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double billing
We have been a directv customer for many years. We have an automatic monthly payment for the service taken from our credit card. We didn't discover until november of 2010 that two payments per month starting march 2010 have been charged to our credit card. We called directv immediately upon becoming aware of the problem. They said that they needed proof because their records didn't show the double payment being taken. The payments were being taken on the 13th of each month and then again on the 30th. The erroneous payment is the 13th of the month. We provided them proof by mail and they have yet to respond. We put it into the hands of our credit card company who said that our complaint should be resolved within 30 days. This is january of 2011 and it has not been resolved. We called the credit card company to find out what the status was and we were told that four separate requests have been ignored by directv. Nobody at directv will help us with this problem. We are going to have to cancel both directv and our credit card to stop this from continuing. Is there any help out there?
would not fix auto pay problem!
Every month since I signed up for direct tv I have had an automatic payment taken out of my account which was unauthorized. Every month I have called in and complained about the multiple bounce fees that they have caused me and they always insist its my fault and that someone was making these payments. I assumed my husband was and bought a safe to keep my debit cards in, changes my direct tv online password and even went as far as to put a verbal password on my account for phone access. This morning I woke up to a debit of 323$ from my bank account which was unauthorized. I promptly called direct tv and my husband and I spoke to a woman who was rude and insisted that someone must be using our card info or we are making payments and forgetting that we made them because there was no way this was their fault. We asked to speak to a supervisor who proceeded to talk over my husband and insist we were wrong. My husband said 'what the hell?" and the supervisor said he used profanity and hung up on us. We then decided to call my bank, file a claim against them and find out more information. Wachovia insisted that this was an automatic payment set up by direct tv and that it has been used monthly for a while now. They gave us a trace number and company id code to give to direct tv when we called back.
We then called direct tv back and got shuffled around through 3 rude agents who acted as if we were lying before finally being given over to a supervisor. This supervisor refused to take any of our information, trace # or company id information! We asked her numerous times to just please take down the information and look into it. She insisted again and again that the payment was made by us online. Nothing has been resolved, we ended up having to hang up on the woman because after about 30 minutes it was clear she was going to be of no help. No one is looking into the auto pay issue because they all stated that there was no auto pay turned on for our account... Which is obviously false. I have lost many hundreds of dollars in bounce fees alone and all I wanted was someone on the phone to act like they cared.. Or even that it could be a company error. All I got was hung up on.
The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.
deceptive advertising
They advertise that if you view certain movies on or before cut off date you get a credit of $4.99 to your bill. The truth is >
> For reference, we'll automatically send a Movie Money certificate in the mail
6 - 8 weeks after the DIRECTV Cinema offer period ends to be eligible
This will be sent separately from your bill statement.
> Once you receive the Movie Money certificate, follow these steps to redeem
your rebate:
> 1. Complete all the information requested on the certificate.
> - Customer's name
> - Account number
> - Phone number
> - Signature
> 2. Mail completed certificate, along with remittance slip and bill payment.
> - Certificates should be redeemed by expiration date printed on
certificate.
> Note: Customers with paperless/Auto Bill Pay or who pay online must fill out
the certificate and mail it to:
> DIRECTV, Inc.
> P.O. Box 78626
> Phoenix, AZ [protected]
> A $4.99 credit appears on the account within approximately 2 billing cycles.
The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.
pathetic customer service
My company transferred me from Chicago to Connecticut recently. I was a comcast customer for the last 3 years and I couldn't transfer my connection. After coming to CT, I thought of going for a bundle package with direct tv. I talked to their representative and agreed to a package consists of TV and internet. She quoted the price and terms of agreement and I was fine with that. She created a new account, then created my order for the TV portion of the bundle and transfered me to internet group. Then started the "fun", they dont provide the same service for the price the earlier representative agreed. Either I have to pay $10/month more or have to go with a service which is 5 times slower that what was agreed on. Then I said, I would cancel the call. They game a number to call. This was around 7.00pm EST. Then they started transferring my call from one person to another and I explained my issue to each of these person. This carried out till 9.16pm (2 hours 16 minutes) and by this time I talked to 11 representatives. Then I talked to a 12th repensentative and asked her to transfer the call to her manager. Then I was on hold for 23 minutes... and the time was 9.39pm. Then I cut the call and called again. Another (13th) representative took the call. I had her transfer the call to her manager (a 14th person). She asked all the question from the begining and said she would transfer my call to internet guys back!. I insisted that I wanted to cancel my order. Then she transfered it to another guy (15th person). When I talked to him, he said he wasnt the right person and transferred the call again. Now I am wiht the 16th person. She started begging "please dont cancel our service. dont take the internet go with the tv". This continued for the next 25 minutes. By the time I got my service called, it was 10.23pm EST (3 hours 23 minutes)!. The worst service I have ever experienced in my life... These guys have to learn a lot about customer serivce from Apple and Comcast. Apple has the best customer serivce I have seen till now. Comcast - if they made a mistake in price quote, they will bear the cost and make customer happy. Direct TV guys are pathetic.
The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.
08/12/08...I am APPALLED! I called today to switch to Direct TV. 89 minutes and two representative later they finally had my order straightened out. During this process both representative confirmed the installation between 8:00 and noon tomorrow.
I specifically confirmed this SEVERAL times as I had to schedule for someone to be here. I even had the reps stay on the line while I confirmed my arrangements at which time I again confirmed 8:00 to noon the following morning. This evening I got a call from a computer confirming a different date! INEXCUSABLE! I already made arrangements ot have someone available at the time scheduled and they changed it without consulting me - this after it took 2 customer service reps 89 minutes to place my order in the first place! WOW! I may not get the Big Ten Network with Time Warner Cable - But at leaset I get customer service!
I am counting my blessings - at least I cancelled before I experienced the variety of problems I have read after I googled and discovered this board!
Well folks, if DirectTV installed your dish or one of their subcontractors let me give you a VERY IMPORTANT ALERT! Go to the dish and see where they placed the grounding wire! Unknown to me until today, the FIRST dish placed on MY HOUSE (approx May, 2004)was grounded to the metal AC Unit on the roof and placed in the center of the pitch of the roof-a wonder the house didn't blow up by a hit of lightening to the dish! I had a renter in my house this past year, he had a 2nd dish installed, without my permission, and this time, grounded the dish to my GAS LINE! and this time with a potential to have killed the renters and neighbors! MORE than 14 hrs today (1-7-11) on the phone to file a Damage Claim to my roof - you would not believe the run around! PLEASE CALL your State Attorney Gen. Office and file a complaint then move on to email a complaint to FCC! Hopefully everyone's actions will catch up w/ DirectTV!
