# Time Warner offers to pay DirecTV cancelation charges?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-warner-offers-to-pay-directv-cancelation-charges/437851
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [February 16, 2008, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-warner-offers-to-pay-directv-cancelation-charges/437851 "2008-02-16T02:43:10Z")
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### Author:  [@Merkwurdigliebe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merkwurdigliebe)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2008, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-warner-offers-to-pay-directv-cancelation-charges/437851/1 "2008-02-16T02:43:10Z")
So, I have DirecTV. Should have gotten Time Warner, but didn’t think better of it. Anyway so I went to TWC today to take care of some Internet business. I told him of my situation and said “If you pay for the cancelation fees, I will switch over.”
He said that he’d offer me some kind of 200 dollar rebate to do so. He also gave me the number to contact him. I have to show him my DirecTV contract, obviously. Of course I didn’t save this, but I’m sure I could get a copy sent to me if I called DirecTV and asked them to send me one.
What do you guys think? How likely am I to get screwed if I try this? I can just see myself getting the runaround if I tried it.
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### Author:  [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2008, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-warner-offers-to-pay-directv-cancelation-charges/437851/2 "2008-02-16T21:00:16Z")
I have no idea about Time Warner. I know that if you transfer an account to my brokerage firm from another company, I’ll happily pay any charges you incur from your prior firm.
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### Author:  [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2008, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-warner-offers-to-pay-directv-cancelation-charges/437851/3 "2008-02-17T03:11:46Z")
I used to get those kinds of offers all the time from long distance companies. They would refund the cost of switching on my first bill.