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      12-21-2013, 07:38 PM   #1
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Called Sirius XM to activate my X3 service after the one year freebie from BMW. Guy told me that it would cost $180/year plus music royalty and NJ sales tax. I told him that I had received an offer for $86/year for the renewal- not true. Folks were chatting about the $86 annual renewal offer in an Acura forum- used to regularly visit there. He said he couldn't offer the $86/year fee. I told him I'd be canceling my service, so he transferred me to the cancellation group. Cancellation guy said there was no such offer on my X3. I said I'd be canceling my service then since I know it's available with other manufacturers of cars. He put me on hold and came back and agreed to the $86/year fee + Royalty for music and NJ sales tax; total for year is $103.

I then got the same deal for my son's Honda Accord for the year. I extended the Honda's subscription for 6 months earlier this year so I would have a December anniversary. I let my X3's subscription lapse for 4 days so I could have the exact same anniversary date.

The anniversary for my 5 Series is in October, 2014- and I'll let that lapse for 2 months or pay for 2 months so it'll sync up anniversary dates with the Accord and X3.

Billing with Sirius XM is a nightmare! Do not allow them to auto renew your credit card. Pay the $2 annual fee for calling in once a year to renew.

The discounted annual offer used to be $77/year. I payed that every year per car for 8 years. Need to go through the aforementioned verbal gymnastics each year. I made the mistake of auto renewing the first year and missed out on the discount. Sirius XM is very sneaky with their billing- no email, phone call or any other communication except the full rate fee shows up on one's credit card.

Satellite music quality is mediocre, and with all the HD FM radio stations available, satellite music quality pales in comparison. My wife and I like the variety offered and not having to listen to commercials on the music stations. Sports being available and television news stations are another big plus with satellite radio.
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      12-21-2013, 08:47 PM   #2
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Just got an offer mailed to me to reactivate for 6 months for $25 with no activation fees.
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      12-22-2013, 07:07 AM   #3
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Just got an offer mailed to me to reactivate for 6 months for $25 with no activation fees.
I had multiple renewals at $25 for 6 months on my 2012 X3 and just last month on my 2013 E350 .
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Verbal gymnastics is right on! i just went thru a long hold time for the cancellation dept. My previous plan was about $215 for a year which included the premium channels and internet radio. I told him I would accept the same plan for half. But I ended up with a 5 month promo that is the same as I've got now for $50. So at the end of the 5 months I'll have to go thru this again. They are just like the cable companies...they have more plans than I can think of. I just need to remember to call before they bill my card. I'll put it in my calendar.
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      01-13-2014, 10:50 PM   #5
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Verbal gymnastics is right on! i just went thru a long hold time for the cancellation dept. My previous plan was about $215 for a year which included the premium channels and internet radio. I told him I would accept the same plan for half. But I ended up with a 5 month promo that is the same as I've got now for $50. So at the end of the 5 months I'll have to go thru this again. They are just like the cable companies...they have more plans than I can think of. I just need to remember to call before they bill my card. I'll put it in my calendar.
Highly recommend removing your credit card from their system and paying the $2 service fee each time you renew. Their billing dept. is a nightmare.
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After I re-negotiated my rate and time frame I read your post about getting invoiced instead of auto-renew. I just added a reminder in my calendar to call before the auto re-new. By that time I think I may cancel if I can't get a year's subscription for a reasonable price. There are other options available music-wise. I started with the invoice but then told them that the auto renew was ok. Why do you feel like the invoiced approach is better? Do you get discounted offers when you get invoiced?
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After I re-negotiated my rate and time frame I read your post about getting invoiced instead of auto-renew. I just added a reminder in my calendar to call before the auto re-new. By that time I think I may cancel if I can't get a year's subscription for a reasonable price. There are other options available music-wise. I started with the invoice but then told them that the auto renew was ok. Why do you feel like the invoiced approach is better? Do you get discounted offers when you get invoiced?
As long as you remember to call before they auto renew you that's fine. My experience has been that they auto renew at the full rate. I notice it happened and it was a major hassle together them to give me a credit. I don't trust them anyway to be holding my Amex on their system.

No discount with invoice. This forces me to look at the bill every year and get a better rate. $2 annual invoice charge- rather pay that to remind me to get the best rate available through them.
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Anyone gone through this renewal process lately?
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Anyone gone through this renewal process lately?
Yes. There was a discounted rate. Pay for 7 months, get a full year.

It wasn't for All Access, though. If I want to add that back, I guess I have to pay full price for internet access.
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Just did it 2 months ago.
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