Like the several other thousand of you on here, I was charged an early termination fee by DirecTV when I canceled their service. I had the service for 8 months, after being told when I joined there was no contract. When I quit, they charged me $200, saying I had an 18 month term agreement. I'll spare you all the details of how I fought on the phone with them and their so-called managers over this, and just tell you how to resolve it. I filed a complaint with the Better Business Bureau, which I also encourage all of you to do. Granted it... read full review »

Same boat as most everyone else, disagreement over a contract I never knew existed until I tried to cancel. In fact, a customer service rep explicitly TOLD me there was NO contract when I joined. Blatant lie, but it caused me to join, so I guess he accomplished his mission. I joined through a general satellite provider of both Dish Network and DirecTV, they also told me there was no contract with DirecTV when signing up. Now that I've cancelled 8 months in, they hit me with a $200 early cancellation fee. Just wondering if anybody has taken their issues to small claims court, and if so, what was the outcome? read full review »

In November of 2008 I decided to have a television service after going a year without anything. I decided to give one of the Satellite companies a try. The company I had install it was a general TV/Satellite company, they install both Dish Network and DirecTv. We spent a good hour or two talking on the phone about advantages/disadvantages of both, and which would best fit my needs. He recommended Dish Network as getting the best bang for your buck, but they had a 1 year term commitment, and advised DirecTv had NO term commitment. Even though I... read full review »