DIRECTV
7.5
Overall Score
Chris Baca Kalamazoo, MI
I do not recommend the DirecTC service due to app performance. It is horribly inconsistent, with live tv and Dvr, in my home or out, on wifi or cellular. Dvr Playback and downloading rarely works properly. I have been on the line with tech support for over 5 hours, three times in the last week and I still do not have answers. I was told by the tech support rep that she would love to help me but from her resources, her only answer is we do not have an answer and it must be your internet provider. She asked me if i could stream YouTube with out any issues to prove my internet was the issue, I explained i could, and she told me "well that's because YouTube streams at a lower resolution and DIRECTV requires more speed". I will be looking for other service asap.
5 years ago
25_year_customer Federal Way, WA
It is with a heavy heart I write this letter this holiday season but Directv has chosen to abandon us after being loyal customers for nearly 25 years but what they have done is unforgivable.
After almost 36 years we decided to move and we called them in advance to install service at our new address and we chose our installation date. Unfortunately they did a no call no show. After waiting all day at our new house we called and found out that we were dropped from the schedule and not only were they not going to install it the following day like they should they decided that they were unable to install it for another 8 days. We pleaded with them for hours, talking with rep, after rep, manager escalation but nobody would come to our aid. What hurt the most is when the rep said that they cannot honor customer loyalty anymore like they did in years past.
Moving is a very stressful time especially during the holidays and we were saddened after a quarter century of customer loyalty but they chose to abandon us in our time of need. Of course we went with Xfinity by Comcast and they set us up with TV and internet same day and in just a few hours.
Furthermore we asked if we had to return this receiver and the customer service representative said that its too old and was discontinued years ago.
Your previously loyal customer
5 years ago
April Taylor Cleveland, TN
Consumer beware! STAY AWAY and make sure you do your due diligence!! You will spend a fortune in monthly fees for internet and DIRECT TV service. THEN when you research the internet bandwidth in your neighborhood you’ll determine that if you want faster internet service you have to retain another provider. When we canceled our service we were sent a bill for 2x’s our monthly fees. My husband called customer service and was on the phone for over an hour in an attempt to resolve the absorbent disconnect invoice, to which is still unresolved. He was told another agent would call and we’re still waiting!
5 years ago
Marilyn Smith Arvada, CO
Every time I deal with a DIRECTTV rep who wants to sign me up for service, they are at minimum misleading, but usually outright deceitful. They lie or bait and switch. Four years ago, they called and asked why I had cancelled my service. I explained the price had gone up too much and they were not willing to give me any loyalty promotions. She apologized and said they should have never lost my account. She offered me a good price and said that it would go up after one year, but it would never increase again. I confirmed that with the account manager at the end of the call. Well, guess what? The price kept increasing every year and I kept calling them to remind them of their promise. (I had recorded the call so they could not deny what had been promised.) Every year the price goes up. It's a time-consuming pain to contact someone who cares. This year they had no promotions for loyal customers. I had finally had enough and cancelled my service. Sure enough, once I cancelled, they called and offered me a promotional discount. She said we would receive the same channels we had before at the discounted price. Today, channels were missing. When I finally got someone, they said I'd have to pay $24/month more to add those channels. It was a bait and switch. Just the usual dishonesty. They say anything to get you to sign up, then deny what they offered. They had the loyalty department call me and he was rude and unhelpful. I cancelled again. Two times in one week. Save your time and money. Do not order DIRECTTV. They will con you!
5 years ago
caven553 ,
Heads up if you have DirecTV or are thinking about getting DirecTV. We cancelled our DirecTV over a year ago and returned the equipment as we were told to do. DirecTV claimed we had not and sent us to a collection agency. UPS provided us with the proof that the equipment had been returned and even the time and person at AT&T who signed for the equipment. This was in August of 2019. We are still fighting with DirecTV and AT&T. They tell us that our account has been cleared, but they refuse to actually clear our account with the collection agency so it is still showing up on our credit report as a default. They have told us multiple times that they would send us and the collection agency the information that the account is cleared - it never arrives. They seem to not be capable of sending an email with the information.
DO NOT do business with DirecTV if you can help it, they will screw you over if you try to leave. This dispute is going to end up costing us thousands of dollars due to higher interest rates on a new loan we are taking out (on a side note - looking for recommendations on how to deal with a lawsuit against them to recover the money we are about to lose due to their negligence).
5 years ago
Dana Campbell Maryville, TN
The service is ok, other than in heavy rain or snow. They keep raising their charges for monthly fees over time. I cancelled my service after 23 years of service when the price for service reached $115.00 per month. They still owe me $255.01 in over payments. I've contacted customer service for the last five months & they always say the refund payment is on the way. However, it hasn't showed yet. They always give me a phone number to check on the status of my refund. Every time I've contacted those phone numbers the representative doesn't have any information at all on my refund & tells me I need to contact Direct TV customer service for assistance. Then the process repeats it's self. I'm told the refund is on the way, but it never shows up. At this point I'll never reconnect my service with Direct TV. They're terrible!