I cancelled my subscription to Direct Tv the end of July. At that time I ask if you would send me a box to ship your equiptment back to you. I was told that you would but it would take about 2 weeks. You would have someone pick up the equipment, I have a receiver and a DVR SITTING HERE WAITING TO BE PICKED UP i HAVE ALWAYS RENTED THIS EQUIPMENT AND NOW i HAVE NO USE FOR IT, aRE YOU GOING TO PICK IT UP OR SEND ME THE BOXES SO i CAN SHIP IT BACK TO YOU. i REALLY ENJOYED dIRECT tv when I had it and never had NY PROBLEM GITTING SERVICE FROM YOU BUT NOW i AM HAVING TROBLE SENDING YOU YOUR EQUIPMENT. pLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THIS EQUIPMENT. MARY LIETZEN
definitely count your blessings. I was a customer for seven years until this past saturday. Be thankful you missed the holes in your walls, jobs not being finished, techs biting the end of your cbles with their teeth-your service worrking two days out of 7 and the 2 days it works the picture is freezing up-sound going out or searching for signal every other hour.Can't keep appointments keep track of appointments, or get their billing right. Not to mention their rude, disrespectful bullying representives. Or contracts that you never signed. Now at the end of your journey with dtv you get to play their game of returning their receivers{that are used equipment from other people's homes}so they can charge you up to 470.00 a box. Keep notes-take employee numbers.
Make copies of your e-mails and theirs and always ask for employee names. Be thankful your angels kept you away from one of the worst companies, I have ever dealt with.I can't get their recievers back to them fast enough-because of this company i will never have another cable or satellite company in my home again.
You know what after 2 days you realize how nice it is not to have the t.v. going. You read more, you talk and laugh more, play more games inside and out.An you appreciate your movie collection alot more.Need to hear the news pick up a newspaper for >50 cents, and save yourself 800.00 dollars a year.
bad business practices
I am so tired of finding big messes on my bill. It seems if you dial direct tv accidentally you get a charge (not quite that bad but almost) They screwed up so they offered me free HBO for a short while. I do not watch this much but accepted the offer in good faith. This was bad, as showed up as a charge on my bill. I called back, and they explained some song and dance about was just a charge in case I kept it. I said to get it off there as I did not authorize the charge and not explained. They then put a charge on for early cancellation next time. I decided to order a movie and so time comsuming gonna miss movie, so I called. No mention anywhere of extra charge for this, and I do not have time to read all that trash that comes in my monthly statement. Bill showed almost $11 for that . They really racked up, overcharged for the movie, then charged $5 for the phone call. Rep tried to explain how to avoid these costs. I advised will avoid by renting red box at $1 from now on. Why do these companies realize they price themselves out of business with their sneakiness. I will get cable if much more of this. Then I read on here where they are doing this underhanded stuff and taking the money out of accounts. Maybe attorney General could solve.
The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.
okc hd local channels not carried
We live in sw oklahoma and receive local directv chanels from oklahoma city (Okc).In late nov 2010, I noticed that I was no longer receiving my local okc chennels in hd. I had "bought" 3 of directv's hd boxes, including dvr, and upgraded all of my tvs just so I could watch football games on the local channels and etc.In hd.
After lodging complaints with them, they sent me emails that directv has deccided not to carry hd channel to any rual oklahoma customers. If I try to cancel service, they don't care and will cost me large termination fees.
Dish network does carry local okc in hd.
changing billing plan, disconnection with no notice
I chose Direct TV as part of a "bundle package" with AT&T. Our first month's bill arrived, one day after the payment due date (our check had been mailed, but not yet received) our service was disconnected. I paid the bill on the phone with AT&T to get service restored. It was restored then disconnected. After being placed on hold for 43 minutes, transferred several times, and disconnected once only to sit on hold a second time for 37 minutes; our connection was restored. Then...after 3 hours, disconnected. At this point, there was no one available to take my call, it was 8:00p.m. EST.
The next day our service was restored and interrupted at total of 4 times, requiring lengthy phone calls and hold times each time. The customer service people at AT&T were nice, helpful and tried to get Direct TV to understand that the bill was current and service could be restored. Direct TV somehow couldn't get the message.
Finally, the situation was resolved. The next month came and I received a bill directly from Direct TV. When I contacted them, they said that the service had been unbundled. BUT, I WOULD NOT LOSE MY DISCOUNT FOR "BUNDLED SERVICE". For the next 4 months, the blls came from Direct TV and were paid. On time. Every month.
Now it's January 4, 2011. And, I am preparing to have a party this evening for the Sugar Bowl. Ohio State. Go Bucks! I turn my tv on this afternoon, and, my Direct TV has been disconnected.
I call. I am told that my bill is now 415.o0. And, my monthly service has gone from 68.99 a month to 115.00 a month. The 415.00 due is because once my account was "unbundled" from AT&T, I lost my discount there. And, they are charging me retroactively for ALL of the months of service (5) that I had been paying the 69 dollar bill. After arguing, circularly, with the customer service agent. I ask to speak to her supervisor. I am on hold for a good 45 minutes. The rude, belligerent, and downright mean supervisor all but accused me of being a deadbeat as he explained that they review accounts quarterly and this is the way it is. He doesn't have the authority to make any changes. When asked who does, he says that "the bill will stand as it is and until it's paid in full there will be no service."
I am so frustrated and upset that I politely end the conversation. Because of my impending party, I call back after I have calmed some to make a check payment over the phone and restore service until I figure out how best to fight this. I have the money in my account to cover this payment, but they will not take a check by phone because my account is in "review status". What does that mean? It means they are reviewing it as part of the quarterly review they conduct. I say, "Fine, but you have already determined this amount is due and I would like to pay it to restore my service."
In a nutshell, after over an hour of discussion and transfers to various departments, I am not able to make a payment that won't be held for 5 days. After 5 days, my service would be reconnected assuming no problem with the payment.
At this point, I did slam the phone down.
I would strongly recommend no one use Direct TV, they are clueless and they don't have one single person at the lower or middle management levels who know what is going on. Further, they will change their accounts on a whim to make extra money.
STAY AWAY FROM DIRECT TV
(as a footnote, the service sucks because clouds, wind and rain all screw with your reception and it's not worth it when you could have cable and always have reception)
The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.
class action law suit
I have had it with Direct TV. For starters, their billing tactics. We had billing set up on one account and after the first 3 billing cycles being screwed up (they actually charged 2 different bank accounts). The one I used for the "initial set up" they said they were only charging$25 (which was just to make sure you had credit). I set it up so our joint household account would be billed and after much headache, emotional distress and telephone calls with them, they finally got it right - actually the President of Direct TVs secretary got it fixed 3 months later and my numerous calls to Direct TV - I have spent maybe 12 hours of my time on the phone with billing alone problem, now I spent another hour today! I'm not entering 2011 with these types of problems. I will use our judicial system and let my taxes that I pay every year cover the problems I encounter.
