cancelling DirecTV

dstout said:

I called last night to cancel. I told them I was going to DISH Hopper/Joey. They offered whole home DVR, Free HD(I think) and taking $25 or so off my bill, no DVR fees. I told them I was done. They said my service would be cut off at midnight. It is still going. How many calls is it going to take to cancel?

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Why do you care as long as you no longer have to pay? You did get the person's name and noted when you called? Right?

of course not, because I am an idiot.

Go online and check your account. If it says cancelled, enjoy the free service until you get Dish. But I suspect if your service has been cancelled, your free service with DirecTV will be limited.

trh said:

Go online and check your account. If it says cancelled, enjoy the free service until you get Dish. But I suspect if your service has been cancelled, your free service with DirecTV will be limited.

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And be sure you go to your local store and buy all the Kleenex they have in stock because you will need it.

Clemsole said:

And be sure you go to your local store and buy all the Kleenex they have in stock because you will need it.

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Three weeks to the day that I cancelled DirecTV, I got a letter in the mail asking me to come back. FREE HD-DVR, FREE HBO/CineMax/ShowTime for 3 months, and $29.99 for Choice for the first year.

I got you beat! I've been 'back' about a year now and still get offers from them in email to 'come back'!!

ATARI said:

Three weeks to the day that I cancelled DirecTV, I got a letter in the mail asking me to come back. FREE HD-DVR, FREE HBO/CineMax/ShowTime for 3 months, and $29.99 for Choice for the first year.

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Everybody seems to get these very attractive offers after they have cancelled their account and in all probability signed up with another provider with possibly some sort of service requirement meaning they couldn't (financially) come back even if they wanted to. Maybe the answer is to cancel your account and go without programming service except for OTA until the attractive "come back" offer arrives.

I had an R15 and old SD DirecTivo. I have already unhooked them. Got DISh this morning.

"dstout" said:

I had an R15 and old SD DirecTivo. I have already unhooked them. Got DISh this morning.

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You really did this for the Hopper? Limited to primetime major network programming and is likely on a very short leash.

I did it to save money and finally get HD. I like the way the Hopper works so far.

Good luck and I hope it works out for you.

desulliv said:

You really did this for the Hopper? Limited to primetime major network programming and is likely on a very short leash.

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But if your primary interest is network primetime, it's not that bad. Others have gotten two hoppers to make up for the rest. Try doing that with HR34s

I have 4 HR24's connected in a Whole Home DVR Service so that I can have up to 8 different programs (HD or SD, and network primetime or not) recording simultaneously across 2TB of storage. I can basically watch any program from anywhere in the house with little regard as to where it's coming from.

Plus I don't have to put up with Dish's nonsense.

dpeters11 said:

But if your primary interest is network primetime, it's not that bad. Others have gotten two hoppers to make up for the rest. Try doing that with HR34s

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I thought you couldn't have two hoppers. I read recently here about someone that got a second one and it was shut off a couple of days after activation.

Everything I've seen, you are supposed to be able to have two. DirecTV only allows one 34.

dpeters11 said:

Everything I've seen, you are supposed to be able to have two. DirecTV only allows one 34.

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Correct but with DIRECTV you can have HD DVR's as well as the HR34 which you cannot do with DISH Hopper and ViP series receivers.

"Shades228" said:

Correct but with DIRECTV you can have HD DVR's as well as the HR34 which you cannot do with DISH Hopper and ViP series receivers.

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Of course that is a valid point.

studechip said:

I thought you couldn't have two hoppers. I read recently here about someone that got a second one and it was shut off a couple of days after activation.

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i have 2 hoppers