Sirius/Xm rates going up

[brianhos]

Just fricking great. My monthly XM bill is now going to be close to $30!!!! Time to cancel.


Sirius XM Rate Increase For March 11th CONFIRMED - SiriusBuzz

 

[benjay]

rofl

I laugh, because those awful "free radio" commercials were right. Satellite radio prices are going up. Not a good way to keep business in a poor economy.

 

[jumbopackage]

XM/Sirius will be irrelevant in 5 years. 3G networks and streaming audio are the way ahead.

 

[TheHelgo]

whoa, whoa. unless you have multiple radio subscriptions, you are not affected at all.

 

[benjay]

whoa, whoa. unless you have multiple radio subscriptions, you are not affected at all.

That's my biggest beef with XM. You have to pay extra to get satellite radio in other vehicles or in-house.

My girlfriend has XM and it's a nice service. Just not very consumer friendly if you ask me.

 

[cmoneyr]

Whoa, whoa. People pay to listen to the radio?

 

[pulse]

Ahhhhhhhh yes.... the famous 'we will merge and therefore provide better and cheaper service to our customers' scenario. As we like to do on this board, the second I heard about the potential merger I thought, "the moment they merge, increase in prices in 3 - 2 - 1...."

 

[ISUFan22]

Whoa, whoa, whoa....

I just farted.

 

[nj829]

I have had sirius since 2004 and this is the first time they have raised rates. When was the last time a company held their rates flat for 5 years. I actually believe this is the first rate increase in the history of Sirius.

I think the consumer friendly part is how you want to use it, the car only units are terrible, but I have a portable that I had to pay a little for upfront, but have a car kit, home kit, and am able to take it anywhere. Simply love it!

 

[CyBobby]

Brian my friend...xm sirius has got some kind of balls raising their rates in this economy...


If they raise my rates it'll be good bye .. sayanara...& even...six two and even I'm out of here!!!!!!!!!!:yes:

 

[nj829]

You are now able to also adjust your packages down to save money, so even with the price hike you can offset it by dropping some channels.

 

[CRcyclone6]

so my rate that I renewed on my car in Nov is safe, but my wife's is up in April. if we renew her's it will go up $2. not too bad in my eyes. I've had Sirius since 03 and the price has never changed.

 

[TheHelgo]

i have had Sirius for 2 years, and I now have the Best of XM as well. I love it - can't really imagine going back to terrestrial radio.

 

[trippnschmidt]

Agreed,
I've had XM for several years and it is all I listen to. Every MLB game, most college games and now every NBA game. Not to mention you can avoid having to listen to Jon Miller and Marty and Miller. A few bucks isn't going to make that much of a difference.

 

[matmann22]

Businesses need to understand there is a price consumers wont pay.

Personally, NFL Sunday ticket and XM are getting very very very very very close to it if they haven't gone over it already.

 

[brianhos]

Businesses need to understand there is a price consumers wont pay.

Personally, NFL Sunday ticket and XM are getting very very very very very close to it if they haven't gone over it already.

I agree, Sunday ticket would be ok, but the extra $100 for HD is a joke. It is 2009, everything should be in HD.

Sunday ticket is getting close to the price of an actual ticket to the game each week.

 

[ICCLONEGAL]

I think the consumer friendly part is how you want to use it, the car only units are terrible, but I have a portable that I had to pay a little for upfront, but have a car kit, home kit, and am able to take it anywhere. Simply love it!

I agree here.....The ONLY way to go on road trips and here in Eastern Iowa the only way to occasionally listen to the Cyclones. We use our portible unit everywhere!!

 

[dmclone]

I called last year when we got a new vehicle and threatened to leave. They ended up giving me 2 subscriptions of XM for the price of 1. If my rates go up this year, I'll just cancel. It's a very easy thing to get rid of as compared to Directv, DSL, etc.

 

[Ames]

I have had sirius since 2004 and this is the first time they have raised rates. When was the last time a company held their rates flat for 5 years. I actually believe this is the first rate increase in the history of Sirius.

When they merged with XM in order to get through the anti-trust issues they told the government they wouldn't raise prices for 3 years. So the past 5 don't matter. I think they only reason they are getting away with this is because it's not a subscription increase, but a multi-radio increase.

 

[Wesley]

Ahhhhhhhh yes.... the famous 'we will merge and therefore provide better and cheaper service to our customers' scenario. As we like to do on this board, the second I heard about the potential merger I thought, "the moment they merge, increase in prices in 3 - 2 - 1...."

The raise is to pay for Howard Stern. He takes big bucks to do his thing on satellite radio.