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I despise big companies and what they do FORCING you to see what they want you to see

bpost
I am getting a bit weak in my old age.  My radio is 20 years old in the truck.  I listen to AM talk radio all the time.  Over the years reception has gotten so bad that it becomes impossible to listen to unless close to the transmitter. 
So, In a moment of weakness I went to Sirus XM.  All I wanted to do is see the channel line up.  I don't care one bit about sports or 99.9% of the crap they transmit.  I want TALK radio.
A pop up FORCES you to choose a vehicle before seeing the packages available.  If you hit I don't see my vehicle you get forced to look at radios to buy, WTH.  I just want to see the gull-dern lineup. 
Well, I guess I will just go to a radio shop and get the antenna fixed (most likely culprit for poor AM reception).  Sirus XM needs my money a lot more than I need to give it to them.
Do you ever think huge Companies will ever get what customer service actually is?  Do you think these morons designing web pages will ever be able to understand how the human mind works and stop the fancy crap?
Rant over.
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  • Nanuq907
    Same here.  So I found an app called Talk Right for my iPhone.  It's free and it finds all kind of content without me having to hunt for it.  Pick your host.
    Dunno if your truck radio will do it, but I can connect my iPhone to the Rover's radio with bluetooth and then Talk Right comes through my speakers.  Or turn up the volume and sit your phone in a little plastic cup in your cupholder to capture and redirect the sound so you can hear it.
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  • spasmcreeksrun
    sirius radio is the SCUMBAG of radioland..they are obnoxious, pain ......i bought a pickup that the former owner had the crapola...they hounded me day and night for 2 years..saturday evening and sunday  dinner...i got so fed up i started looking for the nearest office of these jackals so i could sabotage all their vehicles in the lot....never have had it ,never answered any ad ..nothing but i HATE them
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  • nmyers
    Lighten up, Bruce.  If your truck is 20 years old, you can't get Sirius reception unless you buy an add-on receiver; the dash radios in most cars made before 2005 model year didn't pick up Sirius.
    MY beef with Sirius is that they paid $400,000,000 to loudmouth Howard Stern for a 5 year contract.  When I signed up for Sirius, I told them I would only take a package that didn't allow me to have him on the lineup.
    If you really want their lineup, I will scan it for you & email it as an attachment.
    Neal
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  • allen griggs
    I love the Sirius.  I have it in my house.  Love to listen to old country on Willie's Road House.  Also Sixties on Six.
    Also, I often listen to Marc Levin, can't get him on am around here.
    And of course, at 1 am it is Coast to Coast, I have it on am here but reception is sketchy.

    As for having to look at some ads while trying to purchase Sirius, I can see that would be annoying, but,  I would put up with it.
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  • BobJudy
    +1 for being a Sirius fan. Talk, classic rock/country, 24 hour news, and you can listen to the same stations anywhere in the country. No hunting for a new station when one fades out while on a trip. It is kind of a pain to argue the price down once a year when they want to bill me the full price. Always get a half price or less deal when I tell them I am thinking of dropping the service. Bob
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  • mogley98
    +1 for traveling and not having to find stations, they even have a "road Trip" station :) I pay 6.98 a month and have had it for years as noted by Bob just cancel and let them beg you back take a free trial and eventually settle on a cheaper plan
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  • truthful
    My 2005 Jeep has iffy AM reception also, but there is a very repeatable pattern to it. Perfectly clear at home, but as I drive toward town it gets worse until as I approach the railroad tracks it becomes just pure noise. Once I am on the other side of the tracks it is very clear again. That's for the AM station about 30 miles west in the direction the RR tracks head. The AM station in Cheyenne about 50 miles north doesn't have that problem.No RR tracks headed north.
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  • yoshmyster
    I hear, youse. Been kind a wondering if those old '70s "Whip Antenna" could be spliced in to picking up AM better?
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  • savage170

    Just search sirrus channel line up printable it comes up a PDF I just haven't figured out yet how to post a PDF with my phone yet.


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  • bpost
    savage170 said:

    Just search sirrus channel line up printable it comes up a PDF I just haven't figured out yet how to post a PDF with my phone yet.



    Ah yes, except they have "packages" like  Satellite TV does.  I don't care about "packages" containing useless to me junk, I only care about a very few channels not caring one wit about the junk that is noise to me.
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  • dfletcher
    I drive cross country every few years, from Cape Cod to California.  Started in 1979.  Half the fun is listening to the local radio shows.  I've learned more about cows and irrigation and alfalfa and auctions, listened to those "I've got an old chain saw to trade" call in shows and religious sermons and enjoyed it alot more than hearing "Things I'd Like to Say" by New Colony Six for the 100th time. 
    We're slowly wiping out regionalism in the US nd Sirius contributes to it.  Even back home in NH some folks don't know what a frappe, a grinder or Decoration Day is anymore.
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