wrote:
On Oct 30, 11:56 am, 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. 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.

The appeal, for me anyway, and I subscribe to XM, not Sirius, is the
amazing variety, depth and breadth of the selection of music that's
available. Listening to XM's highly niched and very eclectic and
expansive music programming, I hear tons of stuff I would never have
otherwise heard or heard of, tons of other stuff that I had heard of
and/or read about but never heard anywhere else (i.e. commercial
radio), and as a bonus a lot of stuff that I liked or remembered just
hadn't heard in years or decades - all this across an incredible range
of styles and formats - including traditional jazz, modern progressive/
fusion jazz, extremely "deep-cuts" album rock, electronica, very deep
"decades" playlists of pop from the 40's through today, blues, movie
music, current non-mainstream college/indie rock, showtunes,
standards, country, soul, dance, old-time radio programs, vintage and
contemporary comedy, and some other very eclectic, unusual and hard
to categorize stuff on the "Fine Tuning" and "Audio Visions"
channels. I love the way it's all presented to me as a kind of
passive recipient without my having to find out about, seek out,
download, or buy any of it, and their library has got to be thousands
and thousands of times huger than what could be fit on the most
generous iPod even if you did have the time and inclination to load it
up like that.

(Of course the absence of commercials is also a plus.)

I guess it is mainly appealing to people who have a very active
interest in music, and are just as much or more interested in hearing
and exploring music they haven't heard about and don't yet know about,
than hearing stuff they already like again and again (I find, maybe
it's a factor of getting a little older and realizing I don't have
time to waste, that I have evolved towards preferring to hear all
kinds of stuff even if I only hear each new thing once, rather than
hearing almost anything repeatedly). I know it's spoiled me from ever
being able to listen to FM/commercial radio without getting bored and
annoyed even faster than before!

richforman


Well that makes sense. I think I have about 20 gigs of music on my
iPod...mood for my every mood!

"Boater" wrote in message
...
wrote:
On Oct 30, 11:56 am, 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. 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.

The appeal, for me anyway, and I subscribe to XM, not Sirius, is the
amazing variety, depth and breadth of the selection of music that's
available. Listening to XM's highly niched and very eclectic and
expansive music programming, I hear tons of stuff I would never have
otherwise heard or heard of, tons of other stuff that I had heard of
and/or read about but never heard anywhere else (i.e. commercial
radio), and as a bonus a lot of stuff that I liked or remembered just
hadn't heard in years or decades - all this across an incredible range
of styles and formats - including traditional jazz, modern progressive/
fusion jazz, extremely "deep-cuts" album rock, electronica, very deep
"decades" playlists of pop from the 40's through today, blues, movie
music, current non-mainstream college/indie rock, showtunes,
standards, country, soul, dance, old-time radio programs, vintage and
contemporary comedy, and some other very eclectic, unusual and hard
to categorize stuff on the "Fine Tuning" and "Audio Visions"
channels. I love the way it's all presented to me as a kind of
passive recipient without my having to find out about, seek out,
download, or buy any of it, and their library has got to be thousands
and thousands of times huger than what could be fit on the most
generous iPod even if you did have the time and inclination to load it
up like that.

(Of course the absence of commercials is also a plus.)

I guess it is mainly appealing to people who have a very active
interest in music, and are just as much or more interested in hearing
and exploring music they haven't heard about and don't yet know about,
than hearing stuff they already like again and again (I find, maybe
it's a factor of getting a little older and realizing I don't have
time to waste, that I have evolved towards preferring to hear all
kinds of stuff even if I only hear each new thing once, rather than
hearing almost anything repeatedly). I know it's spoiled me from ever
being able to listen to FM/commercial radio without getting bored and
annoyed even faster than before!

richforman


Well that makes sense. I think I have about 20 gigs of music on my
iPod...mood for my every mood!


I could see a travelling salesman or long distance trucker having Sirius
radio.
No matter where you go, familiar radio is at your fingertips.
For someone like me who spends minimal time in the drivers seat.......... no
way.

On Oct 30, 6:47*pm, "Don White" wrote:
For someone like me who spends minimal time in the drivers seat.......... no
way.


Your thinking is too limited...

I have a sirius receiver at home. It provides commercial-free
background music for everyday activities, and specific music types for
more "active" listening.

The one in the boat provides the same, but for boat time.

It's a minimal expense that provide a lot of enjoyment.

On Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:13:26 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Oct 30, 6:47*pm, "Don White" wrote:
For someone like me who spends minimal time in the drivers seat.......... no
way.


Your thinking is too limited...

I have a sirius receiver at home. It provides commercial-free
background music for everyday activities, and specific music types for
more "active" listening.

The one in the boat provides the same, but for boat time.

It's a minimal expense that provide a lot of enjoyment.

It is about personal preferance and not "limited thinking".

If I want to listen to music while at my computer I either tap into my
music collection or go to Pandora.

We drove over 1,800 miles during our east coast trip a few weeks ago
and enjoyed music on the radio and my Ipod while on the road. We were
also able to plug in my Ipod in the player provided in our hotel rooms
to listen to music we liked. We never ran out of music options during
those 10 days while on the road or in our room.

Would Sirius been a better option for us during that
trip.........perhaps.

As Don stated........perhaps those who spend hours and hours on the
road constantly may want the service.

Different strokes..........

On Oct 30, 7:34*pm, JimH wrote:
On Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:13:26 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
On Oct 30, 6:47*pm, "Don White" wrote:
For someone like me who spends minimal time in the drivers seat........... no
way.

Your thinking is too limited...

