Agreed to 2 year contract with ATT for 191.00 . ATT charging 208.00 and now 306.09

Also . It’s taken out of my very large credit card that I pay monthly . 

Automatically 

Nothing backed up 

And yet you didn't know that the into price is what you where paying and it would go up at the end of the year.

Do you mean the  "contract" that the door to door salesman gave you?

If you post an image of your last few Bill's we can interpret them for you.

Not our bosses, we don't work for DirecTV 

To keep providing service at less than cost is not how you retain customers. That is how you go out of business. Networks charge TV providers a lot of money to carry them and as such must bill accordingly. Never expect intro price to be permanent. You may not agree with pricing higher than your electric bill, but the reality is there is no guarantee that electric will always be your most expensive service. The more optional luxury services you add on to your lifestyle and the more you pay.

Certainly read paperwork from the company itself, as 3rd party sellers are in abundance with most service providers. Sales agent gives you a handwritten copy, verify what the company official has (usually automatically sent to your email directly). And don't neglect reading the bill as that is your financial responsibility.

The $113 difference wouldn't be just DirecTV. So the other service you started would have had their own intro discounts for that 1st year, which added up. Though without seeing the bill we cannot say if there were any charges beyond discounts ending.

I do not work for DirecTV/AT&T. Just providing a realistic perspective from my years of experience as a consumer. And actually you did fall for the 3rd party sales agent's false offer. The actual DirecTV agents had to give you the unfortunate news of what was actually on the order, that you didn't want to hear.

No, I actually talked to the direct TV provider and ATT before we had the service connected . And yes they did offer me the pricing . They have offered to fix the pricing to what was originally agreed upon , but I am not interested now . I wasn’t born yesterday and this forum is very negative . Unless it’s you that it has happened to the feedback is meant to make the person feel ignorant and belittled . First time I have  tried the forum . It’s not that I can’t afford the ridiculous pricing , but there are far better choices and honesty is a must to retain my business . Funny company tried to tell me I had some free sports ticket that I was getting free and that’s what caused the increase . Then they told me I had added channels . Never did any of these things and there is nothing stating that I did . There are far better luxuries than Direct TV and ATT and I have these options . So I’m taking them .  So , thanks for all your help , but no thanks . I’ve had years of experience with these company’s also and they are not loosing a thing from their existing customers . They are however loosing from the Covid Pandemic , where as people could not afford these things anymore because some have lost their jobs and such . I however have not and like having my TV . I’m a manager for a large retail chain and work a lot of hours , so on my days off . I like to watch TV in my spare time . I’m not going to spend my hard earned money on inflated pricing.  It’s an excuse that somebody else can accept . But I won’t . I’ve got options and I won’t do it . So I hope they do better with no customers . Because that’s what they will end up with . Can’t have a business with 0 customers . 

Thanks anyway 

Have a wonderful day . I would never want or agree to sports channels free or not free . I could care less about sports 

Forum is for customers helping each other. Sometimes we can direct to solutions or give guidance for improving a situation. Other times we have to give hard realistic perspective, though it may not want to be heard, is said honestly.

By "free sports ticket", that indicates part of the issue. Most intro offers include the NFL Sunday Ticket free for the 1st season. Like other sport subscriptions it works on a annual renewal. So you have to call prior to the start of the next season to opt out. This is listed on the order confirmation. Time frame is renewal notice is in June, with 1st of 6 installments in July. That gives plenty of time to opt out before the season starts in September, which will adjust the charges for any installments already billed.

The NFL Sunday Ticket is optional (after the free intro offer). Sports is one of their biggest selling points (they are the exclusive provider for the Sunday Ticket after all), so sports channels are in most packages, but you can leave off the optional add-ons as those are for the main sports fans.

Pricing, as in the base costs not just discounts ending, has gone up over the years. This is because networks charge more and more each year. TV providers have been fighting harder the last couple years against those costs (since raising bill to match causes upset customers and an increase in calls), which has resulted in networks increasing their revenue with more advertisements (and more unavoidable ones for On Demand). So none of us like where pricing is now, but as their costs go up then our bills go up, they can't just absorb increasing costs with nothing to cover it.

Wherever you go from here, just make sure to read the order confirmation that is delivered directly by the company and be wary of 3rd party sales agents. This is why I choose to call a company directly, to make sure there is no "middle-man" to cause problems. And verify amount and length of specials, discounts or "free" trials, so you don't get a surprise bill. And naturally do not expect that cost and programming is permanent as all TV providers have that clause that pricing and programming are subject to change, since they don't own the channels.