Lifetime XM subscription worth it?

[Paradox]

Originally Posted by jay_man2

Not for built-in tuners, only portable units, from the XM terms of service I read.

If you plan on keeping the car and radio longer than 3 years it's worth it. If not, I'd just go with a multi-year plan.

I'm all set to convert to lifetime Xm Everything plus the Best of Sirius on Sept. 16 for $499 plus a $60 and change royalty fee. I'll also have a 2 year sub to XM NAVTraffic for $3.99 a month ($95.76 total plus tax).

Wow, thanks Jayman, that sucks quite frankly... Just another reason they will not be getting my money. 1.It cuts in and out for no reason. 2.I will not pay that royalty fee. 3.I cannot switch it to my next 3 Prius' for $75 each time like I thought. Oh well...

[LoraJ]

We'll probably get the Lifetime w/Best of Sirius. I think it sucks that we still have to pay extra for the Sirius stations on XM. Some merger. I put off buying a new car for year because I thought by now they would be totally merged. Got tired of waiting.

[neilz]

I came across this:
Activate a Sirius/XM Radio w/ Everything or Everything Plus Plan get a free $100 Visa GC (12/31/2009)
Be a new subscriber and activate any Sirius or XM radio between now and December 31, 2009 with an Everything or Everything plus the best of plan and get a $100 Rock-n-Reward Visa Gift Card. Must order service by phone and tell them you want to take advantage of the Rock-n-Reward gift card offer.

Official Rules

https://www.siriusxmrewards.com/pdfs/Reward_Program.pdf

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[Judgeless]

When Howard Stern leaves it will be interesting to see what happens to the company.

Before Howard Stern signed up with Sirius, XM had almost 3X the subscribers that Sirius had. Sirus had less than 1 million subscribers. One year after Howard started on Sirius they jumped to 13 million subscribers. Two years after that Sirius bought XM.

If the company lost ½ of those 13 million subscribers after Howard leaves they will not survive. Only time will tell. I will not get a life time sub until this pans out.

[bighouse]

Originally Posted by neilz

I came across this:
Activate a Sirius/XM Radio w/ Everything or Everything Plus Plan get a free $100 Visa GC (12/31/2009)
Be a new subscriber...

https://www.siriusxmrewards.com/pdfs/Reward_Program.pdf

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I don't see how this offer can apply to us- it specifically states a "NEW" subscriber. If you purchased a Prius with XM radio, then you are already a subscriber by default and can't be a NEW subscriber.

My subscription expires on 12/31/09. I will be making a decision next week and calling XM to set something up. Has anyone gotten that $77/year promotional offer to work recently? I'll definitely be asking about that one.

On a side note, I have been a Sirius subscriber for about 6 years now. I will likely be giving that up once I have my "paid for" XM subscription because my portable Sirius JVC unit for Sirius has long since gone dead and I use my iPhone app/internet radio for listening to Sirius radio. The XM subscription includes the Sirius channels I most often listen to so I'll be saving like $12/month!