GIVEAWAY: Slacker G2 Mega Prize Pack
Have the recent economic hard times put a strain on your entertainment budget? If so, this is your lucky day. We are going to make sure that one lucky winner will be rockin’ out through the rest of the year with a new Slacker G2 and all the extras they need for the home, car, and gym courtesy of Slacker.com.
What exactly will the winner receive?
- 40 Station Slacker G2 ($249.99)
- 1 Year Radio Plus ($47.88)
- G2 Home Dock ($29.99)
- G2 Sportsband ($19.99)
- G2 Car Charger ($29.99)
- Slacker FM Transmitter ($39.99)
That is a total prize pack of over 400 bucks! How do you qualify to win? All you need to do is follow @Siriusbuzz and retweet this message before Midnight EST on February 23rd. On February 24th I will then select one lucky winner at random and notify them via Twitter, so keep an eye to see who the lucky winner is.
Does it have Howard Stern and talk shows? If not, I dont care about it. I like my SIRIUS XM.
Your timing is real, real bad on this Charles. You know how anxious we all are about this working out well for Sirius and shareholders & I don’t give a crap about slacker !
Complain to Sirius! I am just trying to give away a $400+ item to the fans of my site, I am not going to apologize for that! If Sirius gave me a Stiletto (or even a $25 gift card) that is what I would be giving away!
see Dixon comment below.
also see Frigginregan comment below.
What are you a real kill joy….go away!!!!
I can’t sleep, Waiting for 8:00am to see if my nightmare is coming to an end…Any thing upward would be great but my luck it will go to .002 cents…
Ok, I’ll give you a break.
It looks like some breaking news on the Liberty deal – are you guys digging in to what it means for Sirius and shareholders ?
We don’t give a rat’s ass about the Slacker.
Is this SlackerBuzz? Come on guys, support the team. Why don’t you give away a new SiriusXM radio?
This is your site and you can do what you want. But you do realize you are blatantly promoting the competition on the eve of Sirius’s biggest day….with the fate of the company and the shareholders hanging in the balance.
It’s a friggin insult man. Sorry dudes. Thats just hows I sees it. Talk about fair weather friends. 😛
Come on Charles. If Sirius gave you a radio? Yeah…that’d be nice. But you sound like a spurned lover trying to get back at for rebuffing you. Boo. Hoo.
Wheres the loyalty? People tune into this site for Sirius news. Shareholders and fans alike. They are a passionate bunch about the product. It’d be different if you were giving away a toaster or something….but you’re not. You’re giving away the product of a DIRECT COMPETITOR.
And you WONDER why some people on here take umbrage with that? Duh. Hello.
I don’t care if the Slacker cost $1,000 bucks and you were giving it away….some people here are going to be offended.
Again…it’s your site bro. Do what you want. But at least see the irony in what you’re doing. Thats like Sony giving away a Canon camera in a promotional campaign. It’s just weird mate. Especially tonight of all nights.
Peace.
I agree 100%.
I don’t “wonder,” I accept the fact that SOME people will take umbrage.
I agree that would be weird if a Sony website gave away a Canon camera… I would question why Sony would be OK with that happening.
All of that being said (and that’s all I will say), the fans of this site are already jumping all over the chance to win… so they must be interested. There is no reason why you cant be interested in both Sirius and Slacker. For the record… I am listening to SIRIUS while writing this response.
Remember… not everyone is a shareholder, there are plenty of gadget and music fans here.
That still makes you an ass hole, ass hole!!
Charles – you knew you were going to be a major target with this – LOL. Incoming….
It doesn’t bother me. I am glad people are passionate. That guy who called me an asshole registered to win the G2!
http://twitter.com/geronimo46
Charles, there may be plenty of people here that are electroncs fans, but you should realy change the name of the site. Stop using the back of SIRUS. You know that’s where your traffic comes from mostly. I have checked this site repeatedly waiting for information from Tyler. It did astonish me that the latest news was for Slacker.
I should change the name of this site why? I would venture to say that 100% of our posts directly relate to Sirius XM while 99.5% are directly about Sirius XM. Slacker talked about getting into the satellite business back in the day and we have covered them ever since.
