I just received notice that my XM subscription is up for renewal. I have not dealt with this in a couple of years and can't remember how much I paid the last time, only that it seemed to go up quite a bit from the time before. I have not checked yet to see how much they want this time. Thought I would check with the Vibe community to see what everyone else is paying for XM service these days.
Whatever you do, make sure you call to let them know you want to cancel. I just canceled mine (portable unit) and they offered me ridiculous prices! So don't just call to renew, "try to cancel" first!
That's exactly what I did. I got the $77.00 deal which turned out to be $88.00 with taxes and fees. Still half of what they wanted. I guess this is an annual tap dance you have to go through with them to get a reasonable price. I would never pay $154.00 for a year of XM. For a long haul trucker it might be worth it but we don't spend that much time in the car.
the advantage I had was it was a portable unit. So I would have it in the car, in the office and at home when needed. Also, it could broadcast to a lot of cars around me lol. So $14 was worth it... but now I got an awesome streaming system of my music so its just not needed.