Welcome to the DIRECTV Community Forums

New to the Community? Visit the Community How-To and Guidelines to get started.

New Member

Saturday, March 21st, 2020 3:52 PM

Need the truth!

After 3 days (multiple hours each day) of trying to get through to DTV we finally talked to a live person this morning. After attempting to troubleshoot over the phone he determined that he would need to schedule a technician to come out. He placed us on hold so he could make the appointment and that was an hour ago. I understand TV is not of extreme importance right now. However, I would like to be given a straight answer about the situation. I see on this forum that techs are not being sent out. If that is the case then just say so and don't let us waste our time sitting on hold for days!

ACE - Expert

 • 

28.3K Messages

5 years ago

At this point, calling in and scheduling an appointment is a gamble at best (I wanted to say c r a p shoot).

Are the CS people going to tell you that? Of course not but we all know what's going on. Don't be naive.

(edited)

ACE - Professor

 • 

473 Messages

5 years ago

Techs are being dispatched, but the techs have the same decisions to make as many of us- work & risk infection (either way), or take leave and shelter in place. There are less people in the call centers & less techs on the load to dispatch. Plus, the rapidly changing situation (hourly in some places) is adding to the confusion. Service requests get scheduled in good faith, but when the appointment time comes, the load is short staffed, and some scheduled calls can't be fulfilled. I don't think this will get any better in the near future, so be patient and keep trying.

ACE - Professor

 • 

2.3K Messages

5 years ago

Having worked for direcTV (two different times) my guess is that there are no dates available and the csr didn't want to tell you that for fear of being yelled at I'm not saying YOU would have yelled but it happens and some csrs can't deal with it very well.

NEED HELP?