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DirecTV Cancellation
I have been trying to get a refund from the cancellation of my DirecTV service since February 2020. Even though I have a credit on my DirectTV account, AT&T refuses to remove the DirectTV charges from my AT&T Internet account. They insist on sending me a prepaid visa card to pay my account with, but have failed to send me one. I have spent hours on the phone and in online chats trying to get this resolved with no success. I asked for the issue to be escalated to a supervisor and they referred me to consumer.appeals@att.com, but the email bounced back. Horrible customer service!
Juniper
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5 years ago
AT&T internet and DirecTV are different accounts, even if you have the bill combined. So the DirecTV account billed AT&T, they paid it and are billing you to be reimbursed. When the DirecTV canceled it separated the combined billing. The charges on the AT&T account would only reverse back to DirecTV if this occurred before the bill produced on AT&T's end. So you pay the AT&T bill as shown
However since DirecTV no longer prorates final bills anymore, going to flat billing for the full month like many other companies, it is unusual to have a credit balance instead.
Since supervisor requests are done on the call, and there is no support by email, I would guess that agent was either trying to get rid of you or is outsourced and pulled up some very outdated info as I see that email mentioned in posts from years ago (did a quick search) with the same results.
Your option is to call DirecTV. But when you get the voice system say "cancel" as usually retention agents are more experienced. If still needed certainly request a supervisor which occurs during the call. However until their staffing is back to normal (Covid-19 closed many of their call centers temporarily), there are still long holds to deal with. Not guaranteed to get you the fund a different way as it is an automated process, but gives you a shot. Plus I would submit complaint on that prior call as either bad agent or they have some outdated (or incorrect if a typo) contact info somewhere in their polices.
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shannon02
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5 years ago
You do not pay for DTV in advance your billing cycle started the day you where installed on day 2 the bill is produced and sent.
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