[encantotom]

i had heard that with the massive cancellations of sat tv customers moving to online sources that there were some pretty crazy retention programs for current directv customers.  

i have had directv for years.  my daughter and her husband cancelled directv and went with several different online sources.  

so i called directv number at 1-978-890-3027, some special number for retention evidently.  told them i was looking at online content sources and they immediately offered to cut my bill in half for 12 months.  from 116 per month to 58.  i just said that wasnt good enough and they dropped it to 30 bucks a month for 12 months.  sometimes they have gift card offers on top of it so ask for a gift card as well.  they said they were out of them today.  

no hassle, on the phone for a total of ten minutes

can cancel at anytime.  my contract period was up.  

that was my experience and many others are getting the same kind of deals.  there is an entire thread on slickdeals about it.

https://slickdeals.net/f/10971511-direct...ommentsBox

thanks to my son scott, who is our main admin on the forum for telling me about this.

ymmv

tom