What do you pay for XM subscription?

[doubled]

A friend told me you can subscribe to the XM radio for a lot less than advertised price. I have the free 3 month subscription with a new maverick purchase. I’m just wondering what price I should I expect to bargain for.

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[wakkawakka22]

oh don't worry, you're about to get a ton of mail adverts from SiriusXM with discounts.

 

[Striped_Mav]

The best way to get a discount on XM is to let it lapse. The longer the subscription is idle for the lower they’ll typically go. The lowest I think I’ve seen it was about $1.50 a month plus fees so it came out to under five bucks a month.

Alternatively, you can also pay one month at full price and then call to cancel. Their retention department can give some pretty good pricing if you’re willing to deal with their call center.

Edit: Speech to text did not do me any favors. I think I got the grammar fixed

 

[LanceMav]

I pay $9.99 per month. Ask for a new customer promotion. That's what I did and it worked.

 

[Carlitos_92]

The best way to get a discount on XM is to let it lapse. The subscription idle they’ll lower they’ll typically go. The lowest I think I’ve seen it was about $1.50 a month plus fees so it came out to under five bucks a month.

Alternatively, you can also pay one month at full price and then call to cancel. Their retention department can give some pretty good pricing if you’re willing to deal with their call center.

I faked "wanting to cancel" for 7-8 years straight to negotiate a deal, and it always worked... until this year. In August, I was ready to sign up for another full year, but when I said "I want to cancel" they called my bluff and said "Okay, bye."

 

[Hot Runr Guy]

I faked "wanting to cancel" for 7-8 years straight to negotiate a deal, and it always worked... until this year. In August, I was ready to sign up for another full year, but when I said "I want to cancel" they called my bluff and said "Okay, bye."

I did the same, with the same result. It wasn't 2 weeks later that I got a $3.99/month offer in the mail.

HRG

 

[MaverickDragon]

After the factory freebie expired, I accepted a $1.99 for 3 months offer, when that expired, I got a renewal for $5.99 a month for a year.

I don't drive that much these days, so anything more expensive isn't worth it.
There are good local FM stations, so that's an alternative, so is a plug in CD player, and I drive with a copilot in charges of accessories...

When the current deal expires, I'll likely go through the "make me an offer / cancel process" to see what they will do. Not a big deal either way, but since Sirius gets nada for a non subscriber, I imagine that getting a lower price is better than zero.

 

[BK007]

NOPE 0 Hard Pass.....

 

[Striped_Mav]

I faked "wanting to cancel" for 7-8 years straight to negotiate a deal, and it always worked... until this year. In August, I was ready to sign up for another full year, but when I said "I want to cancel" they called my bluff and said "Okay, bye."

I have not had XM in years, so I have no idea what their current polices are. It sounds like they finally caught on that everyone does this though

 

[REDRUM]

I put cds on a USB and play that.

My wife has XM.
Next I will use my Bluetooth speaker to record hours of music from her account to my usb.

I also listen to some FM.

 

[Drew304]

$5.33 a month, there’s always a deal, just wait for it or even better approach is to ask for it, that customer service person isn’t paid directly off your subscription. They will normally help you out.

 

[ScottyC]

I have Pandora+ and use that....I told Sirius / XM to stuff it when they wanted to put me on "auto-renew"....

 

[Hot Runr Guy]

I have Pandora+ and use that....I told Sirius / XM to stuff it when they wanted to put me on "auto-renew"....

FWIW, SiriusXM has updated their account management over time, you can now log-in and cancel without ever talking to a human. They will make a couple of offers to renew, then allow you to cancel the account. I print out my renewal notice, and put a cancel-by date on it, so I remember when to log in and cancel to avoid the auto-renewal.

HRG

 

[Cherokee]

$5 a month for 12 months then they raise it to $25
I cancel right before that.
Then they send me the deal to get me back.
$5 a month for the next eleven months then I repeat.
So,
I pay $5 a month. :’P

 

[tpollauf]

Posted this back in the spring and it is still a good offer. I'm in the middle of this 36 month program and will renew it for the same price when it expires OR cancel.

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