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Overview

DStv has a rating of 1.44 stars from 16 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. DStv ranks 8th among Satellite Television sites.

  • Service
    3
  • Value
    3
  • Shipping
    2
  • Returns
    2
  • Quality
    2
Positive reviews (last 12 months): 0%
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Top Critical Review

“This is very bad Holiday Home website --”

PETER N.
12/3/21

The Holiday Home system... is good -- yes -- but the Website is BAD not user friendly -- and does not work properly -- it is better to phone in =-- then at least the good people on the line will help -- bad website -- YUK --- good people inside the telephone... the person who wrote this must have left for Australia -- and has forgotten about us... peter

Reviews (16)

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Thumbnail of user petern709
1 review
0 helpful votes
December 3rd, 2021

The Holiday Home system... is good -- yes -- but the Website is BAD not user friendly -- and does not work properly -- it is better to phone in =-- then at least the good people on the line will help -- bad website -- YUK --- good people inside the telephone... the person who wrote this must have left for Australia -- and has forgotten about us... peter

Tip for consumers:
DSTV RATHER PHONE IN .............

Products used:
DSTV DECODER

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Thumbnail of user marthag807
1 review
1 helpful vote
January 18th, 2022

Series: seasons not shown in full eg Project runway S19, stopped at episode 9; episodes not in correct order; programs advertised often cancelled without notification; shows ends abruptly, leaving one wondering if it was cut short.
Execution of programs as reflected in guide unsatisfactory and very frustating. Leaves me wondering if someone is asleepbonbthe job.
Please! Show the rest of RHOSLC, S2...(. Reunion part 2) and the rest of Project Runway season. To name but a few!

Thumbnail of user pierrol
1 review
1 helpful vote
February 13th, 2023

Most pathetic company since Telkom, well it's worse than Telkom to be honest. It took me 2 hours on the phone with them, to activate a new decoder; and after the 2 hours, still nothing. They still could not activate it. The incompetent, unskilled, untrained person on the phone told me to hold cause his PC is to slow, makes me hold for another 20 min, never came back to me. Thank God for streaming services...

Thumbnail of user pieterg10
1 review
0 helpful votes
January 23rd, 2024

I was contacted regarding an upgrade and request time to review the offer for 2 day's. I did'nt recieve the callback and requested (4) four times a callback with NO response. I had to phone in myself on my cost to do the upgrade. I enqiured regarding the 220gb data offer that goes with the package and was informed that i will reciece a call to look into the matter within 24 to 48 hrs. Still NOTHING. No i can see why dstv is loosing millions due to POOR service. It's a pitty i went for this upgrade

Products used:
Dstv ultra decoder

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Thumbnail of user giftm5
1 review
0 helpful votes
June 6th, 2021

This company is giving terrible service and they a a gangstalking business. I paid my subscription but am told I didn't pay

Thumbnail of user annam2183
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
February 16th, 2023

I had an absolutely frustrating experience with DSTV Streaming. I purchased a package to watch the Qatar World Cup specifically, but three out of five times I opened streaming both the website and the app were down for the whole duration of the first period! The one thing that I bought the subscription for was not there! I then gave up on DSTV and watched football elsewhere.

Additionally, when I tried to cancel the subscription at least two times in the next two months, the website was either down or buggy and would say that I need to wait and try again later.

When I finally managed to reach out to the help center (admittedly, two months later - because I didn't have time to deal with that before), I got help with canceling my subscription. However, I was refused a refund because "there was no record in the system that I wasn't using the service" when I literally used it only a few times in December and opened it twice or three times in January and February only to try to cancel it.

Overall, it's a complete waste of both money and, most importantly, time.

Tip for consumers:
Don't sign up for the service in the first place

Products used:
Streaming service

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Thumbnail of user jimmyj60
2 reviews
3 helpful votes
July 30th, 2018

I was a DStv subscriber since 2008. Along the way, several options made themselves available, rendering the high charges of Multichoice unnecessary. I thought they would read the changed times and readjust their pricing model to fit circumstances. More than 24 months later, they are yet to play ball. I miss History Channel and CI, I must say.

