Raise your hand if you have satellite radio. Now raise your hands if you USED to have satellite radio but got rid of it cuz:
1- you couldn't find a South facing un encumbered vista
2- you live in a town with alot of tunnels
3- you noticed commercial free radio didn't mean no commercials
I was a loyal XM listener for years and at my high point had 4 receivers FOUR. I sang its praises like a preacher. I had a bucket of fun music at my fingertips and felt really in control of what I heard. In the car, in my office, in my home, and mobile I was primed and ready. But then it things went wrong. Constant talking, dj's, bad signal and the most God awful customer service on the planet. I think they employed death row convicts with nothing to lose. I was told time after time to 'position the antenna…' in about 15 different ways. I can get a witness who actually saw me standing ON my desk trying to put the antenna into the light fixture for altitude of vantage out the window. It sucked.
So I canceled, but they wouldn't cancel me. So for about 4 months I canceled them- I even halted the direct payment but it just wouldn't die. It was like a Twilight Zone.
Now theres Pandora, and Last FM and the ever so Holy Spotify so I ask you- who the hell is using Satellite Radio anymore?
Well if its you get ready for a rate increase.The Federal rate freeze is over-so lets hike up the cost on this dinosaur shall we? David Frear, XMs CFO is stuck in the 'let them eat cake' world with this quote:
"Generally, when you raise prices that you tend to dampen demand," Frear said. "But … we think that price increases make a lot of sense, given the programming we're delivering and given how long we've left the price unchanged. It just makes a lot of sense to increase it in the future."
Base price has been $12.95 since 2008. That's one receiver service and don't forget you have to buy the receiver…this is idiotic- they're delusional and any consumer with half a brain wouldn't subscribe at this point.