Hmmm, it kinda sounds like to me you don’t get it, (scary) but that’s okay. As you say we have the right to walk and I will remain here as long as I am interested in Sirius and Tyler is offering his opinions. Question, how many people do you think would have seen your Slacker give-away tonight had they really not really coming here for Sirius XM opinions? And, come on, some people will sign up for any give-away. That only means that while they were here, their greed took over. Take a look to see if I signed up for the give-away. Don’t think you will find it. Sail on…
What don’t I get?
To answer your question… I think that 9k-10k people would have seen it if they had not come here for “Sirius XM opinions.” The majority of the people who come here are NOT shareholders, its just the MAJORITY of those who post are… which is totally fine with me. It doesn’t change the fact that thousands of people arrive at this site everyday because they search for information about Howard Stern, Bubba, Hardware, or programming. You can’t argue that… I have the search stats.
I’m too tired. Good luck to you and yours.
Sorry you didn’t get the answer you were looking for but, it is the truth.
If you were not a shareholder (I am guessing based on your attitude) you would have signed up to win.
Stop crucifying me for trying to do something nice. Next time I will keep the G2… I don’t even have one!
Hey that’s an awesome idea! Please do go ahead and do that now. Take the slacker. That way you can remove it from the site and we will be done with it. Best PR judgement you’ve shown all night. Now you get it. Take care man. Just some fun jousting. Hey by the way, speaking of those search numbers – would it be possible that this week you have seen a larger increase in hits to the site? Timing is everything. Can’t you see the PR angle to this and how it is working against you? If that doesn’t ring true just a little bit to you, then that is what I am saying is the scary part.
It would be no where near the best judgment. For every SHAREHOLDER who has complained about the article, 10 people have signed up to win.
I am not sure if there will be a spike in traffic, as we break our own traffic records on a seemingly daily basis over the last few months but, one could assume that there will be even more traffic because of this news, yes. That will not change who reads this site on a daily basis.
What PR angle are you referring to? You admitted yourself that you would be back… and why wouldn’t you? We put out a good product… for FREE.
You’re welcome 😉
ditto…
I agree with everyone above (except Charles), and agree 100% with Keith’s comments here…
I have looked numerous times this weekend for information, and one time I asked on a board here about it, I was shut down by management saying do you want us to merely repeat what is in the news if we have no more? Answer: yes, repeat it. The L.A. Times has their own reporters, but when they have no information on a topic they “steal” from other papers or “borrow” from the newswires. Its the news business. AND THIS IS CALLED SIRIUSBUZZ. I agree, please change your name to MUSICBUZZ or something like it. Sorry, but, I was going to let all this go until I read the viewers comments above and the management (of SiriusBuzz) responses. I think they are scorned that they did not get the lead story here.
Sorry, we don’t like to parrot news. I am not going to steal and write about stuff that I don’t know anything about.
I like how you call us “management” that sounds very official. We are just a couple of guys with day jobs! You’re welcome for the resource… it’s free!
I am not scorned, I posted that “lead” “ouster” story last night seconds after it went up… you should probably follow us on twitter… you would have known a few seconds sooner.
The name of the site could be bleebleblabble and that wouldn’t change what we write about.
Don’t worry, you can still enter to win, I wont disqualify you 😉
i just got laid off a new toy would be great.
but that’s not the point.
I’m sorry about beating a dead horse….but SiriusBuzz is being a SERIOUS BUZZ KILL.
Orbitcast is out covering you guys big time. They are reporting any and all news rumblings coming out of the Liberty/Sirius/Echo triangle…and you guys are not only dropping the ball…you’re leading with a product give away for a major competitor??
Unbelievable man.
This is a big night guys. You could be talking or posting about it….but instead you feed your loyal readers with this insult?
Again…just pointing out the obvious.
Cheers.
Charles in Charge.
I just find it funny that “Orbitcast” which doesn’t have “Sirius” in it’s name is out covering SiriusBuzz(which has Sirius in it’s friggin name!) on Sirius news. Lol.
It’s all good tho. Glad some people are jumping at the chance to win a Slacker radio. Not me. Couldn’t care less. If I did, I’d be coming to a site called RadioBuzz. 🙂
If this deal really happens tomorrow and shares rise and survive, I may just run to Circuit City and buy the XMP3 on sale.
