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Horrible Customer Service - Penalized as a Customer Because I Upgraded My Car Radio!
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Rating: 1/51

I bought a new car barely 3 weeks ago. Very exciting times! Came with Satellite radio, for the first time in my life. Super exciting! Was told by dealer I could get a 3 month trial for All Access package. I called Sirius XM to sign up. I told the girl though right up front, that I'm not happy with the radio in the car and I'll be upgrading it within a few weeks.

I asked if this would be an issue. I was told "no" and that all I had to do was "just call customer service and we'll take care of it". I was told too, there would be no fees to transfer service from one radio to a new one. They then talked me into buying an additional 6 months of service for All Access that would start after my 3 month trial ended. So in my eyes, I'm now good for at least 9 months. That's a long time to become addicted to Sat radio! :)

The big day came to upgrade my radio. I purposefully bought a sat tuner because the new Kenwood deck didn't have it built in. I paid for installations and everything. I get home with my new stereo, speakers, subwoofer, remote start, alarm system... the whole bit newly installed...SUPER EXCITED. I call Sirius XM to have service transferred to the new radio and...I'm told they cannot transfer a free trial period from a factory radio to a store bought tuner.

I was told TWO TIMES that my "free trial" is paid for by the dealer where I bought the car. I told the representative "I mean no disrespect, but why would I care? Seriously...why would I care? I was told I get 3 months free, enough time to decide if I like the service. I called Sirius to sign up...so why would I care?" I was told I can go back to the dealer and explain I upgraded my factory radio...but here again, why on earth would I call the dealer just because I went to Best Buy and upgraded my car stereo system?

They told there is nothing I can do but they would be happy for only $15 to activate my new radio and then transfer the 6 months package I had previously bought to the new account. I told them no. I explained that when I signed up, I told the representative I was going to upgrade and they said it was no problem, and it was free and there would be no issues. It was all, a total lie. Ironically, I tried Online Chat in order to get the new radio turned on, without cost and to get the 60 additional days of free/trial service back, and I was told no.

Since I was forced to call them to cancel, I did just that and I was told again...NO. But this guy added that I could go online and submit feedback and maybe they could help. So...in a last ditch effort to save this account, did send them an email and explained everything once again. Today, I got the email back saying that "we are limited in what we can do via email support, thanks for being a customer, but there is nothing we can do for you." LOLFR. Not that..."we'll send this to our consumer affair department, or our cancellation department," or how about this... "hey...we'd love to give you 30 days of free trial if you'd like to repurchase the 6 month package you had earlier."

But no...they would rather see a customer leave...they would rather give a really POOR customer experience instead...ALL BECAUSE I UPGRADED MY CAR STEREO. Yes, that's all it took...I upgraded my car stereo. MY BAD! For what it's worth...I regret spending the money to install the Satellite add-ons for my new car stereo system. Sirius XM was, and is, simply not worth it. The flip side...the POSITIVE SIDE...the new radio is HD, so I just doubled the number of radio stations! So it's not a total loss! :) Thanks.

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Review of their service
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CHICAGO, ILLINOIS -- I've been a customer of Sirius for about 6 months now. I just thought I would take a moment to share my opinion of their product and service for anyone considering satellite radio. First off, be aware that the portable car kits do require some sort of installation even if they are not replacing your internal car stereo. I had to do some pretty neat wiring tricks to hide the power line from the antenna (a magnet that you stick on your car roof) to a power source (cig lighter outlet). Then you also have a power line from the actual radio as well. So for my radio (XAct) I needed two power outlets available.

I believe if you get the internal kits (that completely replace your car stereo), you won't have this wire problem. However you will need to probably get it professionally installed, unless you know what you are doing. Moving on to the service/programming. I personally love the programming. Since January when I installed it, I have not once ever listened to the regular radio! I find it fun surfing the tons of channels for with my little remote control, kind of like surfing on a TV. The radio devices themselves usually give you good information about the genre, artist and title.

On most radios you can even browse what songs or artists are playing at that time on other channels before switching the channel, which is cool. Mine has a built-in "pause" feature as well that lets me stop the programming if I get a call or something and it will start recording. When I unpause, it plays back where I left off. Very cool. However, be warned that if you car power outlets don't stay on when you turn you car off (mine don't, a Toyota) then if you use this feature and turn your car off, it won't remember or record what you were listening to.

