Pandora
Reviews and Complaints

I have been with Pandora for a few years and while they were forced to make changes to be compliant with the gods of the listening world, they bring all kinds of genre music to your ears. You choose. Before the change, customers could choose the song and artist they wanted to hear, now you can choose the artist and it will play that artist and similar artists. I was resistant at first because change is hard, but it has introduced me to other artists and songs so it forced me to broaden my listening pleasures. Another plus is when you have feedback or questions, it doesn't go unanswered. It's easy to set up. You won't be disappointed.

Yos maybe there are other sites I dont know of but pandora is very nice. Free music and once you pick a group they play them and others like it. Then they call them your stations and are saved for you. There is a new feature I dont care for, it asks if your still listening and stops music till you respond. So if your listening and also maybe repairing something in yourhome you have to stop and respond or no music. But it is free and maybe people left on using bandwith or something. And they do have comertials sorry my spelling. Anyway they are ok mot to interuptive. So for me there very good and Illcheck back to see if others sugest different. Thanks Tony

This review is solely for the PC program, I don't use Pandora on my tablet or smart phone.
After a few false starts making my own station, I contacted Pandora and they were extremely helpful.
The selection of music for their own channels is first rate with an occasional head scratcher.
Since it's free, they stop from time to time and ask you to perform a "Sponsor Activity" but you can ignore it and go back to the music.
You get to "like" songs, which seems to put them in the rotation more often, and not like a song which banishes from that station.
Pandora has a few quirks, the most glaring of which is the lack of instructions but I listen to it all day and the music is great.

I absolutely LOVE Pandora! It's super simple, and it does an absolutely GREAT job of picking songs based on your interests/genres, and it can find some pretty obscure music (e.g., Drums & Tuba; Intronaut) as well as the obviously obvious (e.g., Ozzy, Helmet). The Music Genome Project is a stroke of genius! But, speaking as a biologist, it's not so much a "genome" project as it is a "proteomics" project. Anyway, another super cool thing about Pandora is that it's not gonna play all the same, moldy classics you are used to over free radio; case in point, currently it is playing "Bloodstone" a freakin' awesome song by Judas Priest off the Screaming for Vengeance album, which likely never got any airplay, or maybe like a month after the album came out. Long story short, Pandora ROCKS!

I have been using pandora for 3 months now and am a very satisfied customer.

With Pandora, you may create as many stations(easily done by genre, artist, etc) as you need. You can edit who plays on the station. You can ban a song with a simple click. You can skip about 10 times per station, per hour. They have almost every artist i can think of. If you thumbs up a song, it will play more often. It is finely tuned to my musical tastes for whatever mood I'm in. It plays on any, and every device, which means that you can send it from your connected blu tooth device.

At $4.95 a month, it is only $60 per year, or about 45-60 songs, if you were to buy them at 99cents or $1.29. If you are like me and believe that people deserve to get paid for the products they provide to you, then this is a fair price.

Pandora is a great website for those interested in listening to a variety of songs similar to an artist that they enjoy. It's a free service with a limited amount of time to listen to that will get you started with the option of paying a yearly fee to have unlimited listening time, the ability to skip more songs, and to download their application. The website contains a lot of information about artists, access to a large number of artists, and a variety of different genres. The biggest con of the website is the fact that it's available only to US users and is unavailable outside of the United States, but there are devices that are able to connect to the service and stream. The application runs in Adobe's multi-OS platform allowing for it to playback in Windows and Mac, but it also runs in Linux with very few problems even without it being listed as compatible.

Overall, the service is great and the quality of the music is great. The information is accurate.

Use Pandora to get MP3s for FREE - I feel bad doing this but there is a simple way to hack Pandora and get all the MP3s as you listen to them on the internet radio. Don't bother actually buying it from iTunes, just download everything you listen to. Here is the way to do it1. Go to Pandora.com and download the file and install it. 2. Extract all files to something like c:\pandora3. Use pandora for a little bit and listen to some music4. Now go to the directory that contains the downloaded files (c:\pandora) and click on pandora.jar5. Now make sure you are using firefox and win XP6. Go to START then RUN and type cmd then in the window type cd: cpandora7. Now type java -jar pandora.jar ***. A blue screen should show up that says "now we are ready to rip MP3s"9. Now open firefox and type: http :// localhost: ***. Now do your normal pandora listening and the MP3s should be saved in the folder you created. Tada! Lets keep this thread updated as they make changes in pandora that alter this hack

