Direct TV

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Direct TV Reviews

indianacornstalk February 26, 2009
Direct TV Holding Mailed Payments Until After Due Dates to Collect Late Fees
I have been a Direct TV customer for a few years now and in the last year their service has went to hell. In the last few monthes they have held my payment that I sent via US Mail until after the due date. They then disconnect me and expect lates fees to be paid. I am mailing first class mail to the payment center for Direct TV in Carol Stream, Illinois from Peru, Indiana. It DOES NOT take over 12 days for a first class letter to go from Indiana to Illinois. Their reps on the phone are hateful and half the time cannot speak English. they told me that is the chance I take for mailing my payment instead of paying electronically. They are punishing me because I refuse to send it other than US Mail. When this happens and they hold my payment, it "Miraculously" shows up the DAY After they have disconnected me when the payment has been mailed close to 2 weeks before it was due! Has anyone else had this problem? Let me know! I am filing complaint with the BBB on them. Its very sneaky and shady!
bamapoolplayr February 25, 2009
contracts
ON FEB. 08 2007 I CONTACTED DIRECT TV FOR THE MOVE. I HAD BEEN WITH THEM 6MAYBE 7 YEARS THEY MOVED ME AND AFTER I PREPAID MY NEXT BILL I CAME HOME TO NO SATELLITE SERVICE, MUCH TO MY SURPRISE WHEN I CALLED THEM THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY HAD RESTORED MY SERVICE TO THE PRIMARY CUSTOMER WITH THE CONTRACT MY HUSBAND'S RESIDENCE. THE BILL HAD ALWAYS COME IN M, Y NAME KATHI L. HIS NAME WAS ROBERT N, AND (TWO DIFFERENT LAST NAMES)
l REPRESENTS MY MAIDEN NAME . I HAD OVER THE YEARS ACCUMILATED 3 RECIEVERS ORIGINALLY INSTALLED 3 DVRS TWO 100 HRS AND ONE 40 HOUR WHEN THEY MADE HIM PRIMARY ACCOUNMT HOLDER THAT INCLUDED ALL NEW EQUIPMENT.A FEW MONTHS LATER HE DIES AND DIRECT TV IS SENDING ME A BILL FOR 1000.00 FOR THE EQUIPMENT AND CONTRACT NTO BE PAID IN FULL I HAD ALREADY PUT IN 5 DIFFERENT NEWSPAPEERS THAT I WAS ONLY RESPONSIBLE FOR MY BILLS. NOW I HAVE A FRIEND WHO HAS CHOSEN DIRECT TV AND I WANTED TO GIVE THEM ONE OF MY DVR'S WHICH I OWN AND HAVE THE PAPERWORK THAT SAYS SO AND THEY WANT ME TO PAY 1000.00 BILLI INTEND TO SUE THE ASSES OFF OF THEM BECAUSE I OWE THEM NO BILL AND I WANT AN ACTIVATION CARD FOR MY FRIEND CAN SOMEONE TELL ME HOW TO OBTAIN ONE
peggyg February 25, 2009
instalation extra charge
After the installer left today, I realized he had put the DVR on the wrong TV. I called Dirct TV to request he return to switch the two boxes. I had told the person I ordered from to put the DVR on the upstairs set so I could record on the big tv. The rep who answered my call said since I signed that I received the boxes I would have to pay for additional service call. I asked to speak to a superviser. She refused to tell me her name as well as refused to put me through to a supervison. She said they had NO email. She then made me pay for this service with a credit card. Now I'm worried because I can not trust this company with my credit card. This is no way to get more people to buy service.
Constantin February 25, 2009
Fraudulent charges
My Dad had Direct TV at their house, he had cancer and was Dying, they told him he needed to upgrade his system because it was outdated. They told him they needed to come out and install a new box and move the dish location, so he agreed. They told him to sign the Paper to show he received the receiver and the new dish location.