Anyone want an Inno ? Maybe I can send to Charles to give away ?
hey sxm, I too am in the market for a wearable. Is the XMP3 the way to go? I am looking for compact size that I can use while running. Have you priced them at all yet?
thanks
The XMP3 is definately the smallest, but the only drawback is that it doesn’t have Wifi. I may actually wait for the next version that the combined co comes out with, but tempted, especially with CC’s big discounts.
Personally, I think Orbitcast just regurgitates the news rather then reporting on it. That site is more of a news aggregator then anything else. Seriously, what have they reported that you cant read in the article they are citing? Booooorrriiinnggg.
i agree Orbitcast Roger. I guess I was just trying to make a point. Wether Orbitcast is regurgitating news or not…at least it’s something RELATED to Sirius.
There is A LOT of buzz floating out there. I am cool with the whole wait and see approach….but sxminvestor is right. Incoming!!!!!!! LOL. Charles kinda deserves a backlash for the timing of his post for the Slacker give away.
I don’t really care either way….just felt compelled to comment.
Peace.
Friggin,
I absolutely agree with you, timing is everything, and right now people who have been loyal to the site are anxiously awaiting news determining whether their investment in Sirius Xm will go to zero or not. Charles thinks this is the time to talk about renegotiating Sirius Content contracts which would require a Chapter 11. Nice timing there too. Now its time for Charles to give away a competitor’s product while significant events are going on relating to the name sake company of his site. Its like going to SaveSirius.com thinking your going to a site that actually gives a shit about what happens to Sirius Xm Satellite Radio. Nice job Charles
chachi – chareles in charge
just here to put smiles on faces…good luck tomorrow 10-am sharp!
what a dumb article. This is SIRIUS Buzz right?? Charles go spend some time with the wife and kids. This article was a complete waste of your time. Come to think of it im wasting my time responded to this crap
I think you missed the point because the above is not an article. It is a contest giveaway.
I guess I just wasted my time responding to your waste of time.
Hey, your wasting my time. Knock it off.
im wasting my time to mention how im wasting my time.
I am wasting my time reading all this BS…LOL
Good Luck tomorrow my SiriusXm shareholder/brothers.
Oh by the way, In case I wasn’t clear, take your free slacker and put it where the sun will never shine…..
Nah, I would rather give it away to one of my true fans!
BTW, I would report on something but there is nothing for me to report on: https://siriusbuzz.com/forum/showthread.php?p=13912&posted=1#post163
FYI, I bet I have lost more on this stock then you (not something I should brag about)! So, stop wining and enjoy the $400+ giveaway.
I’m gonna enter the contest, and if I win, I’m going to videotape me dropping the slacker into a blender and then post it to Youtube. 🙂
The first time I have laughed out loud all day. You would certainly be entitled to do so, there are no rules or regs to the contest.
Friggin… I hope you do win, I would love to see that video.
imho
vaporgold
LMAO.LMAO X10!!!!
Charles,
When you have done good things, I have commented and congratulated you… When you do stuff like this, I just call you on your BS. I am not a Fan of you or anyone else on this site… You created a place for people to come and express themselves and Tyler was the only reason I came….As for your articles… just more BS to sort through in finding what I want…
I get it man but, I don’t know how to say that I don’t care without sounding like a jerk. The reality is that you can’t keep everyone happy all the time and what shareholders consider fluff, subscribers like and what subscribers consider confusing boring financial crap, the shareholders love. I am not looking for praise from anyone, I just write what I feel passionate about, if you don’t like it you can change the channel, that’s the beauty of this site and the net as a whole.
Your personal BS comments to me, (that don’t pertain to the article) are just more BS for me and the fans of this site to sort through. Pot, meet kettle.
Come on Tyler or Brandon….make a REAL post to knock this one off the top of the page…so I don’t have to look at it every damn time I check into SiriusBuzz. Lol.
Really, could the picture be any bigger?
lol, no shit
Glad to have made ya chuckle charles. I thought it was pretty funny too. A little levity is always a good thing.
The Street.com has now acknowledged the story.
If you think Yahoo board is a sesspool, the orbitcast board is O & A lovers that hate Howard & Mel. Not an intelligent post there ever.
