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Sirius XM Radio - Deep Discount Package

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Audio and Electronics' started by cary1952, Sep 28, 2013.

  1. cary1952

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    If you call Sirius when your subscription is about to expire, they will give you 5 months for $25.00 + taxes. Just tell them that their rate is too high or you will cancel the service. Then ask them about the 5 month special.
     
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    I got the All Access (car & PC) for $52/six months. A little higher than yours, but not bad compared to list.
     
  3. jdcollins5

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    Rather than renew every 5 months I prefer the 1/2 price for a year at $86 plus taxes and royalty fees.
     
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    I do the same for the premier package.

    If someone ever tells you they can't do back to back promos, just hang up and call again.
     
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    Just call the Cancellation Department. I am on year 5 of back to back promo !
     
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    I just tell them I have a Ipod with 40Gb of albums. My play content is greater than your top 5 rock stations rotation lists combined! Why would I pay 200 bucks for your service, they give me the cheap rate for the unit in my wife's HyCam!
     
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    I traded my Camaro which had XM and went to cancel my subscription because i don't have XM in my Prius C 2 and they sold me a radio with car kit for about $20. They waived the transfer fee from the old radio to the new radio and installation was pretty simple. I always get 5 or 6 months for 25-30 dollars. Beats basic radio with all their commercials.
     
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    One of the guys at work just got that same deal. He was actually going to cancel- when they made him that offer he decided to take them up on it....
     
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    We've never used Sirius on our v. At $5/month, I would consider it. What up-charges do they add to the $5/month?
     
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    They sent me a bill for $200. I laughed and stuck it in the paper shredder.
     
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    Mine's ending this month and I was thinking about subscribing............. until I found out about FM HD, which is FREEEEEEEEEEEEE. Plus some stations even have Multicast so I get about 65 channels total. Who needs SiriusXM..
     
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    OK! How do I get hold of the $5/month deal?
     
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    The best things about XM to me are no commercials and not having to change stations. You can drive across country and never have to search for a station.
     
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    I had read about these rates on another forum and just did the "a friend of mine was offered this rate and I'd like it too" when I initially signed up a portable radio a few years back. They were willing to do it with no problem.

    Like I said earlier, if they say no, just try again. I've found a difference in where your call ends up. The American call center is more friendly. The Indian (or sounds like it anyway) holds the line a bit more.
     
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    They sent me a renewal offer of 5 months for $20. $4 bucks a month! haha, they are getting desperate.
     
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    My experience has been that the normal Customer Service Department goes to a foreign country with names that do sound Indian. I always choose the Cancellation Department and this has always been in the US, the last time the guy was in Idaho.

    The times that I have spoken with the Customer Service rep I am always told no back-to-back promos. Then I call the Cancellation Department and I am graciously offered the continued 1/2 price promo for another year. Now I just call the Cancellation Department at renewal time, get to speak with a friendly American and continue on with my 1/2 price deal for another year.
     
  18. ETC(SS)

    ETC(SS) The OTHER One Percenter.....

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    My dear CFO does the discount thing for her Mastodon semi-occasionally, but since my daily commute is about to drop to < 3.0 miles I'm thinking that I personally can suffer through without it.
    Besides.....
    Recently, I got an email advising me that mine had been turned on for a few weeks for free.
    It's almost worth that price.
    I found myself trying to listen to it only to be disgusted by either the numerous commercials, or the lack of variety in the programming.
    If I want to listen to commercial-free music sorted by genre I have two phones and a tablet.
    In addition to podcasts, I have access to on-line lending libraries for audiobooks, gigabytes of music, and all of my vehicles are equipped with a radio in case I find myself missing the 20 minutes of commercials every hour.

    No thanks!!
    They're desperate because their service is crap.....

    ....IMHO. :)