Came acros this message on the yahoo board.

"I just got a call from the XM people.... 46 minutes ago
they said my free trial offer has expired on my 2008 Hond Civic and wanted to know if I wanted to sign up. I said no and he said that they would give me the service for 6 months for 3.99 a month. I told him that I just never really used it when I had the free trial offer and that I had no real interest in it. He then said that he would offer me a 1 year contract for 1.99 a month and I said no thanks.
I guess this company is in worse shape that even I thought."

Has anyone else heard of this before from Sirius XM. I remember AOL in the past doing the same thing to keep subs.

This is a lie......by a short seller.

I hope so because selling for less does not say to much about your product. IF people want to cancel, sirius XM reps should try and convince the sub to at least accept the entry level sub package then offer then the best of XM for a trial.

i used to pay 19.95 for AOL...i now get it free

Demian...why don't you call sirixm and see if they are offering that deal steve stated???

Demian..we are up .05 today is that the shorts sucking us in more?

For the record, I pulled this off the yahoo message board. The offer that was given to this person does not surprise me at all because I have had similar offers in the past for other products and services. I do remember one case when I sighing up for a credit watch service for 11.99 a month then eventually trying to cancel it and was offer to keep the service for 3.99 a month. I think offers like this are on a case by case basis. The reps have scripts that they follow and are authorized to give certain deals when see fit. I think the sub number is important to Sirius XM for several reasons. It does not cost Siri anything to keep a receiver on for a discounted price.

Why would someone come to a yahoo finance board to post that information? Think about it. Did AOL ever try to cut someone a deal? Sure. Did anyone who wasn't vested run to a finance board to post about it? Of course not.

People report things to messages boards because they want to be the first to report something. Most people think others are making up stuff because they have not heard the same news. Anything is possible in this economy, companies will do what it takes to survive. Nothing surprises me.

No one posts anything for no reason. When was the last time you did?

I cant speak for others but I only post things that I come across and have not been mentioned on message boards or forums. Its obvious that no one has seen or heard of the original post so I guess this thread should be closed.

So you only post things that you think are exclusive news?

Also, you post things about companies/products that you have no interest in? I am not sure I understand what it is you are trying to say.

I would invite any other members to tell us if you ever post about companies that you have no interest in, such as in this example. I am honestly curious but I assume people need to have some kind of motivation to take time out of their day to post about something. Am I wrong? Do people do this kind of thing for fun?

For the record, we don't typically close threads. People are allowed to continue to participate or not.

I was at the grocery store today, and there was a large semi truck in front advertising for Tide with Bleach.

When I walked into the store, they offered me a free sample. I said no thank you, but then the guy offered me 6 free samples. I never use the stuff, and barely know what it is.

I guess Tide with Bleach must be financially hurting, because they were giving away their samples.

Oh, is there a Tide with Bleach forum I can post this under?

You have no choice but to find every single Procter & Gamble finance board and sound the alarm!

I think you got me wrong siriusbuzz. I have been long this stock for to many year however believe and sub the product. I thought this was a forum and people could post questions regarding Sat Radio. I'm not sure why you are attacking me on a posting?

Uhhh no one is attacking you, not sure what to say. Sorry you feel that way.

Just trying to make a point to everyone out there who reads stuff online. This thread is not a one on one conversation between you and I... it is for everyone to read.

Steve,

I don't think SiriusBuzz is attacking you. What he is saying, is that you have to take everythig you read with a grain of salt. (when it's on the Yahoo forums, take it with the whole damn shaker). When is the last time you were given something for free, didnt like it, and then went to rant about it on a FINANCIAL forum? Or any forum for that matter, but especially a financial forum?

Let me approach this a different way:
If you were given the product, didnt like it, tried to cancel, and then were offered this, how would you go about spreading that news? Maybe you would google it? Well, if you google Sirius Satellite Radio, the Yahoo Finance link is the VERY LAST LINK. Ok, lets try Sirius Chat. Yahoo is not even listed. Sirius Message Board? Ok, now you have a possibility as the 2nd site listed.
Maybe the user is a Yahoo user. Ok, a search for Sirius reveales... nothing. Sirius Chat? Nothing. Sirius Satellite Radio? Nothing. (wow, you find more Yahoo pages on Google search than Yahoo search. That is odd...)

Now, in addition to actually finding the Yahoo Sirius boards, they have to register in order to post if they are not already registered.

Don't you think this is a lot of work to post about something that you obviously do not like and do not care about?

The reason that many do not pay attention to the Yahoo or Google boards (I NEVER look at them) is because they are full of pumpers and bashers. People create accounts just to post some BS thing. How many posts have you read saying SIRI Going to $1 today!! and SIRI going BK today! over there? Probably at least 1 a day, with 50 others jumping into the thread to tell them how stupid or how brilliant they are.

Regardless, a $1.99 a month sub is still $24 a year they didnt have if the guy would have canceled.