2 Month's of SiriusXM Radio Free

I would watch out with Sirius. They wanted to keep charging my parents even though we canceled it, good thing that card got locked due to fraud. Not sure how it is now though, this was about 5 years ago.
 
I have been with them for about 5 years. I love it and would never go back to terrestrial radio. Its like going from an antenna to HD cable.
 
Hanniblex said:
I have been with them for about 5 years. I love it and would never go back to terrestrial radio. Its like going from an antenna to HD cable.
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I agree with you on quality, as I still have it and love a few channels...

...but it's getting harder and harder to justify the price when I can just pair my phone with the radio now. Pandora, Grooveshark, or internet radio stations... Way cheaper since I'm already paying for 3G/4G.
 
Hanniblex said:
I have been with them for about 5 years. I love it and would never go back to terrestrial radio. Its like going from an antenna to HD cable.
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I had them for a couple of years before the merger, and for a couple years after. IMO, Sirius had better quality programming. So sad they ditched Sirius "The Vault" for XM's "Deep Tracks." The only thing good about that is the Bob Dylan Radio Hour and Tom Petty's Burried Treasure. Most of the other programming is just too predictable and repetitive for me these days. I've found a new home on web-streamed radio sources. Now I'm back to constantly hearing music I've never heard before.

As well, the audio quality from the radio's sucks. Too much compression. It's like listening to a 128k or 64k MP3.

Really, the biggest thing I miss these days is the NFL channel. Movin' The Chains has so far been the best in-depth football talk show I've heard. Nothing in the terrestrial domain even tries to compete.
 
xIronCrossx said:
I would watch out with Sirius. They wanted to keep charging my parents even though we canceled it, good thing that card got locked due to fraud. Not sure how it is now though, this was about 5 years ago.
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This does not require any type of payment info. So no need to worry.
 
Just make sure to supply bogus everything -- email, address, phone, etc. These guys are pitbulls like the old AOL and will harrass you to renew with every piece of contact info you give them.

I had a free 1-yr sub that came with my car about 8 or 9 years ago -- before Howard Stern got completely lame and Artie was still on the show. When my free sub ran out I'd get calls every few days from a flunkie that insisted they'd never called me before and had no record of me declining a renewal. They're relentless. "At this time I'm able to offer you 6 free months..." .. "What if we gave you another year of free service.." It got stupid.
 
odditory said:
Just make sure to supply bogus everything -- email, address, phone, etc. These guys are pitbulls like the old AOL and will harrass you to renew with every piece of contact info you give them.

I had a free 1-yr sub that came with my car about 8 or 9 years ago -- before Howard Stern got completely lame and Artie was still on the show. When my free sub ran out I'd get calls every few days from a flunkie that insisted they'd never called me before and had no record of me declining a renewal. They're relentless. "At this time I'm able to offer you 6 free months..." .. "What if we gave you another year of free service.." It got stupid.
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This. My 6mo trial that came with my F-150 ended last month and since it ended I'd average a phone call every night around 8pm and about 2-3 mailers a week. I blocked their number and since I moved last month, the mailers should stop as well since I did not notify them of the address change. It's so peaceful.

IMO, I probably would have given them a shot if they hadn't harassed me so much.
 
The old XM by itself was wonderful, they had really insane deep playlists on many of the channels, and so much more non-FM variety.

I was planning to cancel the end of last year but I forgot and they auto-renewed me without notice. Woohoo! Guess I'll listen on and off to another year of the indie channel which is about the only good music channel left.

Internet radio has matured enough that this is virtually unnecessary. If they had the old XM playlists it would be a no brainer but not with spasm-inducing DJs like Madison on First Wave taking a leak all over my monthly fee.
 
If you hold off on renewal they keep advertising lower prices. Eventually I got a phone call and it ended up being less than $4 a month for their Select Package.
For those of you who already paid so much though I don't think they'll care. I got the offer because I simply didn't want to pay so much and my trial was expiring (bought a new car).
 
Had them years ago but it was really hard to justify the price. I loved the service but 15 bucks a month or so for radio is no value IMHO. Nowadays I just stream it or listen to podcasts. I honestly cannot stand traditional live radio due to the excessive amount of commercials.
 
my jobs pay for it in my car. Its great when im on the road for a day
 
They kept trying to get me to switch as well. I love their service since my phone is not unlimited and I listen to political talk radio. After months of calls and snail mail I finally got them to give me a lifetime subscription for 2 vehicles for 400 bucks.