As many people find that CDs, cassettes and records are not as well known as they used to be, they tend to rely on things like iTunes where you can download your music right to your computer, iPod or iPhone. The way technology has shaped our economy is a prime reason why people would prefer online downloading and sharing a lot more than going out and buying the music. While searching through web 2.0 I found websites that let you share music with other people while also listening to it for free. These websites are the key to shaping new music.
Pandora is a very effective tool because you pick your favorite songs/artist and you can listen to all their songs and their favorite songs. You pick stations to all your songs and you can have as many as you want. It is very easy to use, all you have to do is create an account and then pick your stations. The definite pro is that there is a Pandora that is free and one that is not. A con of getting the free one is that after so many songs you have to listen to 30 sec commercials.
The purpose of this website is to listen to your favorite songs/artist without buying the songs. I would recommend it to a friend.

Overview
For the most part there isn't much difference between these three Internet music websites. Each one on them has their small differences that make them unique, but from an overall standpoint they are pretty equal. From a visual perspective they are all very well done. I spent some time navigating through each website and they are straightforward and easy to use. All three websites allow for download on mobile devices as well as social networks. They also have interactive blogs that allow members to communicate and voice their opinions. The sign-up for all is quick and painless and free. Only one of the websites (Pandora), allowed for an upgraded version with a monthly or yearly fee that I could locate. Overall I could see myself using each of these sites for Internet music on my computer or phone without hesitation.

Pandora
The thing about Pandora that I like the most is the ability to use quick and easily. Once you sign-up, which takes about a minute, you can get right to listening to the music. It doesn't ask you to upgrade to the advanced version or make you jump through hoops to find the songs that you are looking for. Another cool thing about Pandora is that it chooses other artists that play the same type of music you are listening to so you can get some more variety. You can also share the songs that you are listening to with your friends through social media outlets. The only con I have for Pandora is the advertising interruptions after every couple of songs. It isn't a big deal because the ads aren't very long and the music is free. This website provides free music that people want to listen to when they want to listen to it. I would recommend this website to other because it is great.

I made a simple request to their support email address about the huge difference in volume between the music and the ads and they replied with some canned template that looks like it is meant for [censored]s.

None of the suggestions that they made would have any impact whatsoever on the volume difference between the two.

I'll go back to putting music directly on to my computer to listen to at work. If they immediately assume that a user is an idiot enough to fall for this then I will not be coming back.

Enjoy this nonsense of a message they replied to me with.
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Hi xxxxxxx,

Thanks so much for sending me that information. A lot of times quitting your browser completely, re-opening it and going back to http://www.pandora.com can help.

If you're still having issues using Pandora in Firefox, try the following steps:

1. Update Firefox: http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/update/

2. Clear your Cookies, Cache, and History. http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-clear-firefox-cache

3. Disable Adblock, Flashblock, and NoScript Extensions.

4. Make sure you are accepting cookies from Pandora:

- Click on Firefox and select Preferences (On Windows select Options)
- Select the Privacy tab.
- Under History, next to Firefox will, make sure it's set to Use custom settings for history.
- Make sure Accept cookies from sites is checked, and click on Exceptions.
- Enter *. pandora.com in the Address of the website field and click on Allow.
- Click Close on that menu and then click OK to close the Preferences menu.

5. Install the latest version of the Flash player: http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/

6. If you are using an internet firewall or anti-virus program, it could be blocking portions of our site. Try allowing access to www.pandora.com within those programs, and then try visiting our site again. If this doesn't help, then try disabling such programs entirely as a test to see if this affects your issue.

7. Try opening Pandora in an alternative browser like Chrome to see if you have any more luck.

8. Finally, if the issue persists, try rebooting your computer and returning to http://www.pandora.com

Let me know how it goes.

Thanks,
Melina
Listener Advocate
PANDORA? internet radio
http://www.pandora.com
http://help.pandora.com

FACTS:
I joined Pandora, free version, in its infancy, many years ago, but hadn't used it in quite a while. This morning I decided to log on to my account, and in so doing, decided to upgrade. I read the side by side list on my laptop of Plus and Premium features, and prices. I decided on Plus billed annually after a one month free trial. The following features were included in Plus AND in Premium:
Ad-free personalized music
Search and play anything
Enjoy your favorite podcasts
Unlimited skips
Sounds good doesn't it?
(Premium also included 2 additional features - Unlimited offline listening,
Make and share playlists, which I was willing to forego)

However, and here is the problem, once I gave my credit card to Pandora for billing, and logged in, I saw a DIFFERENT list of features available to me with my PLUS membership. NO "Ad free listening", NO "Search and play anything". Now I would have to upgrade again, since presumably these features ARE available with Premium, at twice the cost of Plus of course. SUCKER! But of course we aren't told the truth until AFTER we "sign on the dotted line", so to speak.

