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Wednesday, April 8th, 2020 7:56 PM

Impossible to get to alive person to CANCEL during COVID

Our household has lost an income source during the pandemic, I can't pay DirecTV bill so it got disconnected today (despite the claims that there will not be service disconnects during COVID). To stop the bleeding, for 2 days I have been trying to get to a live person to cancel the subscription. Cust service I spoke to after over an hour hold said they CANNOT HELP ME and transferred me to a line with no tone, probably on purpose, so I would hang up. My total wait time is currently 2h 58m.

DirecTV customer abuse practices were always famously atrocious - no company deserves to burn down in this stock market crash more - but to ensnare and squeeze people for overpriced TV subscription while they are losing their homes and livelihood is the ultimate level of depravity.

DO SOMETHING to redeem yourselves DirecTV - you are dying out anyhow ! How easy would it be to put an 'unsubscribe" button to the account page if you were not a bunch of greedy pigs....

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ACE - Professor

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2.3K Messages

5 years ago

Pay tv is a luxury not a necessity therefore not protected from service interuption.

New Member

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I agree - I no longer want this luxury so give me an option to cancel with REASONABLE effort and time investment required.

Employee

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34K Messages

5 years ago

the promise is only for internet and cell phones not tv or prepaid cell

New Member

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Then maybe you should stop spreading ambiguous messages like this:

New Member

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So, in an effort to be constructive - question: if I make an appointment via your phone system to get a call back - am I going to get a call back tomorrow or is that another farce?

Contributor

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5 years ago

Agreed. We plan to cancel and change provider. Customer for years but having no customer support at all, not good.

New Member

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Good luck! On my 3rd call now, 58 min on hold. If they transfer me to a dead line again I'm not wasting another day on this, I'm going to consumer legal services.


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