5 years ago
Don Rogers South Lyon, MI
I have been off work due to Covid-19 since April 2020 to present, and had put my DirecTV account on hold for 6 months. I was billed for nearly $300.00 at the end of the 6 month period with no notification that DirecTV had turned on my dish services. Since I was not notified, DirecTV sent me a bill for 6 weeks of 'turned on' services (of which I was unaware of serviced being turned on), and refused to not charge me for these services even though I never hooked up my dish to my TV, and never used any of the dish services. I will NEVER do business with AT&T again in any manner. THIS WAS THE WORST CUSTOMER SERVICE I'VE EVER EXPERIENCED!!!! I do not have a job, I cannot pay this $300.00 bill, and AT&T will not budge and will send this to collections and most likely varnish my credit rating.
5 years ago
Christopher Whiting Los Angeles, CA
We are long time customers, overall I am happy though we have had issues in the past. The biggest issue we have had is the disruption of local channels due to contract issues. With that said we have liked it for the most part.
6 years ago
mms Bothell, WA
BEWARE if you want to cancel your DirectTV service.
You will NOT receive a prorated credit or refund for any portion of Service cancelled.
If you cancel your service two days into your billing cycle, like I did, you will receive NOTHING back. I lost out on $100 because of their SCAM to take your money.
Their website says nothing about this!!
The information is in the fine print of their agreement. Instead of being upfront and honest about policy changes like this they make it difficult by only including it in the fine print.
I was a DirectTV customer for years and I am so very glad that I left such a DISHONEST, UNCARING company that is willing to SCAM you out of your hard earned money!!
I hope others will follow suit and leave because they don't deserve your loyalty. However, be sure to plan your exit if not you'll be screwed over just like me.
6 years ago
B Warfield League City, TX
They need to approve everything The service was on and off you couldn’t rely on recording a program you could be looking at a program on TV and then all of a sudden you have Voice drop off and you don’t know what else was said because you missed those one or two seconds of what the information was you couldn’t rely on programming a program because you might receive the risk program are you may not it was very very disappointing and I had this service for almost 30 years and the last five years I had with them was the worst service I’ve ever received in my life
6 years ago
oneydonmiss Fargo, ND
I was told when I moved service that my NFL ticket was free, then after weekly phone calls due to the games not showing up they finally fixed that problem but then charged me the full amount after the season was over for package. I ended up paying out crazy qmount for monthly service and the NFL package almost 500.00 and then a month later I owed 89.00 and it was overdue and they suspended my service amidst people not having jobs from the COVID...no impressed at all, will be looking at different services after my contract is up! POOR CUSTOMER SERVICE!!! promise a promotion for moving service and adding another 12 months onto my contract and then NEVER receiving Promotion and getting disconnected
6 years ago
William
good TV provider,company is in an area with not internet/WIFi service one has to pay their price and accept only services they offer,I am stuck with their services regardless of any problems I encounter
6 years ago
Autumn Shawn East Lansing, MI
I have had direct TV for 2 months and receiver is broke. Called several times unable to get through and was recommended by the automated voice system that I cumminacte through chat and was told via this chat session that new equipment would be sent out. Called a week later to inquire and no record of it tried once again to do diagnostic on the box which did not help was forwarded to someone else who gave me another phone number to call. Had Dish for three years never had technical issues like this. Very disappointed in Direct TV service and Recommend only using streaming services. Now I'm stuck paying for something for two years that doesn't work.
6 years ago
lisa mclain Lenoir, NC
BEWARE of DirecTV or AT&T they are a total SCAM!
BEWARE of DirecTV or AT&T whoever they are they are a total SCAM! I was told several different things many different times on a 3-hour phone call with them. They tried to scam me after my order was placed and confirmed they told me I owed a total of $19.95 for installation fees for TV home phone and internet after my order was completely placed and I got a account number and a confirmation number he said he needed to go back and set up my Internet and home phone and said I had to pay a extra $100 to get those installed and that would be charged to my debit card Monday after the installation and I said ABSOLUTELY not! Cancel this whole order I'm not going to give my business to a company that is IMMEDIATELY trying to SCAM me. he then went on to tell me he could not cancel my order because the cancellation department is in quarantine but all of the other departments were up and running except for the cancellation department and they were going to charge my card the extra $100 without my consent. And after installation they had to charge my card another $257.08 for 6 months in advance services. This company is a total SCAM DO NOT GIVE THEM YOUR CREDIT CARD NUMBER! I then had to call and cancel my credit card to avoid all these illegal charges they were just going to help theirselves to with my account number. This was a horrible experience and they were going to wipe out my whole bank account without me even knowing so be very careful!