NOW - after we have had service only since 8/3/2010, we are told that in order to order movies (that we have done in the past) we have to have a landline phone hooked up to our HD-DVR box! BULL! The only way we can order any paid movies is to call or go to the internet to order? BULL! Why have we done it previously... so I called today and they want ME to spend yet another hour, or two or three on their "technical support line"... I told them to call technical support and they can call me back when its fixed.. he said "I'm sorry we are not equiped"... hello -- this is YOUR company and YOU are not equipped to contact your own department tell them the problem that I just spent 45 minutes explaining to you? I want this service out of our home, I want our contract voided by the President of Direct TV so we are not billed any further and... if they do not do this, I want to establish their business tactics in a Class Action Law Suit that I will find an attorney to take on for us. ANYBODY WITH ME? You can email me at [protected]@yahoo.com and use the subject: My DirectTV Service
well its nice to know there are others out there who share my concerns about DirectTV and feel they have unfair business tactics. All other comments are duly noted! Thanks for sharing. I came to this website for a specific reason...what do you others come for - to check out how you can put people down for their complaints, or make you feel like a better person because you've got no complaints or, is it a form of entertainment for you?
No I am not a nightmere Stealth Pilot! I am an average american signing up with a company that advertises certain things and then they don't provide it! We have already ordered 3 PPV movies that we have watched right from our remote control. When we tried this past weekend to do what we have done on 3 other occasions since 8/3 when the service was installed, we couldn't do it and was told we need either to get a phone line or pay to have a broadband deco line put in. Why would they NOT tell you that before you sign up with them or, at a very minimum, have the intaller tell you that once you order 3 movies, the card reader in the machine will be full so we "recommend" you do this or do that to avoid this problem. They didn't do anything of the sort - so no Sir, I am not a nightmere. And, if they cannot call their "own" departments to try and fix any problems, what exactly is their worth to the company? Why keep me on the phone for 45 mins. to an hour acting like they can help only to refer me to a different department? You don't know everything Mr. Stealth Pilot, so your comments about me be being the nightmere are duly noted! Let the nightmere begin! I am sure I am not the only person whose "card reader" got full after 3 movies! I just wish this world wasn't full of lousy businesses who hook people and don't stand by the products they advertise! Our problem, certainly NOT yours! Or .. hmmmm, do you work for DirectTV?
I have at@t internet with directtv in a bundle. I've had it for 6 months now and have been overcharged every month. They make up rates for internet and tv, charge for items that aren't in my package, and haven't billed me my "one year special rate deal"yet. They say they makethe corrections over the phone and still bill the same. Even the bills are made to be confusing as possible probably so most dont even call with their concerns. From even before my service got hooked up the entire process has been the biggest nightmare. Not providing info to get wireless started, spelling my name 3 different ways on one bill when 2 of those were email addresses need to start up internet. Believe or not the list goes on and on and on. I've had it and I know I'm not alone. Then AT@T and directtv both point the finfer at one another Makes it so convienent when overbilling. I've had it and I know I'm not alone. It wouldnt be the first time AT@T has been charged in a class action suite. I've emailed witygal and if anyone else is getting screwed please post on here and email. If anyone knows of a forum that may better serve us please post as well. Getting back the money I have already overpaid would be nice but not having to be on the phone every months for a couple hours to correct a bill that doesnt get correct anyway would be even better. We deserve to get what we contracted for not ficticous ### billing.
hahahah @ WityGal Class Action Lawsuit
I fear for my safety knowing that your country is 1.5 hr drive from here.
1. Get a different cable/dish/IPTV provider.
2. Grow up
3. LOL "I'm not entering 2011 with these types of problems"
4. Stop complaining they gave you a remote with TV built in. "3 PPV movies that we have watched right from our remote control."
5. IT'S nightmAre and not nightmEre
and islandgirl73, someone possibly your man was spanking the monkey to porn movies and that's why they showed up on your bill, movies don't just appear
To any intelligent ppl out there I am filing a class action suit and would like more ppl onboard. It is against Directv for fraudulent charges. They claim I don't merit a refund for the 9-10 months of movie service charges.I couunter that if I didn't order it then I am entitled to my money to go back into my pocket from where it was stolen. A firm in California is very eager to jump with this case if we can find other customers that were ripped off as well. Please contact me asap at islandfever73@hotmail.com
wrongfully charged for pay per view
my husband and I had to get a new box for one of our tv's and directv sent us a bill for Pay per view movies that they said we ordered a year ago. Which we didn't. Previously we had 9 adult pay per view movies on our bill. I tried to talk to them and tell them that we didn't charge these movies but that was a total waste of time!
We just switched to Charter communications and sent our boxes in to directv. They now sent us another bill for pay per view movies that we didn't order. I had a password on my account so nobody else could order them. I think this is a scam and I will never get another satelite dish from them or any other satelite provider. After all of my troubles they keep calling me to come back...LOL!
I HAD THE SAME ISSUE TWICE..THE FIRST TIME THEY DID NOTHING FOR ME. THIS TIME (I'M ON THE PHONE WITH THEM AS I TYPE THIS) THEY TOLD ME THERE WERE 4 MOVIES. I EXPLAINED THAT I HAVE THESE CHANNELS BLOCKED WITH A SECURITY PASSWORD THAT ONLY I HAVE. THEY AGREED TO CREDIT ME FOR 2 OF THE 4 AND ARE TAKING THE PPV CHANNELS FROM MY ACCOUNT. IF I WEREN'T SO DESPERATE I WOULD HAVE CANCELLED THEM LONG AGO.
The same thing has happened to me. I first received an email saying thank you for ordering pay per view. Knowing that I didnt I called customer service on 7/18/2016. They told me it was an adult movie and it was ordered by the remote. Only three people live in the home me, my 8 year old, and husband. The receiver they said it was ordered from is down stairs.(The family Tv) While on the phone with customer service, I explained we did not order this type of movie, she said she would remove the charge. I was still concerned because removing the charge was not enough I wanted to know how this happened. Had my account been compromised. The customer service forward me on to a supervisor, I explained to the supervisor, our remote has a password and spending limits- the movie exceeded the limits- she told me someone must have knew the password to the remote, and stood firmly on the belief someone in our home had ordered the movie. I asked if they would look further into this matter, because if it happened again I knew that they would be reluctant to remove the charges and I would not pay for the this type of content we I know we are not ordering it. I was upset by the time I got off the phone with the supervisor. I got my bill and sure enough they removed the charge but 5 more pay per view movies were added and my bill was over 200.00! The new charges dated back to May. But says it was ordered on 7/12. I called customer
service again. This time, just as I had feared, they said they were unauthorized to remove the charges. So I had her remove auto bill pay and told her I would not be paying for these charges and asked why a customer service rep or the supervisor inform me on 7/18/2016 of these other charges, nothing about them came up. I got no answer for that. And I am disputing the charges. I have been a customer with them since 2011. Looking for answers I started going through the history list and seen a software download -oxABF? This software was downloaded to my receiver on 7/29/2016 around 3am. So again I contacted Directv this time by chat, asking about the software. All I got was it is the download that Directv downloads to receivers. I will post that conversation for you so you can see for yourself just what you are dealing with when you contact Directv. How Rude they can be and how misinformed they are. As of now my account is still being disputed.