Frankly, I didn't see any difference between the free version and the true Plus version. Both have ads, neither has "Search and play anything". Why pay for Plus?. (Personally, I didn't care about Unlimited skips or podcasts)

So minutes later I cancelled my paid PLUS subscription. Thankfully I had saved the cancellation instructions. Since I did this less than 10 minutes after signing up, and still during the month long free trial, I should not be billed. And if billed, I will not pay.
I can't imagine why Pandora believes that this is a good policy - attempting to screw customers out of their money under false pretenses. In my mind that is attempted theft. Attempted because I caught the deception immediately and cancelled.

I hope this may help at least one person avoid the anger and aggravation I experienced.

Well, that's all, I'm off to find an HONEST music website.
PANDORA DISGUSTS ME!
FACTS:
I joined Pandora, free version, in its infancy, many years ago, but hadn't used it in quite a while. This morning I decided to log on to my account, and in so doing, decided to upgrade. I read the side by side list on my laptop of Plus and Premium features, and prices. I decided on Plus billed annually after a one month free trial. The following features were included in Plus AND in Premium:
Ad-free personalized music
Search and play anything
Enjoy your favorite podcasts
Unlimited skips
Sounds good doesn't it?
(Premium also included 2 additional features - Unlimited offline listening,
Make and share playlists, which I was willing to forego)

However, and here is the problem, once I gave my credit card to Pandora for billing, and logged in, I saw a DIFFERENT list of features available to me with my PLUS membership. NO "Ad free listening", NO "Search and play anything". Now I would have to upgrade again, since presumably these features ARE available with Premium, at twice the cost of Plus of course. SUCKER! But of course we aren't told the truth until AFTER we "sign on the dotted line", so to speak.

Frankly, I didn't see any difference between the free version and the true Plus version. Both have ads, neither has "Search and play anything". Why pay for Plus?. (Personally, I didn't care about Unlimited skips or podcasts)

So minutes later I cancelled my paid PLUS subscription. Thankfully I had saved the cancellation instructions. Since I did this less than 10 minutes after signing up, and still during the month long free trial, I should not be billed. And if billed, I will not pay.
I can't imagine why Pandora believes that this is a good policy - attempting to screw customers out of their money under false pretenses. In my mind that is attempted theft. Attempted because I caught the deception immediately and cancelled.

I hope this may help at least one person avoid the anger and aggravation I experienced.

Well, that's all, I'm off to find an HONEST music website.
PANDORA DISGUSTS ME!
FACTS:
I joined Pandora, free version, in its infancy, many years ago, but hadn't used it in quite a while. This morning I decided to log on to my account, and in so doing, decided to upgrade. I read the side by side list on my laptop of Plus and Premium features, and prices. I decided on Plus billed annually after a one month free trial. The following features were included in Plus AND in Premium:
Ad-free personalized music
Search and play anything
Enjoy your favorite podcasts
Unlimited skips
Sounds good doesn't it?
(Premium also included 2 additional features - Unlimited offline listening,
Make and share playlists, which I was willing to forego)

However, and here is the problem, once I gave my credit card to Pandora for billing, and logged in, I saw a DIFFERENT list of features available to me with my PLUS membership. NO "Ad free listening", NO "Search and play anything". Now I would have to upgrade again, since presumably these features ARE available with Premium, at twice the cost of Plus of course. SUCKER! But of course we aren't told the truth until AFTER we "sign on the dotted line", so to speak.

Frankly, I didn't see any difference between the free version and the true Plus version. Both have ads, neither has "Search and play anything". Why pay for Plus?. (Personally, I didn't care about Unlimited skips or podcasts)

So minutes later I cancelled my paid PLUS subscription. Thankfully I had saved the cancellation instructions. Since I did this less than 10 minutes after signing up, and still during the month long free trial, I should not be billed. And if billed, I will not pay.
I can't imagine why Pandora believes that this is a good policy - attempting to screw customers out of their money under false pretenses. In my mind that is attempted theft. Attempted because I caught the deception immediately and cancelled.

I hope this may help at least one person avoid the anger and aggravation I experienced.

Well, that's all, I'm off to find an HONEST music website.
PANDORA DISGUSTS ME!

properly! And that's a big fat NO from me for the paid version. Just not worth it.