6 years ago
Arthur Young Cypress, CA
Bottom line is: DO NOT GET AT&T AND/OR DIRECTV. THEY ARE FRAUDULENT. They jacked up our Internet and TV bill to a whopping $233 a month. That is not a typo. So I decided to cut them off. Decided to start using IPTV, which after I got an Amazon Firestick I found to be only $12 a month for Hulu for way more channels than Directv, and all live Sports. I switched my Internet to Spectrum, which provides 400mbps compared to AT&T which is 10mbps. Again, not a typo. Need Spectrum's speed to support my IPTV and all my family's concurrent Internet usage and streaming. When I called to cancel, Teresa said I had to send back all my equipment, which included the modem and TWO receivers for TV. She said that the second receiver was in the garage. I said, What? Where? I've never seen a TV receiver in the garage. She said it was right next to the TV in the garage. Well, guess what. I HAVE NEVER HAD A TV IN THE GARAGE. Teresa said, Well, you've been billed for it every month for the last 5 years. Then I demanded a refund. At least partial. She started to blame me for not noticing the second TV on my bill. I said that people typically don't scrutinize their bills. I wanted her to take responsibility for putting a second TV on my bill that does not exist. She asked me if I wanted to talk to a supervisor, to which I said yes. So Courtney came on the line, after making me wait on hold for 10 min. He started to blame me as well. Said that customers often call in to dispute things on their bill that shouldn't be on there. I said, First, CUSTOMERS OFTEN HAVE TO DO THIS? Like, you habitually have this problem? He said, No one's perfect, we all make mistakes. Well, that is frickin' ridiculous. Do I order from Sears a refrigerator and they deliver one refrigerator and bill me for two refrigerators and then claim it was a mistake? And then blame me for not noticing two refrigerators on my bill and then refuse to refund me after billing me (and getting away with it) for a refrigerator that does not exist? That's a mistake? Why doesn't any other company make such a ridiculous mistake? Well, the reason is that it isn't a mistake. AT&T DOES IT ON PURPOSE. Second, I wanted Courtney to accept the blame for this "mistake." He refused to accept ANY OF THE BLAME. He said, Actually, you have to accept the blame. For not checking your bill carefully. And then he stated flatly that he would not refund me a dime. I am going to go to Costco, where those idiots who stand there and accost every customer and say, "Do you have Directv," I am going to go there and hold up a sign saying DO NOT GET DIRECTV. THEY ARE FRAUDULENT. Is it perhaps illegal, what they are doing? I don't know. It should be. It's unfortunate that I have to give them one star. I would give them zero stars. Actually, negative stars. Maybe Yelp should start putting that option. Bottom line is: DO NOT GET AT&T OR DIRECTV. DO NOT LET YOUR FRIENDS AND RELATIVES GET IT. DO NOT LET YOUR FRIEND'S FRIENDS GET IT. THEY ARE FRAUDULENT AND CORRUPT. AND POSSIBLY ILLEGAL.
6 years ago
Randy Huntsville, AL
I have been a customer with DirecTV for more than 10 years. I recently called to cancel the service, not because I was unhappy with it, but because I have so much going on right now that my family and I don’t have time to watch tv. We are moving in 6 months, at which point we would likely have gone back with them because we have always been happy. However, when I called to cancel, I was told I didn’t currently have a bill, and that service was paid through the end of the billing cycle and could not be prorated. I understood that and left it active to finish what I had paid for since I couldn’t get a refund. I wasn’t happy about this, but understood. Today I got a bill for a full month of service. I called and explained the situation, and was told nothing could be done. I asked for a supervisor and again, nothing could be done. I asked for a manager, I spoke with Mary, who said they wouldn’t do anything. I asked for her supervisor, she said there’s nobody over her, then transferred my call to AT&T Uverse, where I was then hung up on. I called in the middle of a billing cycle to cancel service because I was paying too much and not using it. I was lied to, misinformed, charged, and then told nothing would be done. It’s not about the money, it’s about the principle. I shouldn’t have been charged for half the month because I specifically stated I didn’t want to keep the service. After that call I received 3 calls asking me to keep the account, offering $75 credits a month and all kinds of money off my bill. Now I’m asking to get credit back for a half cycle of service I was told was already paid for, and didn’t want or use. Tried the chat as well. Seems they changed the policy to no longer prorate or refund, and now they authorize representatives to lie to avoid conflict when you call. I would have gone back, but now I will never use them again. Company with no morals.
6 years ago
Austin Chisholm Crestview, FL
Cliche I know. But if I could give them no stars I would. If you want the worst customer service/support imaginable then please help yourself to their service. Every single time you call you will spend the first 10 minutes on the phone going through an automation system going through every prompt imaginable other than what you called them for. When you finally get an actual person on the phone they are 9,000 miles away talking to you from India. You can't understand them. They can't understand you. You both start to get frustrated and eventually one of you begins to get rude. This is not a one time occurrence. This is every time we called them when they messed up our bill and raised our rates through the roof. Absolutely crap service and customer service. Oh, and I'm sure as you already know with any dish when it rains you aren't going to be watching TV. This is definitely one of those companies/services that you get what you pay for.
6 years ago
Billie Fox Saint Clairsville, OH
If I could leave negative stars, I would. I am currently moving and I called 2/13/2020 to discuss internet and tv packages for my new area. I wanted to proceed but I had an upfront cost. I asked the guy if the payment could come when I was paid and it happened to be the day of installation. I was told that this was possible and I questioned him several times but I was ensured that my payment would not come out until when I said. I was checking by bank account a few days later and noticed the charge. I called my bank and they reversed it because it was not what I was told. I called and I became upset with the representative when she said that they do not do it that way and the payment is made at the time of the order. I know they record the calls and document on the calls. She would not give me a supervisor and I felt insulted and like it was that I was lying about the order. I was transferred to the cancellation department and the person that I spoke too was actually the only person that listened. She was trying to help me keep it. I decided after work that I was not going to be treated this way. I have been a loyal Directv customer at different times and I always found them helpful. I decided on the way home from work to stop at Xfinity and I got the plan that wanted and no up front cost. I decided to call Directv back as I wanted to speak to a customer service manager about it. I explained the situation to the other rep and had similar response as earlier. She gave me a manger and I told them what I thought about the whole situation. I basically ended the call with that they will never win me back as a customer and I have never been treated like this by any company. I told him that the employees all needed training and it is pretty pathetic that the only person trying to resolve this was the person in their cancellation department. I don’t need these hassles and I guarantee that I will never be back to Directv. Horrible experience.