Hi, my name is Michelle G. (ID 455748). How are you today?
SHAWNA L COBB: good thanks
Michelle G. (ID 455748): Hello Shawna
Michelle G. (ID 455748): It is the software we download to the receivers
SHAWNA L COBB: ok does it make the receiver do anything? I am have issues with the particular receiver that it was downloaded on
Michelle G. (ID 455748): What trouble are you having?
Michelle G. (ID 455748): The software needs to be downloaded. It will have updates for the receiver
SHAWNA L COBB: ppv movies were ordered I didnt order
Michelle G. (ID 455748): The software would have no effect on ppv
Michelle G. (ID 455748): Any error codes
Michelle G. (ID 455748): While I open your account, may I have a mobile number so that we may reach you via phone or text with information about your AT&T services?
SHAWNA L COBB: they were all adult movies so I have been keeping an eye on this receiver for anything funny going on
Michelle G. (ID 455748): I understand
SHAWNA L COBB: [protected]
Michelle G. (ID 455748): The software download would have no effect on the ppv titles at all
Michelle G. (ID 455748): Were you able to watch the movies>?
SHAWNA L COBB: ok no we didnt order them and never knew that they were there until we got the bill
Michelle G. (ID 455748): .
SHAWNA L COBB: I started going through the list and didnt see anything
SHAWNA L COBB: then i saw this download
Michelle G. (ID 455748): The download has absolutely no effect on ordering pay per view
Michelle G. (ID 455748): Let me look at the billing on the acct
Michelle G. (ID 455748): While I open your account, may I have a mobile number so that we may reach you via phone or text with information about your AT&T services
SHAWNA L COBB: then i went into the purchase history and they were in that list, they all took place around 3am- but we did not do this!
Michelle G. (ID 455748): .
Michelle G. (ID 455748): I get that Shawna
Michelle G. (ID 455748): .If you will allow me a few moments to look at the billing on the acct I can then respond to your concerns
Michelle G. (ID 455748): What date does it show the movies ordered?
SHAWNA L COBB: On 7/17 and then there were some that showed up from back in May-I was just looking for answers, I know that these purchases was not made from my home and I am trying to figure out how it happened.
Michelle G. (ID 455748): ..
Michelle G. (ID 455748): The ppv selections can take up to 90 days to bill to the acct
Michelle G. (ID 455748): When they are purchased they are actually stored on the access card
SHAWNA L COBB: I received an email saying thank you for ordering ppv- thats when I called customer servece then come to find out my bill showed 5 more charges
Michelle G. (ID 455748): Our system actually "calls" your system every 30 - 45 days
SHAWNA L COBB: I dont know if they are stored on the access card how do i find out
Michelle G. (ID 455748): .
SHAWNA L COBB: this never showed up in a play list or anything
Michelle G. (ID 455748): .
Michelle G. (ID 455748): The ppv titles will not show in the playlist
Michelle G. (ID 455748): Pay per view is on the channel that was ordered
Michelle G. (ID 455748): In a moment I will be able to share with you how the titles were ordered
SHAWNA L COBB: there was three people in the home myself, husband and little girl- parental controls are all the tvs all adult channels are blocked there were limits set for 10.00 I think they said the one on 7/17 was done by remote control
Michelle G. (ID 455748): .
SHAWNA L COBB: i dont know about the other charges- I have wireless internet
Michelle G. (ID 455748): Once I can see them Shawna, I will share them with you
SHAWNA L COBB: the boxes are not connected to the phone line
Michelle G. (ID 455748): Shawna, please allow me to finish investigating for you
SHAWNA L COBB: ok
Michelle G. (ID 455748): .
Michelle G. (ID 455748): .I see all 6 titles on the acct
Michelle G. (ID 455748): They were ordered from the remote as well
Michelle G. (ID 455748): .They were all ordered on 7/12/16
SHAWNA L COBB: but they date back to may
Michelle G. (ID 455748): Yes
SHAWNA L COBB: how is that
Michelle G. (ID 455748): That is because of the delay in access card being called from our system
Michelle G. (ID 455748): PPV can take up to 90 days to bill to the account
SHAWNA L COBB: we did not order these movies
Michelle G. (ID 455748): I understand that you are not in agreement
Michelle G. (ID 455748): They were ordered between midnight & 1am on 5/22/16
SHAWNA L COBB: the ones from may were almost ordered back to back everything happens in the early morning hours when everyone is asleep and this receiver is in our living room downstairs we sleep up stairs
Michelle G. (ID 455748): .
Michelle G. (ID 455748): I understand your description Shawna
Michelle G. (ID 455748): I can meet you half way as a courtesy - these were ordered from the remote
SHAWNA L COBB: purchase history says they were ordered around 3am
Michelle G. (ID 455748): That is likely the time difference from Florida
SHAWNA L COBB: oh i see
Michelle G. (ID 455748): Our system reports in pacific time
Michelle G. (ID 455748): Subsequently the 12-1am
Michelle G. (ID 455748): Let me check the total as well
SHAWNA L COBB: this is crazy
Michelle G. (ID 455748): Not really
Michelle G. (ID 455748): You are aware that you have already had all the titles credited to the acct
Michelle G. (ID 455748): When we talked with you 7/18/16 the movies were credited to you then
SHAWNA L COBB: yes really because I know in my heart nobody from my home did this- no I was not aware
Michelle G. (ID 455748): I get that as well
Michelle G. (ID 455748): .You have already been credited the movies
SHAWNA L COBB: no- one was- the bill i got was for 214.00
Michelle G. (ID 455748): .There is no reason for me to provide more credit, you have alreay been credited the full amount
Michelle G. (ID 455748): They were credited on 7/18
Michelle G. (ID 455748): .You made a payment on 7/20 for 149.39
Michelle G. (ID 455748): In order to prevent this in the future I can certainly turn off the ability to order ppv from the remote
Michelle G. (ID 455748): .
