Every year I play the game of requesting to cancel my account. Every year to date, they offer me a "good deal" to keep me as a customer.
I have three radio's:
!) the built in radio in the Jeep
2) the SiriusXm module in the Tri Glide
3) the portable that I use in my bedroom with a boom box thing that they gave me for free a couple years ago.
Okay, in the past, they have offered me lots of "good deals", but, I've always said no thanks until they got to the "mostly music" package for each radio for $60 a year with no additional fees. So, my total cost, $180 which I paid yearly and forgot about it.
This year, their first "best deal" was $12.95 a month per radio x 3 radios x 12 months = $466.20 a year.
Their next "best deal" was $9.95 a month per radio x 3 radios x 12 months = $358.20 a year.
Their "final offer" was $8.95 a month per radio x 3 radios x 12 months = $322.20 a year.
All the offers would of course include fees and taxes, so, add maybe $50 a year to the totals.
Here is the rub, I only have two ears and they aren't very good ... LOL. So, I can only listen to one radio at a time. The Jeep is primarily a winter vehicle, the Tri Glide is primarily a summer vehicle and the bedroom radio is primarily for Harley when I'm not home, I think it makes him a little less lonely when he can't come and I know there won't be loud noises on the radio. So, is it worth having 200 channels on three radios for a year :Shrug: Maybe. Here is the second rub, I have been with SiriusXM since before they became SiriusXM and developed a monopoly in the satellite radio market, and in all that time, well over 20 years, I have listened to only one channel. The Message (Christian Music). Okay ... there have been a couple times I've been on a trip where I listened to a golf tournament or a football game because the channel was available. I'm guessing 5-10 times in over 20 years. So is it worth $300+ a year for one channel :Shrug: nope.
In all fairness, I offered to pay $100 a year (no taxes and fees) for just The Message on all three of the radio's on my account. The said they could not do that. I asked why. They said they didn't have such a plan, again I asked why? I explained that congress had passed a law allowing cable and satellite tv providers to allow customers to do a menu type plan. I know this because Spectrum offers a so much per block of channels plan. For example, you pick channels in blocks of 10 that you watch, and only pay for those channels you watch. A really logical plan.
She said she could only offer me a plan they had. I sighed and said, "So basically only plans that make you lots of money, please cancel all my radios." She said, "I'll be happy to process that for you." Then she said, "Sir, you've been a customer for a long time." I responded, "I know". She then offered me $2 a month for 6 months on all three radios, plus fees and taxes, which would come to about $80 for the six months. I told her thanks, but, no thanks, my involvement with SiriusXM has passed.
The irony, I started this process a little over a month before my subscription was due to renew. They will be crediting my account $74.87 for the unused portion .. LOL. Knowing they would have to do that, they could of offered me the 6 month extension from today for basically free and who knows, I might have been in a different frame of mind six months from now.
There is another up side for me ... I'm gonna put the windshield trim mirrors back on the Tri ... that big chrome metal signal blocker won't be an issue on the FM ...
... or to the Bluetooth from the cell for audio books ...
I have three radio's:
!) the built in radio in the Jeep
2) the SiriusXm module in the Tri Glide
3) the portable that I use in my bedroom with a boom box thing that they gave me for free a couple years ago.
Okay, in the past, they have offered me lots of "good deals", but, I've always said no thanks until they got to the "mostly music" package for each radio for $60 a year with no additional fees. So, my total cost, $180 which I paid yearly and forgot about it.
This year, their first "best deal" was $12.95 a month per radio x 3 radios x 12 months = $466.20 a year.
Their next "best deal" was $9.95 a month per radio x 3 radios x 12 months = $358.20 a year.
Their "final offer" was $8.95 a month per radio x 3 radios x 12 months = $322.20 a year.
All the offers would of course include fees and taxes, so, add maybe $50 a year to the totals.
Here is the rub, I only have two ears and they aren't very good ... LOL. So, I can only listen to one radio at a time. The Jeep is primarily a winter vehicle, the Tri Glide is primarily a summer vehicle and the bedroom radio is primarily for Harley when I'm not home, I think it makes him a little less lonely when he can't come and I know there won't be loud noises on the radio. So, is it worth having 200 channels on three radios for a year :Shrug: Maybe. Here is the second rub, I have been with SiriusXM since before they became SiriusXM and developed a monopoly in the satellite radio market, and in all that time, well over 20 years, I have listened to only one channel. The Message (Christian Music). Okay ... there have been a couple times I've been on a trip where I listened to a golf tournament or a football game because the channel was available. I'm guessing 5-10 times in over 20 years. So is it worth $300+ a year for one channel :Shrug: nope.
In all fairness, I offered to pay $100 a year (no taxes and fees) for just The Message on all three of the radio's on my account. The said they could not do that. I asked why. They said they didn't have such a plan, again I asked why? I explained that congress had passed a law allowing cable and satellite tv providers to allow customers to do a menu type plan. I know this because Spectrum offers a so much per block of channels plan. For example, you pick channels in blocks of 10 that you watch, and only pay for those channels you watch. A really logical plan.
She said she could only offer me a plan they had. I sighed and said, "So basically only plans that make you lots of money, please cancel all my radios." She said, "I'll be happy to process that for you." Then she said, "Sir, you've been a customer for a long time." I responded, "I know". She then offered me $2 a month for 6 months on all three radios, plus fees and taxes, which would come to about $80 for the six months. I told her thanks, but, no thanks, my involvement with SiriusXM has passed.
The irony, I started this process a little over a month before my subscription was due to renew. They will be crediting my account $74.87 for the unused portion .. LOL. Knowing they would have to do that, they could of offered me the 6 month extension from today for basically free and who knows, I might have been in a different frame of mind six months from now.
There is another up side for me ... I'm gonna put the windshield trim mirrors back on the Tri ... that big chrome metal signal blocker won't be an issue on the FM ...
... or to the Bluetooth from the cell for audio books ... 