6 years ago
Nicholas Genes Los Angeles, CA
I refuse to get this service again. They conveniently built their program selection to include and exclude certain channels to keep you wanting more, which obviously came with more money. No option for individual channel subscriptions makes this a dud. Not worth the money!
6 years ago
Lisa Roseburg, OR
There is almost nothing I like about DirecTV. I have been staying at motels for the past few months where this service is ubiquitous. It works fine as long as there is no rain. Even a sprinkle will disrupt the signal. Currently I am sitting in front of a signal loss screen. Beyond having no signal every time it rains, the channel availability SUCKS. Unless you like an endless lineup of shopping channels and other channels which have nothing of value, the cost for this service, to actually get channels you would enjoy watching, is well more than cable tv. I will never be a satellite customer and I'm glad I had the opportunity to see what it was like before having to make a commitment. Unfortunately, I could not give this zero stars.
6 years ago
Carlyle Colorado Springs, CO
Had DirectTV for 5 years. I found that YouTubeTV was less than half the cost per month so I switched to it however there were lots of problems discontinuing DierctTV service. The worst was that they billed me an extra month beyond my disconnect time. Billing was paired with Century Link for the network services. When they charged me an extra month I called both and each said I had to talk to the other thus neither would address the over billing of over $100. Customer service agents also gave conflicting information and were hard to understand as they did not speak English well.
I have switched to YouTubeTV $50 per month which charges less than half DirectTV for equivalent channels plus they have a tremendously better user interface.
6 years ago
Cheryl Dawley Nekoosa, WI
Directv lost all credibility when AT&T bought them out. I had been a customer since 1992. I moved them to 5 residences and 3 states. However, when they told me that my bill would be nearly $175 per month plus a move fee of $250 I said no. This is not my first rodeo with complaining but we have always been able to resolve the problems amicably. This time was different. I had terminated my DirecTV to get a local cable services. No problem. DirecTV sent me several requests to reconnect. After a year of cable, I said yes. They told me that there would be a 2 year contract. I said no because I was building a home in a different state. That home would be in a heavily wooded rural area and it was doubtful I could get service. They responded that if that was the case, no problem with canceling. Guess what? I have been fighting them for 4 months. I filed 'an appeal' but nothing has been communicated. Today, I was told that I would have to dispute it on credit record. I have written to the California office to appeal again. I will also be researching a class action law suit. They are not living up to their end of the contract and their 'reps' make anything up to get that sale. I will also file a BBB complaint.
6 years ago
Ruth E Bickford Oakland, ME
I can't express enough how difficult and painful it has been to deal with DirectTV/AT&T for cable services. Initially they offered a two year contract at one price without warning us that it would go up by almost 100% the 2nd year!! Then, after enduring the 2nd year we subscribed to a 3rd year, at a fixed price, with NO contract promised over and over and when it came time to stop the service, they said we DID have a contract. This was finally corrected by a supervisor who acknowledged we were right but not until after we had spent over an hour resolving this issue. Customer service is abysmal and you want to give up out of frustration. Then, after they promised the service was discontinued, they still made an automatic recurring charge to our credit card for a month we did not even use!! This is a polite and abbreviated summary of 3 years of shear frustration, over 6 hours total over the years correcting charges and dealing with the never ending pass-along customer service system, and we could never recommend DirectTV or AT&T for cable or any other services.
6 years ago
Sue` Stackhouse Paige, TX
I signed up in June 2019 for AT&T internet and Direct TV and was told my bill would be 73.08 for the duration of the two year contract. This was in a chat. (I kept a copy).I was also told this was for two TVs. The Technician came out and connected one TV saying his work order was for one. When I contacted the office and questioned them concerning I was told it would be much more (over $100.00). But after talking with a supervisor I was given a discount and told the bill would be $52.60/mth. All good. I then received a bill for $141.00 saying I signed up for something else and it said that was my monthly bill. I again had a chat and was told that bill was wrong, my monthly charge was 57.99 and if I received a different amount ignore it. My receiver received water damage and was replaced. At first they sent out a modem, another chat. I am now being told that it is an advanced receiver (who knew?) and my bill has gone up by $15.00 a month so I can receive all these wonderful new whatevers. I was not told nor did I agree. They told me it is in my service agreement (I did not receive a service agreement) BUT they won't change it. I said okay send me the previous type of receiver and I will return this one. The answer, unfortunately we can not do that. If you have any other options DO NOT use this service! Billing is a nightmare and you never know what the bill will be! And you will spend a lot of time on a chat or the phone!
