While I think Sirius XM is one of the slimmest companies around, I had found a way to exist with them by doing the usual 6 month renewal boogie for some years now until today. Calling up with 2 days left on my contract, I was offered a $5 and change lifetime subscription with no need to call back to renew at anytime. However there was one catch. It required a charge card. I could not receive a yearly invoice.

When I told the guy I was not interested in giving them my credit card and had been paying by invoice for a number of years I was told the only offer availability to me was the one mentioned and it required a credit card. If I wasn’t interested I could cancel the subscription. This is something new from them. I’m going to try calling back later.

Has anyone gotten invoice billing recently? I’m wondering if they have ended it.

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JoeM

$5 dollars a month? That's pretty compelling. They just snatch my money off of my card every month.

No, all my renewals have been with a credit card. It is paid yearly, however, not monthly.

Two things... My deal is only for a year, not lifetime. Second, mine is $5/month = $60/year, but the total comes out to about $72 because of extra fees. If they are offering $5/month straight up, I would take it (but I bet it comes out to about $6/month).

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You are better than me!

Last time they called and offered $5 a month for a year I told them I'd do it if I could do it for 3 years and if I got an email confirming the 3 years for $5 a month. He hung up on me...

As much as I've insisted I'll never do something I can't cancel online, I'd probably go ahead and do the Sirius deal with a credit card if they'd send me something that confirms the $5+ a month.

Is that 5 a month just for one vehicle or receiver or does it include Sirius app connection too?

Dubya

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Dubya
Is that 5 a month just for one vehicle or receiver or does it include Sirius app connection too?

Dubya

Yeah, I actually listen to the app more often.

“ I was told the only offer availability to me was the one mentioned and it required a credit card. If I wasn’t interested I could cancel the subscription.”


Are you Sirius?

Diary of a Sirius XM Subscriber:

Day 1: I hit myself in the face with a ball-peen hammer, it really hurt.
Day 2: I hit myself in the face with a ball-peen hammer, it still really hurt.
Day 3: I hit myself in the face with a ball-peen hammer, I was shocked to find it continued to really hurt.

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Diary of a Sirius XM Subscriber:

Day 1: I hit myself in the face with a ball-peen hammer, it really hurt.
Day 2: I hit myself in the face with a ball-peen hammer, it still really hurt.
Day 3: I hit myself in the face with a ball-peen hammer, I was shocked to find it continued to really hurt.

I subscribe to Siriux XM and I'm pretty sure a ball-peen hammer has never come anywhere near my face.

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It is what it is.

Got my $4.99 plus fees (here that's $6.29/month) offer for "Select" for a year via chat for a radio that had been de-activated for several years.

I don't call places...I always use chat for customer service.

Plus they gave me a trial of the top plan (includes streaming) for free for 3 months before I start getting charged.

So that's zero for 3 months then $6.29/month for a year, then ~$25/month if I forget to call and re-negotiate.



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 02/16/2021 06:53PM by Bill in NC.

Siriux XM rocks, it’s Sirius XM that’s troublesome. But the worst is Siriux SM, they’re downright sadistic.

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Dubya
Is that 5 a month just for one vehicle or receiver or does it include Sirius app connection too?

Dubya

One car and the app included.

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JoeM




Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/16/2021 08:45PM by JoeM.

But what I’m wondering about is are the 6 month with invoicing deals over?

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JoeM

I did my 6 month sub with mailed invoice (no credit card on file with them) this past November. So it was still an option as of then.

Just went to the site to check on my account but it's down for maintenance. The site does look totally different than when I paid my bill back in November.

Today I called and got switched to their text customer service due to call volume. I was offered a continuation of my plan for 6 months, same price with invoice payment which I took. Go figure.

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JoeM