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How do I file a complaint?
We called on Sept 20 to cancel our account. We were told we were in the middle of the billing cycle and that it would end 10/11. I got charged for another month on 10/4. When I called to ask about this they explained that is how the billing works. That doesn't make any sense that we in theory got 2 weeks free prior to payment. What company does that? Of course, I called to see if anything can be done as we were not expecting the charge and shocking nothing can be done.
shannon02
ACE - Expert
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20.8K Messages
3 months ago
Your billing cycle started the day you where installed, on day 2 your bill is made and sent or payed if you use autopay, on day 20 the bill is due.
You can cancel at anytime but it doesn't go into effect until the end of your billing cycle and you still receive service until then and you have 21 days to return returnable receivers at that time.
Your billing cycle ended on Oct. 3.
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Juniper
ACE - Expert
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22.6K Messages
3 months ago
Several years ago, DirecTV joined other service companies in that cancellations go through at the end of the bill cycle. If you are on autopay with a credit card, it transacts on day 2 of your bill cycle.
So if payment went through on 10/4, then that would indicate your cycle starts over on the 3rd of each month. Meaning calling to cancel on Sept 20 means your last day of service would have been 10/02.
This says to me either the agent didn't cancel your service, resulting in the cycle starting over or your autopay is through another method (such as EFT) which goes through much later in the cycle. I would look at the bill and double check what your actual service dates are to see if account didn't cancel or there was a misunderstanding what dates the payment was for.
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Juniper
ACE - Expert
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22.6K Messages
3 months ago
Also check the bill in case it was canceled but there were final one-time charges to clear the account, such as Early Cancellation Fee (ECF), unbilled PPVs, etc.
In the event it is the account wasn't canceled in the first place, the only way to resolve is to call. That is also how you submit a complaint. When you get the voice prompt say "cancel" and you should be routed to the correct department.
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