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Sirius Customer Service...
On Oct 31, 8:54*am, Boater wrote:
Tom Francis - SWSports wrote: On Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:56:50 -0400, Boater wrote: Tom Francis - SWSports wrote: I keep hearing horror stories about Sirius customer service, but I gotta tell you - I've had nothing but success with them. Yesterday, I cancelled my second reciever because Mrs. Wave is getting a new car with Sirius installed. *So I called and cancelled that radio until her new car is delivered on Monday. Little bit of a screwup unfortunately - they cancelled the wrong radio - instead of cancelling Mrs. Wave's receiver, they cancelled mine. Little mixup. Expecting a huge hassle, I got to customer service, they did a receiver swap and everything is now up and running. Took all of three minutes start to finish. Can't beat that. Honestly, I cannot figure out the appeal of a "subscribed" radio service to listen to music. Well, I guess it's the difference between an eclectic knowledge and appreciation of different musical genres than a rather static approach to "radio". For me, I like the ability to switch according to mood. *I do have my favorites - latin and light jazz, moldie oldies and electronica. Hell, I was introduced to a great band, Ladytron, via the Chill electronic/technica channel. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtqGoHouoE0 On the other hand, I have news, sports and traffic informtion available when I want it, not when it's on the hour. *Now that it's linked up with my in-car GPS, I also have traffic cams which is kind of cool. Even on at it's best, terrestrial radio is boring, commercial ridden and flatly uninteresting. *The other day, I was listening to WEEI out of Boston - a sports talk radio station in a rental car and in one hour, there was 31 minutes of commercials during drive time - 31 minutes. *And that's not the only one who does that. *I switched to the local NPR station and it was 26 minutes of begging for money out of an hour. My wife and I each have iPods that have "hard wiring" plug-ins in the cars, and we listen to what we want to listen to when we want to listen to music. Otherwise, the car radio is on NPR. To each their own - I gots mine, you gots yours. *:) And, frankly, NPR sucks - the most god awful programming on the face of the planet. Hehehe. *NPR is terrific. The best interviewers, the best interview subjects, informative talk radio shows where the hosts maintain civility, long, detailed features. I don't like mindless "Rush" radio.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Is that the only choices for radio stations up there? Either Rush or NPR? That's weird. |
#42
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Sirius Customer Service...
On Oct 31, 8:42*am, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote: On Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:56:50 -0400, Boater wrote: Tom Francis - SWSports wrote: I keep hearing horror stories about Sirius customer service, but I gotta tell you - I've had nothing but success with them. Yesterday, I cancelled my second reciever because Mrs. Wave is getting a new car with Sirius installed. *So I called and cancelled that radio until her new car is delivered on Monday. Little bit of a screwup unfortunately - they cancelled the wrong radio - instead of cancelling Mrs. Wave's receiver, they cancelled mine. Little mixup. Expecting a huge hassle, I got to customer service, they did a receiver swap and everything is now up and running. Took all of three minutes start to finish. Can't beat that. Honestly, I cannot figure out the appeal of a "subscribed" radio service to listen to music. Well, I guess it's the difference between an eclectic knowledge and appreciation of different musical genres than a rather static approach to "radio". For me, I like the ability to switch according to mood. *I do have my favorites - latin and light jazz, moldie oldies and electronica. Hell, I was introduced to a great band, Ladytron, via the Chill electronic/technica channel. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtqGoHouoE0 On the other hand, I have news, sports and traffic informtion available when I want it, not when it's on the hour. *Now that it's linked up with my in-car GPS, I also have traffic cams which is kind of cool. Even on at it's best, terrestrial radio is boring, commercial ridden and flatly uninteresting. *The other day, I was listening to WEEI out of Boston - a sports talk radio station in a rental car and in one hour, there was 31 minutes of commercials during drive time - 31 minutes. *And that's not the only one who does that. *I switched to the local NPR station and it was 26 minutes of begging for money out of an hour. My wife and I each have iPods that have "hard wiring" plug-ins in the cars, and we listen to what we want to listen to when we want to listen to music. Otherwise, the car radio is on NPR. To each their own - I gots mine, you gots yours. *:) And, frankly, NPR sucks - the most god awful programming on the face of the planet.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Tom, you just don't understand. If Harry doesn't do it, it simply isn't something that someone else should do. |
#43
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Sirius Customer Service...
On Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:24:27 -0400, Jim wrote:
Have you noticed? You two don't seem to have much in common. Tom is usually upbeat, funny at times, engaging, interesting, honest, knowledgeable, and usually willing to share his knowledge. And he usually doesn't end up on the bottom of a pig pile. Ah - another of my adoring fans. Thank you - thank you - I'll be here all week. Try the salad, but watch out for the fish. |
#44
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Sirius Customer Service...
Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:
On Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:24:27 -0400, Jim wrote: Have you noticed? You two don't seem to have much in common. Tom is usually upbeat, funny at times, engaging, interesting, honest, knowledgeable, and usually willing to share his knowledge. And he usually doesn't end up on the bottom of a pig pile. Ah - another of my adoring fans. Thank you - thank you - I'll be here all week. Try the salad, but watch out for the fish. Meant it from the bottom of my cold cold heart. Eeeeeeeah! Pass the bread. |
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On Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:43:39 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:
"Boater" wrote in message ... I suppose NPR is not the best network for the non-intellectuals who require their information be spooned out in tidy little soundbites. :) Right. We non-intellectuals answered the question, "Who am I?" when we were about 6 years old and then got on with it. Ever notice that most of the people who claim to listen to NPR have all the native curiosity of an onion? |
#46
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Sirius Customer Service...
Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:
On Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:43:39 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote: "Boater" wrote in message ... I suppose NPR is not the best network for the non-intellectuals who require their information be spooned out in tidy little soundbites. :) Right. We non-intellectuals answered the question, "Who am I?" when we were about 6 years old and then got on with it. Ever notice that most of the people who claim to listen to NPR have all the native curiosity of an onion? No, but I have noticed that many of those who do not think Sarah Palin is qualified to hold high federal office. |
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Sirius Customer Service...
"Boater" wrote in message ... Tom Francis - SWSports wrote: On Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:43:39 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote: "Boater" wrote in message ... I suppose NPR is not the best network for the non-intellectuals who require their information be spooned out in tidy little soundbites. :) Right. We non-intellectuals answered the question, "Who am I?" when we were about 6 years old and then got on with it. Ever notice that most of the people who claim to listen to NPR have all the native curiosity of an onion? No, but I have noticed that many of those who do not think Sarah Palin is qualified to hold high federal office. Ah! Perfect new job for Keith Oblbermann! Might even go back to watching MSNBC if he left. I've acknowledged before that IMO neither party has put forth a decent choice this election cycle, and I am slowly losing interest. However ..... As you often put it, it would be absolutely "delicious" to have McCain pull out a squeaker victory and watch that smug, egotistical blowhard Oblbermann having to report it next Tuesday night. Nothing would make my day more than that. Have you noticed, every night a few more strands of hair have been dyed grey? Fer cripes sakes, Olbermann, if you are so vain that you want the "distinguished" look, do it and get it over with. The progressive nightly graying, hoping the viewers won't notice, is just another indication of a massive, self admiring ego. Can you tell I am not an Olbermann fan? Eisboch |
#48
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Sirius Customer Service...
Eisboch wrote:
"Boater" wrote in message ... Tom Francis - SWSports wrote: On Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:43:39 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote: "Boater" wrote in message ... I suppose NPR is not the best network for the non-intellectuals who require their information be spooned out in tidy little soundbites. :) Right. We non-intellectuals answered the question, "Who am I?" when we were about 6 years old and then got on with it. Ever notice that most of the people who claim to listen to NPR have all the native curiosity of an onion? No, but I have noticed that many of those who do not think Sarah Palin is qualified to hold high federal office. Ah! Perfect new job for Keith Oblbermann! Might even go back to watching MSNBC if he left. I've acknowledged before that IMO neither party has put forth a decent choice this election cycle, and I am slowly losing interest. However ..... As you often put it, it would be absolutely "delicious" to have McCain pull out a squeaker victory and watch that smug, egotistical blowhard Oblbermann having to report it next Tuesday night. Nothing would make my day more than that. Have you noticed, every night a few more strands of hair have been dyed grey? Fer cripes sakes, Olbermann, if you are so vain that you want the "distinguished" look, do it and get it over with. The progressive nightly graying, hoping the viewers won't notice, is just another indication of a massive, self admiring ego. Can you tell I am not an Olbermann fan? Eisboch I prefer Rachel, but there's no question Olbermann is driving the hard right absolutely nuts. |
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Sirius Customer Service...
On Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:58:01 -0400, Boater
wrote: Tom Francis - SWSports wrote: On Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:43:39 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote: "Boater" wrote in message ... I suppose NPR is not the best network for the non-intellectuals who require their information be spooned out in tidy little soundbites. :) Right. We non-intellectuals answered the question, "Who am I?" when we were about 6 years old and then got on with it. Ever notice that most of the people who claim to listen to NPR have all the native curiosity of an onion? No, but I have noticed that many of those who do not think Sarah Palin is qualified to hold high federal office. See - you just made my point. The thread was about radio and you gotta make a comment about a political figure. That's why people don't listen to NPR - it's limiting and your field of vision is too narrow - no curiosity - it's all goetterdaemmerung. If I want goetterdaemmerung I'll listen to Wagner. Or NPR. :) |
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