deposit". Make sure you tell them to use ADDITIONAL FEE and it's not refundable!

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    Sales & Marketing

    Reviewed June 21, 2019

    From the beginning of getting with DirecTV it's been crap on crap. They will Try to get you a promotional offers and then stick it to you. After 3 months even though you weren't supposed to pay for it you will still have to pay and from my understanding I was Supposed to have the same bill for 24 months. Now they are telling me no. It was only for 12 months. So now my bill is going up and I'm pissed. Can't wait til I can Cancel with them. I will never get back with DirecTV. Nothing but BS!!!

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupSales & MarketingPrice

    Reviewed June 20, 2019

    I received a e-mail Nov 2018 that I needed to replace my receiver or I would be losing my local stations. The e-mail stated that this was a free upgrade and there would be no charge to me. I called in March and made the appt for the receiver and it was installed. When my April bill arrived I saw that there was a 399$. Charge for the receiver. I paid my bill as usual because the receiver was a free upgrade. The beginning of June my service was interrupted for non payment. I called DIRECTV and spent over 2 hours on the phone trying to fix the situation from talking to billing, accounting, and a manager who did turn the service back on and said that the receiver would be credited to my account. And I made a 75$ payment to my account.

    The next week I lost the service again. I called immediately and they could not find any notes on my account from the previous week and the hours spent on the phone that the receiver was a free upgrade. They stated they could not find any information that I was to get a free upgrade and that they could do nothing.. They would be charging me the 399$. I stated again the this was supposed to be a free upgrade. They ask me if I could prove that it was suppose to be free. YOU SENT THE EMAIL. Of course they could not find any of that information. How convenient for them. If I still had the email from Nov 2018 I could bring it to a AT&T store and show it to them and get the charge removed.

    Lucky for me I had the email from 6 months ago and now had to drive to a store to show them. Multiple hours on the phone and now a trip to a DIRECTV store. What a fight not to get charged for something I didn’t even ask for. What a scam. Are they just trying to make money and charge people after installing equipment and then magically cannot find the information they sent you stating it would be at no charge to you. They should be ashamed of themselves.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & Setup

    Reviewed June 20, 2019

    The original guy that installed my satellite didn't factor in the trees, I had no service, kept dropping channels and was irritated. Called a service tech. He came out and informed me there was no line of sight to get service and I had every right to cancel. I did. At first I was told I was going to get a full refund for what I purchased and the months I paid for in full. I received a bill 2 days before I was supposed to get that refund for their "cancelation" fee of 420 plus 25 in tax minus only 180 I read of the 360 I was owed. I got on the phone with customer service and have been on the phone for 3 hours, transferred 8 times and told that only 180 was to be refunded! Why pay for service I didnt get to use!?!? RIP off and total liars!!! Most frustrating experience I've ever had and I lost money for something I never should have had to pay for!!!

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed June 20, 2019

    I placed a call at 6:08 tonight at it is now 9:26 and have gotten nowhere. I called to transfer billing responsibility into my husbands name as I will no longer be in this household. I was told I had to do it online. After 3 different people helping me to try to access my info, I was told that the billing department, (4th person) would help me. After 1/2 hour with this person, I realized it was AT&T wireless department that I was transferred to. Did I mention that I do not even have At&T wireless, since I cancelled that service a few days ago. So I was transferred once again. This foreigner was rude as I was too since she was the 5th person I had to explain the whole thing to again. She hung up on me.

    I called back and the next person connected me the another person to change my phone # on my account, because I did mention that # was turned off. So the person that was going to help me change my # couldn't help me change it so was transferred to yet another department and guess what, that department was closed! THE ABSOLUTE WORST SERVICE EVER!!!! I wasted 3 hours of my life and have to call back tomorrow? I would like to cancel it after all this but they will get me for $130 fee for cancelling before contract is up. Plus send in parts of the dish for my husband to have to wait for them to mail back to use again. Did I mention that they are the ABSOLUTE WORST!!! STAY AWAY FROM DISH!!!!

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    Reviewed June 20, 2019

    I was a customer for 10 years and when I attempted to cancel service they told me they don't prorate and my service would not be cancelled for 3 weeks and 4 days. They said whether you have the service for 1 day or 29 you are still going to charged a full bill. I was told this even though my contract predated this policy and I never received a new policy. Don't use this company. It is ridiculous.

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    Contract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed June 19, 2019

    This has got to be the worst service ever. When it rained (not even harsh) my service would be interrupted. After informing the company, I received no resolution but I did receive an increase in the bill. When my contract was up, they tried to prolong it by giving me another month to cancel. I could not cancel or receive the box to return their equipment in advance. It’s easy to order, hard to terminate. When I asked the last rep how many boxes I should be returning she added one and later said that was a mistake after I challenged that. For those who did not experience this, bless you. For those who do, it is a nightmare. They do not stand behind their product and it’s hard to speak to someone because they continue to transfer you and don’t know what company you should speak with. A true ** Show.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed June 18, 2019

    I have been a DirecTV customer for 9 years and used to love their programs and their service. Ever since AT&T purchased them, the customer service and especially their billing practices are horrendous. They automatically billed my account for an Entertainment package that was free for one month and when I called to tell them that I didn't authorize the upgrade ($168 entertainment cost) they said they would credit my account in March 2019. It is now June 18th and after 5 phone calls to receive this credit they still haven't issued it and consistently tell me that it would probably be easier to close account and open up a new one. I have spent way too many time consuming phone calls related to this matter and still have not resolved the issue. If you have other choices for your television programming, I would stay far away from this company.

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    Staff

    Reviewed June 18, 2019

    I have been a DIRECTV customer for 24 years. It was very good under Hughes, still acceptable under DIRECTV, and terrible with the AT&T model. It takes hours to get even the simplest transaction done. Their staff is not knowledgeable, and the information provided is subject to the technician's knowledge which is highly variable. Some reps give erroneous advice, and arrogance is a common quality. It's time to investigate alternatives.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed June 18, 2019

    We have recently moved into a new home. I called to have my service moved and was told they did not service my address, and told me would have to cancel my account. I found out that pretty much all my neighbors have DIRECTV. I have DIRECTV through AT&T. I called them back was transferred about 6 times, and each time I was transferred I was told how the next person would be able to help me. I spent almost an hour on the phone with them and never got the problem resolved. Meanwhile I'm being charged for a service I cant enjoy!! This is the worst customer service I have EVER experienced. I finally just hung up, after asking the lady, "Could I have service at my new address" several times and being told yes. Then I said, "Whats the problem then??" She could never tell me. So I just finally hung up. I was so frustrated. I'm going to try again today... Wish me luck! WORSE CUSTOMER SERVICE EVER..

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    Customer ServiceSales & Marketing

    Reviewed June 18, 2019

    We were having issues with streaming certain shows on our DirecTV now. I contacted customer service do you have the problem resolved and it only created a new issue. Now instead of not being able to stream our favorite shows as the company advertises that you can do anytime anywhere from any device it knocked out live TV as well. So to try to make up for the inconvenience they offered amazingly one time $5 credit to the account and a reduction of the bill for 3 months, what's $10 off for those three months.

