Just a consumer aware with Direct TV.
I was a loyal customer for over 5 years and always paid online. This was until our dvr box decided to stop working the morning after they had sent one of their usual automatic updates to it.
I called the rep to be told I would have to pay $70 for a tech to come and look at the box, then pay an additional $300 if it had to be replaced. I had no time limited contract with them from being a customer for so long and thus I also found out that I owned the DVR box, so it was my responsibility that it broke.
You could imagine my surprise and I requested to speak to a supervisor, which after being on hold for ever, I was hung up on. I called back and was then told by a different rep that I also had the option to sign up for their monthly service plan which would eliminate the tech fee, but would be an addition $5 a month. I explained my frustration that they were the ones in control of the box, I had done nothing to it, yet I have to pay for it. So why would I have to pay for a service when they could just send a signal and kill your cable box whenever they wanted too... Sounded like a scam to get you to sign up to their service plan...
It took me 5 minutes to cancel my service with Direct TV and sign up on a much cheaper bundle package with Comcast. A few days past and I regularly check my bank account. I found that Direct TV had taken my last payment of $64 which was not even due yet, straight out of my account. I was not on any form of automatic payment with them, and had chose the option to pay 1 time only via credit card each time I paid my bill online. I called them to ask them why they had done this as it was not authorized, their answer was... Oh we updated our contract agreement recently and you would have gotten a copy with your statement in the mail. If you cancel your account, we are allowed to take the remaining balance immediately out of whatever account you have saved with us online that you have been making payments with in the past.!!!
So BEWARE of making any payment online to them through the direct TV web site. Stick to making them directly through your own banking system or send a check when you get your statement. If not you will get an unpleasant surprise with probably a lot of NSF fees to follow.
Funny thing is that they now call and send me junk mail trying to get my business back, not in a million years Direct TV, you lost a very loyal customer and your not the only ones to offer all those channels anymore, DUH!!!
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