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re: XM or Sirius radio?

Posted on 11/19/17 at 5:03 pm to
Posted by Paul Allen
Montauk, NY
Member since Nov 2007
78706 posts
Posted on 11/19/17 at 5:03 pm to
Good luck if you want to transfer to another radio. Lifetime membership definitely has some fine-print stuff that they don’t tell you up front.
Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
Member since Jul 2007
159092 posts
Posted on 11/19/17 at 5:06 pm to
the one w/o howard stern
Posted by dltigers3
Collierville, TN
Member since Jun 2010
2228 posts
Posted on 11/19/17 at 5:21 pm to
I'm currently with SiriusXM, but I will probably cancel shortly. Too many adds on several channels, and on the music channels, lots of interuptions with DJs or artists talking.
Posted by touchdownjeebus
Member since Sep 2010
26824 posts
Posted on 11/19/17 at 6:24 pm to
Get the lifetime contract. It pays for itself pretty quickly.
Posted by Pelican fan99
Lafayette, Louisiana
Member since Jun 2013
39656 posts
Posted on 11/19/17 at 7:26 pm to
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I got in on the Sirius lifetime subscription years ago. Before the merge. Best $500 I ever spent. Grandfathered in with the merger as well. Pretty sure they don't offer the lifetime subscription offer anymore though.
yep it’s pretty great. I picked up my grandfathers lifetime subscription when he died and have had it almost 10 years without paying anything. It makes me laugh at all the poor people who have to play the cancel game every year.
Posted by shutterspeed
MS Gulf Coast
Member since May 2007
73841 posts
Posted on 11/19/17 at 7:54 pm to
Explore podcasts and save your money.
Posted by TH03
Mogadishu
Member since Dec 2008
172004 posts
Posted on 11/19/17 at 7:54 pm to
Is this 2003? They’re the same now.
Posted by TH03
Mogadishu
Member since Dec 2008
172004 posts
Posted on 11/19/17 at 7:55 pm to
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It makes me laugh at all the poor people who have to play the cancel game every year.


How does that make me poor? If the lower rate is available, then that’s what the product is worth. I’m not paying the full price when the lower rate is able to be negotiated.
Posted by shutterspeed
MS Gulf Coast
Member since May 2007
73841 posts
Posted on 11/19/17 at 7:58 pm to
I remember posters on here always talking about playing the cancel game.

When it came time for me to cancel, the Sirius chick on the other was just like, “Alright.”
Posted by TH03
Mogadishu
Member since Dec 2008
172004 posts
Posted on 11/19/17 at 8:00 pm to
Even if they let you cancel, you’ll get an email with the promo rate a couple weeks later.
Posted by 13SaintTiger
Isle of Capri
Member since Sep 2011
18419 posts
Posted on 11/19/17 at 8:32 pm to
I cancelled a few months ago and the lady wouldn’t let me off the phone she was haggling me so much. I cancelled because like a previous poster said the rehashed songs, signal would drop frequently, and I’m now paying for Apple Music. Apple Music and podcasts are all I need.
Posted by Twenty 49
Shreveport
Member since Jun 2014
21536 posts
Posted on 11/19/17 at 9:52 pm to
I didn’t directly threaten to cancel. I just said I enjoyed it but not enough to pay the renewal price they quoted. Could she do any better? She knocked it down about 50% for a one year renewal. I asked for a deal on streaming and got that added for about $20.

Ive read of folks getting deeper discounts after more aggressive haggling, but I was good with that for 5 Minutes of painless talking.
Posted by East Coast Band
Member since Nov 2010
67015 posts
Posted on 11/19/17 at 9:57 pm to
I've got Lifetime subscriptions on 2 vehicles.
Now, due to some fineprint shite that was changed a few years back, the lifetime subscription is only for that radio. Had it been a XM radio (one bought from their website, e.g.), they would allow a transfer of the lifetime membership.
However, my, along with probably 98% of everyone else, radio is a auto factory radio that had XM preinstalled on it. These are NOT eligible for lifetime membership transfer.

Nonetheless, I've had both vehicles for nearly 10 years average and paid $400/ each for the subscriptions.
Posted by BRgetthenet
Member since Oct 2011
118271 posts
Posted on 11/19/17 at 10:08 pm to
I got some Indian lady down to $140 for all of the channels and nav.

I figured that’s not a bad deal. I’ll take that deal.
Posted by TitleistProV1X
Member since Nov 2015
3657 posts
Posted on 11/19/17 at 10:32 pm to
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Hate how you have to pay $30/month for streaming and Howard Stern. Next tier you can get for like $7/month.

You don't. I have the premier plan on a trial right now for 6 months and it cost me $50. Rolls over to $11 per month after the trial.
Posted by DGauTigers
Behind this computer...
Member since Nov 2016
743 posts
Posted on 11/19/17 at 10:36 pm to
Or you buy a vehicle where the guy who had it before you has XM unknowingly on autodraft and continues to provide it for you free of cost.
Posted by TH03
Mogadishu
Member since Dec 2008
172004 posts
Posted on 11/19/17 at 10:39 pm to
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Or you buy a vehicle where the guy who had it before you has XM unknowingly on autodraft and continues to provide it for you free of cost.


Used cars... Sounds poor
Posted by DGauTigers
Behind this computer...
Member since Nov 2016
743 posts
Posted on 11/19/17 at 10:41 pm to
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Used cars... Sounds poor


Or smart. You can eat that depreciation. You don't get rich spending money.
Posted by biglego
San Francisco
Member since Nov 2007
85576 posts
Posted on 11/19/17 at 10:46 pm to
I got a year for like $5 per month so it’s totally worth it. I mostly have it for MLB and the college sports channels.
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