    Now mind you I was on the phone with them for almost 2 hours and when I spoke to their supervisor to see what he could do for not only the inconvenience that it caused knocking out our TV watching but for also taking 2 hours away from my family after I put in a full day's worth of work and the supervisor told me there was nothing more that he was willing to do. Now that is not being a customer advocate nor is it providing good customer service. On top of that I reminded them that by their company continuing to show the ads advertising that you can stream anytime anywhere from any device is false advertising. No comment was made. DirecTV is the worst company to deal with and we will be canceling our service.

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    Customer ServiceContract & Terms

    Reviewed June 18, 2019

    I never write reviews, but DirecTV has made my experience so bad, I had to write something. Literally every month I have a bad experience with my service. Cable skips, my Genie won’t connect, my bill is wrong, charged for services I didn’t ask for, you name it it probably has happened. Calling customer service is a joke and a waste of time. I spent more time fixing problems, than enjoying cable and they transfer you to multiple departments with still no solution. Once my contract is done, I will NEVER spend one more penny on DirecTV.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed June 17, 2019

    After being a customer for almost 30 years their price just went too high. A call was made the rep told me that's the price ....so i switched my service. Now they want to charge me to cancel my service and for a months bill when I dont even have it anymore. Getting a straight answer out of any one there is impossible! My one year obligation turned into a two year because they installed the equipment when i upgraded! What a crock!!!! I will NEVER USE THEIR SERVICE AGAIN...

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    Installation & SetupPricePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed June 17, 2019

    I would give this company zero stars but not an option. Had them for 12 years at our summer home on the vineyard and the dish quit working. They sent someone out May 3rd, but when they arrived we were told they are not allowed to go on roof where dish is located. Said it would have to be an outside contractor and reschedule for May 10th.. They never showed up for that appointment! Got a supervisor who apologized profusely and rescheduled for May 20th with priority status with assurances they would get a new dish on roof for us. They never showed up in spite of multiple text messages, just like before, that they were on their way.

    So it cost us six ferry rides with car to the vineyard at $168.00 for each round trip plus the loss of time driving down and waiting. Can't tell you how many hours we were on hold and getting passed around to dozens of employees in various countries. I would never use these people - no matter what they promise, they do not deliver!!!

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed June 17, 2019

    I just paid off my collections to these guys and it reminded me I probably never gave them a review. When I had their service it wasn't terrible, it worked just fine and did what they said. The fact that services like this are going to be dead soon I'd like to drive my nail in the soon to be coffin. I had these guys for almost my entire year subscription, it was only a month or two left and I was moving.

    I called them to have the service moved and they wanted to charge me a large sum to do it. Like, $200 or more. I said that was ridiculous and they responded that it would cost them $800-900 to make that adjustment so I was getting a deal! I hung up and called back later and spoke to another person, the next person gave me the same spill but their numbers changed. The moving cost would be the same but the 'actual cost' that they'd be saving me on was $700-800. I thought that was neat. They just pull prices out of their hindquarters and pretend they're legit. I simply moved and didn't worry about it. A few years later they let me know I owe them over $500. Fantastic.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed June 17, 2019

    If I could give Directv negative stars I would. I cancelled my service in March after having my package on hold due to moving. I was paying a hold fee for 8 months because I was told I would get service at my new address. Come to find out I can’t get service. Now I wouldn’t have had a problem paying an early cancellation fee prior to moving had I been accurately told my new address wouldn’t be serviced. Even after I cancelled I got a bill for the following month. I finally got that situation taken care of and was told I would have to pay a $127 bill for early cancellation. I explained my moving situation to which the lady apologized and said she would waive the early cancellation fee. I am now getting emails saying if I don’t pay it will be reported to the credit bureau.

    I chatted Directv and was told the lady I previously talked to didn’t have authorization to waive the fee. I was given a phone number for the department that could help me, or so I thought. Turns out the phone number was for ATT. She tells me she will give me the correct number. Turns out I was given just the regular Directv number. This lady then tells me she doesn’t have a phone number available for the correct department and to fill out a dispute form. I do this and then get a response back that I would have to contact customer service. So basically I keep getting transferred to no one that can help me and have now been dealing with this for 4 months. I would never again get Directv, no matter what kind of promotion they have going on because in the end they will just screw you.

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    Contract & Terms

    Reviewed June 16, 2019

    I signed up for DIRECTV in June of 2018 because my previous provider kept increasing the bill. The salesman for DirecTV promised me that the $65.00 per month would be the price for the two year contract. Today I was notified that my bill would be $142.71....more than double what I was promised. When I called to correct this, I was told that the $65.00 was only good for one year and that the most they could reduce it would be to $81.00 per month, which with all the taxes, equipment insurance, and other BS charges comes to $117.00 per month. I had a witness with me when I signed up and they verified that I was told $65.00 per month. I am so disgusted with the dishonesty of this company. I told them that when next June rolls around and my contract is up, they can come and remove their equipment and I will never do business with them again.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed June 16, 2019

    Wasting four hours of my time to fix the issues I have with DirecTV!! This is what's I been told me: provided me with service to fix the lost signal 771 free but will show on my bill $99.00, to call them back to take it off! Does that make it right!! To call them back to take it off!!! Right now I am looking up to find another provider to switch. DirecTV not honest.

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    Reviewed June 15, 2019

    DirecTV is lucky they got 1 Star. If a “no” star review was available, that’s what I would have given. I, unfortunately, have been a customer for over 12 years and the service is sooo bad. Unless you need the NFL ticket-RUN! Get another tv service. DirecTV is THE WORST! Sincerely, Lisa.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed June 13, 2019

    I received a flyer stating that I needed an upgraded receiver to continue getting local channels. I called the number on the flier and made an appointment for 4 days later on a Monday. Nobody showed. I got around to calling to reschedule an appointment and was shuffled from one person to another. I was asked the same questions by the SAME person at least 7 times. More actually. I gave specific directions how to get to my house to the person on the phone. I was finally scheduled after 38 minutes! I asked to please speak to a supervisor and was told that they were busy! I ended that call. I called DirecTV and told the person answering the phone that I wished to register a complaint to their supervisor about a previous call.

    I was told the supervisor was on break! I asked if this was a way to avoid complaints? A supervisor came on the phone magically and opened my account. After asking if the phone number was the one that has been void for 2 years, and me giving her the same number that was given MANY times before she confirmed that I do have a scheduled appointment. I received a $20 discount on my bill for the accumulation of over an hour on the phone to schedule a equipment upgrade REQUIRED by DirecTV and the time waiting for a "no show". Unacceptable service.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed June 13, 2019

    I really wish I didn’t have to leave any stars. I have been with DirecTV for 7 years. Yes that’s right. 7 years and my bill for 2 TVs has always been in the $70 to $80 range. It is now over a $100. Last month the lady said she was giving me a credit to keep my bill at $70 a month, well to my surprise I open my bill today and it’s $100. I called and they said there is nothing they can do and they are okay with losing a customer they have had for 7 years. That is really poor customer service. They do not care about their customers. All they care about is charging you more and more each month. I WOULD NEVER recommend DirecTV to anyone! If they are willing to lose a customer over $30 a month then they don’t care about you as a customer in my opinion!

