Siriusxm

WTP-GC wrote:
I'm with the crowd that cancels and renews. Every 6 months, got a note on my digital calendar to call and cancel.

I have done it this same way for the last 2 years with the exact same results.

I forgot to call to cancel once and they charged me $120 (I think) per vehicle for the year. I haven't forgot to call since then, and I have a reminder on my phone every 6 months.

Crowe wrote:
The reason they send the bill out late (they sent mine out on the day it was due) is so if you cancel they can still bang you for a week or two for coverage you've cancelled.

Give them the date you wanted to cancel and explain the bill was late. They will honor your requested cancel date and refund any money owed. I speak from experience.

Prepay for 5 months at a time. They have a 5 months for $25 promo. Then put it on your calendar to renew and get the same deal in 4 months and 3 weeks.

If they don't catch on. A friend tried this and they wouldn't honor the deal because he wasn't a first time subscriber. Gaming the system rarely works. I can't be bothered to waste so much time to save a few bucks.

I've been doing this for 7 years now. While I appreciate having xm, to me it's not that important. If they don't want to give me the promo rate ( which they have never refused), I would just cancel. From their business standpoint, there is no incremental cost to provide me the service, so the $25 is essentially pure profit vs loosing the account.

I always get an email a couple/few weeks prior to the auto bill saying how much and when they're going to hit the card. Well in advance if I wanted to stop, modify or simply continue our subscription.

Bionic Man wrote:
Prepay for 5 months at a time. They have a 5 months for $25 promo. Then put it on your calendar to renew and get the same deal in 4 months and 3 weeks.

I mark my calendar just shy of 6 mo and demand the same price for the next 6 mo. Sometimes it takes a second person to get it done, I pay just under $30.

My favorite channel is 350 Red white and Booze.

reading all these posts about jumping thru hoops every 6 months makes me appreciate my auto pay ala carte plan. :)
bumpy

Bumpyroad wrote:
reading all these posts about jumping thru hoops every 6 months makes me appreciate my auto pay ala carte plan. :)
bumpy

Not sure what’s so hard about spending less than 5 minutes on the phone every 6 months.

WTP-GC wrote:

Bumpyroad wrote:
reading all these posts about jumping thru hoops every 6 months makes me appreciate my auto pay ala carte plan. :)
bumpy

Not sure what’s so hard about spending less than 5 minutes on the phone every 6 months.

I agree with you. Very little effort involved.

jfkmk wrote:

WTP-GC wrote:

Bumpyroad wrote:
reading all these posts about jumping thru hoops every 6 months makes me appreciate my auto pay ala carte plan. :)
bumpy

Not sure what’s so hard about spending less than 5 minutes on the phone every 6 months.

I agree with you. Very little effort involved.

Not sure about what is so difficult about hitting the "scan" button on the radio and if that doesn't work either plugging in a thumb drive or talking to the other people in the vehicle...

am1958 wrote:

jfkmk wrote:

WTP-GC wrote:

Bumpyroad wrote:
reading all these posts about jumping thru hoops every 6 months makes me appreciate my auto pay ala carte plan. :)
bumpy

Not sure what’s so hard about spending less than 5 minutes on the phone every 6 months.

I agree with you. Very little effort involved.

Not sure about what is so difficult about hitting the "scan" button on the radio and if that doesn't work either plugging in a thumb drive or talking to the other people in the vehicle...

Wow. How off topic.

Because there are vast areas of the US that has poor to no radio available.
I want talk radio and good music while I’m driving and will gladly pay $5/mo. for it.

Crowe wrote:
...If they don't catch on. A friend tried this and they wouldn't honor the deal because he wasn't a first time subscriber. Gaming the system rarely works. I can't be bothered to waste so much time to save a few bucks.

Oh contraire; I've been doing the five (sometimes 6) month renewals on our two vehicles for several years. Only once did the CSR refuse to renew. I waited 2 weeks and got a mailing from Sirius offering 6 months for $30. I have the renewal dates set in my google calendar for 1 week prior to actual expiration.