PSA: DirectTV automatically renews Sunday Ticket

[spacejamz]

Guess I didn't read all of the fine print last year when I signed up for Direct TV and got the Sunday Ticket for free...

They automatically renew it the following year for the Sunday Ticket Max level at $299 and if you don't call by July 6th to cancel this auto-renewal, you are stuck with it.

I called to cancel this morning so they offered me the $199 deal. I said I wasn't interested because it didn't have the Red Zone channel so they offered to include it in the $199 deal. I said it was still too pricey so they dropped the price to $149 with Red Zone so I took it.

So if you signed up for DirectTV last year and got the Sunday Ticket and don't want to pay $299 this year, you need to call by tomorrow to cancel or work out a better deal.

 

[soulcougher73]

Thanks for the heads up. Need to get on this.

 

[inabag]

Thankyou!

 

[gorcorps]

That's shitty... I'll bet a lot of people get bit by this

 

[SunnyD]

I dinna know it was tomorrow. Thought billing was usually the 22nd.

edit: Just called (I was gonna anyway, but later) and they gave me ST Max for $199. Win.

 

[Linflas]

Thanks. I checked mine and once again they signed me up for the Max (called To Go last season) package so I called and got it fixed. FYI the 299.00 is for the MAX package, 199.00 is the regular package.

 

[CPA]

Damn, when I cancelled mine a few years ago, they never game me any deal offers. However, I did re-up this year with the $199 price. Looking forward to watching Peyton destroy everyone.

 

[jonny13]

Thanks, called up and got the Sunday ticket with Red Zone for $149 as well.

 

[vi edit]

Wow. Didn't this thing used to be like $350? Seems like a decent deal.

 

[benzylic]

Are they planning on doing an internet only option again this year? I live out of market for my favorite team, and your run of the mill online stream generally sucks quality wise.

 

[BoomerD]

Guess I didn't read all of the fine print last year when I signed up for Direct TV and got the Sunday Ticket for free...

They automatically renew it the following year for the Sunday Ticket Max level at $299 and if you don't call by July 6th to cancel this auto-renewal, you are stuck with it.

I called to cancel this morning so they offered me the $199 deal. I said I wasn't interested because it didn't have the Red Zone channel so they offered to include it in the $199 deal. I said it was still too pricey so they dropped the price to $149 with Red Zone so I took it.

So if you signed up for DirectTV last year and got the Sunday Ticket and don't want to pay $299 this year, you need to call by tomorrow to cancel or work out a better deal.

Thanks for the reminder. I had forgotten to do that. They offered me the Sunday Ticket for "6 easy payments of $24.95," since I'm a "loyal DirecTV customer"...but I declined. It was worth zero dollars to me...but not worth $150.

 

[SunnyD]

Are they planning on doing an internet only option again this year? I live out of market for my favorite team, and your run of the mill online stream generally sucks quality wise.

:hmm:

I'll "rent" you my streaming access...

 

[gorcorps]

:hmm:

I'll "rent" you my streaming access...

You have my attention.

 

[hclarkjr]

thanx for reminder, just called and paid for it and got extra $10 off bill for next 12 months. got max for $199 too

 

[HardcoreRobot]

xm radio does this too. i freaking hate it.

 

[shopbruin]

Are they planning on doing an internet only option again this year? I live out of market for my favorite team, and your run of the mill online stream generally sucks quality wise.

I hope so. We did it through the PS3 and loved it.

 

[I Saw OJ]

Thanks OP. Sneaky Directv.