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Subject: DirectTV Wouldn't Let Me Cancel. Talked Me Into Temporary Suspension

Comment: I called to cancel DirectTV. They tried to talk me out of it. I said I am moving to corporate housing for awhile. So they kept insisting that they sign me up for a 6 Month Temporary Suspension and when I was ready to start it up I could call.

They are so desperate to keep clients. They will do anything to keep them on the books.including making it hard to cancel.

I get $0 Bills for 5 months. Then all of a sudden a $213 bill (for 1.5 months - if I would have gotten an email for the partial $75 month I would have called then). I call and say that I won't be ready for service for at least another month. And they would delete the $212 from the account. They want my service so of course they are not gonna charge me for their service I didn't use...

Well, I decided not to use DTV so I called to officially cancel and the $212 fee is still there. I argue how can they charge for something I didn't use. If you don't use electricity. You don't get charged. If you don't use water. You don't get charged. WHAT COMPANY CAN CHARGE YOU FOR NOT USING THEIR SERVICE?

They refused to give me my $212... Of course their notes in their computer are incomplete and favor their firm. No note of the last conversation where I was told I would not be charged.

I have spent thousands with DTV and was a HUGE fan of them.

Now. I am going to blog the heck of my experience and I will cost them many many customers.

And the $1500 annually i spend with a TV provider. Which is $15000 every decade... Will go to AT&T Uverse or some other carrier.

DTV had to squeeze a dime out of me. This is what they get. I probably was responsible for 20-25 clients signing up for DTV and now I will take back those 25 and 50 more.

Company: DirecTV
Country: USA

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