When I canceled my Sirius subscription two months ago, it made a lot of homophobic Howard Stern fans angry. (One even set up a robot to spam the comments section of the old Technobabble blog every five minutes.) They swore that I'd regret the move and that I'd be back. Well, I haven't. But Sirius sure wants me back.
In the past two months, I've received three offers from the satellite-radio company:
1) Two months free, plus free activation. ($13 for three months with a quarterly-plan subscription.)
2) 50 percent off a six-month or annual subscription, plus free activation.
3) $20 for a five-month plan, plus free activation. "Last chance!" (I don't think it really is.)
All of the plans automatically renew to a recurring plan at the regular rate of $13 a month (with various nominal discounts for longer plans). But I can cancel after getting these deals -- and then wait for other "we want you back" offers again.
These are all good deals, but I haven't reupped. The biggest reason at this point is that when my satellite receiver was deactivated, it stopped working as a pass-through unit. So I had to remove the satellite receiver to install my iPod adapter. So I'd have to reinstall it to reactivate my account.
But I haven't missed Sirius. With a music collection of nearly 35,000 tracks available via my iPod and occasional side trips to Minnesota Public Radio, I'm pretty much set.
But there are plenty of deals out there on Sirius. You just have to cancel the service to get them -- and put up with Howard Stern fans.