SHAWNA L COBB: my new bill has a total of 214.00 that stated one ppv was credited
Michelle G. (ID 455748): Shawna I will look at the others as well
Michelle G. (ID 455748): .I see credits for at least 2 of them on 7/18
SHAWNA L COBB: my bill did not reflect that-
Michelle G. (ID 455748): The credit was made for 14.99 oni 7/18
SHAWNA L COBB: Payment received on 07/20/16 - VISA -149.39
BALANCE 0.00
DIRECTV Channels
1. CHOICE XTRA CLASSIC 84.49
2. DIRECTV HD EXTRA PACK 4.99
SUBTOTAL 89.48
DIRECTV Equipment Services
3. Watch DIRECTV on Multiple TVs 21.00
4 TVs at $7 each; Save $7 off 1st TV
4. Advanced Receiver Service - HD 0.00
$10 off HD Access with Auto Bill Pay
5. DIRECTV Protection Plan 7.99
6. Advanced Receiver Service - DVR 10.00
7. DIRECTV Whole-Home DVR Service 3.00
SUBTOTAL 41.99
DIRECTV CINEMA & Pay Per View
8. PPV 94 10.99
Ordered 05/2016 via Remote. Charged on 07/12/16
9. PPV 99 10.99
Ordered 05/2016 via Remote. Charged on 07/12/16
10. PPV 96 10.99
Ordered 05/2016 via Remote. Charged on 07/12/16
11. PPV 98 10.99
Ordered 05/2016 via Remote. Charged on 07/12/16
12. PPV582 13.95
Ordered 05/2016 via Remote. Charged on 07/12/16
13. PPV 91 14.99
Ordered 07/2016 via Remote. Charged on 07/17/16
14. PPV 91 -14.99
Adjusted on 07/18/16
SUBTOTAL 57.91
Other Charges, Adjustments & Taxes
15. Regional Sports Fee 3.63
Taxes
16. Sales Tax 2.34
17. Communications Service Tax 18.44
SUBTOTAL 24.41
Total New Charges 213.79
TOTAL AMOUNT DUE $213.79
Effective
Michelle G. (ID 455748): .
Michelle G. (ID 455748): Are you seeing the item #14
Michelle G. (ID 455748): .It reads adjusted on 7/18
Michelle G. (ID 455748): Shawna these were ordered from the remote. As I stated I will meet you half way
Michelle G. (ID 455748): .This is a courtesy - also I am blocking the ability to order from the remote
SHAWNA L COBB: yes that was the only one when i called in on 7/18 when i got my bill after that all these others were on there
Michelle G. (ID 455748): .'
Michelle G. (ID 455748): .Shawna, I am not certain you are seeing all my responsese
Michelle G. (ID 455748): responses^
Michelle G. (ID 455748): I will meet you half way - I am not able to credit completely what is ordered from the remote.
SHAWNA L COBB: first you tried to me everything had been credit and was I aware of that- then you tell me only one of them were credited- i know this-Im reading what you say maam-
Michelle G. (ID 455748): The total for the ones remaining after the credit already applied to the acct is $57.97.
Michelle G. (ID 455748): That was my mistake
Michelle G. (ID 455748): Please pardon me on the credits for them all - I was waiting for the screen to scroll for me while I was chatting twith you
Michelle G. (ID 455748): .You were in fact credited for one of the titles 14.99 on 7/18
Michelle G. (ID 455748): The remainder is a total of 57.97
Michelle G. (ID 455748): I will apply a credit for 28.95 representing half of that
SHAWNA L COBB: ok there should be a block on the remote ordering is there
Michelle G. (ID 455748): I have already disabled the ability to order from the remote
Michelle G. (ID 455748): .Once I have the credit in place I will share the new balance on the acct with you
SHAWNA L COBB: thank you- for the remote block- but none of these charges are mine
SHAWNA L COBB: We did not do this
Michelle G. (ID 455748): OK I understand you feel stronly about the ordering Shawna
SHAWNA L COBB: we were at lego land that week end
Michelle G. (ID 455748): I see other titles ordered over the internet at different times
SHAWNA L COBB: kid titles is usually all we ever ordered for my daughter
Michelle G. (ID 455748): When the titles are ordered directly from the remote I am not in a position to credit the full amount
Michelle G. (ID 455748): I have in fact agreed to meet you halfway - that is a courtesy as well.
SHAWNA L COBB: thank you for your help
Michelle G. (ID 455748): .If you are still adamant about it you are welcome to dispute the charges by not paying them
SHAWNA L COBB: no all or nothing please...Its being disputed
Michelle G. (ID 455748): At that point a billing/finance specialist will then review the situation with you
SHAWNA L COBB: thank you
'SHAWNA L COBB' disconnected ('Concluded by End-user').
It is 2021 and I Supervise a home that assists peoe with special needs. DirecTV will not tell us which remote ordered them, what times of the day they were ordered OR what the titles were. We have all of this blocked. It looks like 5 to 7 came out on the same day, after the remote was blocked. Something isn't right here.
I did put in passwords and locks but they keep saying that if I really did that, then there is no way that anyone besides me could of hacked into my account, but I am telling them that I didn't order them, I guess they have the upper hand because they must know how important for me to keep my credit score high, and know that at the end of it all my word does not matter, , I swear I never ever ordered anything and no one my house hold did either
I am still fighting with them, I just don't know what else to do, they are basically calling me a liar
** On 08/11/16 at 12:30 I received from AT&T complain department, I guess he was responding to my complain I put online. He said basically the same thing, that there are valid charges and if they went ahead and believe everything that everyone says “what kind of business would they be running”. He said “that if they didn’t charge people when they say that they didn’t buy it or order it that they would never make money” he also said that the charges were made through the remote control….. I informed him that on 08/08 I talked to Kate the billing manager and she said that she looked into it and that all the charges were made through internet and not remote control, I also asked that before he places his calls and accuses people of fraudulent charges that he could at least have the courtesy of looking into the case with detail. He said “well regardless their valid charges”, I accused him of calling me a liar, he asked that when did he called me a liar, I told him buy not believing me and saying that I’m wrong is calling me a liar……. I asked him to look into previous customers complains and to look on line to see the customer’s complains, (there is a huge pattern) that we all can’t be liars? He said that there are way more customer’s that are happy with direct TV than there is unhappy customers, so basically the unhappy ones don’t matter because we are outnumbered buy the happier customer’s. (Unbelievable) Direct TV needs to really work on customer services, and they need to be retrained, he told me that I should of known to ask the representative that came to my house to hook up direct TV in 2014 to deactivate or set up locks or password, well I wouldn’t know what to ask I don’t work in that field nor are trained to know what to ask, but them in the other hand are trained, but just not to take care of us nor our interest, just their own.
I did not take his name nor employee ID number, but I’m sure if the called are recorded, you can find it with the date and time the call was places.
