I called back in September of 08 to move my Directv service. I was generally pleased with them (despite the DVR wouldn't record many times and that service went out every time it rained outside) and I was only a year into my two year contract. When I called to schedule a move, the sales lady asked me if I would like to sign up for NFL ticket. I said no and we then set up a time for a tech to come out to my new house. I hang up the phone only to discover, she shut off my HD service. No big deal, I called back, spent 45 minutes on the phone with another guy who turned it back on and gave me $50 credit for my trouble.
The tech comes to my new house to set up service, only to find I have too many trees and can not get a line of site. I ask if this will cause any problems with canceling my contract, he says no. I call to cancel my service and they tell me they are going to have to charge an early cancellation fee of $130. I tell her it because there was no line of site, not a problem I can fix. She tells me there are no tech notes indicating a line of site issue and that she can't help me, I'll have to file with billing dispute. Frustrated, I hang up and then call right back. I get another lady who finds the tech notes and says no problem. I will not get charged the fee.
I then get a bill charging me for the NFL ticket I did not order. I also get charged for the early cancellation fee and my $50 credit also gets taken off. After another three people and two hours go by, I finally get someone who takes off the NFL ticket and early cancellation fee and puts the $50 credit back on my account. I then get another showing the NFL ticket charge still on the account, no $50 credit put back on, but the early cancellation fee was removed. I called again to get the NFL ticket credited back and the issues get "escalated". I end up paying the $20 balance and saying forget it. I'm done fighting this.
In November and December I received a statement showing a credit of $146.59. I thought great, they’re paying me back for the $75 service I never ordered and balance of what was over paid on my account. In January I call to request a check sent to me to close out my account. Vera tells me, no problem the check will be sent. Two weeks later I received a statement with a credit adjustment made in the amount of $146.59. I call back to find out what happened. I was told, this was only showing that I would receive my payment and not to worry, the check was being processed. Two weeks later, I call to check on the status of my refund. I was told it was in the mail and she promised I would have it by the end of the week. Two weeks later, still no check. I call back. The guy told me it was credited to my credit card ending in 1028 with an expiration date of 3/12. I tell him I don't have a credit card that matches that number. He sends me to another lady and 45 minutes later she tells me that the credit was taken away from me because they mistakenly credited my account twice for the early cancellation fee. I never received any notification I received this credit twice. I asked her about the NFL ticket and $50 credit I was also suppose to receive and she stated I was credited those even though I was not. When I asked her why was continuously lied to, she had no response. I basically ended up telling her to keep the money because the six months I spent fighting for my money just wasn't worth it.
In summary, they will tell you one thing, you hang up and call back, you'll get another story. You might get a helpful person every now and then and you think, great someone with a brain is going to right the wrong. When the problem doesn't get fixed and you call back, and they never have record of your call. They will steal your money and laugh at you in the process.

December 2008 I ended my service with directv. Since that time I have been trying to collect $97.15. Each time I have called I was told they will send a request to the finance department and that it will take 6 weeeks to get paid. The 6 weeks expired and I called back and was told once again that they would send the request to the finance department for rapid payment and of course it will take 6 weeks. The second 6 weeks expired when I called back for the third time in March 2009 and was told they know about the 97.15 and that they could contact the fiance department and it would only take ten days this time. As of yet no refund has been received.

My mom has been a loyal customer of DirecTv for around 8 or more years. She tried to get her package upgraded with the DVR stuff, and she was told that it was only for new customers. She then asked how she could reduce her bill, and had to change her package options several times before giving up and taking the higher priced package.

She was contacted by Dish Network who came came out, installed a 2 room package with DVR for what DirecTv was charging her for just ONE room.

Now they have been calling and sending letters nearly twice a week trying to get her back. She's told them she has contract with Dish Network and at this time is unwilling to leave them.

In July of '06, I joined Comcast and disconnected Directv, called them and said that I was now using Comcast and not hooked to them anymore and the lady at Directv said okay and would I like to keep my account in case I may want to re-hook in the future. I said yes, you can keep my info just in case.

I was a customer for 2 years so there wasn't any penalty charges to apply but they charged me 2 more monthes of service. I called them up and said I am not using your service but they would listen. They sent it to collection up to this month and now they have a lawyer after me.

I wouldn't re-sign with those bastards again if they were the only communication company in the world.

On January 22, 2009, Directv put a charge of $417.05 on my Sears Gold MasterCard without my authorization. I DO NOT appreciate this at all.
Since then, I have contacted them on several occasions about this charge and they have informed me that it will be taken off of my bill. However, it still exists on there.
I am sending a complaint to you about this happening. NO ONE other than ME should be able to charge my account especially without me knowing about it, or authorizing it.
I am disappointed that this charge was allowed through Sears without consulting me first.

Bernice Harman