Anyone renew their Sirius XM radio subscription lately?

[hsmamato2]

Mine was about to renew-called to cancel, they offered me $5 a month again for a year ($6 with taxes) I declined b/c I'm not using it too much anyway but it was fun to try it.

 

[DVC92]

I've had Sirius for many years and love it. Nothing beats the Classic Rock channel!

 

[artesian]

Mine was about to renew-called to cancel, they offered me $5 a month again for a year ($6 with taxes) I declined b/c I'm not using it too much anyway but it was fun to try it.

I got the same about a month ago

 

[DisneyTarheel]

I don't know, the way Netflix, Paramont+ and Disney Plus are losing subscribers right now, streaming may go the way of the dodo.

I’m thinking more of the audio options like Spotify, etc., or even just Alexa. I’ve got an Alexa in my car and I can call up pretty much any song I want on demand, along with plenty of streaming news programs or special interest podcasts. I particularly enjoy Audible books when I am driving solo. While you do have to pay for an internet connection, many just use their phones. All my kids let the starter XM subscriptions go and mostly just listen to Spotify in their cars via their connected phones.

 

[Jrb1979]

I’m thinking more of the audio options like Spotify, etc., or even just Alexa. I’ve got an Alexa in my car and I can call up pretty much any song I wan’t on demand, along with plenty of streaming news programs or special interest podcasts. I particularly enjoy Audible books when I am driving solo. While you do have to pay for an internet connection, many just use their phones. All my kids let the starter XM subscriptions go and mostly just listen to Spotify in their cars via their connected phones.

I rarely use Sirius XM for music. I use it for listening to sports broadcasts.

 

[OhhBother]

Thanks to this thread, I called and reduced my monthly cost from $22 to $6. I've been paying the $22 a month since 2015. Never knew to ask for a lower price!

 

[bnf0522]

Just called to renew or cancel mine yesterday, depending on the pricing. They now have added a promo rate to the automated system that I got and I was able to get 6 months for $45 total! Never hurts to call and try to get promo rates!

 

[dclpluto]

I haven’t subscribed in at least 5 years. Got mail yesterday three years for 99 dollars. My mom got one also. Didn’t do it because wife’s car and she didn’t listen to it when she had it.

 

[ruadisneyfan2]

I just renewed for dh and I. $15.50/month for 2 cars so $7.75 each. They wouldn't budge any lower. I didn't really want the monthly charge; I'd rather just pay in full and be done with it for the year. So, I asked if I could get a lower price for paying for the year and was told no. If there's no benefit to shelling it all out at once, I might as well pay monthly.

For the past 2 years we had $60/year/car + taxes =$77.47. This is equivalent to $6.45/month/car so it's gone up around 20%. I won't keep it if it goes up any higher. I enjoy it but I don't spend a lot of time in my car.

 

[Robber Baron]

Renewed last week. $87.41 for a year with all fees included. Works out to $7.28/month.

Looked back at my history and in 2006 I paid $255 for the year.

It's the only thing I buy that's gone down.

 

[Communicore1991]

Just renewed the Music & Entertainment plan today for $60 for 12 months ($5/mo).

With taxes and fees it came to $75.75 as I renewed a few days before my existing subscription expired so there was a few cents credit.

 

[javaj]

We have the $5 a month promo plan for 1 vehicle, then I use the SiriusXM app to stream on my car’s Bluetooth.

 

[EACarlson]

Platinum plan went from $22.99 before taxes and fees, 29.30 after to $8.99 before taxes and fees $11.43 after.

 

[scrapquitler]

Platinum plan went from $22.99 before taxes and fees, 29.30 after to $8.99 before taxes and fees $11.43 after.

I just renewed last week. The initial offer was somewhere around $23. a month. Absolutely not, I said. He came back and offered something around $13 a month. Again I said, not interested. The third time he offered something that was around $90 for the year. Again I told him no. Finally he offered me $36 for 6 months, and I said yes.
I'll do the same thing again in six months.
I like having it, but I'm not paying more than that.

 

[DVC Sue]

I still have the lifetime plan. I bought it years ago.

 

[Disco Lemonade]

Apparently, if you truly do want to cancel, the easy way to do it is go on the chat and get disconnected partway though. I got disconnected and then went back on and the agent said the previous agent already canceled it and I somehow owed them a dollar. So, I guess I am finally free. No more getting talked into that $5 a month deal until it runs out and then paying the $20 plus a month until I have it in me to do it all again. Podcasts and audiobooks from here.

 

[ruadisneyfan2]

Apparently, if you truly do want to cancel, the easy way to do it is go on the chat and get disconnected partway though. I got disconnected and then went back on and the agent said the previous agent already canceled it and I somehow owed them a dollar. So, I guess I am finally free. No more getting talked into that $5 a month deal until it runs out and then paying the $20 plus a month until I have it in me to do it all again. Podcasts and audiobooks from here.

We have cancelled for real for about a year. They wouldn't budge on their pricing and would only offer the regular price so we cancelled. Eventually they sent us a postcard for a great price and we added it to my car too.

 

[Jrb1979]

I have never minded paying full price as it is the only streaming service we use. We don't use Netflix, Disney+ or any other services. We have one for sports and that's it. I can't see ever dropping it. Mainly cause I can't stand regular radio. I keep it mainly for the live sports it has.

 

[Disco Lemonade]

We have cancelled for real for about a year. They wouldn't budge on their pricing and would only offer the regular price so we cancelled. Eventually they sent us a postcard for a great price and we added it to my car too.

That’s weird. They would always give it to me for like $5 a month but it was only for maybe a year and then you have to do it all again and I got tired of that. I would try to just cut to the chase right away and say if you give me the $5 deal that I had, I will stay, if not, cancel my subscription as that is all I think it is worth and they would always do it. But I find it annoying that I have to keep doing that over and over for something I use less and less. This time, the chat crashed before they could offer me a deal and I guess the person just cancelled it.

 

[ruadisneyfan2]

That’s weird. They would always give it to me for like $5 a month but it was only for maybe a year and then you have to do it all again and I got tired of that. I would try to just cut to the chase right away and say if you give me the $5 deal that I had, I will stay, if not, cancel my subscription as that is all I think it is worth and they would always do it. But I find it annoying that I have to keep doing that over and over for something I use less and less. This time, the chat crashed before they could offer me a deal and I guess the person just cancelled it.

Yes, we were surprised too. This was probably 5-6 years ago.