Thumbnail of user roelofv2
1 review
0 helpful votes
September 1st, 2021

Dstv downgraded my package without any communication. Now there are more costs involved to have my package back on Premium, this is unacceptable to change a contract without authorisation

Thumbnail of user mzilikazil
1 review
0 helpful votes
August 21st, 2023

You must uninstall first before update.
Too much buffering compared to initial program.
Rubbish app.

Thumbnail of user diannr7
1 review
0 helpful votes
April 16th, 2019

Threatening sms recd 5.04 despite pmt been recd by yourselves vide mthly debit order being processing by yourselves & met. Have now reqd formal letter of apology three times and the last being when manager phoned on 11th instant to apologise. Despite his assurances that same will be emailed & confirmed correct email address held NOTHING has been forthcoming. If a member of management can't keep his promise you can't expect the client to have confidence in your service. TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE! DSTV obviously don't need our business!

Thumbnail of user janed509
1 review
0 helpful votes
March 31st, 2019

DSTV are THIEVES basically. I paid them for a whole year and they said they didn't get the money despite me sending bank receipts. Also they are over charging and disconnecting 100 times. Its ridiculous. Please DO NOT use them. They are USELESS

Thumbnail of user adamsl2
1 review
0 helpful votes
May 1st, 2019

Everything with dstv is just wrong I am Kenyan and is like I pay to to be punished by Nigerian channels. That means I watch half of the channels provided in the package which is also "termed as" {MONEY WASTAGE}. I should be watching something I understand and worth paying for.
SOLUTION; look for a better service provider.

Thumbnail of user aubreym26
1 review
1 helpful vote
May 15th, 2018

Hi

I have set a debit order for monthly subscription and my bank notified me of the deduction on the agreed date but to my surprised you guys send me the message of not paying the subscription fee for May and now is the 15th you have disconnected my services and where do I get money now to reconnect. I pay this service monthly without skipping and not even watching all the channels that I am paying for but now I have to pay extra R50. That is so unfair to disconnected my services in the middle of the month.

Thumbnail of user markw639
1 review
0 helpful votes
November 17th, 2018

I have repeatedly gone through incorrect accounting entries
With different consultants at DSTV in the last few weeks, with no understanding
Or willingness from their side to correct what is wrong, particularly on the
Holiday home account. Some have been corrected
But not all. The entries include
Overlapping dates resulting in double charges & decoders being switched on
& charged for that have not worked for years. This must border on fraud. I used to be on a debit order system to pay
My account, but due to the overcharges on my account I cancelled the debit
Order & refuse to pay anymore until issues resolved. Due to non payment on my part, my service has
Now been suspended. I am now embarassed
Because i cannot give DSTV to guests i have in my guest house. Their service is less than good & their
Willingness to resolve issues is nil. I
Have been a client for 20 plus years & have had issues before that i have
Reported without resolution. This is now
Enough. It is easier to go without DSTV
Than to have this perpetual fight so have cancelled my account with them.

Thumbnail of user mazz4
1 review
4 helpful votes
February 27th, 2015

Thats correct. Satellite tv for chimps! Seriously this service is expensive and makes the mom and pop cable offerings in the USA look like the academy awards.
LOTS & LOTS and lots more re runs. The company denies this but its possible to see nothing new on the service the whole evening. Just reruns of programs they played a year before! South africa is a $h1t hole country where monopoly company's get away with murder. Dstv has NO competition at all. Nothing! So they do what they like. I hope broad band tv comes soon so operators like this company go out of business. The company is headed by Koos Beckker a clever business man but thats where the cleverness ends. He is south africas richest us$ billionaire who also owns 32% of tencent the chinese internet company.
Dstv is crap. The only good thing is the news services like bbc, cnn and sky. South africas sabc news is blatant marxist propaganda so dstv provides relief from this but at a cost.
Their live sport is ok if thats your thing. They have a monopoly attitude of take it or leave it. No bundle offerings like chose five channels etc just subscribe to all 80 channels or piss off!
Did I mention that dstv really is crap.

Thumbnail of user elohoi
4 reviews
1 helpful vote
August 29th, 2019

There is sometimes fluctuations in the site. Logging in is easy but navigation takes a whole lot. The function to clear errors like that of E16 is not operational. In short, the site is very boring.
I won't be using it anytime soon except there is improvement

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