rolly Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 My No Charge Trial of Sirius Select expires next week. I checked out the price and was wondering if anyone knows if there are any discounts available? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkeaton Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 Sometimes if you call to cancel they will offer you reduced prices to remain a paying member, or offer a few months free. Sometimes. That worked for me once and I got like 6 more months free when my paid year was up. I tried it again and when that ran out and they kinda just said sorry to see you go. You should check their website to see if there are any specials going on or anything like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redtomatoman Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 Like jkeaton says, sometimes they will offer you a short term freebie. It you really like Sirius radio then you have to pay for the service. If you have multiple radios the second is discounted. I have one in my Dakota as well as my DJ. I got some discount on my renewal. I can't remember what the percentage was. Anyway, I love my Sirius and my travel-link. Peace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCCacher Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 I've renewed three Sirus/XM subscriptions and have gotten different prices on all of them. Just offer to pay around $100 for the year (after you say you want to cancel). The best I've done is $97 CDN for the year, worst is about $115. Never pay what they are asking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redtomatoman Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 Never pay what they are asking. Interesting. I will try that. thanks. Peace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolly Posted December 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 Good news guys. I called Sirius today and I asked to speak to a supervisor. After some haggling I was able to negotiate the price from over $210.00 with tax, down to $79.96 plus tax for a total of $103.51. I'm glad they were willing to wheel and deal. The service was a blessing on our road trip earlier this year. I guess Christmas came early LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCCacher Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 (edited) Glad to hear you got a good price. I like the service, especially when on a road trip but not interested in paying ~$20/month for it, considering that the alternative is free (regular radio). We pay for my sister-in-laws radio as her yearly B-day present in March and that took some acting to get the discount but paid the most for this one, about $115CDN taxes in (the Emmy got lost in the mail). My wifes renewal in May took a little acting but no award winning performance required and got a better price then my first negotiation, about $105CDN. When I called late June for my cancelation renewal I got my best price without hardly even trying, $97CDN taxes in plus the internet subscription included. I think they are finally realizing that once you get past the first line operator and are smart enough not to pay the asking price they just cut to the chase and will take just about what ever you are willing to pay. Really, when you think about it, getting a few $$$ out of you is better than losing a customer, it is not like you getting the service really cost them that much, you are just a radio number in the system, the signal is already out there. What I did find interesting is that although Sirius and XM are basically the same company or at least teamed togeather they do have different billing departments. My wife has XM and when I called to cancel renew my serivce they said they could add my radio as a secondary one to her account but when they found out it was a Sirius they said they couldn't do that and transferred me to the Sirius billing department. Edited December 3, 2013 by CCCacher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onecrazyfoo4u Posted December 6, 2013 Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 I get "renew for 6 months for only $20" letters in the mail all the time. I refuse to pay to listen to music. So I just bluetooth pandora for free. There's just as many commercials on pandora as there was on Sirius, so I don't feel like I'm missing out on anything... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mcgusto82 Posted December 6, 2013 Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 Pandora has become annoying too. I used to pay, cause I could skip 5 songs per hr, per station. Now it's 10 songs per day, 5 on the 1st station. 😒 So now I go free. Satellite is good for sports and theme music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brwengel Posted December 8, 2013 Report Share Posted December 8, 2013 I've had Sirius Sat Radio for about 6 years now and I'm convinced that their business model is to have an inflated price and then settle for a price that's about half and make the customer think they're getting a deal. I'm sure if they offered their service for 80 bucks that people would try and chisel them down to 40 bucks. My renewal started out around $140 and they settled on $70 back six years ago. Most recently it's gone up to $180 per year and they settle on $85, but I've gotten tired of the service always renewing at the retail price, auto billing to your credit card, and then you have to call and play the game. Since I only listen to about three channels and they repeat so much, I just last week canceled when my renewal came due. We'll see how much they spend on "special offers" to get me back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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