WARNING!
i cancelled my direct TV sometime in June or July of 2016 and i recently received an email from direct TV informing me that i owe $578.81 for 51 adult PPV movies.
I just could not believe it, that was not accurate, so i called direct TV while i was on my lunch break at work on August 8th at noon, (can you just imagine how embarrassed i was and how unprofessional that looked, but i just did not have nowhere to go and make a private call.) i talked to Luke, he then transferred me to Kate in management. i expressed that this is unacceptable and inaccurate. i informed her that nor i or anyone in my house viewed 51 adult movies, she said that once they received the receivers that the chip or card informed them that they were ordered in July and August of 2014. that they were not ordered by remote control but through internet, and that because my account might of been hacked it was trough my internet and not them, so i have to deal and contact AT&T. can you believe that? wow! i never activated direct TV from any phone, tablet nor computer, or internet. i had locks and passwords that i activated from the remote control, i never had any notification from direct TV nor any red flags went up, i never authorize direct TV nor gave you permission to activate any phone line option nor activate any thing else besides my TV to allow access to order anything and with password, when ever i order anything from anywhere else, i always have to verify my payment option even thou i purchased from them before, direct TV obviously didn't require that because if the hacker would have been asked to verify my payment option and would not been able to order these disgusting garbage of adult movies. they would not been able to view anything, and if you would of required that, i would have been charged right away, allowing me to fight these outrageous charges and fraud. not accumulate a balance of such enormous amount. unacceptable. if the movies were viewed and ordered by internet why didn't the direct TV bill reflect it, and why did it record on the receiver chip if it was not ordered by remote control nor receiver box. that makes no sense. Something is shady with these charges, is that how direct TV make there yearly quotas, by taking trust worthy peoples money. When i order something or anything using the internet from anywhere else they bill me or charge me right away, don't you have that current technology?
I already contacted a lawyer that my employer provides and he advised me to try to resolve this with direct TV and to contact corporate, and if that goes unattended and has no results to contact BBB and the public utilities commission, we were viewing comment on line and i know that there are so many (countless) complains of the exact same situation, "PPV adult movies" i would expect more protection from direct TV for their customers, i would expect you to have a team to prevent this from happening, maybe raise red flags. i have never ordered anything, then all of a sudden you see 51 adult movies in like one month after like 3 weeks of activating and signing up with direct TV, then never ever see any other orders again, that would be suspicious, my bank always calls me when they see something suspicious, i expected that protection from you considering i gave you my credit card information.
I did see in 2014 in my view history that there were adult movies names/titles. at that time my children were 10, 9, 3 and a one year old, i am single mother of four children so i was blown away when i saw these titles, i called direct TV and asked for more information, some one there said that these tittle were viewed but not purchased, that no one ordered it, that i will not be charged, so i trusted then and moved on. i cleared my view history and never noticed it again. i trusted direct TV, i never got billed, well now i am being told that there was no way for them to have seen that it was not viewed in 2014 because they cant see that until they have the chip in the receivers, i asked them to pull that call or record of that call, she said they cant view that or pull that call from 2014.
Today August 9th 2016 i called direct TV, i took the day off from work to take care of this embarrassing matter. i talked to Debra at 9:30am she transferred me to Kris in billing specialist dept. she transferred me to her manager Zak, his employee number is [protected] and the reference number for that call is 1-182697503895R2 he basically lend an ear and did nothing to help me, he said to put in a dispute online, but that was weird to me because that is what i thought i was doing " putting a dispute" why is there customer service there for? if not to serve the customers. i did put a dispute online and the online incident number is : [protected]. and to my disbelieve i could not complete the dispute until i put in my credit card information, and going against all my commend sense i did it so i can be heard, that is so crazy. like i said i am extremely busy i have 4 children, work full time and am taking care of a sick puppy who just had surgery. i feel like i have no energy to fight these outrages charges but i will defiantly fight it, if not me let my lawyer fight for me, i have excellent credit and don't like anyone jeopardizing with that, nor my future nor my children's money, because i work and live for them. i just think its so unfair to put your loyal customer thru this, i was never ever late on a payment and i am very responsible, i just cant believe that you trick your customers, making the believe that you are protecting an taking care of them.
I do apologize if i sound so direct and emotional about this matter, i am a very nice respectful woman, and have high tolerance, i am also a Christian woman and these embarrassing charged just trough me off. i kinda understand why all the direct TV representative would not help me, its not until you are in my shoes or all the people who wrote does similar reviews online would they understand, its my money, its my time, its my reputation, and its my credit. please understand and help me. i pray that you can please, please find it in your heart to not put me nor my family trough this. i play that you could also look into this and see if there is a pattern in cases like mine and how you can fix it and better your service.
i just called direct TV customer service at [protected] its August 9th 1:52pm. i talked to a lady with employee number 77010, i didn't catch her name . she said their valid charges so too bad for me, all hackers and all their charges will always show up as valid charges . hacker are professional. but i expect direct TV to have my back, i feel like crying because of the lack of compassion and understanding, its not their money its mine, and that employee said that she is "sorry" well not sorry enough to fix the fact that direct TV cant protect their customers
After ordering the movie "Million Dollar Arm" we watch an 1.5 hours of the 2hr movie when the screen went blank. I called customer service to determine what happened and they told me I never ordered the movie. I explain we had been watching for 1.5hrs and it didn't seem right that it allowed us to watch so much of the movie and turn it off. Customer service told me they would bill me and I could finish watching, but explained the movie was now ruined. Without any effort to satisfy our interrupted movie (I asked that they allow us to watch the movie without charge) she said there was no way. I told the representative there was no way I could ever trust ordering a movie from direct tv, but they had no concern. I will never order another movie and would warn anyone else who is thinking of doing so. I is horrible to watch most of your movie and then having it cut of 30 minutes before it is over. 5 months left on a 2yr contract and I am going back to Time Warner as much as that sucks.
Did you end up paying for the movies you did not order? I canceled DTV last month and sent pack the units with cards. Last week we got a refund for $15, this week we got a bill for $152. They say that it is for PPV that we ordered in 2008 over a two day period. It just happen to be the two days after the box was activated. Could the installers run up charges on the card before they bring it to your house? I have always payed my bills, but it just rubs me the wrong way to pay for something that I did not use. What should I do? Can they make live bad for us over $152?
over charges and equipment
We have been customers since the days of Prime Star (now Direct TV) and had no problems with this company. We upgraded this year (2010) because we wanted to get our local stations. Upon our request to Direct TV through their telephone service we were told that our system was to old to provide the local channels in our area so we would have to upgrade. The customer service representative stated we could have a new dish and components upgrade for free and even get a HD receiver for the upgrade. I also stated I would like to have HD DVR and a standard receiver for the the kid's bedroom. He said that I would be able to keep the receivers that I had originally purchase (not leased) from Radio Shack. We were waiting on the HD receiver that was promise in our upgrade only to find out later it was not part of the deal. When they installed the HD DVR they took of with our original receiver stating that it was an exchange. From there the junk kept coming. Be aware of all the charges before doing business with this company. You will not find a sympathizing individual who can do anything for you. We do not want our credit damaged so we will suffer for two years and then switch. We are a people of our word and will cancel. I just don't know what else we can do to get this taken care of. My recommendation is not to use this company. The billing came and besides the $311.00 that they charged us for the standard and HD Dvr receivers the bill added up to $ 133.00. A far cry from the $ 59.00 we originally had monthly.
