DirecTV
Bill Hit $98 Monthly, Then HD Upgrade Quote Cost More

I signed up with Direct Tv 2 years ago at my old apartment. I had ordered a DVR box for the living room and a standard box for the bedroom. My bill for a long time was in the 46-55 dollar range. After a year I gradually saw my bill increase and tried to get it down to the same rate as before. Of course that was not going to happen. Financial times got hard, and I had to move back in with my parents and suspend my directtv, which cost me a few pennies, to say the least.

After things got better, I moved out once again to a new apartment. Install was fine and everything worked, except for the 30 bucks they charged me for 2 huge C clamps for "custom install." After all that, my bill was constantly 98 bucks a month, while my boss was only paying 46 a month with 3 receivers, HD, no premium channels and DVR service. I literally compared my bill to his, and it was so unfair.

Anyway, after I had to move once again, this time for work-related reasons, since it was less than a year prior, they were going to charge me 75 bucks for the install, which would be tacked onto my bill, and I would get the 3 premiums free for 3 months (whatever, I guess). That week I decided that I wanted to upgrade to a flat panel HDTV, so I figured maybe I could call up and score a good deal, since I had found out online that I was out of my contract and the ball was in my court.

I shouldn't have even said that. Anyway, I wanted to get the best deal that I could: HD, DVR, at least HBO and whatever amount of channels, since I am not much of a TV watcher. I was told I would have to pay for the HD box, which was 200 bucks, but they would give me a 50 dollar credit, and I would still be charged 150. Plus my new install would be 75 bucks, and my bill would stay about the same except they would charge me another 10 bucks a month for HD, free for 6 months, but I would have to sign another 2 year deal.

Oh, no way. I found out that AT&T UVerse is in the area and I could bundle everything. I'm getting the U200 package with HD and DVR, 2 receivers, HBO, internet, all for about 100 bucks. Plus I have AT&T for my iPhone, so why not bundle that all together. So far I get the service installed tomorrow, so we shall see what the deal is when it is all hooked up.

Company: DirecTV
Country: USA

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