Moving on the performance of the service. I had a little trouble in the beginning with mine. My reception using the built-in FM transmitter was shoddy. I couldn't turn it up very loud without being overwhelmed by static. Come to find out, my radio had come with a factory setting of the "internal" volume of the device set to full-blast. This was causing the output to be less than desirable.

After turning down the internal volume of the radio the sound was 100 times better and I've enjoyed it thoroughly since. My only real complaint about the service is the reception is definitely touch around large downtown cities, going under bridges, or even a parking garage. I lose my signal in most of those situations. However, having great programming available to me when driving 5 hours across the state when previously I would lose all radio contact is great! So there are trade-offs.

Lastly is the price. I pay 12.99 a month. I think it is totally worth it if you do a lot of driving to work, or for a job. Satellite radio has made my commute much more enjoyable. They do offer a lifetime subscription for around $500, but I'm just not sure how well the company's financials and long term outlook are right now, so I've been holding off on that one. Also, the lifetime program does not cover replacement of your radio. If you were to buy a new radio, they charge you a $50 service fee to switch your lifetime membership to the new radio device. I may opt for this plan soon now that I've tested the service and love it. That's all I got for now. Hope you found this helpful.

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Worst Customer Service - Ever
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Rating: 1/51

DETROIT, MICHIGAN -- WORST CUSTOMER SERVICE EVER. I signed-up for a 12 month subscription at $5.00 in December and, after purchasing a new car (in May) I was told that the subscription I had paid for was no longer valid and that, instead of $60 for 12 months, I'd have to pony up $99 for the same thing. Their excuse? "That promotion is not currently in our system." So basically they're screwing me for buying a new car! I paid for 12 months of service, which they now refuse to honor - just because I got a new car. INEXCUSABLE! I'm telling everybody I know and also blogging extensively about this. What an awful thing to do to a customer.

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Dishonest Company
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Rating: 1/51

DENVER, COLORADO -- In May, Jason the Sirius sales representative sold me a renewal for 36 months. The agreed upon amount was charged to my CC. Then I began receiving invoices for an additional $207 in the mail. I spent several hours with several different Sirius employees trying to get this resolved. I think Sirius intentionally gives you the runaround with multiple sales and customer service reps to waste your time and wear you down. It is like talking to a wall and in the end you will pay them more money. Sirius then turned my radio service off. I ended up paying the extra $207 and then spent several more hours trying to get them to turn my radio back on.

Sirius is very difficult to work with. They do not value the customer's time. I do not recommend Sirius since I have found them to be dishonest on several occasions. I think it is company policy to tell customers one thing and then do another. If you do use them, ask for an emailed confirmation of the payment amount and the term time that the payment covers. They can do this so do not allow them to tell you they cannot. Sirius likes everything to be verbal so they can charge you more and bully you and push you any way they can to extract more money out of you. Never agree to allowing Sirius to automatically charge your CC for renewals.

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Get to know how to renew and you won't have problems
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Rating: 1/51

HO-HO-KUS, NEW JERSEY -- I've been reading about many people having problems with the subscription and especially the automatic renewal. Here are some suggestions that I've used:
1. IT WILL AUTOMATICALLY RENEW unless you call to cancel. This is very boldly written. THE ONLY way to make a deal is on the phone. If a CSR says that there is no automatic renewal, they are lying to get your service. What's WRITTEN is what supersedes all verbal communication.
2. If you have a credit card registered, remove it from the system. The $2.00 fee they say they'll charge is if you let it go to the very end of your subscription.
3. Call about a month before it expires, and tell them you'll cancel unless you get the promotional rates. Here they are: 6 months for $25.00; 5 months for $20.00 or 1 year for $89.00. All these rates don't include royalty's or taxes.
4. Pay with a Sirius XM Gift Card. They are sold at Best Buy, or BestBuy.com
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 right before the subscription expires.

This has worked for me for years. If you don't believe me, go to any new car dealer that has the SXM radio as part of their new car radio options.

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For a SIRIUS good time
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Correct dialogue for a serious XM good time.