I have a sirius receiver at home. *It provides commercial-free
background music for everyday activities, and specific music types for
more "active" listening.

The one in the boat provides the same, but for boat time.

It's a minimal expense that provide a lot of enjoyment.

It is about personal preferance and not "limited thinking".

snip

Would Sirius been a better option for us during that
trip.........perhaps.

As Don stated........perhaps those who spend hours and hours on the
road constantly may want the service.

There's that limited thinking again...

It's not just for your car. You can put one in your home, where
you'll spend far more hours than any car trip. It complements our
iPods, FM, CD's, etc. It's a small expense, so it's inconsequential
whether or not one uses it "enough" to be worth the expense.

But, as you say, different strokes.

On Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:44:42 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Oct 30, 7:34*pm, JimH wrote:
On Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:13:26 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
On Oct 30, 6:47*pm, "Don White" wrote:
For someone like me who spends minimal time in the drivers seat.......... no
way.

Your thinking is too limited...

I have a sirius receiver at home. *It provides commercial-free
background music for everyday activities, and specific music types for
more "active" listening.

The one in the boat provides the same, but for boat time.

It's a minimal expense that provide a lot of enjoyment.

It is about personal preferance and not "limited thinking".

snip

Would Sirius been a better option for us during that
trip.........perhaps.

As Don stated........perhaps those who spend hours and hours on the
road constantly may want the service.

There's that limited thinking again...

It's not just for your car. You can put one in your home, where
you'll spend far more hours than any car trip. It complements our
iPods, FM, CD's, etc. It's a small expense, so it's inconsequential
whether or not one uses it "enough" to be worth the expense.

But, as you say, different strokes.


Why are taking this so personally? Limited thinking on my part? I
think not.

You need to chill guy.

On Oct 30, 7:48*pm, JimH wrote:
On Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:44:42 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
On Oct 30, 7:34*pm, JimH wrote:
On Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:13:26 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
On Oct 30, 6:47*pm, "Don White" wrote:
For someone like me who spends minimal time in the drivers seat........... no
way.

Your thinking is too limited...

I have a sirius receiver at home. *It provides commercial-free
background music for everyday activities, and specific music types for
more "active" listening.

The one in the boat provides the same, but for boat time.

It's a minimal expense that provide a lot of enjoyment.

It is about personal preferance and not "limited thinking".

snip

Would Sirius been a better option for us during that
trip.........perhaps.

As Don stated........perhaps those who spend hours and hours on the
road constantly may want the service.

There's that limited thinking again...

It's not just for your car. *You can put one in your home, where
you'll spend far more hours than any car trip. *It complements our
iPods, FM, CD's, etc. *It's a small expense, so it's inconsequential
whether or not one uses it "enough" to be worth the expense.

But, as you say, different strokes.

Why are taking this so personally? *Limited thinking on my part? *I
think not.

You need to chill guy.

Heheh... you're a funny guy. Me chill? I hardly need to.

It's just that you, and Don, both seem to think that satellite radio
is just for automobile travel.

"As Don stated........perhaps those who spend hours and hours on the
road constantly may want the service."

You can use it at home. Expand your horizons. roll eyes

Later.

wrote in message
...

It's not just for your car. You can put one in your home, where
you'll spend far more hours than any car trip. It complements our
iPods, FM, CD's, etc. It's a small expense, so it's inconsequential
whether or not one uses it "enough" to be worth the expense.

But, as you say, different strokes.

-------------------------------

SSShhhhhhhssssshhhhh!

I bought a JVC Sirius car receiver back in 2001 or 2002. You can also hook
it up in your house attached to your home audio system, which is where it
currently is. Also got Mrs.E one for her car on a separate account.
Subscribed with a credit card for both.

The credit card now has been outdated, expired and non-existent for over
three years. Never got a notice from Sirius. Never had an interruption in
service. Haven't paid for it in over three years.

Still works great.

Eisboch

Eisboch wrote:
wrote in message
...

It's not just for your car. You can put one in your home, where
you'll spend far more hours than any car trip. It complements our
iPods, FM, CD's, etc. It's a small expense, so it's inconsequential
whether or not one uses it "enough" to be worth the expense.

But, as you say, different strokes.

-------------------------------

SSShhhhhhhssssshhhhh!

I bought a JVC Sirius car receiver back in 2001 or 2002. You can also hook
it up in your house attached to your home audio system, which is where it
currently is. Also got Mrs.E one for her car on a separate account.
Subscribed with a credit card for both.

The credit card now has been outdated, expired and non-existent for over
three years. Never got a notice from Sirius. Never had an interruption in
service. Haven't paid for it in over three years.

Still works great.

Eisboch




Another freeloading Republican... :)

On Oct 30, 7:52*pm, "Eisboch" wrote:
wrote in message

...

It's not just for your car. *You can put one in your home, where
you'll spend far more hours than any car trip. *It complements our
iPods, FM, CD's, etc. *It's a small expense, so it's inconsequential
whether or not one uses it "enough" to be worth the expense.

But, as you say, different strokes.

-------------------------------

SSShhhhhhhssssshhhhh!

I bought a JVC Sirius car receiver back in 2001 or 2002. *You can also hook
it up in your house attached to your home audio system, which is where it
currently is. *Also got Mrs.E one for her car on a separate account.
Subscribed with a credit card for both.

The credit card now has been outdated, expired and non-existent for over
three years. *Never got a notice from Sirius. *Never had an interruption in
service. *Haven't paid for it in over three years.

Still works great.

Eisboch

sigh............limited thinking...................and selective
editing. It is about personal preference guys. Enjoy whatever you
choose and move on.

How 'bout those Charlie Manuel Phillies?