That's how the lobbyists get paid. (jk, kinda)The junk regulatory fees subscribers have to pay are ridiculous.
That's how the lobbyists get paid. (jk, kinda)The junk regulatory fees subscribers have to pay are ridiculous.
Sirius and XM used to be two companies competing against each other. Barely made any money, brink of going out of business mountains of debt. They merged and created the current company = Sirius XM. What they have now they seem to survive ok but its hardly a cash cow and the stock price has gone nowhere since the beginning of time. Decades of promises and wishful thinking.It is also an area that needs more competition, only one satellite radio company shows it is a monopoly. There should be at least 4 competitors.
Good point, my post a couple posts up was an answer as far as lack of competition.These threads pop up once or twice a year. Most SAT radio hate comes from East of the Mississippi where you are never truly "in the middle of no where" and always have a FM or cellphone signal. Having traveled extensively all over the Inter mountain West where in parts of Wyoming, Montana, the Dakotas and elsewhere where you can be two or three hours with out a cellphone signal, SAT radio really shines.
You know, I forgot to post in my previous posts, I have had Sirius XM even recently and as long as almost 20 years ago.Since I had on interest in keeping it, I never subscribed. From website experience I've found it very easy to give money and very difficult to recover from the automatic charges. Just my frugal way. Ed
They usually send you an email as you stated or send you a postcard. So you know when it's going to renew at a higher rate. But then again it should be marked in your google calendar (or equivalent).I do the same thing every year as they send a reminder one to two months in advance via email. Cancel via there online chat (never have to speak with a rep) and am always offered the same low "promo" price. I usually listen to the NBA channel during NBA season, NFL channel during NFL season, Beatles radio during Beatles season (all year long lol) etc. If you ever drive in dead zones you'll truly appreciate satellite radio.
Yes they do...it's in their "script" and always has been. But if you don't follow up with your own business and put it on your calendar-you then get frustrated and post on the Internet about how they are "unethical".I don't understand. When I signed up for the $9/month for one year, they disclosed when thus promotional fare would end and I'd be charged $39/month after that.
I input a date obe week prior to the expiration date and call them to cancel. We go back and forth and the rep puts me on hold. They come back and tell me I can have the promo rate for another year. Thus has been going on for about 5 years.
Did they not give you the date that promotion would expire? As far as I know, they don't have a package that stays at $5.99 regular rate.
Everybody who gets your check has those numbers….DONT PAY BY CHECK. They will have both your Routing and Account numbers.
Pay by Money Order. (Last time I tried, they would not let me, so I canceled. Credit Card only).
Did you call the number I posted? Some numbers seem to work better than others. That one I use all the time and don't have any issues.Quick update, AMEX credited me $18.45 for the rate increase, after I submitted a dispute. I still have not been able to "cancel" with SIRIUS.
Glad to read others have been successful playing the SIRIUS billing game. I guess my time/ priorities don't support playing the SIRIUS billing game. I didn't think that would be part of the business transaction with ethical companies.
Well documented for many years that SIRIUS is a very dirty dog.... my fault to have ever provided them my credit card. I don't have the time to make playing the dirt dog game an actionable item to reduce the likeliness they grossly abuse my goodwill and credit card.
They don't care about the sweet talk, they're just playing the game/following the script. I just cut to the chase, tell them I read about it online in the forums and I know they can do it so just go ahead and do it or just cancel. They just go ahead and do it.I've gotten 3 months for like $5 TWICE. Called back a few months later and got an entire year for like, $60 IIRC. Put a reminder on my phone to call and cancel / re-sub.
Here's the trick, you have to threaten to completely leave Sirius while simultaneously sweet talking the ladies on the phone (which I am a self proclaimed expert at ).
I am on with the 800 number currently. It stated they were so busy, can we text. i said sure, and was connected to a text conversation. I texted to cancel the subscription immediately, they response back was do I want to start or transfer new service. Typical shenanigan to break the consumer down.Did you call the number I posted? Some numbers seem to work better than others. That one I use all the time and don't have any issues.
Never have an issue canceling or changing the plan. They do have a $5.99 rate for life now and also a $60 for a year plan. Their script makes you dig for it because they'll offer you a plan that's slightly more and if you still say no, then they go to the cheaper plans.
When I canceled they did want to know why and I just tell them it's too expensive and I don't listen to it much. They had no issues with that and just went ahead and canceled it.
DD,I always cancel! I don't remember ever paying full price.