If you're frustrated with dealing with serious XM as I am I've decided to make this trip to India my last trip to India. From now on when I set up a plan I will ask for the future deactivation date (a closing date for the account so it will not reactivate and charge my credit card some crazy amount without notifying me (they won't notify you, only after the new rate charge) [The big print gives it away the little print takes it back.] The deactivation date lets your radio notify you- by turning off -then you call in THE NEXT DAY -not before-and ask , "is my service off? " I would like to make a one time credit card payment. I would like my my username and password so that I can verify the transaction. they have to read you a disclosure that says the plan will be on a recurring basis (don't get upset they have to read that )just say I would like to set a future deactivation date. If your vehicle is on the trial the last day of the trial is the last day of the trial still set up a plan for a follow on plan by asking for the six for 25 plan for the six for 30 plan for the $95 year plan was at $86 your plan( all select plans)call back the next day after the trial even if you've set up a plan and ask for a future deactivation date. As long as you continue getting a future deactivation date from now on you won't need to go to India. Unless you call back before your plan date is over then you'll go to India. Don't call back tell the next day after your future deactivation date. Wait till the next day after your future deactivation date then you're a new customer asking for the plan that YOU want. For instance:

Agent /Hello this is bob, May I assist you in renewing your serious XM radio service today.
(U) Ewe/Yes I was calling about your six months for $30 plan with no activation fee that I received an offer for could I get that. I would like to make a one time credit card payment for this transaction and I would like my card removed afterwards and a future deactivation date set and could you tell me what that date is ? also I would like my username and password so that I can verify what we've gone over today can I get that?

The agents happy because you know what you want your happy because you're getting a cheap price he's happy because he can just go through the things that he needs to tell you and then you can just say no stick to what you want and he's happy because you know what you want and you're happy you're getting a good deal. The agent still has to tell you some stuff but just say no because you know what you want and he's happy you know what you want nobody's going To India, nobody's having to cancel, there's no dickering about the price we just set things to start and set them to close and we handle our business with our credit card (one time payment credit card off ) Your teaching them to serve you and they're serving you with what makes them feel good you're getting a good deal serious is getting what they want To screw people around with fast talking words except it's them .... how ironic for them and sooner or later the little turd behind the desk will think up new ways to change the wording. Can't we all just get along and listen to the good music? We don't have to greedily send teenagers To steal from grandma and grandpa In their golden years with lies of omission, running a bunch of fast talk past them, calculating that they won't remember their credit card is on file or the plan date that renews Out of their price range and screws their budget over and sends them to India to figure it out. Dad and Mom are embarrassed to admit their faculties are faltering and it's not like it's a SIRIUS mistake because people fix mistakes SIRIUS ships you off on the train to the Chinese water torture in India or the Philippines That's the little management turd behind his desk again. He Never sees his grandma and grandpa Being objectified as the Means to his Ends only the money. Doesn't It say somewhere that you going to hell for laying in wait for people like that? who said that? Oh yeah that was the Lord's voice in the Bible and we'll be talking to him again or he will be talking to us. He promised that. As for that type of behavior didn't didn't he say something like ,"Wo, Wo, Wo," isn't that usually what somebody in your vehicle yells just before you get T-boned in an intersection?

After thinking about my review:
Apology to Sirius:

In my arrogance and pride I made a mistake again. In Proposing different ideas to deal or try to deal with issues of the huge company I fall very short of an understanding of what it Must take to govern with balance and mercy to respect a responsibility to the existence of the company and what bottom line decisions Are necessary. I was only focusing on Colluding to a sinister Endeavor , Power thrusting in isolated incidents. A greater good in how a huge company serves people Both in the USA or other lands Furthers me thinking ."How Dare I medal with their jobs?What would it mean to have a job Then not have a job ?Does that hurt any less wherever I am ?I think it has the potential to hurt even more . I want to emulate People who are struggling to learn a different language as they're responsible for their needs. The unrealistic cuts that my haphazard ideas would impose are lacking Knowledge In the system of finance to be responsible to shareholders ,and people that invested ,are invested for a company's success. My father said,"Always give people just a little more than they paid for " and he also said that you had to present things differently otherwise people would be angry and wouldn't want to pay you For your work trying to chisel you Beyond their understanding of what it takes to stay in business Taking care of your help right but not letting them overrun you beyond their understanding . had they understanding they may be at the start of many other issues they would have to deal with running their own business .. Learn What you need to survive longer than the other companies that price cut each other's throat and eventually their own". Just as quick as I am to become enraged at things I notice where I see some damage done , I am Grasping a glimpse of Some of the greater good From a great service of people working with a huge responsibility With this tiny Epiphany I know I've been quick to judge something that I thought I would just reach my little hand into and haphazardly tinker with ," I am wrong."And in knowing this I know my behavior needs to be toned down ,not be prideful , I am grateful .So in Reverence to my own haste what I can really do is think more before I jump For the thrillseeking pleasure of rash judgment. Not forgetting a principle Balanced value system but realizing more of what balance of this system within another system ,especially of the company so huge, And realities of what must continue for success within that company . That is where I need to decide if I can afford the Luxury of the product, And the terms of use and my responsibility to react and act within those terms as part of that agreement Disclosed each time that I call Sirius. With that again I apologize and I will be removing my comments after I leave it up for a few days to show My mistake. Is There a website for realistic ideas for customer concerns? It's so easy not to have enough empathy . To become complacent and overwhelmed Attempting to justify being further irresponsible just in a different way but to impose that on others I become part of the problem I would like to help.