Several months later he Passed away and my Mom could not afford her house any longer, so she had to move to an apartment, which did not allow a satellite dish, so she called to cancel their service, they told her they would send a box out and she is to return the 2 receivers, which she did the day the boxes came. 1 month later my Dad's death benefit from SS came, $255.00 and that was to go toward his headstone and they debited her account $501.00 for early termination fee.

She never signed anything or ever read anything, my Dad did, and she got stuck Paying this, the bank said they would issue a credit back to her, and investigate it, I told her to withdraw the funds and to close the checking account, which she did. They were not able to get the money back from her, but did post negative ratings on her Credit report.

They never checked her credit to install it, but attached a collection report and negative reporting on her credit report. We have to now get a Lawyer through Legal Aid to help he fight this. I can not believe they can legally charge you Card without your authorization. Their has got to be a law against that.
Justin February 25, 2009
Scam and cheating
The company offered a DVR upgrade, which they said, required a second line. I refused and asked if they had a 'splitter' They said it was in testing and would be available in 3-6 months. I said I'd use in in its' single line config. 9 mos. went by. In frustration, I agreed to buy an second DVR at my expense. When I hooked it up, it would not work, even after authorization and 90 mins with tech support. When I told them 'make it work' or you will lose me as a customer. They said 'to bad'!!! I sent back all equipment. They tried to charge my credit card without my permission and when I had it reversed, they billed me for 'early termination' $600. Termination of services not provided!!!
Angry one February 25, 2009
Avoid them!
Had a 1 yr commitment Jan 08 to Jan 09 4 months in 1 of the 5 receivers went bad (of course only 90 warranty $$) service was terrible and delayed but we did finally get the replacement (at our cost)

Was disappointed with cost of service (double what they singed us up for), the deliberately confusing billing practice and the constant charging of our credit card for movies. We cancelled after the year.

This is where the fun starts we returned our receivers and then received 2 billings (525.00) for movies we allegedly watched 8-13 months ago. They claim every box was to be hooked to a phone line and that if it wasn't you could still order movies and they had no way of charging SOOOOO beware you will be hit when you turn the boxes in...We have no way to dispute "the direct TV claims" we certainly don't recall if we watched a movie on a date last year...

And the real kicker is they also hit us with a early termination fee of ($340) remember the out of warranty box...well the replacement allowed them to extend the commitment 2 yrs.. if that is not crap...of course they have nothing signed by us to allow this, they say its all on their website and we are bound by it...this must be illegal to so blatantly take advantage of people.

