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Customer service hung up on me!

I just called customer service to get a quote for new service. The representative hung up on me!! Is this how AT&T treats potential customers? I’d hate to see how they treat existing customers!!

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Software update hung receiver? keep resetting

The software update overnight left me with a frozen HD DVR this morning. The first 2 resets hung at different points as it came back up... finally the third one completed all the way and it seems OK. So do several resets before you give up and call... I may call or write to express my displeasure an

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Receiver Took Software Update - Now Hung in Self Test

DirecTV H23 took some software update and now hung in self-test. Red Button Reset = No Luck Forced Software = No Luck Removed From Power (15+ mins) = No luck.  Ideas?

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Hung the phone up in my face

God had blessed us as were are moving full speed ahead with buying a home.  I'm currently with Verizon, but not on contract.   I feel this is an excellent time to explore my options.   Called Direct TV today to inquire about availability and rates.   Was asked for my SSN and DOB.  I humbly told the

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Reboot hung at "Receiving Satellite Info"

After a few cloudy/drizzly days, the DVR started going digital on some channels, while standard receivers in other rooms lost different channels. Did a standard reboot on the DVR (red button on front) and got through the disk check and finding satellite. My DVR is now hung at the message "Receiving

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Rude reps, hung up on.. unacceptable!

I have just talked with 3 customer service agents. One hung up on me and another wanted to argue with me about speaking with a manager. Once I talked with “ the manager” he said he could not help in this situation. I asked how long had I been with AT&T. He replied he couldn’t look it up. Then he sai

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DVR-40 hung up

This morning my record light was on, TV screen was blank. Unplugged, waited, plugged it back in and now "Welcome, Powering up..." After half an hour, no change. Repeated several times.  Unplugged, removed card, plugged it back in, same result.

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HDR21 Gets hung in loop

My Rcvr sometimes gets in this loop when I try to play a show from my recorded list. I hit play from the list and it comes up to do you want to delete this show, then shows the play bar at the bottom then back to do you want to delete. It does thes over and over and I have to reset the RCVR to get i

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Online Directv hung up on Install Player

Everything was working fine.  Didn't use for a couple of days.  Then, for past 3 days, every time I hit "watch now", after lag, goes to window telling me to install player.  I have uninstalled and reinstalled player multiple times, reinstalled flashplayer, cleared cache/history, and checked settings

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DirecTV stealing the interest of $30/month during the pandemic, got screamed at like a three year old by CS Manager and then hung up on

I canceled my MLB Extra Inning Package on March 12, (it is stated on my March Billing Statement). I was told at the time it would be two billing cycles (April and May) before the credit was issued. I received my May statement and received no credit. So I called the customer service department. The i

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Green box on property and cables hung over palm tree

A service provider was in my street on May 3, 2022. They dug into my garden and installed a green box instead of putting it in the easement area to the curb.   They left cables hanging over a palm tree.  How can we tell if this is AT&T or a different provider?

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How to get a CSR from another country to connect you to someone in the USA without being hung up on?

I just called the 1-800-288-2020, and was connected to a woman in the Philippines (I asked her where she was located), which was fine at first but after asking her to confirm my installation for services the next day and her putting me on hold many times to finally tell me that my appointment had be

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Very poor customer service by ATT representative who hung up on me.

I called 1 800 531-5000 and representative id # 7024 refused to address my issue. She only wanted me to take a 99.95 fee for repair which I do not need.  I am a retiree from Southwestern Bell where is worked for 30 years 9 mos and 13 days.  ATT subsequently bought out Southwestern Bell.&n

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I was lied to hung up on and now i have to wait for a call back before my issue can be resolved

I have have several issues regarding my bill. I have called multiple of times to find myself in the phone for over 3 hours and still nothing has been resolved. I would like for someone to give me a call back regarding this matter.Shaine    [Edited for privacy-This is a public forum. Please do not po

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10 Days till Football season and hardcore NFL non-streaming fans are still being hung out to dry by the NFL, Youtube and Directv

I've been trying to gauge if I'm the only one who had NFL Sunday Ticket for over 20 years and is now screwed by this streaming only garbage on Youtube Tv. I'm a hardcore NFL fan and I do not just watch one game at a time, I constantly switch channels and watch as much as I can. I refuse to pay $400

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How can I get worth while customer service - they called back after chat agent couldn't help, then put on hold then , then hung up on me

Chat agent said rep would call back with solution to my discount that expired and price went way up on Direct TV package. Last time agent said that no one called back, this time they called, put me on hold, then another agent picked up and had no idea what the issue was, retold him the issue and he

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I just spent almost 4 hours with them. Hung up on 3 times by managers. They claimed that I owe $450 for none equipment returned,  but when I proved them wrong, they hung up

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How to file a complaint against ATT U-Verse

How to file a complaint against ATT U-Verse I'm looking for a way to place a formal complain to U-verse.  I was offered a deal for internet and Tv services, with HBO for life, and a $300 gift card for $75.00/mo for year after receiving a discount of $15.00 for have ATT phone services.  They had to r

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Same thing. I never post in forums but i was hung up on 7 times. Just to activate an account! I was transfered to a manager- hung up! This is crazy.

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Terrible customer service and lies

I was a Direct TV cust for over 10 yrs. In Jan I called and spoke w/ a rep named Torma. I stated credits on my account would be ending and I wasn’t going to keep service and pay more. I also inquired about the NFL package being free for next yr as I had received an email stating that. That day Torma

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why was I disconnected?

Tony hung up phone on me WHY?

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Call transfer then hang up

Called 800.531.5000. when transfered by their system my call is hung up.  Tried 3 departments and same result. 

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