Free XM!
Racer
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 465
Likes: 0
From: San Francisco Bay Area California
and they are all real.. XM business practices are for ****.I just finished dealing with the BBB to get my money back from them as they just kept billing me after we stopped the service.. Once the BBB
got to them, they we all apologetic and quickly refunded the money owed.. but not without hours of bullcrap dealing with their so called customer service.. They truly suck..
Burning Brakes
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 829
Likes: 3
From: Maryland
I don't see the point when I can be my own DJ with an MP3 player...
Plus I only pay 5 cents a song, BEATING the crap out of the price XM wants.
I have only songs I like, in the order I want. What is better than that?
Plus I only pay 5 cents a song, BEATING the crap out of the price XM wants.
I have only songs I like, in the order I want. What is better than that?
Melting Slicks
Joined: Oct 2008
Posts: 2,098
Likes: 8
From: Dayton Ohio
Music is not the primary reason I have XM.
I mainly use it for listening to cable TV channels and talk shows. I enjoy the live feeds of CNBC, CNN, Fox News, etc. I can listen to talk show hosts I like (Bill Handel, Dr. Dean, etc) that aren't syndicated on radio stations in my area. When my wife wants to listen to 70s or 80s music, she can turn it on and it's there. I surf past the Boneyard once in a while and am always hit with a song I haven't heard for 25 years.
And for the record, I really don't care if the music isn't CD quality. I'm getting too old to care. 
XM costs me about $1.50 / week...and I feel it's well worth it.
I mainly use it for listening to cable TV channels and talk shows. I enjoy the live feeds of CNBC, CNN, Fox News, etc. I can listen to talk show hosts I like (Bill Handel, Dr. Dean, etc) that aren't syndicated on radio stations in my area. When my wife wants to listen to 70s or 80s music, she can turn it on and it's there. I surf past the Boneyard once in a while and am always hit with a song I haven't heard for 25 years.
And for the record, I really don't care if the music isn't CD quality. I'm getting too old to care. XM costs me about $1.50 / week...and I feel it's well worth it.
Melting Slicks
Joined: May 2007
Posts: 3,250
Likes: 768
From: Lindenhurst, IL
and they are all real.. XM business practices are for ****.I just finished dealing with the BBB to get my money back from them as they just kept billing me after we stopped the service.. Once the BBB
got to them, they we all apologetic and quickly refunded the money owed.. but not without hours of bullcrap dealing with their so called customer service.. They truly suck..
I had a similar problem.
I paid for 1 year of service, by check.
After the year was up, I didn't renew......however, they didn't shut off my service.
They kept my service on for 2 more months, then tried to bill me for it.
I simply ignored their several phone calls & letters threatening me if I didn't pay.
They eventually stopped.
Screw 'em.
Oh yeah......and the really annoying part.....
I have to scroll through the XM bands on the radio to switch between AM and FM.
That's one thing that really sucks about the radio on this car.
Last edited by car2fast4you; Nov 18, 2009 at 04:01 PM.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 8,285
Likes: 14
From: Iowa
My wife has it in her car and listens to a lot of broadway musical stuff. Thank goodness we can keep that isolated to her car! Otherwise I'd have to be listening to it in the house or even worse, the Vette!
Instructor
Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 205
Likes: 0
From: Scottsdale AZ
Music is not the primary reason I have XM.
I mainly use it for listening to cable TV channels and talk shows. I enjoy the live feeds of CNBC, CNN, Fox News, etc. I can listen to talk show hosts I like (Bill Handel, Dr. Dean, etc) that aren't syndicated on radio stations in my area. When my wife wants to listen to 70s or 80s music, she can turn it on and it's there. I surf past the Boneyard once in a while and am always hit with a song I haven't heard for 25 years. And for the record, I really don't care if the music isn't CD quality. I'm getting too old to care.
XM costs me about $1.50 / week...and I feel it's well worth it.
I mainly use it for listening to cable TV channels and talk shows. I enjoy the live feeds of CNBC, CNN, Fox News, etc. I can listen to talk show hosts I like (Bill Handel, Dr. Dean, etc) that aren't syndicated on radio stations in my area. When my wife wants to listen to 70s or 80s music, she can turn it on and it's there. I surf past the Boneyard once in a while and am always hit with a song I haven't heard for 25 years.
And for the record, I really don't care if the music isn't CD quality. I'm getting too old to care. XM costs me about $1.50 / week...and I feel it's well worth it.
Same here. I listen to CNBC on the way to work. Had bought a Sirius Stiletto portable device to listen in the '01 vet. With XM in the new vet, I'm happy having CNBC.
Called Sirius to cancel the Sirius subscription on Monday. What a pain in the a**. Took around 40 minutes to cancel.
Not sure what the renewal rate will be when my 3 month trial expires. All I know is that it is not going to be more than $77 and they are not getting a credit card number.
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Pro
Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 633
Likes: 13
From: Hurley New York
Went for this same deal a year ago. It took 2 months worth of trying to get the thing turned off at the 5 month mark which was now 7 months. They charged me for the 2 months at full price. They wouldn't accept any explanations. "We will forward to Collections if not paid."
Pro
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 514
Likes: 1
From: Raleigh NC
Correct! It's billing practices like that which caused me to cancel my XM account. I have no plans to ever have XM service again.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 3,438
Likes: 30
From: Fairfax Virginia
While I know many here are not fans of XM, I like the very broad choice it offers primarily without much talk or commercials. I have it activated in the cars we drive most, but I'm glad to have it free for a little while in the car that does not have it activated. Thanks for the info.
Instructor
Joined: Jun 2009
Posts: 147
Likes: 0
From: Denver CO
I'll give them a surprise back, and tell them to stick their subscription radio back up whatever OnStar-enabled hole they pulled it from.
My winter daily has the other one, and it has its vile hooks in so deep into the ICE that there's no way I won't have to page through four different totally unusable satradio inputs whenever I switch between the inputs I actually use. I tried it out for the free month or whatever they started me with, and I couldn't find anything worth listening to then, and instead of being "commercial-free", they merely took time out, perhaps even more frequently than air stations, to advertise themselves and how great satellite radio was. For something like that, they oughta be paying me, not the other way around.
My winter daily has the other one, and it has its vile hooks in so deep into the ICE that there's no way I won't have to page through four different totally unusable satradio inputs whenever I switch between the inputs I actually use. I tried it out for the free month or whatever they started me with, and I couldn't find anything worth listening to then, and instead of being "commercial-free", they merely took time out, perhaps even more frequently than air stations, to advertise themselves and how great satellite radio was. For something like that, they oughta be paying me, not the other way around.
