SiriusXM Scam, Bait & Switch

Just had an awful experience I thought I should share. If you pay for SiriusXM radio in your car, you might want to read this before you install this app and fall victim....

I discovered that SiriusXM allows you to stream satellite radio over your phone if you already pay for it in your vehicle. I though, "this is great!" I promptly installed the Sirius app and uninstalled Pandora which had been frustrating me with advertisements and stopping my music until I confirmed I was still listening.

Later I received an email indicating I had activated a $0, 1 month subscription to Sirius Internet Radio. The email had a link to 17 pages of fine print that talked about charging me after the one month "for the then cost", but no price was actually mentioned. I thought it was odd when the website made it appear the Internet radio was a free service for those who pay for satellite radio in their cars already. No where on the website could I find a cost for their internet radio either. I started researching more into it weary I was being scammed by Sirius with a bait (FREE!) and switch (Haha! Not actually free.).

I determined after a lot of research that by using my pre-existing SiriusXM username and password to log in to their internet radio app I had unknowingly agreed to a 1 month trial membership. After 1 month they were going to start charging me $10/mo. using credit card information they already had from when I paid for satellite radio in my car.

All I did was download and login the SiriusXM Radio app on my phone.

I never agreed to any "Terms of Service".

I never agreed, or was even presented with, a trial membership.

I was never advised that after 1 month they would start charging me.

No where on the website could I locate a cost. It only read: 1-Month Special Offer. I could only locate the cost through a Google search off their website.

Whats worse, SiriusXM does not allow you to cancel any services on their website. I had to call them. I confirmed they planned to start charging me after a month. The rep also did not have an explanation of how they could charge me when I never agreed to a subscription, not even a trial. After much arguing, they agreed to cancel the trial membership I somehow magically agreed to by simply logging into a radio app.

Just wow.... Always be weary of scams!!

ScamAlert84885 about SiriusXM: Music, Sports & News, v3.0.40