Direct TV
Free Movie Channels Became $36 a Month After Three Months
- 04-28-2009
- 13
Electronics and household app.
DirectTV has a billing practice that seems to me to be unethical... bordering on illegal. When you subscribe to their service, they include a "free" 3-month movie channel package. Once the 3 months are up, they begin charging you $36/month for the service. Even though this service and the process for billing were never mentioned to me, they are still willing and able to charge after the 3 months unless the customer proactively calls in and cancels the service at the end of the 90 days.
Once I noticed the extra $36/month on my bill, I called. It was 5 months into my service. Even though I never used the channels in the package, Direct TV refused to reimburse the amount charged until I escalated the problem through 3 levels of customer service and spent 2 hrs stating my case. What a pain.
So, with Direct TV... buyer beware.
Company: Direct TV
Country: USA
State: Colorado
City: Denver