# Sirius XM buying Pandora

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sirius-xm-buying-pandora/821838>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 24, 2018, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sirius-xm-buying-pandora/821838 "2018-09-24T16:10:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2018, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sirius-xm-buying-pandora/821838/1 "2018-09-24T16:10:04Z")

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> **[SiriusXM Is the New -- and Newly Massive -- Owner of Pandora](https://www.rollingstone.com/pro/news/siriusxm-pandora-deal-728314/)**
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> Satellite radio behemoth buys Internet radio giant for growth potential

I have Sirius in the car and pay $5 a month for it but I won’t pay more than that. I wonder if this would make Sirius include Pandora for free.

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**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2018, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sirius-xm-buying-pandora/821838/2 "2018-09-24T16:20:11Z")

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How do you get Sirius for $5 a month??? I pay a lot more than that! I want your deal.

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**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2018, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sirius-xm-buying-pandora/821838/3 "2018-09-24T16:46:40Z")

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> [@kayT](#):
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> How do you get Sirius for $5 a month??? I pay a lot more than that! I want your deal.

Let your subscription run out, and you’ll start seeing deals for six months for $30 (plus a few fees/taxes/etc) show up in your email. We subscribe, but I would never pay more than that. Last December they had a 12-month for $60 deal, but I haven’t seen that since. I’m hoping they do that again this year, as our current 6-month subscription runs out in December.

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**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2018, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sirius-xm-buying-pandora/821838/4 "2018-09-24T18:46:41Z")

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They are willing to deal, just keep telling them it’s too expensive. I had it free for 3 months with my new car, then when they called me and I was wishy-washy about it, they gave me another 3 months for something dumb like $1, now I got another 6 months for $30 ($38 after fees and such.) Still not bad for a lot of channels of commercial-free music and even stand-up comedy.

The tricky thing about the deals is it will auto-renew at full price unless you cancel, so I just set myself a Google Calendar reminder to email and message me when it’s about to expire. When you call to cancel is when you can re-negotiate. I’m only going to have so much patience for this, but if I stay on the phone ~10 minutes every 6 months that isn’t too bad.