They said I'd still have to subscribe to the Internet options for 3 a month but didn't follow through on it. I can listen online at the house through the hosts personal site.
 
I'm on the basic package for what it's worth, but I always mark the day on my calendar right before my subscription is supposed to be renewed. On that day I call them up and tell them I want to cancel, telling them it's too expensive for me and just not in my budget (the truth). They always kick me to retentions and I end up getting a heavily discounted rate. I haven't paid full price since the trial came free with my car in '07.
 
Xee said:
I'm on the basic package for what it's worth, but I always mark the day on my calendar right before my subscription is supposed to be renewed. On that day I call them up and tell them I want to cancel, telling them it's too expensive for me and just not in my budget (the truth). They always kick me to retentions and I end up getting a heavily discounted rate. I haven't paid full price since the trial came free with my car in '07.
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Ya know, my friend is able to pull this stunt with the cable company constantly, tells them he wants to cancel his $99.99 65MBps top tier cable modem service, they extend him another 6 months at some measily $40 rate. I've been meaning to try but with my luck they'll just say "okay your cancellation will take effect in the next 24hrs have a nice day"
 
odditory said:
Ya know, my friend is able to pull this stunt with the cable company constantly, tells them he wants to cancel his $99.99 65MBps top tier cable modem service, they extend him another 6 months at some measily $40 rate. I've been meaning to try but with my luck they'll just say "okay your cancellation will take effect in the next 24hrs have a nice day"
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I used to do this with Mediacom all the time..I would go to my "local" office (which is located ~20 miles away in another state:rolleyes:) and made friends with the lady that worked at the front desk..She would always hook me up on the newest plan..I did this for oh, about 5 years or so..

Then Mediacom sent a memo to every local office that they were not to retain "Fence Jumpers", since their service was the only one in our area other then shitty DSL...Found out the next week that ShitCom fired everyone in the office, including the nice lady that had worked there for 27 years...And people wonder why I would pay for Comcast:mad:
 
AjFreimuth said:
Huh, I'm getting stern and I'm using the trial. Although everytime I turn that channel on it's Robin doing news.
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Well when I went through the process of signing up it said he wasn't included, sooo. Dunno what to say.
 
As well, the audio quality from the radio's sucks. Too much compression. It's like listening to a 128k or 64k MP3.
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This. A nice expensive stereo system to listen to overcompressed warbly music is no deal. Only "worth" it if you need/want the sports/talk channels. Music is crap, just plug your USB stick containing all your high bitrate music into your radio. Hell, most OEM radios now come with this in the past 5 years or so.

BB
 
I just bought a car from my father in law and tried to get the free trial .I entered the VIN and it said not found so I called customer service and they got all defensive and asked where I got this info. I told them a website and he demanded to know which one.

I said I was really interested in satellite radio and wanted to try it. He said absolutely not and this was through dealers only and would need a credit card number to sign up.

I asked him if he is willing to let a possible future customer walk away because I want to try it first. He said absolutely and hung up on me. HOW RUDE.
Screw them , they will never get a penny from me.
I wouldn't listen for free now. Hope they go bankrupt.

UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!!
 
Btw, when you turn on the car stereo and turn it to the satelite function it gives a # that's the # you want to put in the website not the cars VIN#
 
Brak710 said:
I agree with you on quality, as I still have it and love a few channels...

...but it's getting harder and harder to justify the price when I can just pair my phone with the radio now. Pandora, Grooveshark, or internet radio stations... Way cheaper since I'm already paying for 3G/4G.
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I would probably be a SiriusXM customer if they got a clue and offered their internet-only system for a fair price. They want like $15/mo for their service. Hard to justify when you can get unlimited Spotify with download ability for like $9 - among numerous other competitors.

Way over valuing their service. Even a tiered service would be better ..

$4/mo for Standard Music Channels w/limited commercials
$9/mo for All Music channels
$15/mo for All Channels (talk-radio, sports, etc).
 
Spidey329 said:
I would probably be a SiriusXM customer if they got a clue and offered their internet-only system for a fair price. They want like $15/mo for their service. Hard to justify when you can get unlimited Spotify with download ability for like $9 - among numerous other competitors.

Way over valuing their service. Even a tiered service would be better ..

$4/mo for Standard Music Channels w/limited commercials
$9/mo for All Music channels
$15/mo for All Channels (talk-radio, sports, etc).
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Don't they have to pay Howard Stern like 40 million a year?
 
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