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    Coverage

    Reviewed June 13, 2019

    Just wanted to make sure everyone knows about DTV's shady new billing policy. If you intend to cancel, make sure you do it DAYS before your billing cycle starts. If you try to cancel even on the 1st day of your billing cycle, you will be charged for the next 30 days anyway. This is their new policy in Colorado (not in other states apparently). It doesn't matter if you are moving, sending back the equipment that day, etc. They will not remove the charges for the future month. Funny how they never bothered to notify their customers of this change in policy either. I was going to cancel last year and should have. I don't even see how it is legal to force someone to pay for services not received.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed June 13, 2019

    I was a loyal customer of DirecTV for probably 10 years. The service worked great. A couple of months ago my receiver stopped working. I was getting a flash across the screen every couple of minutes. I contacted DirecTV multiple times to try and get this resolved. They charged my card for a new receiver. I called again and it was never delivered. After 2 months of going back and forth, I told them to cancel my service. It was just not worth my time. I also told them I was not paying for the 2 months while I waited around trying to get a new receiver.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed June 13, 2019

    I received yet another phone call from a DirecTV that I needed to understand: the name of the caller, the name of the company, and what it was about. There were a lot of questions and repetitions for them to communicate with me. The caller spoke very rapidly, in heavily accented English. When asked to repeat slowly, there was not much improvement. I appreciate the need for employment and their willingness to learn English, please just don't use them on the phone.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed June 12, 2019

    On May 28th 2019 I called DirecTV to evaluate the option of doing business with them. The agent over the phone said that not only was I eligible for the 300 $ reward card shown on the flier but I was also eligible for another $300 reward card. It's June 12 2019. I have been on their rewards site, called the customer service, talked to manager and even if they have the chance to review the phone call that are registered and listen to what the agent says they did not stand behind their promise. They are a JOKE. Their customer service is a JOKE. Do not trust them. They are a bunch of liars.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed June 12, 2019

    I have been a DIRECTV customer for many years. I have always had issues with them. I have spent hours and hours on the phone with them and never have they resolved an issue. Finally last year I filed a complaint against them, and although they certainly did not resolve the issue, they did offer me a special price moving forward and credited me partially for my over-payments with two free months of service. Almost immediately my bill started creeping up again, until it was $250/month just for cable again!

    Of course, I called several times to complain and to try to resolve the situation and wasted so many more hours. First, they refused to let me speak about the account until I paid the $250. Then I would make the payment and they would tell me that my only option was to reduce my package. They never could tell me why I was paying so much, only gibberish and the worst math I have ever heard. Their own explanation did not even add up. I felt like I was losing my mind trying to discuss my account with them. Then finally they shut off my cable for being one month behind (which I wasn't, they bill a month ahead) and I decided that I was not going to be hijacked again. I called them to tell them I was tired of being overcharged by $150/month with no one being able to explain why. I could not get through their phone system, the only option I had was to pay the bill. So then I contacted them on social media.

    They called and left a message to call them back with a number and then about 15 minutes of the social media department swearing, talking about people and what activities they like to do, and then I knew why it's so hard to get through to them. I called the number they left and it turns out that I needed to give them a special code (which they didn't give me) and their phone just kept hanging up on me. Then I filed a complaint with the Office of the President and they would call me leave a message, and I would call back 5 minutes later and they were gone for the weekend. When I finally got in touch with them, they refused to speak to me without a password that apparently only they knew. Then they had the audacity to close my account with the BBB and state they could not get in touch with me.

    Of course I responded to their ridiculous claims and finally spoke to someone in the Office of the President who also could not explain to me why I was being charged so much, but told me that I owed almost $500 that had "rolled over" from previous months and there was nothing he could do about it. Then not only did they charge me $185 for a month of cable that I never even got because they shut it off, but there was also another $185 due on top of that because they bill a month in advance.

    The good news though is that they will credit me $100 after I pay the outstanding bill of almost $700. I mean come on, that doesn't even make sense! He did also assure me that they would give me the price that we agreed upon a year ago moving forward. I then asked him, "If someone stole $1000 dollars from you, would it make you feel better if they gave you $100 back and said they wouldn't do it again?" Because that is what happened a year ago and now here we are again. He then stated again that there was nothing he could do about the overcharging in the past, and he could not credit me over $100.

    It's unbelievable that they get away with this blatant fraud, deceptive business practices and theft. If anyone else did this, they would be in jail. Instead there are literally thousands of complaints similar to mine on the BBB website, and no one does anything. I have now paid over $2000 in over charges in two years and the OOP had the nerve to say that I couldn't prove it. I explained that it was easy for me to prove, by pulling my bank statements. He then said that he would tell the FCC and the BBB the same thing, that there was nothing he could do about it. Now that is some awesome customer service. Now I just have to wait until they turn me into collections for their fraud. Unreal. Trust me there is no amount of cable that is worth what customers have to go through.

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    Contract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed June 11, 2019

    We were originally with AT&T Uverse (I loved it) but while we're were shopping at Costco a DirecTV sales agent caught the attention of my other half with NFL ticket. I explained to him I wasn't interested and we were locked into a contract. He went on to tell my OH that if we switched we wouldn't have to pay to get out of our contract with AT&T (we did have to pay it) and also that we'd receive a gift card for $300 to Costco. He went on to tell us that because we were singing up at Costco they'd waive our equipment fee and no service fees for 2 years. All of this was a lie. We had to pay AT&T, only got a $50 gift card and always have had an equipment fee.

    And to top this off one of my boxes goes crazy and the screen goes blank but sound still comes out (it's the box we replaced the television first) and are being told that we have to pay $199 for tech to come out and whatever he wants to tack on as well as the box. I don't get how this is legal, but I'll definitely be warning others until I find a way to get this straightened out. I wish I could give zero stars because that's what they deserve.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed June 11, 2019

    I was a Dish customer for 15+ years until the HBO feud interfered with GOT. So I switched to DirecTV; I just canceled it after 3 months. There are several reasons I canceled. But, primarily it was because I felt as though I was spending valuable time flipping through channels (Shopping, religion, music) that I never asked for/needed; similar to hoarding, sure have lots of stuff with no use. Another reason: The channels I did intentionally purchase showed mind-numbing, mainstreaming, repetitive, boring content; I think of it as a waste of a good life. Why anyone would pay for such an experience is beyond imagination, or maybe imagination has been stifled by too much DirecTV. A third reason: I contacted DirecTV on more than one occasion, not due to meaningless perception, but because I was lost on their screen format; I wasn't able to watch what I thought I was subscribed to.

    The person on the phone blew me off, he stated, "You're getting the channels you ordered. I couldn't get PBS stations, but I could get Jerry Falwell Jr? That's not what I ordered! I asked Directv to come out and assist me with how to program my channels. I was told "Didn't you get a guide pamphlet? We can help you over the phone." Needless to say, they never came out and I never received what I felt I had ordered; I thought I ordered entertainment, instead, I got more disappointed in the fact that I was wasting 140$ month for numbing my mind; wine can do that same thing cheaper, & more fun. So I bailed. Today I called DirecTV to ask them how do I get the equipment back to them? It's been 2 months. I was told just take it to the nearest UPS store. I replied, "It would have been good to have been told that sooner."

