timb24

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Hey guys, Times are tough, and I have been keeping a closer eye on my credit card statements recently and noticed that I am currently paying $36.63 a month for my XM subscription, and I dont even get all the channels. This seems steep to me, and I saw a thread about people who were renewing their subscriptions for $77 a year! However, those threads have been closed since 2008, so I am not sure if that is still going on.

Can you guys let me know if I am paying too much, and if so, how I can get the price down? Thanks

TLDude876

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I pay $19.99 for 5 months. Call the cancellation department and tell them you want to cancel then call back and ask for 5 month trial deal. They wont turn you down

rockstar143

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I JUST got a flyer after 2 years of not having the subscription, they are turning on my XM tomorrow for 2 weeks. THEN I can pay $20 for 5 months. I will likely do it.

Dave_W

I was paying about $50 every three months. Wasn't worth it to me anymore since I was only using maybe 4 or 5 of the channels. I also bought an mp3 player and the cassette adapter and now have hours of my favorite music to listen too. I canceled the service last week.

TLtrigirl

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i pay less than $10/mo for a 3 yr subscription. worth the money to not have to listen to the annoying commercials and talk shows of regular radio. plus the traffic channel. as far as i know i get all the channels.

Ken1997TL

I still pay $77 per year

boomersooner02000

I call every 5 months and get this deal.

Timb227

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$20, for 5 months, best deal by far.

I hate cars

The deal is still going on, a co-worker just did it.

I got 3 years for $77. The girl was very nice and it took about 15 minutes of talking but I got my way finally.

rockstar143

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Wait, you got $77 a year for 3 years? Or you got $77 for 3 years of service? If so, I would highly consider that too.

20SilverTl06

i just tried calling to get the 5 month for 19.99 deal when i called they are so dumb i had to tell them like a 4year old what i need exactly after the kept saying oh a promo for 19.99 yes black oynx unit which i didnt know what she was saying until the 5th times she said it then once she found out it was for a subsciption she tranfered me to promo dept which never picked up after 45mins then called back spoke to a women whom i thought i was getting somewere wanted my radio code after telling 12 times what it was she finally said ohh let me send you to promo dept and once again 30mins never picked up.....xm u suck

timb24

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Haha im going to try this tomorrow, hopefully I get someone more competent

20SilverTl06

good luck bro... hope you can understand the afghanistan crap they say to you

I hate cars

3 full years or about $25 per year. The chick was really nice and I didn't really want the service very bad so maybe it showed. I jokingly said I would take it if she could give me 3 years for the same price and she agreed. I was a little surprised but it goes to show that all of this is completely negotiable.

Steven Bell

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^^^ OK, that is freaking amazing!

Will Y.

Yes, that is too much. :thief: :rippedoff

The most I ever paid was $10/month for a 3-year deal when the car was new. I'm currently on a $77/year deal.

mikedog4

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$20 for 5 months here

hrod26

I'm on the $20 for 5 month promo here. After 5 months I'm going to demand the $77/year like the others...

rockstar143

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That is absolutely amazing IHC. I may have to do the same!

Ruby

77 for a year crew checkin in

nfnsquared

They haven't been closed, just moved. Go back and read the thread carefully or just go to where the thread has been moved:

https://acurazine.com/forums/4g-tl-audio-bluetooth-electronics-navigation-294/renew-xm-radio-%2477-less-12-months-part-7-a-767676/

Eric Perry

Yeah, today started the free trial. It's amazing how crappy some of the channels sound, IMO. They have soo many channels crammed in, that they had to compress the bejesus out of them all, hurting sound quality. To me, it's almost not listenable. The $77 would be worth it to me *only* if it included Stern. Most of the posts here state it will not include Howard, so I'm not interested.

timb24

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ok..so after some more investigative work, the $36 was being charged to my credit card every 3 months, but still too much to be paying. I called them up and got the $77 a year deal, only $6 a month, cant go wrong with that.

vlo421

How long did you have the service for before you got on the phone with them to get that deal? I never thought I'd consider paying for XM, but they automatically activated a month subscription today and I really loved it after the commute home lol

rockstar143

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Ihc...tried pming but you are full, any chance you recall and could pm me the name and our extension of the girl that gave you that price? Would be much appreciated

I hate cars

Sorry about that, I cleared it out.

I can't remember at all. That was nearly 3 years ago. If/when I renew, if I have the same luck I will post it up. I thought about it at the time but I didn't know if I woud get anyone in trouble.

rockstar143

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Its all good...thai you for responding.art least we know the possibilities!

erdoc48

I had XM for the past 3 years or so on the TL and the CTS- my wife likes her specific stations, and I mostly listened to 49 (Classic Rewind)- I now have just about all of the selections from channel 49 on my iPod (plus many others I like), and cancelled XM on the Acura. Primarily I cancelled because of increased fees and a 'royalty fee' they were adding at the time of renewal. Plus, they owed me $24 from overcharging me and weren't smart enough to know how to refund the money (based on 6 calls to XM), so that was applied to my wife's CTS's subscription (music only)- with iPhones and Pandora, I honestly don't know if they will be around in 5 years. I think many people will become more tight with money especially if there are better options for music.

Also, the original purpose of Sirius/XM was the original purpose behind cable TV- you pay a subscription fee, get excellent service, and have no commercials. Sirius/XM, like cable, generally has questionable service, increased prices, and commercials. I'm staying with the iPod.

flash2021

SOooo, I have 2 XM radios (1 in my TL and 1 portable unit in my room)...I haven't really used the one in my room the past few months and the renewal bill came in (for Nov-Jan, $33 total, not bad really). So I called to cancel (using the 866 # on my bill) and simply told them that I wanted to keep the 1 in my car going, and cancel the other since I'm tired of paying for it....in a split second she offered, on her own, to extend "complimentary service" until Jan 9th on the one I wanted to cancel...so I got 2 months for free. we'll see whats up in January