Yeah and here on the possible eve of disaster we’re entertained with a Slacker Giveaway….. Much better..
Point taken…. I will make sure that I direct all future comments to the author…. just thought when the author of the article engaged with the posters, that addressing him by name was appropriate. Thanks for the online, poster, PC, lesson.
I don’t think the point was taken… I never said that you could not address me personally.
What people consider “Bull Shit” is subjective.
You don’t like my post but others do… I don’t like your comments but others might. Like I said, I see your point but, you can’t think that everyone shares your point of view.
If you don’t like this kind of contest then ignore it, or better yet complain to Sirius XM because I can’t even get them to send me press release photos never mind a product or exclusive offer to give to you guys (I try on a monthly basis).
The Author of the article must be using the same skills of persuasion with Sirius Xm as he is using now to make his point with me….
Being the Author’s site, he can engage in ridiculing posters who disagree with his article and the timing of it, or should I say its innocence ….. And, .. then tell them instead of complaining to him that I might further his cause by getting SXM to do him favors…. good tactic
I don’t try and persuade Sirius XM… nor should I have to. I simply ask for standard stuff like affiliate program information (they ran a v-day promo and never told us or any of their affiliates for that matter) and press release photos when they release new products (mirge).
It was not a tactic and I know you can not get SXM to do me any favors because they will not work with you or anyone else. Their PR and Marketing is totally inept. You and every other investor in this company should be made aware of that.
I am not “ridiculing” you so, relax.
There was no “timing” as you suggest, I simply posted the contest as soon as it was verified. It is doing quite well so far, may I add.
BTW thanks for giving me new ideas for future articles 😉
Charles,
This has been fun and I truly mean no offense, but I am a passionate supporter of the product, which I only see as content. I do not think they have done a good job with hardware or marketing at this point in time. Quite frankly, I don’t think they ever will. This will have to be done by the next generation of managers…. not Mel.
Good, then we totally agree on something. You should come follow behind me on the forums right now, sounds like you will agree with most everything I am saying.
Who the hell is more passionate then me? I graduated college, subscribed, built a website, dumped all my money into the stock, and then spent the next 3 years of my life working day and night on this site.
The next time someone gets pissed at me, remember that.
I had no idea of any of this. Wa-lah!! You are no longer an Ass Hole…..
charles,
no offense,…
but, I think you and brandon respond to posters way too much.
it’s your site, and your views should be in the articles themselves primarily, except for the **occasional** relevant comment or correction or update or necessary explanation of a non-obvious point.
the past three days aside, your site has been a very valuable resource to obtain information on sirius, many times before it being posted any where else, and hence why everyone is here bitching to you about this…you have raised your own bar to a very high height, and unfortunately the last three days, you have not fulfilled the expectations you have developed in your following.
you should not argue with posters, and you should let posters argue among themselves, except as I pointed out above.
you should only delete matter for reasons of obscenity or violation of trade secrets or copyright infringement. you should not censor discussions.
it’s been pointed out by others, but really bad timing here with this article.
and, if you have no original news, do repost with proper credit given, as many including myself have put your link at the top for news about sirius.
No offense taken.
I appreciate your opinion… but… no. You can run your site as you wish and I will run this site as I wish.
If people address me personally, then I will answer them. I do agree with you and I would rather never comment again but people continue to call me out. If I don’t answer I am a jerk, if I delete the off topic questions which should be addressed in the forums I am a jerk.
That is hearsay… the people who complain about being censored are the ones who said something dumb enough to get them censored. Trust me, I don’t delete any comments if they are even close to the guidelines. Take a look at this thread… does it look like I am censoring?
I know you think this all looks bad but the reality is that 99% of visitors could not care less.
okay, totally off topic also okay to delete.
one final word of advice: grow a thick skin.
I learned long ago that the more successful one becomes (as a lawyer, or running a website, for instance), the more that one will be verbally attacked. Best course of action is to merely grow a think skin and live with it. If they learn that the attacks don’t bother you, they usually stop.
Do I come across as thin skinned? That is weird. Anyway, I thought a lot of us were gaining some understanding.
I have been doing this for over 10 years and at this point I am 99.9% unaffected. I think if you followed some of my discussions on the forum that might be clearer.