6 years ago
Mathew Reams Long Beach, CA
Let me start this with the fact that myself and my family have been DirecTV customers for over 20 years, but once they merged with AT&T, everything has not only gone down hill, but fallen off a cliff. I just want to try and help to save others from the severe headaches and financial burdens associated with DirecTV services. I Signed up for a 2-year contract. I moved service when i moved residences. The salesman and technician lied to my face saying that my contract was still set to expire after the initial 2 years. However on the next billing statement, i was informed that i had opted into a new 1 year contract by moving my service. I am now being forced to pay $200 early termination fee since i would like to cancel my service due to an unwarranted $60 a month increase for the same services. DirecTV/AT&T are completely dishonest and trick you into locking in contracts lined with hundreds of dollars of fees hidden within tiny print of pages and pages of documentation. Go elsewhere with your TV services and avoid the worst headaches and hours of wasted time with useless customer service when they overcharge you and automatically opt you into premium priced services without your true consent. What they are doing is borderline criminal. Avoid at all costs.
6 years ago
David Advance, NC
I have been with Directv a long time well before ATT purchased them. When ATT did the purchase at that time I thought this is good getting a good deal and a free premium channel due to having top line wireless service with ATT.
But now that ATT has made a full transition of Directv. Here are the disadvantages of ATT & Directv.
1. Customer service sucks to say the least. When you call you will be speaking to someone in another country that has no clue and they do not take no for answer they only want to sell you services and or equipment instead of what you actually want. They even hang up on you!!!
2. Directv. accounts use to be able to manage the services and programs you wanted to watch or cancel online. NOT ANYLONGER!! You have to call to cancel and yes you talk with someone from another country that you can barely understand and yes they to want cancel because of some stupid excuse!!! I pay for the service I should have control of what I want to watch, specially since I am not under a contract.
I ordered a new iPad with no chip but with ATT wireless service called to get a chip for the ATT service and a number. Yes same customer service and country. They could not send me a chip but yes they could sell me a new iPad under a contract. Finally after telling this person for the 5 time I have a new iPad all that is needed is a att chip for wireless service they hung-up on me. Ended up going to local store.. They to have the same an similar issues with said customer service.
Have been with att wireless for many years about 18 or 20 now and I am ready to cash them and directv in for something different.
Which I am sure there will be something about the next company that want be of the best but. The conglomerates of corporations are no longer for the customers the serve they are only out for them selves and and the share holders.
6 years ago
Keith Lakeside, MT
I contacted AT&T since taking control. Your 1st tier in the Philippines goes by a script period, your talking to a person that speaks very poor English. So, to get to someone that can make decisions it takes time and you get bounced around to different people, but your now back in America and has good English skills. I needed to get a replacement on a mini Genie, I asked was there a cost involved, I was told no. I then asked if this will effect my contract I was told again no. 11 months later I called in to restore a discount that I had lost, but the person (2nd tier America) that I had to wait till the discount expires, then call back after it expires and we will re-instate the discount. Well, today 1 day after it expired to restore the discount, now I was told that it can't be restored for at least 2 to 3 billing cycles. So I said let's cancel the account, then I was informed that I had a contract for another 13 months. Well, remember the no addition to the contract, THAT WAS A LIE! So, I cancelled anyway and plan to fight the charge to cancel.
6 years ago
Anne R Duncan, OK
I feel I was scammed. I wanted to sign up for NFL Sunday Ticket and an online customer service rep didn't answer my questions directly. I thought it was just a language barrier, but my understanding was a one-year contract at about $30 a month with a 3 month free movie channel package. I was able to watch games that day. After the dish was installed, I found out we have a 2-year contract at $69 /month. I wouldn't have agreed to that ever. The rep was not honest and I have no record of the chat. He also kept asking me to close the chat window if we were done. I realize I was scammed. The cancellation fee is $240 prorated and $10/month. This was a costly mistake and I will never trust AT&T or DishTV again.
6 years ago
Mike p AZ Scottsdale, AZ
Nightmare of a company went to the dogs after the AT&T merger. Lies, incorrect, and misleading information, customer service people contradict themselves continually with every call. Absolutely zero loyalty and appreciation of a 15-year long customer . Actual service is nice great DVR but the company is horrible always jacking up adjusting your rate nickel-and-diming. Even under "contract" they find a way to raise your rates. What's the point of a contract then? I can't just decide to pay them less why do they think they can get away with just deciding to charge me more? How does a $58 package turn into $107 a month? Their bull service fees, advanced receiver fees, DVR fees Etc are a joke. I canceled and went with orby. Sure Orby package and DVR a much less sophisticated system and programming but also less than half the price...
6 years ago
Karen Georgetown, KY
Like many of my neighbors, I am subjected to countless numbers of door to door salespeople pushing plans for television subscriptions. Comcast, Dish, Directv, have all been at my door in an attempt to sell me something. Until October of 2018, I successfully turned down all of these offers. None seemed to offer a plan that I was interested in. Prices were either too high to begin with, or sneaky low introductory offers with a 2 year contract and the second year at an exorbitantly high price. In October 2018, A young lady came to my door with yet another offer for satellite TV. After patiently listening to her sales spiel, I asked if the seemingly acceptable price was for the length of the contract, or only 1 year. She assured me that it was for the duration of the contract (2 years). Thinking that this was a new offer due to the fierce competition in the area, I believed what she was saying, and signed an installation agreement. After installation, for whatever reason, I became suspicious, and on the 25th of October 2018, called Directv customer service. After explaining to several CSRs, I was finally "escalated" to a CSR who called herself "Pauline". I was assured at that time that my bill would remain at the agreed price for the 2nd year.