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed June 9, 2019

    I call to complain because my bill was too high. It went up like 40.00 dollars. So when I call I told them my problem and the guy I talk to told me to not pay the extra amount. So when I went to look at my account they were showing I did not owe anything .So I went to my bank and they had taken out the amount without my consent so I call again and everyone I had talk to put me on hold and then I got disconnected. It was almost like they hung up and then same thing happen when I talk to someone higher up.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupSales & MarketingStaff

    Reviewed June 8, 2019

    Life’s too short to deal with DirecTV. Their sales and ordering team are so helpful but they don’t know what they’re doing. I’ve just wasted my entire Saturday and days of calling before this. How hard is it to connect 3 more TVs to additional account. I guess it is for DTV. Please save your blood pressure, don’t be fooled, technicians are nice bit just shrug their shoulders and say you’re going to have to order this all over again, invest days on the phone and an entire day of your life waiting for installation only to be disappointed or compromised. I’m googling alternatives and DTV can come get their gear. I’m done.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed June 8, 2019

    This is the worse Scam company I’ve ever been with. Worse customer service. They tell you one thing and is another **. I don’t know why would AT&T partner up with DirecTV. I’ve been a customer with AT&T for many years and this is not how they work. I’m 100% disappointed.

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    Customer ServiceContract & Terms

    Reviewed June 8, 2019

    Six months into my twelve-month contract, they offered to upgrade my equipment at no additional charge - I agreed, as long as there would be NO additional charge. They told me it may take 2-3 billing cycles to get credited for the extra fees that may show up on the first couple of invoices. Because no credit arrived on the third billing cycle, I called them. After nearly an hour on the phone, I was told they would correct the issue with the next billing cycle. A month later, the next bill came, with the continuing overcharges, and no credit. I called again, was told they could not refund the overcharges, but could instead lower my bill somewhat going forward. I expressed my displeasure, and was told they will look into it further, and they will get back to me within 5-10 business days. I am not holding my breath waiting for them.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed June 8, 2019

    So let me start with I have been a customer for several years now. This last experience is what has prompted me to leave feedback. After several issues here’s what happened on 6-8-19. So 2 days ago my tv stopped working saying my Genie isn’t connected to my tv. I swapped hdmi cables. Still nothing. Checked all connections. Still nothing. Went to bed and then to work the next morning. Came home from work and spent 30 minutes on hold. After spending 45 minutes with tech support came to the resolution they need to send a tech out and inspect the box. Scheduled the date for today 6-8-19 between 12-4. I wake up this morning check my emails and I have an appointment email from Directv. Open it up and the tech is going to my old address which is 5 minutes from my house I bought last year.

    I went through the move my services they sent signal to my new address. I receive bills at my new address. So I call in this morning (day of tech supposed to be coming and approximately 4 hours before) and they are telling me, "Sorry for the inconvenience but we will have to reschedule you." Why do I need to reschedule?!?! I have an appointment today! I’m 5 minutes from my old house. I sold my Indians and Yankees tickets for today’s game because the tech was coming to my house. I am only off on the weekends and work 12-13 hours a day. After several years of being dedicated to this company and paying my bill on time every month this was the last straw. My service will be disconnected now and I will be taking my business elsewhere.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed June 8, 2019

    I came home to find several of the channels I paid for were not working. I attempted to fix the problem by resetting my receiver. All my programming went out. After waiting for over an hour for customer service, I just gave up. This happened during the NBA Finals, which I was really interested in watching. Terrible service!

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed June 8, 2019

    I called to have services transferred since we were moving- they applied a credit to my account immediately for being a loyal customer for the next 12 months. Then when the services were transferred a couple weeks later my bill went back up to the same it previously was. They won’t honor it after speaking with several agents- supervisors, managers in both the billing and loyalty department. I even have an email confirming what my bill about is and they are still not honoring. Ever since ATT took over they have horrible customer service and no American agents. Considering their calls are recorded you would think they would pull the call and follow what the previous rep said they would do but no- absolutely got nowhere. I might just have to take my business elsewhere once my contract is up. Very upset!!

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed June 7, 2019

    I was a 7 year customer of DirecTV. Got them when I moved into my new house as it already had a satellite dish from DirecTV mounted on the house and I really wanted to get the NFL Sunday Ticket. I then for 7 years dealt with nothing but horrible customer service from DirecTV. My wife and I couldn't be more frustrated with them and will never return or give them any more of our money ever! The ending was when I called to buy the MLB package and asked them if they could demote my Genie II back to the hardwired Genie I as we had nothing but connection problems since they installed what was supposed to be a very good product. This seemed to me like a very reasonable request considering they talked me into the new technology that didn't hold up very well at all.

    Interestingly enough, about 8 months ago I had a tech come out and install a new box for a new TV in my kids room (this was supposed to be plug and play but turned out not to be the case) and he told me that I should call and get the old Genie box back as they were having a ton of issues with the new Genie II technology. So I called and was told by two different reps that I would be charged $300 to get a product back that I originally had (they were willing to discount up to $125) and that's when I said I'm done. Get's better... They didn't try to make me stay. Started wrapping up the account the minute I said I'm done. As if, they were more than okay losing a 7 year customer over this matter. And then, for the icing on the cake.... we got a bill for closing our account early in the amount of $50.07 today that they wouldn't remove. I breached this contract all because the product they installed didn't work and they refused to help me.

    DirecTV calls lasted on average about an hour and they never seemed to be very helpful or knowledgeable. I have worked in the customer service business for over 15 years and truly understand how important it is to leave customers with a good experience. Not sure why DirecTV doesn't get that?? Glad it's over and would highly recommend them with a 0 rating not a 1 star but that's the lowest I can give them. Please save yourself the agony of dealing with these folks and go elsewhere. The NFL package isn't worth the pain of dealing with DirecTV no matter how big of a fan you are! Adam.

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    Reviewed June 6, 2019

    I spoke to a representative about the equipment I needed to return and was told that I owed $437 and $93.00 of that is the actual usage of the service. I returned the equipment one week ago. I called today and was told that I had to return the equipment within 180 days so I wouldn’t be charged???? And was told that my actual bill usage is $207???? So, basically I returned the equipment and now I have to pay for it!!!! Never will I ever deal with DirecTV again!!!!

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    Price

    Reviewed June 6, 2019

    This company is the worst! Tell me how can a company offer a FREE TRIAL for 30 DAYS and charge them? Well that's exactly what happened to me. I tried out DirecTV Now streaming platform on the free trial for 30 Days offer on March 16th 2019. I cancelled it on March 20th 2019 (Yes exactly "4" Days) as I figured their service was not up to par with some of the competitors and extremely expensive with what you are able to get on their packages. Tell me why am I now noticing on my credit card they charged me $100 during that 30 DAY FREE Trial in which I only used 4 of those days?? I contacted them and the supervisor says there's no way to refund my money.