BTW, I agree with the thick skinned comment and it did help me become very successful 😉
Slacker how cares
I’d rather see charles & john box each other on you tube.
now that’d be sumpin . . .
I was in until he said he was retired, I don’t want to beat up an old dude. That being said, he sure talks tough for a guy in his golden years.
Maybe it will be cos and I in the Buzzagon.
LOL
Get this guy out of here, Charles your killing me…
Fights on, I want a percent of the take, and swear this old man will kick your ass….
Now that you read that,…. lets start negotiating the where and when, and how we might both make out on the fact that you might….. win..
Stick to the online arguments and live to fight another day 😉
You know you want to enter the contest… go ahead and retweet… you know you want to.
Charles. Nice effort. You actually made it to the end of the thread without a knockdown. And I might say, it was damn entertaining. Along with that you engaged many of whom I consider the best of the board. Nice……..
hey 201k
technically speaking, shouldn’t you be 200.5k?
try a balanced fund . . . you’d be at least 300k
This is the most important weekend in the history of SIRI and all you guys can do is put up crap like this online ?!?!?
You can do better than this.
….slag…expecting that there will be good news about Malone saving us tomorrow.
I need my drugs, need a new article – feeling weak….
don’t worry, the deal is done . . . get to Circuit City early tomorrow. The announcement is a mere formality; 49% interest to Malone + 4 Board Seats.
as for drugs . . take a double-shot of Nyquil; by the time you wake up tomorrow everything will be all good.
Double shot of Nyquil, I’ll wind up waking up on Wed and missing all the action – lol.
Actually the drug I was referring to is new updated news releases or articles, whether it be on this site or found on google. I find myself searching over and over like a heroin attic needing a fix.
I like this 49% stake without having control, seems correct.
I think all us Sirusly invested are doing the Same !! I know exactly what you mean……….More, More, More !!
btw . . reports are that Ergen offered $500mm for the whole shebang
Phuck Ergen !
Unless of course he counters Malone’s deal with something even better for us shareholders.
Hey SRK. What’s r current market cap? 360 mil. Would take us to what. .14 cents. Reality is, if this thing goes to Liberty, is that Ergen is saving our asses, not Mel. Mel hasn’t produced a damn thing in how long???? Without Ergen, Evercore would be handing Mel the pen to sign the BK in my not humble opinion.
Mel still sucks. Will always suck. And Steve. Sorry man. This thing goes down it’s just bdness. As hopefully luck would have it.
GIVEAWAY: HD Radio and lunch with David Rehr Prize Pack
Has the recession and all the money you lost on Sirius/XM wiped out your life savings? If so, then you’re gonna be happier than a pig in shit when you see what we have in store for you! We are going to make sure one lucky winner will be rockin’ out the rest of the year – instead of contemplating jumping off a bridge. The winner will get a JVC KD-HD1 High Definition Radio capable head unit and all the goodies they need for the car, home, the gentlemen’s club, the asian rub and tug, and any other place they want to listen to something way better than satellite radio.
Total prize amount is over $400; cheaper than the price of a cancelled Sirius Lifetime subscription! The winner will be selected at random during the Morning Mash morning gabfest extravaganza on February 24. Remember, all you have to do is retweet this message (after tweeting first) by midnight Feb. 23. Keep your ears and eyes open, all you terrestrial radio lovers.
The winner will also be going out to lunch with NAB president and CEO David Rehr. He looks like a creepy pedophile, so be on the lookout for his pet move; the Rehr reach-around. It sounds obscene, but he most likely will be trying to steal your Stiletto 2. He likes to put it in his front pocket and turn up the volume to high. As the head honcho of this web site devoted to news about satellite radio and the people who love it, it thrills me to be able to offer the competitions hardware during satellite radios most dismal moment in its history.
Remember, “HD RADIO – same old commercials, but better sounding crap.” Enter today, and with a little luck your days of listening to PAY FM RADIO will soon be history.
I am going to have you write my next promo!
don’t sell in the morning, buy !
Charles just wanted you to know before the close of business Pacific Time that I love the slacker contest…………thanks.
I’m all a twitter. Over who tweets the twacker………..