Fast forward to this October, and suddenly my bill has more than doubled! On October 23rd, I once again called Directv, expecting to resolve this issue. After spending 15 minutes jumping through the hoops of the phone tree, I finally spoke to an agent "Christine" who could do absolutely nothing (no surprise there), and was referred to "Customer Loyalty" , and with Directv, including the contact with "Pauline". I was told that despite what the salesperson told me, and despite what "Pauline" had assured me, I was expected to pay the higher price. When I objected, "Brenda" put me on hold to (presumably) confer with someone with more authority. She came back with an offer that was still $6.00 higher than the original offer. This was rejected by me, and I told Brenda to cancel my plan, I was advised that there would be a $200 early termination fee (of course).
As I had not yet received a confirmation of cancellation either through the mail or Email, I called again on November 3rd 2019 to re-request an Email confirmation and offer Directv an opportunity to do the honorable thing and restore my payment to what I had been originally promised. 3 levels of CSRs later, the best they would offer is $15 off the inflated price.
Perhaps I'm very "old school", but I believe that honor is very important. and I have been treated dishonorably by Directv. A promise is a promise, I held up my end, why can't Directv do their part?
6 years ago
Carl DeRossi Pompano Beach, FL
They constantly rip you off. You get a promotional package they charge you a different bill every month. you call them to fix it, the next month it goes even higher. lets say after like 10 phone calls for 2 years The bill went from 60 dollars to 250 dollars a month in that time frame. Every time you call to fix the problem they claims it starts a new 12 month contract. This is the biggest con i have ever seen. you threaten to cancel then they tell u well that is another 480 dollar cancellation fee. plus you have return the junk they rip you off every month for in rentals or they charger you hundreds of dollars for each piece. you return it they charge you anyways. Keep away from this company. What ever you do do not use their service or products you will regret it they make you feel like your dealing with a mafia mentality.
6 years ago
Jen Clarks Summit, PA
We just got rid of DTV after about 17 years. When we had no issues it was ok EXCEPT FOR STORMS-RAIN AND SNOW. If there’s a storm, forget it. You’re not watching anything. When there was issues, the customer service was horrible. Always wanting to charge us for everything. Their receivers weren’t the best. Always had issues and needed replacement. We were finally fed up with DTV and not being able to watch Phillies games, we switched to Xfinity
7 years ago
John McMahan Union City, TN
I will never do business with ATT again.
I had DirectTV installed in May 2019, I canceled in a month. The receiver wouldn’t stay connected to my internet. So we tested it with two other internet sources; ATT did troubleshooting and determined indeed the receiver needed to be replaced ( just got a bad one). No problem, they will do it for $100.
Really, you just put this system in less than a month ago and you want me to pay $100 because your equipment failed. Canceled and called Dish.
I also moved our five cell phones to Verzion since they were so rude.
I returmned their equipment as requested and now they are trying to get me to pay an early termination fee; in fact they had a collection agency call me today.
That’s what being apart of the ATT family is like..
7 years ago
PapaP Garland, TX
It's Thurs Night, Oct 3, 2019. The debut of "4K" Thur Night Football!
I had a DTV tech come out Wed (yesterday) checking my lines/channels/DTV boxes as well as my 4K Sony TV and HDMI cables. "Sir", he said, "you are all go for tomorrow night's game, in 4K."
So, here it is. I'm looking at it right now; "Live".
This has to be the WORST LOOKING PICTURE I HAVE SEEN IN YEARS. This simply is NOT 4K.
Somebody screwed the pooch on this one. Maybe they all screwed this up; starting with the camera equipment used to televise this program.
Don't buy the hype. It doesn't even look HD.
Big disappointment.
Gary P
Dallas, TX
7 years ago
TOP Roxboro, NC
First, I HAD been a customer for the better part of 20 years. Over time the packages have gotten more expensive with less content, not to mention that customer service has gone from bad to completely useless. They just follow a script and I am pretty sure they really don't understand English very well - at least they were not listening to what I was saying. The latest incident caused me to cancel my account. My DVR died - it would not reboot, just blue screen with a code about hard drive crashing. Calling customer service I explained the code on screen and they wanted to reset it, but when the hard drive crashes, what is there to reset? On top of that, they did not understand the code. Its like they never heard of a hard drive crashing. I requested a replacement and customer service was trying to sell me on some monthly equipment plan, then said they could only deliver the DVR via technician. Really?? I was on the phone 20 min as they kept trying to sell me on stuff I did not need and would not drop ship the DVR. I hung up, called back, and canceled.
7 years ago
Rjt Brandon, MS
Direct tv stole 50$ from me. I cancelled our account and sent their equipment back. @directv 100% lied saying they did not receive one of my cable boxes ( they were all sent in 1 box). I worked with @directv to fix their mistake and was assured everything was taken care of. I was contacted by a debt collection agency 4 months later claiming I did not return one of their boxes. @directv not only lied about the situation being handled, they submitted their false claim to a collection agency so I could not fight back. They did all of this for 50$ which they are falsely claiming is theirs. Save yourself some trouble and stay away from this lying, cheating company. I paid this 50$ to prevent my credit score from being damaged.