    This place are thieves, crooks and should not be in business. They are not to be trusted. I suggest anyone current members or looking to become member double-triple check your bank statements. To let you know how sneaky criminals they are they never sent me a receipt of charging my card. There was no notification that my account would be billed as I was set up on a free trial and cancelled in ample enough time for them not to charge me a dime. Placing this on BBB as well. You see any company related to them RUN!! Or get ROBBED.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupContract & TermsCoverageReliability

    Reviewed June 6, 2019

    DirecTV LNB Receiver Problem 6 June 2019. During a recent system upgrade to the Genie 3, DirecTV installed a new and improved satellite dish. The satellite dish worked great for about one year and then the signal strength reduced to about 60% of normal. Tree obstruction and weather were not an issue. Quite, obviously, the low signal strength is the reason for the current “771” error code. I reset the receiver and did all of the troubleshooting suggested and nothing would eliminate this error code problem. On visual inspection of the LNB 3D2RBLNBRO-14 at the satellite dish, I determined that the plastic lens cap over the LNB sensor, was half full of water.

    I called DirecTV customer support about a “771” error code on all my channels. DirecTV wants to charge me over $100 for a service call to fix the LNB lens water problem. I declined this and they offered me a maintenance warranty service contract for $8.95/month ($107/year). I also declined this offer. Why should a long time customer of DirecTV pay for defective part from their supplier? The customer service employee said he could not waive a service call expense.

    I asked to talk to his supervisor and after a 10 to 15 minute wait on hold, I talked to his supervisor (** Michael). Michael also would not waive the service call charge and he insisted that water entering the LNB was my problem since it was weather related. He said he would waive only $8.95 for the first month of the warranty contract, and I must keep the warranty contract for at least 6 months. WOW, what an offer. I again declined the warranty contract and told the supervisor to cancel the service work order, I will fix it myself!

    I went out to his satellite dish and popped off the lens cover and found that the “O” ring was not installed properly. This over time, allowed water to enter the LNB cavity behind the lens. After repairing the “O” ring and lubricating it, I reinstalled the lens cover and guess what, all of my signal strength numbers increased back to near 100%. Problem solved. Now, how many DirecTV customers have paid for a service call because the “O” ring was improperly installed by their supplier.

    DIRECTV 4K LNB, Ultra HD, 13 Tuner, Replaces SWM 3 HD LNB (3D2RBLNB). Get 4K channels when used with this LNB. Attaches to any Slimline dish and provides 13-tuner capability to Genie DVRs and SWM-capable legacy equipment. Self-configuring, simply remove the old LNB connect it, and reboot all your receivers! Requires 21V power inserter (not included), Receives content from the 99, 101 and 103 Satellites Built-in...

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed June 6, 2019

    I have been a DirecTV customer for many years. Since AT&T acquired DirecTV there have been constant software problems. They correct one problem and create a more severe one. At the present time, I am unable to watch regular TV or recordings. For recordings, the picture freezes and unfreezes every 10 seconds for a period of time. Eventually, it freezes permanently then a message appears asking if you want to delete the program. It might only be 10 minutes of an hour show! For regular TV, the same freezing problem occurs. At that point, the remote doesn't work so the only correction is to turn off the TV. By this time, you have missed a part of the show. Sometimes it freezes and then reboots itself.

    The customer service is terrible also. This is a known software problem. Because they don't have any ETA for the problem to be corrected, they suggest sending someone to check the equipment. Person comes, says they can't fix it because it is a software problem. What a waste of time! I filed a complaint with the FCC. Someone from the President's office (supposedly) of AT&T called me. He offered me a credit to my account, to send someone to the house, or said we could part ways and I could find another company. I declined all. I am documenting day by day issues to see how long this goes on before I accept some small credit to my account. Telling me to go elsewhere was egregious. If I ever told a customer that I would be fired. I don't understand how a company can get away with charging customers for a product that does not work. I am looking into other alternatives. I suggest everyone do the same.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed June 6, 2019

    Wow, worst customer service I have ever experienced. Lost service on beautiful, clear days and they want to charge me to have someone come look. I spent 1 hour, 16 minutes on hold, talking to idiots, and transferred to six different people to get the runaround. I cancelled and was told my early termination fee must be paid and I told the guy I am not paying a cent and he said, "Fine, we'll cancel your service and you'll be sent to collections". If you are looking at this company for TV, DO NOT DO IT. PATHETIC! Seriously, don't do it.

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    Staff

    Reviewed June 5, 2019

    The DirecTV guy talked me into upgrading to a Genie. He said they work better, they're faster. Clearer. Naa, I liked my old ones. For starters he knew I had 5 TVs in my house, but he never bothered mentioning that ONLY 4 could be watched at the same time. Isn't that a boatload of poop. What kind of a upgrade is it when we CAN'T watch one of our TVs. Now I'm stuck for another 2 years.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed June 4, 2019

    How very sad! I have been a customer of Directv for 20+ years. Lived in the same home for all that time with exemplary service. Then we moved in April and called DirecTV (now AT&T) to let them know of our new address. We were excited to be able to update our system and scheduled for a tech to set up service at our new home. The tech arrived and discussed that we needed some new wires and additional boxes to be installed and gave us a number to reschedule.

    This is where the nightmare began ---- First, they would be unable to reschedule us until 3-4 weeks out. We agreed - though a little disappointed to be without TV services for 6 weeks. Then, after making sure that we would be available on the date provided we waited..waited..waited. Then, I get a phone call from a technician apologized that he would be running late. Unfortunately, he was dispatched to our old address. How this happened is still unclear - as the first tech made it just fine to the new address.

    So... the apologetic tech advised us to call AT&T again.... This call ended up lasting almost 2 hours and 4 customer service reps later (as I was passed around like a bad habit) I received a customer service specialist who still couldn't update my new address. What the heck. A tech had already been here one time before! All I needed was for them to correct their mistake - update my address and send a technician (again).

    All I needed was for them to correct their mistake - update my address and send a technician (again). Finally, I was exhausted from the evident lack of communication and hours on the phone that I cancelled my services all together. And, I even had to call back a second time (another hour on the phone) to make sure they cancelled my services - and of course they didn't. Shocked - not at all!! I have decided that if I have been without their services for this long that I really don't need them at all - and I am sure they will somehow penalize me for cancelling my services after 20+ years. So sad :(

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed June 4, 2019

    I am in total disbelief that DirecTV has gone downhill since AT&T bought them. There is lack of knowledgeable customer service representatives and the online remodeling was a tragedy. I can't no understand why AT&T would change something that worked to now having a terrible run around website. All I want is to order the same channels I had before. I’m saying good bye to AT&T-DirecTv and looking for other alternatives like cable.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupStaff

    Reviewed June 3, 2019

    Made a reservation to have a scheduled install as a new customer when we close on our new house, got a call back over a week later asking my husband to confirm all details to confirm the reservation. He was not asked to confirm the last 4 of social or credit card #. He was asked to provide all the full data again. Feeling uneasy about this after the call, my husband checked our accounts, sure enough fraudulent charges on our banking statement. He called customer service directly and was told by a DIRECTV employee that our reservation was cancelled, and other reservations were being made by one of their employees under all different names. Fraud happens to be closed on the weekends, so I called today to rectify the situation. My husband was given the Fraud line on Friday for me to call on Monday morning.

