Comments on: Sirius XM Should Benefit From Economic Turnaround

By: dsf

dsf — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 23:47:25 +0000

great article. I bought $75000 worth of SIRI at 20 cents a share on march 13th in a simulation for my finance class. 22% jump today, now we’re at $.50 a share? Good return? Do the math

By: Recondo72

Recondo72 — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:49:35 +0000

If you are a “core” subscriber(like myself)this is it in a nutshell:

If you are a “core” subscriber ask yourself these simple questions:

1. Do I enjoy listening to the merged sat-rad companies like I did prior merger? My answer: NO

2. Am I satisfied with the direction the post-merger programming has taken? My answer: NO

3. Do you tout or talk as enthuastically to friends or co-workers about sat-rad like you did a year or two ago? My answer: NO

4. Do you think the management of the merged company takes its “core” subscribers for granted? My answer: YES

5. Do you trust the management of SiriusXM to be truthful & forthright? My answer: HELL NO!!

I rest my case.

By: Recondo72

Recondo72 — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:36:10 +0000

As one of the long term XM subscribers(since Feb 2002), it’s pretty hard to really cheer the merged company on.

Face it, the quality of programming has declined. I never thought that I would post the following statement:

“I FIND MY SELF LISTENING TO SAT-RAD LESS AND LESS AND STREAMING ON MY HOME COMPUTER TO SOME GREAT INDEPENDENT FM STATIONS MORE AND MORE”

The constant yakking and piss-poor programming on “Classic Vinyl”,”70’s” and sadly even “Watercolors” continues unabated. The total collapse of good uncensored comedy on the old uncensored “XMComedy” replaced by that embarrassment “Rawdog” is unexcusable. Let alone the truly great techno channel “The System” replaced by “Area”

Core subscribers????

I truly am asking myself: Will I renew next year when my multi-year subscription expires?? There’s a good chance I won’t.

Another sure thing: I don’t tout sat-rad to associates like I did prior merger.

Now what do you “EXPERTS” make of that?

XM subscriber since Feb 2002 (Skyfi generation 1) & stockholder who bought at around $5.00/share. Don’t think I will ever make my money back

Mel & his minions HAVE GOT TO GO!!!!!

By: spencer

spencer — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:15:53 +0000

Why is no one talking about the 3-day run the stock has had. It is up around 18% percent today, with it topping out around .50 cents. Alot of people are feeling pretty good about the company it appears. May be I’m not as smart as all of you experts, but I have made a 325% percent return on my investment since mid February. Long Siri

By: Masco

Masco — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:27:33 +0000

Good article. Another potential marketing strategy to consider: Sirius/XM has a large number of devices that are in the market and not activated. These are devices installed in new vehicles and the subscriber didn’t renew (I believe that the churn rate is around 80% for this segment of customers)… A quick look online tells me that there are about 8M new cars sold in the US per year. That’s a tremendous number of devices just sitting there not generating any revenue. If Sirius/XM offered a basic service (like the basic services available on cable) for a very low monthly cost, they could leverage the existing infrastructure already deployed with very little capitol outlay. Again, I don’t know all the numbers, but something like 15 stations for $5 per month would pull in some new revenue and maybe just the shot in the arm they need…

By: draland

draland — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:12:00 +0000

Yikes !!
LOL………………

By: draland

draland — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:09:41 +0000

thanks for the info !

By: Tim Markoski

Tim Markoski — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:36:38 +0000

Just a reminder.

It appears that someone else isn’t too bullish on Sirius-XM either.

http://siriusbuzz.com/why-siri.....urvive.php

By: Tim Markoski

Tim Markoski — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 09:27:14 +0000

You have a point here.

However, it can also be said that the shorts are still dominating because the markets do NOT have faith in this management team.

By: Tim Markoski

Tim Markoski — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 09:25:37 +0000

I couldn’t care less what you think.

The fact is Sirius-XM management is incapable of dealing with the serious problems that face it.

If waiting for iPhone OS3 is their entire Mobile strategy, they should be escorted from the building immediately.
There is already an XM app for Blackberry but Sirius-XM has done NOTHING to leverage that for both Sirius and XM feeds.

Try reading the forums here for all the nightmare customer service stories.
They have done NOTHING about the abysmal quality of the actual radios used.

I could go on ad nauseam, ad absurdum.

Now, tell us all why I’m the idiot and YOU are Wile E. Coyote, Super Genius.

You’re nothing more than an uninitiated fanboy.