I for see this company being involved in a class action lawsuit whereby they will be making settlements to all past customers (I will be one!!!) for their business practices...(WE can only hope they survive in business to make these paybacks!!!)
DJ Sister Yasmin February 24, 2009
they are screwing my 92 yr.old Mom!
I am attempting to advocate for my almost-93 year old Mom who is a 2 year+ customer of Direct TV. she told me they keep raising her rates, charging her credit card more $ each month. I started calling them today at 9am Cali time and gave up at 12:20pm! Over 4 hours trying to get a "Supervisor" to speak with me, getting hung up on (twice), and total disrespect, no love or compassion. At the end, the 4th person told me basically, "so quit if you don't like it." When I go online they are advertising the same "Plan" my Mom is paying almost $64 for, at $29.99 for their latest "special deal" which is nothing but a bait & switch come on. they suck you in, then lower the boom. I want her to switch to Dish Network, but I read online that they are just as bad. Are they? She likes the "Plan" they have her on, but she's living on a fixed income and cannot afford to keep paying higher and higher rates. Are these people corrupt? they seem so to me, judging by the way they have treated me on the phone today. I am only here visiting for a few weeks, and whenever Mom tries to phone them (she does not go online!) she can never even get a LIVE PERSON, let alone A SUPERVISOR! She is put on hold for a 1/2 hour, then gives up, hangs up and is very sad & frustrated, as I am right now. HELP!
RustyShackleford February 24, 2009
Customer Service
Thanks for the (310) 964-5000 Direct TV corporate office phone number IT WORKED they waived the contract termination fee!!!.
The Story>>>
My daughter had nothing but problems from day one with her service, she had it for a total of about 5 months.
She couldn't watch one thing while recording another...she spent about $50 of pay per minute phone charges talking to Tec? su??ort...she finally just gave up and lived with it...after about 4 months, her DVR started giving her a "Hardware Error" message and it would format itself at random, she lost everything she recorded...she spent more cell phone time $$$s with Tec? Su??ort...they finally sent her a new DVR and charged her $20 for shipping...this was a little less than 1 month ago...after hooking it up, she could not watch Live TV, she had to record something and watch it later... She tried Tec? ?u??or? again ...finally gave up...decided to just live with it...
I just learned of all of this a few days ago and I told her I would handle it...Yep, I raised hell with them, they said they could send someone out, but it would be 5 to 7 days and it would probably cost her for the service call...I told them Bull Shit! and demanded that she be let out of her contract (Cu?tomer ?ervi?e said no, She would be charged $380)...I canceled her service anyway and had Dish Network installed the next day (yesterday). I told the Dish installer about her problems and he said the reason she had the problem was because Direct TV never ran the second line to the dish when they installed it!!! (he also installs for DirectTV)...I called DirectTV again and told them the contract was null and void because it was never installed properly, and she never received the service promised in the contract!!! I got no where with them at the 800 number...
I ran across the corporate Phone number on this post and told them the whole story...it took some time but it worked, "Steve" also noticed that when they sent the second reciever/DVR...They put my daughter on a NEW TWO YEAR COMMITMENT!!!...He finally said he would waive the $380 charge...Still I told my daughter to watch her credit card for charges...because I don't trust them...she should be getting a refund for a some of the service she just paid. I still have my fingers crossed...
Again thanks for posting the (310) 964-5000 DirectTV corporate office phone number IT WORKED !!!
Barbidoll February 24, 2009
Liers & Theives
I cancelled my service with them and was told by TWO of their representatives that my cancellation fee would be $37.50. I then got a charge on my "final bill" for $212.50. I called to dispute it last week and was told I had to send a letter (via snail mail) to their Billing Dispute department. Today, the charge of $212.50 was deducted from my checking account WITHOUT my authorization. I was on the phone this morning for 45 min with a "Resolution Specialist" who did NOTHING to resolve my problem. He insisted that the charge was valid and he would not refund it. I asked to speak to his supervisor, who conveniently was on another call, but he would leave a message and they would return my call in 24-48 hours. He also told me that the billing dispute department will take 14-21 days to get in touch with me and would not give me a phone number to contact them, saying they can only be reached via mail. I asked if he was going to cover any charges that I incurred from other bills coming into my checking account, since I was now going to be overdrawn because of this unauthorized charged, and he said I'd have to take that up with the billing dispute dept. I said, "Oh, the one you can't get in touch with?" He was a real a**hole. I emailed Direct TV's customer service and informed them of how disgusted I am with their customer service, but I'm sure I won't hear a response. I've tried to dispute the charge through my bank, but was told that since it was already processed, they can not reverse the charge until it goes through the dispute either. AND on top of all that, the bank cancelled my debit card, so now I have to reset all my other online bills that I pay using that card. Thanks Direct TV for really screwing up my week!!
william murray February 24, 2009
instalation at wrong address
i ;used to live at 573 isbella ave and than i moved to 213 5th st apt 2-c charleroi pa 15022, all in the same small town due to the other occupants of my former address ithey had direct tv installed and for one te old work order was used with old addressof 57 idabella ave and than insteadf of it being pulled out through error and new installe in my new address of 213 5th st apt 2-c charleroi pa 15022 its still there and my wife hlas tried to get it moved here but your people have been rude and ;unhelpful, last resort is to contact you and the att. geneal here in pa, e and let them settle the case but i think youll be able to do the job for us thank you

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