    I called the number and got a regular customer service agent who laughed when I told them my story. NOT A LAUGHING MATTER! We are in the process of moving and have had to cancel our credit card due to your lack of security, on top of now must monitor very closely accounts being opened under my husband’s social security number. The customer service agent I spoke with told me basically that he didn’t understand how this was possible as their system is encrypted so data could not be seen. HE CALLED MY HUSBAND AND ASKED FOR IT OVER THE PHONE. HE MUST HAVE WROTE IT DOWN! "Well we are not allowed to do that". Well dear, it has been done because today alone we woke up to 9 additional attempts to charge our card, thank goodness it's cancelled.

    I spoke with this regular agent for 51 min before I was told he could not help and needed to speak with the FRAUD department. Well that’s the phone number I called. He kindly noted my account so that I wouldn’t have to repeat my story again and transferred me to “FRAUD”, or so I thought. I was placed in a queue where I waited for an additional 15 min before reaching someone else. I provided info that my call was regarding a fraud case and provided my phone number. I was told that after providing my phone number that it wasn’t an AT&T phone number it was Verizon phone number and I needed to call them. The representative did not ask the nature of my call, just dismissed it and wanted me to call someone else. Keep in mind I immediately said when being connected I was calling in regard to a FRAUD SITUATION.

    I then asked for a supervisor since this representative spoke very broken English and was dismissing why I was calling. Then I was told to call yet another number. I reached out to DIRECTV to have them contact me when it was convenient for them since their phone representatives are incompetent and have yet to hear back. Now I want all the future customers to know not to trust them with their personal info because they steal information, then dismiss and laugh at your claim as if it is not possible for this to occur and then never contact customers back when this concern is brought to their attention.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingStaff

    Reviewed June 2, 2019

    We have been subscribers to DirecTV since 2001, that's 18 years of loyalty to one company. When we started with them, our bill was approximately $61 per month. Now it is nearly $200 per month with NO PREMIUM CHANNELS!!! I just called them for a promotional discount and got NOTHING. She advised me they have promotions for new customers but NOT for loyal customers. We are going to cut the cord.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed June 2, 2019

    771 code has come up on vast majority of channels for the past 3 months. I have tried everything to correct the problem myself. Nothing has worked. Today I called customer service and was told I had to pay $99 for a technician to come out and correct the problem or $8.99 a month. I don’t understand how there can be a problem with their service that I already pay for yet need to pay additional to have it fixed. I mentioned that I would be canceling my subscription in September and the lady at customer service told me “we don’t want you to do that.” Well of course they don’t. I could go on about the ridiculous things that were said by customer service but I don’t want to ramble on. Very poor service for a very poor product. Stay away.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed June 2, 2019

    I had DirecTV for over a year. That worked good. But when the time comes to cancel services, the nightmare begins. Calling to get new or upgrade products are taken immediately, but to cancel they direct to a different service and put you on hold forever (and there is no way to cancel online). I finally could cancel, but it took me 1 hour on the phone just waiting! 1 hour!!! Shameful!!

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    Customer ServiceContract & Terms

    Reviewed June 2, 2019

    I have had DirecTV since 2007, but for the past few years the service has steadily declined. The picture locks up, the sound shuts off, but today’s issues will end my relationship with DirecTV or anything that involves AT&T. For the past 10 years at least we have had as many as 6 televisions that operated any time we turned them on. For the past 2 days we cannot run but 3 televisions at any one time. When calling customer service I was told nothing could be done and his only explanation for our trouble must have been a system upgrade. When I explained this was a new problem and I wanted the system to work as it had been, he said my choice was to sign a new 2 year contract or cancel the service. So, there is no way I would ever enter into a longer contract with such a poor service company. In fact, I suspect this issue is a way for AT&T to lock people into longer contracts.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupPunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed June 1, 2019

    I've been with DirecTV since 2014. I was moving and was trying to get service at my new location. I called them May 12th and set up an installation for May 25th the day I was moving in which they was charging me $199 for. The technician called me and rescheduled for whatever reason to the 26. Which I thought was odd coz it was a Sunday. So I called to confirm the appointment and nobody knew what I was talking about. I was being passed around for hours. Finally they scheduled another installation date for may 31st. A week later. Ok I took it. My appointment time was from 8-12. I waited and waited no one showed up. I call DirecTV at 12 pm and they once again passed me around from person to person. Hanging up on me numerous. Till finally someone tell me the tech cancelled my appointment. Why???

    I took off work to be there to get my cable installed in my new place only to be giving the run around. I heard so many different stories. First they didn't have my address right. Then someone else said it was a facility issue which made no sense because if that's so why didn't anyone call me and inform me instead of having me sit there waiting on no one. Had I not called nothing would have been done. But I would have received a bill. That would have been on time. Then they tried to reschedule me again for June 6th. Another week away. At this point I am moving on and cancelling service. And on June 6th if they show up only thing they can do is take their equipment????

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    Installation & SetupContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed May 31, 2019

    A man came to my door representing DirecTV, offering a great deal on a bundled package for only 123 per month, with free install and a 200 Visa reward card, how could I resist? I took advantage of this great deal and it's been less than a month and I have received bills totaling 274 dollars, and my package is not bundled, and I am also not eligible for the 200 reward because I do not have a bundle.

    I told them I signed up for a bundle at the time when the deal was offered, but I was told that they understand my frustration but they do not do bundles in my area. I called the sales rep that came to my door and he said he would make good on the deal by dropping off cash to me each month, but that is not the terms that I had agreed to. Having said all that, I am extremely dissatisfied with the services. If I could gave a negative star rating I would have. I am a cancer patient living on a fixed income.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed May 31, 2019

    I had DirecTV for over 25 years and was always happy with the service. Since they merged with AT&T, their customer service has been terrible. I had a Genie that stopped working that killed service for the rest of the house. After talking to reps for over an hour, I got a service appointment. The guy never showed up. Rescheduled. The guy arrived 90 minutes after the END of his scheduled 4-hour window and only after I called to complain. He couldn't fix the problem. Had to schedule another tech. Of course, that guy arrived 60 minutes late to his 4-hour window. At least he fixed the problem though. So that whole ordeal lasted about 2 weeks.

    I had no further issues until the user credentials for ATT.com and Directv.com merged. I could log into AT&T but not Directv. But you have to log into Directv.com to stream content from your device. Since I watch a TON of TV from my phone, this was a problem. I called customer service and here is what happened. Call 1 - Agent had me repeat the problem, my name, my address, my phone number SEVERAL times. She could not fix the problem and gave me another number to call. This was an HOUR into the conversation. When I complained, she hung up on me. Call 2 - Called the number I got on Call 1. Same repeating of information several times. Got transferred twice. Finally got through to someone who said it was a known issue due to the merge and would be solved globally within 72 hours. Ok.

