XM radio subscription

[roguemaster]

For the folks who have gotten the $77.77 yearly subscription. Does that include best of Serius?...............my 3 month trial is running out and I need to know if I should be asking for Best of Serius........thanks in advance!!!!!

[kingjman]

Lifetime w/best of sirius $500...best deal IMO

[koolyce]

Lifetime w/best of sirius $500...best deal IMO

They offer lifetime subscription?

Can you change your subscription from a car to another one?

[Elton Noway]

For the folks who have gotten the $77.77 yearly subscription. Does that include best of Serius?...............my 3 month trial is running out and I need to know if I should be asking for Best of Serius........thanks in advance!!!!!

Sorry... you can't get the Best of Sirius with the special $77 per year XM subscription. My co-worked just purchased the lifetime XM and Best of Sirius and gets the online for free. Cost was like $499 plus taxes

Be aware the Internet is awash with complaints surrounding Sirius / XM radio renewal agreements. Step carefully. To get an idea... heres just one example... look how many complaints have been filed in the last couple months alone. The one that gets my attention is where callers looking to renew are quoted a low attractive price... but got billed at a higher price.

http://www.consumeraffairs.com....html

Also be aware that "Lifetime" subscriptions are only good as long as the company you buy them from stay in business. If the company fails, (in this case Sirius/XM) or they go bankrupt, or get taken over by a new communications company... the new company would be under no obligation to honor the lifetime warranty unless Sirius/XM negotiated it as part of the take over (which would be unlikely) For example: Tivo used to offer lifetime subscriptions with certain set top DVR boxes at the time of purchase... but owners soon discovered years later when the units started to fail the Lifetime warranty was with the original model purchased and was not transferable to any newer Tivo models. They had to get the old model fixed, which in some cases was more than they could by a new model for... or walk away from their "so-called" lifetime membership.

Sirius/XM going out of business is always a possibility. Since Mel Karmazin (Sirius XM CEO) took the company over in 2004 he's taken some drastic measures to keep the company afloat. Just this year he sold off a BIG chunk of the company to Liberty Media for $530 Million! (Much of the companies debt is due to Howard Stern's $500 million, five-year salary and huge licensing fees paid to the NFL and other organizations.

Also be aware starting "next month" a $1.98 "PER MONTH" music royalty fee will be charged to "new" subscribers on top of their current bill regardless of what plan they sigh up for. As I understand it people currently under a subscription will not be affected by the new fee (at least not until they need to renew again)
Modified by Elton Noway at 6:39 PM 7/14/2009

[silverboy]

You can also call XM and tell them you just purchased the vehicle (used certified) and will like to check out XM. They will ask for your name, phone number and address as well as the XM radio number(channel 0 I think) and they will give you three months for free.