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BUYER/SUBSCRIBER BEWARE!!! Customer Service is Reprehensible
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First, I'd like to start by saying I was previously and originally a Sirius subscriber since 2005 and finally cancelled my subscription in May 2011. I have never written a review on a product or service, but this time I'm so dissatisfied that I'm compelled to write a review. If this review does not turn you away from the service, then it has to be assumed that you are someone who needs to learn from experience.

I knew something was smelly about the merger/acquisition in 2008. I even called to voice my opinion, knowing that it probably wouldn't matter, but the prospect of another monopoly in the USA was, and still is, disgusting to me. They told me that the hotline provided for the voicing of opinions about the merger/acquisition was for shareholders only. No, I was never a shareholder, but I was a subscriber.

Without people like me, there would be no shareholders, yet my opinion doesn't count for anything. I welcome you to corporate America where the sole goal of a corporation is not customer satisfaction, but to satisfy its shareholders. What that means is turn the biggest profit margin possible without upsetting a majority of customers, yet now the merger/acquisition of Sirius and XM gave the emerging company a monopoly over satellite radio which all Americans should be against. A capitalist economy runs on pure competition, not monopolization of an industry.

Now the company is going through a lawsuit; surprise! The lawsuit against the company is because they raised subscription rates after the merger/acquisition even though part of that deal was an agreement NOT to raise subscription rates. Is that smelly enough for you? If not, continue reading about my personal experience.

So, in May 2011 I called to cancel my subscription to Sirius XM satellite radio. I was at work on lunch break, but I still had a half-hour left, so I decided to go ahead and quickly cancel my account. You should note this from my experience, that you cannot cancel your account through any other means than the phone. Like other reviewers have stated, you can set up your Sirius XM account in 5 minutes online, but cannot cancel it the same way. Ridiculous!

On this lunch break, the first time I called, they needed to transfer me to accounts. No big deal, a normal thing. After waiting on hold for about 5 minutes, a nice woman answered and began to assist me with my cancellation. She took my information and put me on hold to verify the information. While on hold my call was disconnected. The frustrating part is that when calling back, you have to go through the exact same process of being transferred to accounts and put on hold, etc.

I call again and get a man in accounts to whom I explained I was on my lunch break and running out of time because of the previous disconnection and the combined hold times of the two phone calls now. He rudely responded with “maybe you should call back when you have more time,” and then somehow the call was dropped. I'll let you figure that one out. A third call finally got me somewhere, I thought.

Today, July 9, 2011, I get a phone call from Sirius XM radio asking me how everything is and wanting to update my account information. I told him that I canceled and he sounded surprised. I verified my information with him and he said that my account was past due. OK, now I'm just angry. The auto-bill could not withdraw the payment which is why they wanted me to update my information. If you're thinking that they automatically set you up on auto-bill upon subscription by default, then you're thinking right. Of course they have the right to because they put it in the fine print of the agreement terms. Fortunately for me, they could not auto-bill my credit card because it was closed.

Anyhow, he put me through to accounts because he can see that there were notes from May explaining that I wanted to cancel the account because I no longer had the radio. Just like before, while on hold, my call got disconnected. It's really a great business model for a scam; only offer a way to cancel over the phone and keep disconnecting the customer in hopes to discourage them enough to forget about it.

When I called back later, I was not happy and I'm sure it was known on the other end of the line. I apologized for my initial tone and explained that I understood that it was not the fault of this person I was talking to and just wanted to cancel my account. I also asked for a manager's name and contact info just in case I got disconnected again and was told that he cannot give me that information because there were no managers or some real shady explanation that just upset me even more. So I now learned that there is almost no way of cancelling an account AND there is NO accountability!

Well, I got through to accounts successfully on this last call and am convinced that I got the most helpful person at Sirius XM radio. She immediately canceled my account and then had me login online to see that visually there were no charges or radios on my account anymore. This is my warning: use close consideration before subscribing to this service.

