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Originally posted by arfmel:
The variance in negotiated rates is interesting.

I quit Sirius/xm for keeps several years ago when they kept trying to bill us for service to a car we had sold, despite repeated requests to cancel.

Meanwhile, around the SiriusXM watercooler:

Guy 1: "I got that last sucker to stay on for $7/month."

Guy 2: "That's nothing! I got one to pay $8."

Sirius can fuck themselves with a sharp stick. It’s ridiculous that you have to go back and forth to get fair pricing.
I’ll stick to the 22gb of music I have on my phone. As far as the new music and what is great…

I got signed up automatically in 2004 when I bought a new pick up. I paid by check for one 6 month renewal. They changed the agreement. I canceled after the '2nd 6 months'. They still try multiple times a year to reinstate that account. Pure scrap paper, doesn't even make good kindling starter.

I hear ya, I’ve been doing it for over 15 years now. A phone call or online chat once or twice a year.

I’ve got 2 lifetime accounts. I think it was under $200. Hardly ever use them.

Just renewed my subscription, after changing plans. Saved almost $100 by cutting off an option never used (big royalties to NFL, talk shows, news, etc.). $11 a month, and I can still stream tons of channels on-line. My next new vehicle I may not get Sirius; but the older ones don't have the right gizmos for new services (14-year-old Ford Fusion for example).

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Originally posted by rat2306:
Just renewed my subscription, after changing plans. Saved almost $100 by cutting off an option never used (big royalties to NFL, talk shows, news, etc.). $11 a month, and I can still stream tons of channels on-line. My next new vehicle I may not get Sirius; but the older ones don't have the right gizmos for new services (14-year-old Ford Fusion for example).

It is wild how willy nilly their pricing is.
I pay $7.99 a month for 1 vehicle, the app, and all the sports, and talk channels.
Only thing I don’t have is the traffic stuff.

^^It's crazy, the prices are all over the place. I'm thinking with my next new car to go Pandora and HD radio. SiriusXM I believe owns Pandora, but the fees are a bit less. Been using Sirius since I plugged a radio adapter into the cassette deck that was in my '01 Forester at the time.

I bought a new Ram 1500 in February. It came with 6 months. They offered me a 12 month extension for $60 that actually ended up costing $78 with taxes and fees... I will keep it through next August and I actually like it more than I thought. BUT I have a family account with Spotify. Spotify is great but XM automatically in my ride is pretty convenient.

It's a hell of a lot easier now that they'll let you get to the retention specialists via chat. Used to be you had to call to talk to them. Major improvement.

I'm still hovering around the $7/mo. mark - I'm about to have to do it again in a couple of months, but like I said, much easier to get whatever the "new subscriber" deal is via chat these days than it used to be.

Anyway, I subscribe for XM Patriot (125). Only place I can listen to Breitbart News, David Webb, and Andrew Wilkow (especially Wilkow) from 6-noon every day.

When I absolutely need a break, it's nice to have 80s on 8 available, but my listening is pretty much 95% XM Patriot and 5% 80s on 8.

-Rob

Years ago a bunch of us were on a plan together and it made it worth it when we split the cost. Then the account holder was done with it I got my own plan and then after about a year or so I got tired of it and shut it down.

We got 3 months free with the new Subaru, that was up at the beginning of May. It made me want it again for our road trips. They keep sending emails for $5 per month for the "platinum" plan for 12 months. I'm tempted but I don't want to have to 'play the game' in a year. I shouldn't have to.

Most places we go we get good 5G service so we can still use a streaming music service (Amazon as of right now). When we go off grid we just switch to what we have downloaded.