    Call 3 - After waiting over a week, the problem was not fixed. Called in again. Had to repeat everything over and over again. Now I am told that they need to have an Engineer call me back to fix the problem because my account credentials will need to be rebuilt. I should expect a call within 72 hours. Call 4 - I waited about 1.5 weeks. No one called. I called in. Repeated everything AGAIN (and again and again and again). I was transferred twice and got the same story about an Engineer calling me back. This time, I should expect a call within 24 hours. Sigh....

    Call 5 - It's been OVER 2 weeks and no call. I called customer service. Repeated everything several times and was transferred between 3 different people. Same story - expect a call within 24 hours. Now I'm livid. She says she sees no data about previous promises to have an Engineer call me. I ask for a supervisor. Re-explain everything again. After 15 minutes, he gives me the same story. I need an Engineer to call me back. Nope. I canceled my service on the spot.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed May 30, 2019

    Called Feb of 2019 to get new service to our home in Colorado. They came right out and set up everything fine on Feb. 11, 2019. Great service, very nice tech. He helped me set up DirecTV and how to pay out of our checking account. Due to needing a locate, put a temporary antenna up at our house vs in the ground and said they would be back later in the week or next week at the latest. Never showed up, called back into DirecTV, they asked me to call 811 for a locate. I did, DirecTV never showed up when they said they would. Called them back, this time it snowed and they had to reschedule. Because of the snow and the sandy soil in Estes Park, Colorado DirecTV asked me to do another locate.

    I called 811 and did another locate. DirecTV, scheduled me out for 2+ weeks again as not an emergency. They called me just like they said they would between 8am and noon. Asked if I had a locate, I said yes, asked if I had the locate done or did DirecTV, explained I was asked to call 811 for the locate. The tech on telephone said that they needed to do the locate to ensure it was done right. This seemed odd as the folks on the phone with DirecTV told me to call it in twice and now the tech that was going to come on said he was going to do it ? Each time the window for DirecTV to show up is 8am to noon. Taking time off of work for them to no show is costing me vacation time.

    Today May 30, 2019 still no permanent antenna. The tech was going to show up between 8am and noon again. Had my dad wait around for them, no show. Called and talked with DirecTV supervisor, everyone on the phone is always polite and very sorry. The other tech got behind on another job. Finally at 1:45pm another tech called me and said they were on their way. My dad is still waiting to see if they show up as I only had 1/2 day off vacation today. Total time spent by myself and my father is over 16 hours of on the phone and waiting for them to show up. Very frustrated with this company!! Hope they show up today!!

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed May 30, 2019

    The customer support is non-existent and I am going to cancel my contract. The other day I was speaking to a technical support person and after a time they just hung up the phone. Now this evening I called and they indicated they were "down" for a couple of hours and call back then. On top of this the programming leaves something to be desired.

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    Sales & MarketingStaff

    Reviewed May 30, 2019

    In the past month I have sporadically been unable to tune into the games I pay for. I have been a customer for 23 years and never had this issue prior to ATT purchase. My brother has Xfinity and never has this problem. I need Directv for NFL package, but unfortunately may have to cancel all other premium channels to add Xfinity MLB Network. Sales reps are clueless. Trying to claim games must be blacked out. Really! It shouldn’t be this hard.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed May 29, 2019

    I will never in my life go with DirecTV for a satellite company. They rip you off, add unexplained charges every month. Their customer service representatives just don’t know what they’re doing.. I’m completely unsatisfied with this company. I wouldn’t recommend this service to anyone.

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    StaffReliability

    Reviewed May 28, 2019

    10 year old receiver blew hard drive. Agent says “we’ll send a new one free.” Charged 25.00 for new receiver. Money lost... 25.00. New receiver didn’t work. Purchase protection plan for 8.99, for one month to avoid 99.00 tech visit. Representative lied.. 6 month minimum on protection plan. Money lost... 54.00. Customer services says “we’ll send you a box and return label to send back the broken receiver.” Box comes with label for new receiver. Call to send correct label. Label supposed to arrive in 7-10 days. No label. Clock is ticking to return defective equipment or 135.00 unreturned equipment fee. 135.00 charge hits the bill. Customer service says they’ll credit the 135.00 when they get the broken equipment back. I tell them I’ve been waiting 6 weeks on the label they can’t seem to get in the mail. I paid the 135.00 and threw their junk receiver in the trash because they are never going to send the label. Total money lost... 214.00. What a rip off.

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    Price

    Reviewed May 28, 2019

    60% Commercials. The amount of commercials you have to watch to finish a program is insane. The only way to actually watch a program is to record it so you can fast forward through all of the commercials. Too expensive for the money.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupPunctuality & SpeedStaffProcess

    Reviewed May 27, 2019

    I spoke with a very nice young man in Sam's Club about DirecTV. He explained the program very well and I felt good about the product that I was purchasing. He even set up the time and confirmed my day and time with the company. The day of install I was called at 1:19 and missed the call. I call him back at 1:39 and the installer was unavailable. I lost 4 hours of work because of less than 20 minutes. As an AT&T company you have got to do better for those that work and respect the time of your customers. I was told that I could reschedule, but I chose not to due to thinking that I could possibly lose hours of work again. Beware of this company and the disrespect of an individual's time.

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    Customer ServiceContract & Terms

    Reviewed May 26, 2019

    I've had DIRECTV since 2001. It was great til I moved and upgraded to Genie. They installed four boxes and was charged for seven for two years. Didn't even know until had a problem with tv picture. Technical support told me. They offered me to pay my bill for month and 20$ off for year. I had to call three times because didn't get the credit for the month. They still wanted me to pay 100$. I agreed because moving and tired of arguing when they actually owe me around 1,000$. I cancelled my premium channels and then couldn't watch the ones I recorded prior on the premium channels. They told me I could go back to old boxes and services I had in June because I've paid extra for when equipment failed. I asked to have done and now they're saying I can't.

    My contract is up in July and will be changing Sat. I've naught movies that they erased so it wasn't really buying them. I would not suggest DIRECTV to anyone and want to tell others my experience so you won't get ripped off like I did. They said they couldn't review recorded calls to see that I was being lied to so why do they say we record calls for our protection. Please do not get your service from here.

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    Installation & Setup

    Reviewed May 26, 2019

    On 5/22/19, I had a tech come out to my dad's house to upgrade the equipment as we were told the old satellite is falling apart and soon will no longer work. The tech was a total idiot. After installing the new equipment he tells us that we need a new tv as dad's didn't have enough input to run the new receiver and his DVD player. I buy a tv the next day and ended up returning it because a friend came and looked at the new system. He said the tech from DIRECTV didn't bother to finish hooking up all the cables. No need for new tv. But DIRECTV sure needs a new tech. Can't believe he would do this to a 92 year old who's only entertainment is his tv and DVD'

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupPunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed May 25, 2019

    I have been a client of DirecTV since 2004. Since the merger with AT&T the customer Service is a joke. I have been trying to get a simple Issue resolved for ONE month. I needed to replace ONE wireless genie replaced. My appointment was cancelled THREE times with no warning. It appears the right hand doesn’t know what the left hand is doing. I AM SICK OF AT&T. Please bring DirecTV back.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsSales & MarketingPrice

    Reviewed May 24, 2019

    Have had nothing but problems upon problems since AT&T has taken over Directv!! They ask for a return # in case of "lost calls", but NEVER call back. Told they don't have the ability to make outgoing calls! Seriously? Told contract was cancelled, then when I called to cancel, told person never cancelled contract & I would have to pay for early cancellation! Have spent 7+ hrs being passed from wrong dept to wrong dept, in English, then Spanish. Even sent to the cell, internet, & home security depts instead of tech support!

