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Racer
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Sirius XM
It's that time of the year again. I last renewed my Sirius XM subscriptions for a year on 08/13/19. At that time after much haggling I was able to get a price of $83 dollars per year per car.. I received a notice from them today saying that if I don't cancel within 30 days, I will be renewed at the rate of $175 and $248 per year for each of my two cars. I don't understand why there is a different rate for each of my cars, when to the best of my knowledge I have the same plan for each car. Of course I don't intend to pay those rates anyway. Therefore I am asking fellow members what is the best rate you have negotiated lately, including Royalty Fees and taxes.
Drifting
Joined: Jul 2013
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From: Windsor CA
2024 C7 of the Year Finalist - Unmodified
Call them, I got $5 per month plus royalty fees which was $72.98 total per year on my Ram Truck and the Vette within the last month ($72.98 each vehicle) and also now can stream it through my PC included. On one I even got a free Echo Dot from Amazon thrown in which has actually been cool since I had Amazon prime anyway.
Safety Car
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It's that time of the year again. I last renewed my Sirius XM subscriptions for a year on 08/13/19. At that time after much haggling I was able to get a price of $83 dollars per year per car.. I received a notice from them today saying that if I don't cancel within 30 days, I will be renewed at the rate of $175 and $248 per year for each of my two cars. I don't understand why there is a different rate for each of my cars, when to the best of my knowledge I have the same plan for each car. Of course I don't intend to pay those rates anyway. Therefore I am asking fellow members what is the best rate you have negotiated lately, including Royalty Fees and taxes.
Safety Car
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Pro
Joined: Feb 2011
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I am in a promotional period on my vette as I just moved from a c6 GS to my c7 z06. I got that $99 rate for 3 years in my daily deiver after cancelling their service and waiting for months before renewing. The first one they sent was $5 per month which ends up being like $80 for a year once they add their hidden fees.
Safety Car
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From: Green and Wet Western Oregon
2023 C7 of the Year Winner - Unmodified
2018 C6 of Year Winner
I tried negotiating with them for almost two months without any satisfaction. I will not give them a credit card, they have always sent me an invoice for the negotiated rate on three cars and I pay with a check to avoid their automatic renewal at outrageous rates. This time they absolutely refused to send an invoice, insisting on a credit card. Called four times, talked with four different people, received four different stories.
I'm done with SiriusXM.
I'm done with SiriusXM.
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Safety Car
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I am in a promotional period on my vette as I just moved from a c6 GS to my c7 z06. I got that $99 rate for 3 years in my daily deiver after cancelling their service and waiting for months before renewing. The first one they sent was $5 per month which ends up being like $80 for a year once they add their hidden fees.
Intermediate
Joined: Oct 2014
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From: Lincoln, NE
I pay $72 per year on my Grand Sport. Living in Nebraska, the GS goes into storage October 15Th and comes out April 15th, I call Sirius on October 15th and suspend my contract, I get a 50% refund to my account, I call on April 14th and renegotiate a rate for the coming year. I do the same with OnStar and the data plan.
Melting Slicks
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From: Houston Republic of Texas
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I pay $0 a month and $0 a year and yes I have Sirius. 20 years ago I bought a lifetime contract for $480, until I flooded my C5, I just took out the sateliite everytime I bought a new car. Now I had to pay a one time fee to switch to a new car. I was very smart back then, but that was one of the smartest things I did. L8R ZFLASH
Racer
Joined: Dec 2017
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From: Ft Worth
You do not have to haggle with them anymore, if you already have the 1 year promo. I called in yesterday to cancel my plan which expired today. Due to COVID, they are short-staffed with long wait times, so the robo-voice offered me the same plan as last year. All I had to do was listen to the recorded conditions and then say "yes". $77.74 and I'm good for another year. Took less than 5 minutes.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jul 2013
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From: Orwigsburg Pa
I’m always getting offers for my C7 corvette. I did not renew it. When mine runs out in my Toyota I’m not renewing it. I have Apple Music in my plan which is included and I don’t pay extra for it thru my Verizon plan. I have all music stored on there plus I also have my amazon music. What I love about the Apple play I just plug in my phone in the Vette and hit the music and it plays randomly music. So no messing around with it.
Safety Car
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From: Margate, FL
I wish I had done that 
I can't go back to FM and often drive places where there is no cell reception. I pay around $8 to 10 a month but it requires canceling and fighting with them constantly. My wife is over it, she is cancelling the account on her car since she works from home and would rather listen to her downloaded songs.
I like more variety and thus enjoy SiriusXM but their pricing themselves out of business. They own Pandora now so they are likely betting most people ditch the satellite / car only service. The satellite drops out occasionally and doesn't reach AK or HI so they know its limitations. Plus the audio quality is terrible due to the massive compression. If I was them I would pivot satellite to a premium experience by cutting the number of channels in half and doubling the bandwidth to get CD quality audio with no compression.
I can't go back to FM and often drive places where there is no cell reception. I pay around $8 to 10 a month but it requires canceling and fighting with them constantly. My wife is over it, she is cancelling the account on her car since she works from home and would rather listen to her downloaded songs.I like more variety and thus enjoy SiriusXM but their pricing themselves out of business. They own Pandora now so they are likely betting most people ditch the satellite / car only service. The satellite drops out occasionally and doesn't reach AK or HI so they know its limitations. Plus the audio quality is terrible due to the massive compression. If I was them I would pivot satellite to a premium experience by cutting the number of channels in half and doubling the bandwidth to get CD quality audio with no compression.