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Billing and Customer Service
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK -- I received several emails from Sirius that they couldn't bill my credit card because it was expired. I didn't have an auto-renewal on the account and when I purchased the service, I paid for 3 years. Two years into the service they are saying they need to bill me to renew it, which was what the auto-renewal bill was for. I repeat I did not have an auto-renewal on the plan, I never agree to those terms.

Since I paid for three years and they were billing me at the two year mark I decided to cancel my service since I don't want to work with such a disreputable company. I called them to make sure they understood to cancel my service. The representative I got barely understood English but I tried to explain I wanted to cancel my service. Instead he insisted that he would give me 5 months for some price, I told him I had no interest in continuing the service. After quite an ordeal I thought he understood what I was saying. This was Feb 15th.

On March 19, after receiving several emails saying they were still trying to charge my credit card, I called them back to see why they haven't canceled my service. I waited 20 minute for a representative to answer. They said they were trying to bill me for the service and did I want to cancel the service. By this time I didn't even own the vehicle anymore and told them so. After the conversation they asked me what I wanted to do. Again trying to explain I didn't have the vehicle (and I wanted to active a new vehicle) and cancelled the service back in Feb they still were asking what I wanted to do.

I couldn't seem to get it across to the representative (again didn't understand English) that I didn't want the service, was not going to pay for the service on that vehicle and I didn't own the vehicle anymore. The representative then asked if I wanted to speak to a supervisor to cancel my service and I told them I definitely wanted to speak to them.

The supervisor got on the phone (after a 10 minute wait) and asked what they could do for me. I went through the whole scenario again and she asked me what I wanted to do. So I went through the whole thing again and still never seemed to get it across to her (she did not understand English any better than the others). The supervisor finally said let me transfer you to a supervisor to cancel your service and put me back on hold without even trying to understand what I was trying to say and that I wanted to activate a different vehicle. I waited on hold for another 20 minutes with no answer I finally hung up.

I still don't have resolution on the ordeal. I was actually calling to activate my new car as well as figure out what was going on with the vehicle that I no longer owned, but ended up with no resolution on the issue and no service on the new car. From my perspective Sirius is the worst ran company and the worst customer service I have ever had the unfortunate dealings with. Even trying to give them business they weren't able to understand what I was asking for or trying to explain.

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Changed Our Account to a Lifetime Subscription WITHOUT Our Approval!
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PHOENIX, ARIZONA -- Oct. 2 - I called 'Listener Care' after they debited my checking account $149.65 AND a $65.00 charge. The first charge was an 'automatic' yearly renewal after our three-year paid up contract expired on our vehicle. The second charge was for an 'automatic' yearly renewal after a one year contract expired on our second vehicle. No notice, no bill, no renewal contract, nothing...they just helped themselves to our checking account and renewed both of our accounts.

While talking to a representative in 'Listener Care', I agreed to a second three-year contract of 'Mostly Music' on vehicle 1. The three-year charge minus what they had already deducted from our checking account left an agreed upon balance that was to be paid in three monthly installments, beginning on Dec. 7. The charge on our second vehicle ($65) was to be refunded as vehicle 2 was in storage and we did not want to renew the contract. They would have been advised of this if they had sent a renewal notice rather than just helping themselves to my checking account. This call took 45 minutes.

On 10-20 another charge was taken out of our account even though nothing was due until Dec. 7! I called and a representative promised to have straightened everything out. Again on 11-9 another Sirius XM charge was taken out of our account even though nothing was owed until Dec. 7. On 11-11, I called 'Listener Care' only to discover that someone there had changed us on Oct. 18 to a Lifetime contract and we now had a balance of $797.03! This was done without our permission and there were no notes on our account as to why or who changed our account.

When you call in, you must give several pieces of personal information in order to access your account. However, it seems someone (probably a Sirius representative that works on commission) easily accessed our account and charged us for a Lifetime contract! The representative kept quoting me 5 monthly payment amounts that did not equal the balance due. She couldn't figure out why the computer kept giving her a different balance than what was really owed. She promised me that she would review my account with her supervisor and call me back later that afternoon. This call took 35 minutes. She never called me back.

11-12: I called in and requested to talk to a supervisor. I received the runaround and I finally demanded to talk to a supervisor. Supervisor ** reviewed our account and because there were no notes on our account about us changing to a Lifetime contract, she believed me and said she was correcting our account and we agreed to the corrected balance. ** gave me a $54.11 credit for all my trouble. With the two additional debits on my account, we agreed to the unpaid balance.

