[gjbl8114]

Need a bit of constructive feedback from those of you who have encountered a similar circumstance. We have just sold our Designer home with closing to take place on the 26th of September. We will not return to TV's until the 12th of September, leaving a small amount of time to sort things out. We are in the process of finding another property (CYV), but in spite of our search with all of the resources available to us - i.e., Realtors, FSBO and the likes, we have not been able to find a property of choice. Our dilemma is that we currently have all of our household communication devices on "vacation service" and we certainly need to have them re-activated upon our return. (albeit only for two weeks.)

Having said this, and realizing that we will only be in our pre-sold residence for about a two-week period, with the likelihood that we will be renting for at least a month, I'm wondering how to handle the logistics of our Direct TV contract as well as our Century Link phone and Internet service. Direct will only allow so many "vacation service options" over a 12 month period. Our return will exhaust that. The same is true with Century Link. If we disconnect phone and internet service until we have permanently relocated, we will lose our guaranteed rates. WHAT'S A PERSON TO DO???? We are very pleased with both vendors and would not be interested in changing to another. We know that we can contact the respective vendors and describe our issue, but, we also know that some things are better left unsaid. Perhaps there are some of you out there who have had to juggle this sort of problem. If so, we welcome your comments.

[kittygilchrist]

Originally Posted by gjbl8114

Need a bit of constructive feedback from those of you who have encountered a similar circumstance. We have just sold our Designer home with closing to take place on the 26th of September. We will not return to TV's until the 12th of September, leaving a small amount of time to sort things out. We are in the process of finding another property (CYV), but in spite of our search with all of the resources available to us - i.e., Realtors, FSBO and the likes, we have not been able to find a property of choice. Our dilemma is that we currently have all of our household communication devices on "vacation service" and we certainly need to have them re-activated upon our return. (albeit only for two weeks.)

Having said this, and realizing that we will only be in our pre-sold residence for about a two-week period, with the likelihood that we will be renting for at least a month, I'm wondering how to handle the logistics of our Direct TV contract as well as our Century Link phone and Internet service. Direct will only allow so many "vacation service options" over a 12 month period. Our return will exhaust that. The same is true with Century Link. If we disconnect phone and internet service until we have permanently relocated, we will lose our guaranteed rates. WHAT'S A PERSON TO DO???? We are very pleased with both vendors and would not be interested in changing to another. We know that we can contact the respective vendors and describe our issue, but, we also know that some things are better left unsaid. Perhaps there are some of you out there who have had to juggle this sort of problem. If so, we welcome your comments.

I think DirectTV allows you more than 2 weeks to move service.
suggest you call them...

[senior citizen]

Originally Posted by kittygilchrist

I think DirectTV allows you more than 2 weeks to move service.
suggest you call them...

I believe you are indeed correct.

[Parker]

As far as losing your deal, there is always a deal going on with all these companies. Lose one deal, gain another!

[MikeV]

Tell the companies if they can't accommodate your needs another company will.

[gmcneill]

We had a 3 week break between selling and buying. I contacted DirecTV to tell them that I was discontinuing service bc of selling a home, and that I wasn't sure that I wanted to continue their service in the new home. They made me an offer I couldn't refuse to remain a customer; the offer included suspending service for the 3 weeks, no fees or charges. I did same thing wi Comcast for Internet, and received a similar deal.

[njbchbum]

what would I do?
i'd take a rental for 6 wks instead of 4 wks or stay in a hotel for 2 wks and a rental for 4 wks and not have to activate the services from vacation.

[gjbl8114]

Thanks to everyone for your input. Much appreciated.....