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I can feel your pain, earlier on I had DirectTV and was really disappointed in the technology and customer service. It's too bad that companies can get away with false advertisement regardless of whether it comes from marketing or inside sales. Obviously started looking elsewhere and where I lived at the time I was limited to satellite services only. I have found a big difference between DirectTV and DISH Network's; price, programming, and equipment! I have awesome pricing for my programming and as an existing customer, I recently elected to get HD Free for Life which gives me all my HD programming for free. DirectTV does not use dual receiver technology, so not only do you need a receiver for each room of your home but you’re paying a lot more as well. DISH Network’s HD DVR is amazing, the features allow for rewinding and pausing live TV as well as enhanced features. The enhanced features range from getting TV anywhere you go to internet access. I recently got my Logitech Revue for my DVR which allows me to access the internet right from my TV. This is really helpful for me because I travel a lot and prefer to read up on the historical aspect of my destination as well as find out great places where locals socialize to learn from a different angle. I happen to work for DISH and have to travel a lot; I’ve been able to utilize some cool new technology to help me with preparing for my trip. After I've researched a destination for which I am traveling, I save it to my DVR for later investigation. The difference gap is vast and the customer service with DISH far exceeds my expectations which are very important to me when I need help or have questions.
taking money out of your bank acct. and not sending you a letter first
I was a customer with them for about seven years. we started having finacial problems got behind on our bill wasn"t able to pay the bill right away. so they sent it to a collection agency I was going to call them and set up payment arrangements. Then my husband got looking at his bank acct. they had took out over three hundred dollars in his acct. I called them up and ask them why they took it out without letting us know and the one I was talking to said they were aloud to because when you sign up for satellite it says specifacally on the contract if we owe any back bill they are aloud to take it out. I told her I had received a letter on the remaining balance that we owed from a collection agency and was going to set up some payment arrangements. she said they didn't send it to the collection agency. I told her I had the letter right there in my hands. She kept saying it wasnt sent to a collection agency but it was cause I had the letter. They could of had the courtesy to send us a letter letting us know they were going to take it out of his bank acct.
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Contact the Better Business Bureau. That is part of their service to look into shady companies.
est programming
At the time I had Direct TV installed, I was not told that about 95% of the programming is on Eastern Standard Time. This mean that most programs here are three hours earlier than listed in our TV Guide. I repeat, I was not told this at the time of installation, nor does it appear anywhere in your advertisments. I cannot understand why this is; when we had Dish Network all the programming was as listed. Surely Direct TV is a large enough company to have satellite connections on the West Coast! I would cancel my contract, but Direct TV would undoubtedly charge me an arm and a leg to do so
SEE COMMENT ABOVE. DO I HAVE TO REPEAT IT?
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Your complaint lists as in Alabama. Isnt Alabama on EST? So what is the complaint board. I have directv and its not anything special but my guide has the accurate times on the guide and I do not live on East Coast and am not on EST.
final bill payment
Letter I sent to Directv:
I recently moved and wanted to transfer my Directv account with me. Unfortunately, two of your technicians were unable to find signal at my new home. So, I called immediately to cancel my service with you, as directed by one of the technicians.
I just checked my bank account and found that your company had taken out my final bill of $125.66 which led me to have a $25.00 overdraft fee. I am furious over this. It's 2 days after Christmas! I was NOT told that my final bill would be automatically withdrawn from my account-even as I was cancelling it over the phone with your customer service rep. I was planning on sending a check to you today, as I just got paid. This is nothing short of legalized robbery. There was no warning or date of withdrawl. What if you did not have my account information on file from previous payments? This never would have happened.
I understand I owe you the final bill. But the $25.00 you caused me to have in overdraft fee's is unacceptable, and I want a refund. I am a struggling single parent and it is a lot of money for me.
I have been a happy customer up until this point. But I feel that you need to make this right with me. Word of mouth can be very powerful. Thank you for your time and quick response to this matter.
Well, needless to say, they called and said I was SOL and that they basically don not care. I should have read the "fine print" when I signed up for their service. I will bad mouth them for a very long time.
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business ethics/corporate responsibility
This past september (2010) after relocating to idaho we were having issues regarding our direct tv service, specifically the ability go wireless. After a few calls the same direct tv service technician came to our house and said with hughes internet service that the wireless aspect would not work. He was honest and trust worthy (We even tried to tip him $40 upon install and he refused to take it saying it was against corporate policy).
A few weeks later I was in our bedroom with my spouse being "intimate" when my dogs started barking. I jumped out bed naked and looked out my bedroom door without leaving the room when I noticed a gentleman standing on the right side of our porch peering in at me. When I threw pants on I asked him what the hell he was doing and he said he was a "direct tv supervisor" and was following up on the service call. He kept peering around my shoulder through-out this conversation and I told him to leave immediately.
Immediately after he left I call direct tv corporate and lodged a complaint with the boise office. The lady I talked to told be that this behavior would not be tolerated and that she would look into it. Almost a month later I still had not heard anything from them and I called back to find out and to cancel my service. I was informed that there was "no record" of my complaint and that I would be charged for "early disconnection. " obviously I was pissed and threatened to go to our local sheriff's office to file formal complaints.
It was obviously that they have no concerns about what there employees do or what their phone representatives say or do. I call about every two weeks and keep getting told I have no right to cancel my service as I "signed a contract, " yet when I discuss why there has been no follow-up or complaint I am told "you have no right to be part of the investigative process. " what in the hell? All victims are part of the investigative process!
Bottom line is this; direct tv has a "corporate ethics" policy yet if it means it interferes with income it suddenly ignores it. When are we going to start holding this corporation accountable? Why is it ok for them to hire and then hide sexual predators as employees and refuse to be accountable for their (The corporations) actions?
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loss of local channel
Directv has announced that it may no longer carry my local chanel wtoc-tv in savannah, ga starting january 1st. Even thought I live in south carolina, I am from savannah and like to keep up with the local happenings. The local channels are a part of my package. I have been a directv customer for over 10 years. Please direct management to do whatever is necessary to continue having wtoc-tv as part of my package.
