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Halmfamily
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Apr 23, 2017

Xm/Sirius satellite radio.

Received our renewal notice for satellite radio and wow $409.00 for two more years. We've been with them for over ten years and have never paid this much.

I called too cancel, too cheap to pay that much. They thanked me for using their service and dropped the rate to $9.00 a month with a two year agreement.

How many of us have services like this set up on auto pay and never see the increase. My wife said she would have paid the bill not knowing how much the bill increased. This is why I don't use auto bill pay.

Check your statements and call to see if you can get a lower rate. This has worked for us on Diretv also.

The savings equates to many great nights our camping.
  • Being somewhat picky about sound quality, I dumped Sirius long ago. The quality just is not as good as so many other options out there today. I've tried APPLE RADIO, which is better quality than Sirius, but still lacking.

    Pandora quality is much better, but I've resisted signing up for the subscription service to dump the ads. I've settled on Amazon Prime Music, since I have a Prime subscription through work. Sound quality is as good as it gets and the selection is terrific. Not to mention that the Amazon Music app is now also CarPlay compatible.
  • We have Sirius in our truck and don't remember any time where it went off the air.

    Has all the channels we like including music, all sports and news.
  • IMHO
    This is nothing more or less than "The Modern Business Ethic"

    Wells Fargo

    Companies retaining refunds for weeks to float tens of millions of dollars.

    And children are not stupid. They learn from adults.

    So this nonsense is not going to go away.

    I went to shortwave radio listening. No television. Books.

    And peace of mind.

    What a shame.
  • I like Sirius for much more than music. CNN, Stern.. etc. Good stuff. Doesn't work well in canyons however.
  • 2oldman wrote:
    I like Sirius for much more than music. CNN, Stern.. etc. Good stuff. Doesn't work well in canyons however.

    never dreamed i'd see the wirds Stern and good stuff in the same sentence. :B
  • rk911 wrote:
    never dreamed i'd see the wirds Stern and good stuff in the same sentence. :B
    Yeah, he's not for everyone.
  • 2oldman wrote:
    I like Sirius for much more than music. CNN, Stern.. etc. Good stuff. Doesn't work well in canyons however.



    Maybe that's why there is a on/off button on the receiver.
  • MitchF150 wrote:
    When I bought my truck, it came with 6 month free Sirius... Think I used it for maybe an hour total...

    Won't work in the garage.

    Go under overpasses and it cuts out.

    Plug in my usb ipod with around 1900 of my favorite songs on it and I'm good..

    I add to the ipod song list all the time, so it's ever growing.:)

    Anyway, I wish the truck had HD radio.. I'd give up the cd player and Sirius button for HD radio in a heartbeat..

    Mitch
    HD isn't all it's cracked up to be either. It takes a clear, un-phase distorted shot to the transmitter for HD to hang in, otherwise it will endlessly wander back and forth between the digital carriers and the considerably stronger analog carrier.

    Also, Sirius/XM has LOTS of terrestrial transmitter in most of the metro areas around the country. I drive through tunnels and completely shaded parking structures all the time and never lose Sirius.

    And yes, Sat radio quality really sucks. I listen to news, comedy channels, and 60's music that isn't great to begin with. For those it's great
  • Sirius is worthless in Oregon, unless I get above the tree line.
    But it works good in my shop, and that's w/ the antenna setting on a fire block along side the radio.

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