xm sirius trouble

sucks2beme
sucks2beme Posts: 5,601
edited February 2009 in The Clubhouse
Looks like they are the next ones to file. The list keeps growing!
"The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." --Thomas Jefferson
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  • greg2350
    greg2350 Posts: 544
    edited February 2009
    hmmm wonder if that has something to do with the fact that I havent paid for my service in 8 months and am still getting service.:D
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  • Polk user
    Polk user Posts: 311
    edited February 2009
    greg2350 wrote: »
    hmmm wonder if that has something to do with the fact that I havent paid for my service in 8 months and am still getting service.:D

    Or after my 3 free months they wanted me to pay so I could listen to their commercials to join the Oprah channel.WTF!!!!!

    Complete garbage.
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited February 2009
    I guess my XRt12 signed by Matt Polk will just be a "trophy case" item now.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,380
    edited February 2009
    who didnt see this coming?

    They have a flawed business model from the start as convincing people to pay for something they get for free is a very tough sell. When you combine that with other options like the entertainment systems with tvs and crap it gets even more difficult. I suggested to them that they find a way of piping video content to vehicles so that they effectively become a direct tv type business for mobile purposes, but to late... now direct tv will possibly buy them out.
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  • avelanchefan
    avelanchefan Posts: 2,401
    edited February 2009
    greg2350 wrote: »
    hmmm wonder if that has something to do with the fact that I havent paid for my service in 8 months and am still getting service.:D

    Greg, My service expired in January, and I still get service also. I thought it was just me, but I guess not?
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  • greg2350
    greg2350 Posts: 544
    edited February 2009
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    They have a flawed business model from the start as convincing people to pay for something they get for free is a very tough sell.
    :confused:

    where do you get 200 channels for free granite only about 20% of the channels were worth listening to. I agree the 12.95 per month was not worth it to me but the SQ was much better than FM and the music channels have very limited commercials 5.95 per month would have been more within reason. The price was the main reason I discontinued my service well quit paying for it but still getting service. My FM antenna is still disconected talk about commercials what you get about 10 minutes of music per hour.:D
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited February 2009
    I don't think it's a waste to charge people for radio. To the contrary, free radio ISN'T worth it. Every rock station in the morning has the 'Howard Stern' model on, where these A$$HOLES spend 3-4 hours laughing at their own stupid schtick, then play 2 songs an hour! STFU and play some MUSIC you douchbags!

    Thank God for country music stations, where they play.......MUSIC!!!!
    I refuse to argue with idiots, because people can't tell the DIFFERENCE!
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  • nikolas812
    nikolas812 Posts: 2,915
    edited February 2009
    Couldn't agree more..





    Nick



    obieone wrote: »
    I don't think it's a waste to charge people for radio. To the contrary, free radio ISN'T worth it. Every rock station in the morning has the 'Howard Stern' model on, where these A$$HOLES spend 3-4 hours laughing at their own stupid schtick, then play 2 songs an hour! STFU and play some MUSIC you douchbags!

    Thank God for country music stations, where they play.......MUSIC!!!!
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  • sucks2beme
    sucks2beme Posts: 5,601
    edited February 2009
    I cancelled my subscription. But, yes, I hate the big market
    BS. The DJ's make soooo much money yukking it up that they
    have to run 40% advertising. When Stern came to Dallas in 1992,
    the whole local market went stupid. And since big players control all
    the radio, their crummy formats are everywhere. There were two
    rock stations rotating Led Zep, AC/DC, ZZTop, Van Halen all day
    every day. Now it's all talk radio or Spanish staions, with a couple of
    urban thrown in. They pulled the local jazz station. How about a nice
    rock station that dares to play some deeper cuts or flip sides, and
    doesn't hire big name gum flappers? Maybe play 2 songs an hour instead
    just 1?
    "The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." --Thomas Jefferson
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  • Polk user
    Polk user Posts: 311
    edited February 2009
    I just burn 100 mp3's to a CD and I got 5 hours of listening to MY favorite music. No idiot DJ's and no Oprah commercials.
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited February 2009
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    who didnt see this coming?

    They have a flawed business model from the start as convincing people to pay for something they get for free is a very tough sell. When you combine that with other options like the entertainment systems with tvs and crap it gets even more difficult. I suggested to them that they find a way of piping video content to vehicles so that they effectively become a direct tv type business for mobile purposes, but to late... now direct tv will possibly buy them out.

    Oh yeah right, thats all we need, people driving around watching videos....
    Testing
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  • zombiemusic
    zombiemusic Posts: 65
    edited February 2009
    Question. Since I really liked some of the channels, I renewed my subscription. If they fail and shut down. Do I get my money back?
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  • sucks2beme
    sucks2beme Posts: 5,601
    edited February 2009
    zombiemusic wrote: »
    Question. Since I really liked some of the channels, I renewed my subscription. If they fail and shut down. Do I get my money back?

    If they file for protection, it's hard to say. If they screw over
    creditors, one thing. IF they screw over paying customers, they are
    done. Who's gonna pay a subscription for a year after that?
    "The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." --Thomas Jefferson
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  • Mike Kozak
    Mike Kozak Posts: 931
    edited February 2009
    thinking about cancelling now. Does this mean that the music channels you get with Direct TV will be gone as well?
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  • Pauly
    Pauly Posts: 4,519
    edited February 2009
    Looking like they are gonna re-structure. Mel C hasnt confirmed yet. They are 2nd in paid subscription's behind Comcast with 20 million customers. Talks of some guy that owns Echo-Star wanting to buy it. Dont think they will be going away anytime soon. Just my 2 c

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  • Gadabout
    Gadabout Posts: 1,072
    edited February 2009
    Had XM for about 5 years now. Hate to loose it, if they go under. It sure makes the 30k+ miles I drive a year easier to take. I have the XRt12 too. I'm hoping they figure something out.
    Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid. ..... Frank Zappa
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  • exalted512
    exalted512 Posts: 10,735
    edited February 2009
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    who didnt see this coming?

    They have a flawed business model from the start as convincing people to pay for something they get for free is a very tough sell. When you combine that with other options like the entertainment systems with tvs and crap it gets even more difficult. I suggested to them that they find a way of piping video content to vehicles so that they effectively become a direct tv type business for mobile purposes, but to late... now direct tv will possibly buy them out.

    So I guess cable and satellite TV is a flawed business model too?
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  • shawn474
    shawn474 Posts: 3,047
    edited February 2009
    I've had sirius since its inception and wouldn't trade it for going back to FM radio. I'll gladly pay the 13 dollars a month to have options and good radio for my hour commute each way every day. Apparently, according to some of the "experts", the talks of filing for bankruptcy are to protect their holdings in lieu of the bid to buy from Echostar. With the staellites costing half a billion dollars each, the upfront costs were too much to absorb. If they file for bankruptcy, they can protect their assets for awhile to recoup their losses in the hopes that the 2 billion dollars they generate from subscriptions annually can generate profit eventually. Not sure if that's realistic or not, but I'll keep my subscription until the end.
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