7 years ago
Kevin Cooper Allenspark, CO
DirecTv provided us with outdated boxes. We have had continual issues due to this. 3 Weeks ago we were without service for at least 5 days. The technician came out and got the service back up without replacing the multiple receivers we have. Bear in mind that the plan we have with them requires for a replacement of all equipment every 2 years. Now, 3 weeks after that situation we have the same issue again of the service going out. Customer service told us it would be 7 days before a technician could be out. So we had to schedule them for today. They never showed up, and the never called. The reason we were given was that they do not have enough technicians in our area and the technician was unable to finish with other accounts and come to us. Note, the technician, nor dispatch, nor customer were able to pick up a phone and call us to let us know they would not be out. So far I have been off 2-3 days waiting for them to show up, and including all the time I have spent on the phone with their "customer service" department. Who barely speak English and have extreme difficulty answering basic questions. All they seem to have are the standard answers in their script provided to them. Now they tell me that it will be a minimum of 24 hours and as long as 72 hours before their local dispatch calls to schedule another date for them to come out. It is NOT the customer's fault that the equipment is old and/or outdated. It is NOT the customer's fault that DirecTV does not have enough technicians to handle their service area. This is a very unprofessional and inefficient company that seems to make a lot of excuses to hide their lack of ability to perform the service they tout.
7 years ago
The Magic maker Cedar City, UT
I had thought that Direct TV was had a good reputation ...WAS I EVER WRONG!! I never had a proper TV sign for over 10 months. I had 9 technicians come to the house and every piece was equipment was replaced 1 to 3 times, tests were run and adjustments done but, the problems still were there. I was told that a team of engineers are working on and they do not know when it could be fixed. Well, it sounds like the engineers derailed the train...it was never resolved. So, I cancelled and went with DISH TV....PROBLEM SOLVED!!! Best signal I have ever had and not one pixel problem or freeze of image. Then, Direct TV had the audacity to charge me a early cancellation fee of $174.47 ...which I had to call and talk to them for over 90 mins and 6 transfers to agents....finally I was told by a billing agent that I should have never been charged in the first place.....all the stress and anxiety and then being told it should not have been a charge. I gave it one star, because they did not have a choice of zero
7 years ago
Tim Rodeo, CA
Negative 100 stars. What a mess. From the deliberately bewildering website filled with broken links to the maze of broken phone menus, to the "service," it's all real bad. Is it ATT? DirecTV? Yahoo? What is it? No department is aware of any other department, everything is a dead end. Each department only does one tiny task and then you're on hold for an hour and then you're dropped. Workers show up with incorrect information, they lie to you on the phone saying everything is fixed but it's not. They lie in chat sessions, supervisors can't supervise anything. They steal money from your account and you have to watch them every month, they add things you didn't ask for and then lie about it. They lie about everything and the viewing experience is super lousy. The signal cuts out and is endlessly reloading so you miss everything you're trying to watch. This is pure garbage. The know how to collect their money and then some that's not theirs to take but they have no interest in earning it, they just take it and couldn't care less that their company is so lousy.
7 years ago
Kevin Highland, CA
Total agreement with pretty much everyone else here. DirectTV/AT&T are garbage. Broken equipment on arrival for install, took six hours to install, never even got TV service working, best service they could provide for internet was equivalent to dial-up(which by the way was conveniently never mentioned during initial phone call). Told delivery guy to take back all equipment after we found that out. Now they’re trying to charge for services never accepted. Multiple phone calls to them and nobody does a thing or they just flat out hang up on you. THIS IS SINGLE HANDINGLY THE WORST COMPANY I HAVE EVER FEALT WITH.
7 years ago
Stephanie Mesa, AZ
I called Directv to get hooked up for the first time. I was asked a few security questions and when they asked the question of my previous employment I was told I got it wrong. I was told all I had to do was go into an AT&T store and show my ID to make sure it was me. NOT! All I got was a runaround for several days. When I asked to talk to someone in corporate about why I was being denied the manager told me it was because of my "wrong" answer to the employment security question. HOW DARE THEY TELL ME WHERE I HAVE WORKED AND WHERE I HAVEN'T. I WOULD NEVER CONSIDER THEM AGAIN!
I have given them one star, only because I can't continue with zero.
7 years ago
Shelby aguilar Lampasas, TX
If I could give a negative star I so would!!! It’s been a hell-ish couple of weeks with direct tv , I had signed up for services on the 1st of August they told me internet (At&T) could be installed on August 6th and we will have our cable installed August 12th...yesterday I waited all day and I get a call from the tech and he said he could not come because “it was to hot” ...my husband is a HVAC technician don’t complain to me about it being “to hot” 1. And 2. You might not be in the right field of work...but I was understanding and decided to just reschedule for this morning between 8am to 12 pm...12 pm rolls around I don’t see a technician I call and see if they can track him..they said he was on his way...another hour passed...no technician I called again and they said he was on his way...2 hours passed and now I’m heated and my husband takes over at this time and he calls and ONCE AGAIN “he is on his way” now it’s almost 7 at night and I get a call from the technician and he once again tells me “he cannot come out and do our install because his boss told him to go home” I AM DONE direct tv get your stuff together and hire dependable people or just go out of buisness!