    Tech support always tries to send tech to home (had same problem wk after wk that never was resolved) to have receiver changed out - always their response to any problems. That means resetting all recordings & losing everything that was recorded. Have had techs in home leave work unfinished - both rude & called to complain. Also, good luck getting someone you can understand - either they have a heavy accent, or their connection is so static, you can't hear them & have to hang up & call back or ask to be transfer.

    In the last 2 days, I've called twice & had the call disconnected - without the promised "return call" from 2 different departments. In order to cancel "Dummytv", they refuse to come & pick up the receivers, & after being told multiple times that the dish itself is their property, they refuse to take it back, & if I want it off my home, we have to remove it ourselves (leaving it up is free advertising for them)! They put mine on the roof!

    You would think that a telephone company would have a better internal system, easier transfers, but no. Now, when calling, you automatically are transferred to billing, no matter what dept. you are requesting - told they are decreasing/eliminating customer service! Billing will do double duty. I used to rave about Directv when Verizon ran it. Since At&T have taken over, there is nothing good about it. We've bought firesticks & are forgoing cable & satellite completely. It's less expensive, as well.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupOnline & App

    Reviewed May 24, 2019

    Buyer beware!!! I've had DirecTV for over 8 yrs now. I'm moving to a place that doesn't let a dish be installed. I purchased approx $200 in movies and was hoping to download them so I don't lose them. Well I found out the hard way that you cant download them even though you paid for them, once the service is disconnected you lose access to the app, so you can't watch them either. I am completely frustrated that I'm out the nearly $200 and wish I'd never purchased through my dvr.

    In an effort to try and regain my confidence in DirecTV, I called customer service and then the loyalty program, only to be told they cannot refund anything purchased over 90 days. So now I wont have the movies I bought and paid for. I've lost my faith in DirecTV/ATT. What would have made this right is if they'd either have reimbursed me or just sent me a gift card so I have the movies that I bought. That's terrible business and that should never be allowed. So you're basically renting any purchased movies for the duration you have their services.

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    Customer ServiceContract & Terms

    Reviewed May 23, 2019

    DIRECTV salesman lied about free bonuses for signing up. When I called to cancel premium services, they were still billing me two months later. I called to check on this and was advised no record of my cancellation existed. So they refused to refund the charges. When my service contract is up, I will definitely be cancelling the account! Don't trust them!

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed May 23, 2019

    I just hung up after being on the phone for over 2-hours with DirecTV’s mobile/RV service after being on hold and being passed around to no less than 6-technical advisors with no solutions to my problem of not receiving my local channels. Apparently DirecTV changed their software and now when we drive to a different location we no longer get our local stations, just a few days ago we got all of our channels no matter where the RV was, not any more and they don’t know how to fix it. They disconnected me once and I got no call back from them. I finally gave up one the last being on hold of 20-minutes and I hung up. If they don’t call me back I will cancel my service tomorrow, just really very poor customer service skills over the entire spectrum of service possibilities. Very sad!!

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed May 23, 2019

    I use the online chat and phone service to pay bills or ask questions about bills. Our bill is never the same each month and when I use the chat to get explanation she says I'm paying for channels I dont receive. So then I call to speak to someone and they're saying I am not paying for them nor being charged. No one can explain why I'm told two different things and when I ask a break down of my charges I get told "this is your total bill" and no explanations no matter how many times I ask. Terrible customer service.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed May 22, 2019

    I have been with ATT for 15 years and have been happy with their service up until now. This review does not highlight all the deceit and many calls and hrs. involved - it just highlights the major points of contention. I was on the phone with an ATT loyalty rep about upgrading a phone. I was offered an iPhone 7 for $0.99 with a 2-year contract. This same rep offered me a DirecTV plan that included Showtime, an Amazon Prime video app, and a Netflix app among other possibilities. I was told I had 14 days to try out the system at no cost.

    I asked the installer to show me how to install the Amazon Prime Video app. He told me they are competitors, so they do not have their apps. Though very disappointed I thought I would try it or the 14-day trial. I called within the 14-day free trial period and asked to have it disconnected. I was told there is no 14-day free trial period. I explained the deal that was made to me and for some minimal fee could be removed. I was later called by another DirecTV rep, after a contentious discussion, I was offered a one year contract with one year of Premier channel programing for around $68/month - I went ahead with that deal. Now I get an alert saying I will lose my premium programing after 3 months. I call to complain and find out I am on a 2-year contract and they cannot do anything about it.

    We have had Dish for many years and have had no trouble streaming what we watch, what we select we can watch. With DirecTV most programs must be downloaded and watched later. Most of what I select to watch is simply not available. If I go to the list of free movies there will be only 3 movies available.

    DirecTV does not come close to the quality of Dish. The deceitful practices at DirecTV are over the top. I don't know what has happened to ATT, but they are not the company they used to be. Getting back to the $0.99 iPhone 7 - that also turned out to be a farce - after several calls - some of them confirming the deal - I was eventually denied the deal.

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    Online & AppStaff

    Reviewed May 21, 2019

    The DTV App, A catch 22 product. I have had so many issues with this app for DIRECTV on my iPhone X. No one seems to be able to solve the problem. Often times the people they send you too are not the right person and they have to end up transferring you to another person who isn’t right person then they have to transfer you to another person who isn’t the right person. It is a complete squirrel cage that never stops spinning. Ultimately you just give up or they determined that they can’t fix the problem.

    About a year ago I had an issue with the app where it kicked me out and wanted me to login again and I was able to reach a woman in the company that did solve the problem by making a minor change that allowed me to run the app again. This time I have the same problem and no one seems to be able to solve the problem at all. I have a log DIRECTV and AT&T for my Internet but after this experience I don’t know whether I want to stay with those companies anymore. I have been a long-term customer for AT&T and I am very technically literate. At this point I wouldn’t recommend the company with service this bad to anyone.

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    Reviewed May 21, 2019

    Anybody out there tired of the same 100 (or so) songs over and over again? Every channel I listen to have the same songs repeated, this has been going on since AT&T bought out Directv and completely change the format last year. I suppose they got a great deal when they got rid of "Sonic" and put "Music Choice" on for us, but I've been bored with the music since about a week after they made the change. Sonic wasn't all that good either, but better than this. This is not just a particular channel, it's the same with everyone I play. I knew we were done in as soon as AT&T bought out a pretty good company, happens every time, just too big a company and it will ALWAYS be that way with them.

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    DIRECTV Company Information

    Company Name:
    DIRECTV
    Company Type:
    Public
    Ticker Symbol:
    DTV
    Address:
    2230 East Imperial Highway
    City:
    El Segundo
    State/Province:
    CA
    Postal Code:
    90245
    Country:
    United States
    Website:
    www.directvbundles.com