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Old 01-07-2017, 10:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Rambler_13
I think we are currently paying about $8-10 per month per subscription, 2 subscriptions. Now that they have the app, you only need 1 subscription per person and can use your phone's Bluetooth for the non set up car. My suv is set up for Sirius and I use the app in my 911. My wife has the other subscription for her suv.
I've been trying the app. I'm not finding the sound quality to be all that great.
Old 01-07-2017, 10:32 PM
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Every year for the past three I call them up a couple of days before autopay kicks in to cancel and they agree to renew the annual service for about $100 for each of our 2 cars.
Old 01-07-2017, 11:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Needsdecaf
I've been trying the app. I'm not finding the sound quality to be all that great.
I haven't noticed any loss of quality but I also don't use it that much in the 911. Bigger issue for me is fumbling around with the app on the phone, trying to change stations. But it seems to work well enough if you can settle on a station or 2 and not have to keep changing.
Old 01-07-2017, 11:34 PM
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Subscribing to XM Sirius is the closest thing you can find to joining the mob. No matter what you do, you can't get out. If you auto-pay, they will rob you blind. If you try and quit, they refuse to take no for an answer. We stopped our 2 subscriptions about 2 years ago, and I still get harassing phone calls on a regular basis trying to suck me back in.
Old 01-07-2017, 11:36 PM
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I pay $42 every 6 months. I have to call every 6 months and they tell me they no longer offer the pricing program i was on so I tell them oh go ahead and cancel my account and then they just renew me at that price for another 6 months.
Old 01-07-2017, 11:44 PM
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I have it in my car and truck. About $200 a year for both vehicles.. I always listen to it; unless my windows are down and I'm listening to my PSE...
Old 01-07-2017, 11:56 PM
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Just signed up for a free two month trial for the Cab, then of course the within a week the mail arrives in droves. I've had this service in the past in several internal combustion vehicles. I've found that the best deals are secured when the account is expiring, and usually a phone call is in order.
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Old 01-08-2017, 12:02 AM
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Sirius/XM are exceedingly difficult to cancel particularly if u use a credit card. Their contracts have an auto renew clause. If u reject the CC charge they tend not to fight u on it. But calling them is a multi-step trip to India and beyond, I bitched at them on their FB page to get their attention once. Now using Pandora.
Old 01-08-2017, 12:11 AM
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sracer - great points...The offshore call centers are, well, frustrating. Armed with the possibility of spending hours on the phone trying to cancel, I sent them a check for payment last year ;-) Perhaps a bad choice too as they would have my checking account number but that account expired on queue. Pandora is my preference as well, btw.
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Old 01-08-2017, 08:41 AM
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One of my pet peeves. Any service you can alter/adjust "upwards" online should not require a phone call, long hold and argument with a non-english speaking person to cancel. In any industry.
There oughta be a law...
Old 01-08-2017, 09:08 AM
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Sirius is my dirty little pleasure.

Love the service.

Hate the billing. Their practices are very short-sighted.
Old 01-08-2017, 09:28 AM
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Originally Posted by 911sccab

Hate the billing. Their practices are very short-sighted.
Not if you take advantage and make the call for a discount. I find that less short-sighted than a take it or leave it price. They probably maximize revenue, you get a better deal.
Old 01-08-2017, 09:30 AM
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I'm thinking any practice that aggravates your customer base is short sighted.
Old 01-08-2017, 09:35 AM
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Better top and bottom lines are the objective and their stellar subscriber growth rate over many years tells the tale.
Old 01-08-2017, 09:44 AM
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Sounds like they charge you whatever they can get away with, depending on who you talk to. I had 2 subscriptions, one for the C2S and the other for my truck. Finally got them to combine them. Explained how I'm never in the country and don't drive very much. Got an annual for $42 for both. Guess I'll be fighting with them again in May.


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