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fondupot Senior Enthusiast

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I find the connectivity to Pandora to be an excellent alternative to XM. Just slap you phone in the holder and go!

 

Agreed. Not a bad alternative.

Spurshot Senior Enthusiast

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My wife is doing Pandora in her Flex. I bought XM for a year for the $84 deal.

Gorlo77 Enthusiast

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Knock on wood...haven't been charged in months. Was supposed to be 6 months for $29 a whilllle ago. Haven't been contacted again, xm still works, no charges on any of my cards

fondupot Senior Enthusiast

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Knock on wood...haven't been charged in months. Was supposed to be 6 months for $29 a whilllle ago. Haven't been contacted again, xm still works, no charges on any of my cards

 

DO NOT call them. Maybe they accidentally put your XM ID in demo mode, which is what all dealer cars have, which is basically unlimited subscription.

 

Ride that gravy train as long as you can.

Big Whiskey Senior Enthusiast

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DO NOT call them. Maybe they accidentally put your XM ID in demo mode, which is what all dealer cars have, which is basically unlimited subscription.

 

Ride that gravy train as long as you can.

Agreed. Or maybe the previous owner bought a subscription, and his new one won't start until the previous one runs out.

giantrules Enthusiast

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The XM sound quality is poor compared to free streaming radio services on my phone...that helped make my decision to not renew.

j13smiley Enthusiast

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anyone tried to pay with a gift card? i thought that worked...

 

i bought a $25 visa gift card at the grocery store - they won't take it because my billing address doesn't match. the visa card does say debit on it so i had them try that and it still rejected...

Gorlo77 Enthusiast

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Agreed. Or maybe the previous owner bought a subscription, and his new one won't start until the previous one runs out.

Ha yeah definitely not calling. And I don't think it was a previous owner subscription because I had it run out a time before and was without it until a promotion.

As for the sound quality vs. phone streaming apps, I don't think the quality is bad, and my phone apps don't work when I'm in the boonies, and they burn up my data.

Ltz73 Enthusiast

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I just got 6 months all access for $25.00 I told them to send me the bill and I will send a check. No way in hell am I giving them my credit card number..Service kicked in immediately upon verbal agreement.

Ben R Enthusiast

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Just renewed half-hour ago. The most difficult part was understanding what was being said by customer relations person. worked thru that and got another six months for $23.19 including taxes. The XM on my other car expires in 30 days and they were willing to sell me a $119.00 per year packet for each vehicle. after I said, "HUH, WHAT, DUH, and NO, we went with the $20 for six months. They won't extend the $20 for 6 months to $40.for a year but you can call back at the end of the 6 month period and renew. Go figure.

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