11-22: I received a bill for over $400! I called and briefly explained that I was didn't want to talk to anyone except a Manager. I was put on hold for 35 minutes and then hung up on. I called back and demanded to talk to a Manager and told the representative NOT to put me on hold while she got me a Manager. I talked to Manager **. He could see from all the notes on our account that everyone had royally messed up. He worked and worked on our account and could not get it to reflect the credits due us. He then said he was closing out our account and opening a new one.

The new account reflected a balance due of $100, which I agreed was correct. ** said if I would pay it in full during our telephone call I would end up with a paid up three-year contract. I told him I WAS not paying another cent until the agreed upon due date. He then offered me a $50 credit for my trouble and if he could process the other $50 during the call I would owe nothing.

I agreed, he had me sign back in to my account to see that it carried a 00 balance, which I did. I had originally requested ** to call me back when he got our account straightened out and he informed me that they cannot make outgoing calls. I said if one of your employees has a heart attack are you telling me you can't dial 911? He said they could do that, but make no other outgoing calls. Therefore, I was forced to stay on that call for an hour until he straightened out our account.

12-3 I received two bills, one for $102.00 and one for $487.89 on two different accounts! I have now called in 9 times and had many, many long conversations with as many promises to correct our account and now two months later it has not been done. I have emailed 'Listener Care' and told them if I don't get a call from them by the end of the next working day (Dec. 5) I was cancelling my service and demanding a full refund. The moral of the story is that 'Listener Care' does not listen, nor do they care, nor do they do what they say they are going to do. DO NOT SUBSCRIBE TO SIRIUS XM RADIO!!!

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Held Hostage By Sirius
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK -- I only need Sirius so I can listen to Howard Stern. There are so many other options out there for music that Sirius is simply not needed. However, because I want to hear Howard every day, I am being held hostage by Sirius and am being nickled and dimed at every turn, then disappointed that the "upgrade to premium Internet service" is not working, all of the links to download the Blackberry app are dead, and unless you call their "Listener Care" Department, they don't tell you that the problem is on their end.

Currently, I'm paying for their so-called "Premium Internet Radio" and none of it works. After an hour and a half conversation last weekend and a half hour conversation with "Listener Care" today, I was told that if I'm not satisfied, I should just cancel my Internet radio subscription. As much as I would like to tell them to F-Off and cancel my subscription. I would have no way to hear Howard Stern.

So there you have it... I'm held hostage by Sirius because of one piece of exclusive programming that I like, that I pay a premium for, that they can't seem to get to work, and they do not appear to be in any hurry to fix it. They did offer a $10 credit to be applied to next year's renewal, but the money is not the issue, nor am I even certain I will stay a subscriber for another month, much less more than a year from now.

Three times a year when it's time to renew one of my three radios, I get invoices from Sirius, each with a $2 "Invoice Fee". Not sure why they feel it necessary to fleece us for $2 to send us their bill, but that's a perfect example of the way they operate.

This year I decided to do automatic renewal to avoid that made-up fee and get all three radios in line to be auto-renewed ONE TIME a year. I only wish their customer service and technical support were as efficient as their billing department. Their billing department is very good at taking my money, but their customer service and technical support seem to be absent (or at least the opposite of helpful) when I have had to call to complain.

To add insult to injury, after I renewed all three radios for a year each, I was informed that I no longer had Internet Radio available (a service that was previously included with my subscription), unless I paid an additional $3 a month for it. They touted that this cost would give me "near CD quality" audio and allow me to download and use their Blackberry App for listening from my smart phone.

So, after paying them $300+ for my three radios, I am now paying an additional $36 a year just to be able to hear Howard from my computer. Again, Internet radio service used to be included with the subscription, and now it's an up-charge.

After all of this, I still cannot listen via my Blackberry because they have made the app unavailable (all the links are dead), and their so-called "upgraded Internet radio console" won't play any content. If you can get by without Howard Stern, you do not need Sirius XM. Nearly all the rest of their content is available elsewhere, and usually for free.

They only care about your money regardless of how slick and relentless their advertising is. They couldn't care less if they have technical issues... they already have your money and are hoping you just blow it off and don't complain. If I could get Howard Stern some other way, cancelling this money-grubbing company would be a no-brainer. Avoid this company at all costs!

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