7 years ago
Denise McArthur Elizabeth, CO
I just spent 56 minutes on the phone with DirecTV trying to cancel a service I never ordered but was charged through AT&T (a deal they offered for a new phone, but that I NEVER authorized, never purchased or received, never signed anything). This is my 4th phone call to get them to stop charging me for a service I never ordered and do not want. After being transferred three times, each time I was told I was being transferred to a DirecTV Now specialist ultimately to a supervisor, I was finally told there are no specialists, no human beings one can speak with at DirecTV.
You must go onto the website, log in (but I do not have a log in because I never received any info because I never had an account!). Then you chat with someone and explain your situation. I tried to find their online chat. Maybe I'm just old (ok, I am kinda old) but I could not find a way to chat with anyone. After, not so politely telling the supervisor that I cannot find anything online, he said he would search for a phone number for me. OH, so NOW there is someone I can contact?! Imagine how many people simply give up over the frustration. They are stealing our money and that is exactly what I told the supervisor I would write in my review.
7 years ago
Janet perry South Jordan, UT
I'm tired of having channels just turn off. Last year I lost NBC for almost a year. Now it's ABC. I guess next it will be CBS.
We pay enough for this service and the customer should not have to be punished. I'm just about at the point of changing services. Get your act together. A lot of people are posting on Facebook and it is spreading. FIX IT
7 years ago
Burner Scottsdale, AZ
We must have spent 20+ hours on the phone with DirecTV reps. All are friendly, most are incompetent. We had problems right from the get go, when ATT/DirecTV insisted that we were teansfering/moving our service when we were actually trying to get NEW service as we had returned all of our equipment and stopped service 4 months before finding our new house in another state. Any hours later, we hope that issue has been resolved only to run onto a total brick wall about getting the Fox Sports West channel. Many many telephone reps assured us that we could get the MLB games we want, but we ALWAYS get a 721 error code although we are paying $14 a month! I don't know it the reps are liars or just dumb...either way we are not getting what we expect and are paying for. I believe that ATT insists on a 24 month contract because subscribers would be cancelling right and left without that hanging over their heads. We have used the original DirecTV for about 10 years at our other home, but things really got horrible when AT&T took over. Shame on you AT&T for selling such crappy service!
7 years ago
Char Easton, PA
Just ended my service with direct tv. Could not get extra channel( Smithsonian)I paid extra for or local channel 3. I was told I will not be reimbursed for not getting theses channels. Also I will be charged the regular rate till the monthly cycle ends even though I notified them ahead of time. That’s a month extra of payment after I’m closing out my account . So so disappointed. Do not recommend this service to anyone.
7 years ago
Rogers Poquoson, VA
I want to direct you to a severe problem at DirectTV. I setup a new installation appointment for last Saturday, July 20th from 8AM-Noon. At 12:30PM I contacted DirectTV that my technician had not arrived nor have I received any contact. I spent an hour and 20 minutes on the phone trying to get an answer. Finally they stated the technician would not be able to come until Noon to 4PM....again no call and no show for the Technician. I called DirectTV again and they stated they would reschedule for today, July 23rd from Noon - 4PM....again no call and no show. Called again....you now see the horrible customer service I have received. They now state they have me scheduled for tomorrow, July 24th from Noon-4PM. I have serious confidence they will show and now Directtv has cost me two vacation days from work and I have no Directtv and I canceled my Cox service last Saturday. I expect an email from your Corporate Executives on how Directtv is going to make this horrendous experience better. You have my email and phone number and I hope to hear from you immediately about this and how Directtv is worthy of earning my business and I fully plan to exploit this type of poor treatment to everyone I can.
7 years ago
Janet Morris Clarksville, TN
We have been loyal customers for years and our service went out yesterday. I was told that a technician would be here to fix it in the morning. I took that time off from work. They later emailed me saying it will be scheduled at a much later date. We were so disgusted by this that we decided to cancel our subscription to Direct TV only to find out that when they made a prior service call back in April, that we unknowingly signed an agreement for a new contract until April of 2020!!!! We could still cancel, but it would cost us $480! Not nice at all! Way to treat loyal paying on time customers!!!! Hating Direct TV right now!
7 years ago
James Stewart Harrison, NJ
I was a DirecTV customer for a long time and was very satisfied "UNTILL" AT&T took over. My bill went up $25. , when called to see what can be done, they replied "with a 2 year contract we can discount $25 a month for 6 months. I declined and said time to change. A month ago I canceled my service, along with Verizon internet and saved a cool $150 a month. The problem is, today AT&T drafted $217. from my checking account!!!!!! WTF!!!!! So I called, was on the phone for almost an hour, 3 agents and a supervisor later, I was told "I'm sorry sir, per our policy, we cannot give you a refund on the $217. " They want to charge me a month for 2 days into a new billing cycle. Is this how they win your business back!! As long as AT&T owns DirecTV, I will NEVER be a customer of theirs.
7 years ago
Michelle M Las Vegas, NV
Before they merged with AT&T they were the best. Customer service was spot on. Now spotty.We had recently moved and was having issues with on demand it took several call backs and 3 techs to come out at 3 different times to get it fixed.
7 years ago