Thanks.
Sally murphy
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unauthorized charge/inaccurate billing
I sign up for a "promotional" offer for $35/month for DirectTV. They charge $75/month - after 15+ phone calls (HOURS on the phone with "customer service" only offering to "upgrade my package"). Then they disconnect the service after 60 days - despite having sent payment. My payment returns 10 days after it was sent saying my account didn't exist. (I had to send a check because I needed to reset my password for their website and - according to customer service - they can't help with that either. They eventually transferred me to another department in which I was promptly disconnected.) WTF?!?! I try yet again to call back - all I want is basic service! Now, on Christmas Eve, I see that they charged my primary checking account without any prior notice or authorization for $786. I can't call them or my bank until after the holidays to get everything sorted out. How could they debit my account when they returned a check that had the EXACT SAME INFORMATION ON IT?!?!
I can't imagine the poor saps they do this to that wouldn't have the money to cover such [censored]. We'll see how the Better Business Bureau and my lawyer would like to resolve this. I've heard horror stories of people having issues with satellite TV, but this is WAY BEYOND anything I ever imagined feasibly possible.
I thank you and everyone else that has posted here about DTV. I was going to have an install done in about 2 weeks and just cancelled it. I am going to stay with Dish. I called them and told them (dish) I was going to change to DTV and they gave me a great offer and my contract expires in 2 weeks. I have the offer from Dish for 1 yr with no contract. Now thats customer service! I hope you get things worked out and get your money back plus some. Try and have a happy New Year. Being a woman and single I truly understand your agravation.
unethical sales and billing practices
Directv required us to return a dvr purchased for $100 at best buy when we canceled directv service two months ago. My daughter sarah purchased this unit as something to own, but directv insisted that it was a leased receiver and that the $100 was a one time service charge. No contract was signed and sarah was not advised that it was a lease. She purchased this at the register like any other item receiving a receipt at the register. The sales clerk indicated that it was on sale to own. She could have bought a competing tivo unit for a few dollars more which she would still have. This was she's out $100.
Directv should not be allowed to uses these deceptive billing practices, and all money taken illegally should be returned.
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billing incorrect, customer service agents extremely bad!
Called directv at 12.05pm, spoke to two "customer service" reps - antoinette, employee id#[protected] (philippines), lesley (manager?, employee id#[protected], also philippines), ms. chelsea employee id #[protected] (georgia) and ashley employee id#529686 (texas). I signed up with centurylink for their bundled services, was offered $29.99 for the directv choice xtra, no additional charges mentioned. I received an invoice from directv for a monthly charge of $109.99 with additional discounts which brought the invoice to $51.99 plus tax, totals $59.50. if you do the calculations online for this particular package, the monthly charges are $36.99 plus tax which are not higher than $7.51. $36.99 and $7.51 totals $44.50 and not $59.50. the difference is $15.00 and they didn't want to understand or didn't want to get any of this. the last two representatives from the us hung up the phone while going through their invoicing/billing calculations. these kinds of tactics are highly unprofessional, extremely rude and probably very much illegal. if one can't explain why a bill varies from an offered $29.99 package to now $109.99 and why certain discounts were not applied, why work at all or trust this business? are we in the mercy of those kinds of people, that are simply advertising and selling things under completely false pretenses and claims? directv better invest in educating employees then in false ads and false claims.
This has nothing to do with IN ADVANCE. They are not sticking to the prices that are advertised. That's how simple this is! False advertising, false claims and absolutely horrific customer service. That's how DANG this is.
Set up a facebook page to let everyone know they aren't doing what they promised. That will get their attention!
I am a former employee of DTV Collections Dept so maybe I can help explain thease charges to you (this is a very common issue) The Promo that you see on TV for 29.99 is for the basic Family plan with 60 horrible channels. Now what the techs job is to not only install your service but upsale you to a better package. So they ask what channels you like and things of that nature and they place that paln on your acct according to your req. Now this is wrong I'll be the first to admit it, but DTV gets you this way because when the tech gives you your customer agreement the real package is on there and unless you catch it within 15 days(some states even shorter) your stuck with a ECF( price depends on how long your commintment is 24, 18, 12 mnths 20 per mnth). Another way your not getting your right price is because you did not send in your rebate online. and that take 6 to 8 weeks to apply. So no matter what your first bill will be higher than you want
stole my money
Direct TV Rebate Gift cards sucks! I got a $100 Gift card and can't use it and by the time I got to myprepaid.info / Young America Corp they said card expired and I lost all the money in the card. No body could tell who got the money that was unspent: DirectTV, Meta Bank, Young America Inc.
Stupid thing is I can't use the card when I have the money and by the time I got through to them to get the card fix so I can use it, they said the card expired so I lost all the money they gave. I guess it's scam with these gift cards so that GIVE you something then use thier partners to scam you and take the money back.
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no signal
12-16-10 we had snow today that ended at 12 noon. I get home from work at about 4:30 and have no Direct tv signal. I do all the typical routine to get the signal back and cannot get it back! So I call once and only get to a computer and they lead me through the steps I have already tried. So i call back after I get the kids fed, etc. I talk to a lady who tells me the cable from the dish is unplugged somewhere. I go to all three receivers and nothing is unplugged. The TV worked when I went to work and nobody was home all day. It started to lightly rain about 12 noon to 3pm. When I got home the temperature was 38-39 degrees. So the rain was not freezing. After listening with the computer I went up to the dish and cleared it of any snow/ice. I call back and talk to a lady who didn't help so I asked that a service technician come out to fix the issue. She said she could not do that because of the weather. I told her it didn't matter what day, i'll take the appointment next week. Finally I asked her for her supervisor and she put me through to a guy named Brandon who identified himself (i have his employee # if anyone wants to see it). He told me if the problem was from noon on why was I just calling at 6:30 or so? I told him I called earlier when I got home from work and what did it matter what time I called? He said that it was reading 31 degrees and that the rain is freezing so I informed him that at 4:30 it was above freezing so the freezing rain does not hold water in this case (and I cleaned off the dish!). I asked him if I could schedule a technician (not today, in the next couple of weeks) and he told me no that they reserve technician visits for customers who have real issues! so I ask for his supervisor and he rattles off like 10 different names (Ralston, Chris, Ulysses, etc., etc.) but would not connect me to any of them! Amazingly the minute I hung up the phone with this jerk the Direct tv signal comes back. Coincidence? Don't think so... AWFUL customer service and the supervisor was 10x worse than the initial agent.
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DirecTV emailswebsite@directv.com100%Confidence score: 100%Support
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DirecTV address2230 E Imperial Hwy, El Segundo, California, 90245, United States
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