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Gee, thanks, GM! - Onstar analog to go silent - READ ONLY

223 messages,  Last post on Jun 27, 2012 at 6:36 PM

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#218 of 223 Re: Love onstar [forsythe] by fezo

Apr 03, 2011 (9:32 am)

Replying to: forsythe (Apr 03, 2011 9:09 am)
Tell that to the people who bought the late analog systems and found that their year or two year old used car that had been sold to the new for big bucks no longer has the safety feature they chose the car for.
 
GM screwed their customers. It's bad when the cable company has better customer relations. I still have a couple of old analog sets. The boxes to convert them to digital were provided for free.
 
Imid makes the point aht GM is not unique in such behavior and he is correct.

#219 of 223 GM Blunder by smarty666

Apr 03, 2011 (5:59 pm)

I received a free digital converter for my television when the televisions were switched from analog to a digital signal. There is no excuse for GM to had invest in doing something similar to those customers affected with the onstar situation.

#220 of 223 got flares? by steve_ HOST

Dec 02, 2011 (2:12 pm)

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#221 of 223 Family Link by imidazol97

Jun 27, 2012 (2:48 pm)

Has anyone tried FamilyLink service from OnStar?
 
I have it turned on and will try it for at least 1 month. I'd like to know what others think about it.

#222 of 223 Re: Family Link [imidazol97] by steve_ HOST

Jun 27, 2012 (3:17 pm)

Replying to: imidazol97 (Jun 27, 2012 2:48 pm)
What's FamilyLink? Is GM tweaking Facebook's nose a bit again?

#223 of 223 Re: Family Link [steve_] by imidazol97

Jun 27, 2012 (6:36 pm)

Replying to: steve_ (Jun 27, 2012 3:17 pm)
Since this title doesn't lend itself to extension, I started a FamilyLink discussion.
 
http://townhall-talk.edmunds.com/direct/view/.f25cc77/0#MSG0
 
It also can be set to give a message to certain contacts on a list at defined times each day: i.e., at 8:00 am when your student is supposed to be parked in the school lot and in the school building.
  
The beta apparently was run at the last quarter of 2011. I recall getting an email message offering the service, but my car was sitting in my garage so I didn't see a benefit. Now the car is at college and summer job, so I decided to try it out for locating my car at random times during the day.
  
For $3.99 per month in addition to the regular OnStar fee, it seemed like it was worth it. It is month-to-month, so I can delete the service without losing my paid year remaining for regular OnStar.

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