Pandora is an audio streaming service that allows you to listen to music, podcasts, and other audio content. I tried the free version first and was quite disappointed. The volume was turned up to maximum on my phone, but I could barely hear anything. This was definitely a let-down for me, especially since I was considering paying for a subscription.

However, I do understand that sometimes things don't work out as planned and perhaps this was just a one-off issue. Despite this, I am hesitant to upgrade to the paid version because I am worried I may encounter the same problem.

Overall, I think Pandora has a lot of potential but it needs to work on its volume levels so that customers can fully enjoy the content. If the issue gets fixed, I would definitely consider subscribing to the paid version. But for now, I think I'll stick with my current audio streaming service.

I had a bad experience with Pandora. Let me tell you, it's a real bum deal. My advice is steer clear, folks! I had to file a chargeback on my Visa card and thankfully I got my money back in the end. Here's the scoop: I placed an order with them and then when I tried to get in touch with them later I found out that their email addresses were bogus and their phone number didn't work. Total scam, right? Just be warned, you might not have the same luck as me if you get mixed up with Pandora.

Ok so, I just want to say, I had a bit of trouble with my online order on pandora.net. Here's the thing, if you got a problem too, like I did, you're better off just canceling your order and starting over. Their customer service hotline is a bit of a mess. You might have to wait it out on hold for a looong time before anyone picks up, and even then, the calls might drop like they did with me. And listen, I ain't sayin' the staff ain't nice, but it seems like they don't necessarily know how to help you out very much. So, that's a bummer. But hey, if you don't mind a bit of a hassle, their online store does have some pretty nice stuff.

I gotta tell ya, the experience I had on Pandora.net was not a pleasant one at all. It's crazy how they treat their customers. I mean, am I the only one who's had to deal with their so-called "customer service" people? I doubt it. Those folks were just plain unprofessional. The way they talked to me was just rude and disrespectful.

And don't even get me started on their canned responses. Every time I had an issue, all they would say was "we're sorry, we'll pass on the information." Like, really? Is that all you can offer? I never got any resolutions from them. It's like they only care about your money and nothing else.

Honestly, I think they're one of the worst online companies out there. I wouldn't recommend Pandora.net to anyone. They just don't know how to treat their customers right.

I went to Pandora store in Lexington KY and had an experience where I almost spent $115 on a supposed gold ring. But then I realized that it was just gold plated! Therefore, I decided not to get it and choose the sterling silver alternative instead. I think it's pretty absurd to sell rings that are just gold plated for such an expensive price. It's misleading because it may deceive customers into thinking they are purchasing genuine gold when really they aren't. They need to lower the prices on those fake rings!

I made an order online and the money was taken out of my account. However, 6 whole days had passed and I had not received any updates, so I decided to contact customer service to inquire about the status of my order. To my dismay, they informed me that they had absolutely no knowledge of my order, despite the fact that they had already taken the money from my account. Can you imagine?

But that's not even the end of it. Instead of attempting to find out what had gone wrong with my order and resolving the issue, all they did was tell me that I would be refunded. No apologies or attempts at rectification, just a simple "you'll get your money back." What the actual f***?

I'm seriously disappointed in this experience, and I don't see myself being a repeat customer in the future. It's a shame because I was really looking forward to receiving the items I had ordered. But if this is how their customer service handles issues, I'd rather take my business elsewhere.

I was lookin' to get a gift for my lady on Black Friday so I got on Pandora.net and put in my order. Got a confirmation right away but then I didn't hear nothin' for like 10 days. Finally got fed up and called up to see what was goin' on, and they told me they had cancelled my order cuz they didn't have it in stock. I mean, why even let people order stuff if there ain't no stock? That's just takin' folks' money and holdin' it for as long as they can!

So then I talked to like 9 different customer service folks, and none of them was any help at all. I been buyin' from Pandora for years now and spendin' a lot of money there, but I ain't doin' it no more. They lost my trust and my business, and I'll be takin' my hard-earned cash elsewhere from now on.

So, I finally got my stuff after what felt like ages, like a whole month, WTF. When the weak-[censored] package finally showed up it was all crumpled and looked like some cheap junk from the dollar store. The quality of the items inside was mega disappointing, honestly, I coulda got better crap at some janky Chinese store for like pennies on the dollar. I mean seriously, less than $5 each, it's that terrible cuz. I already shelled out a huge $250 for what was worth like $20 all in all. Honestly, these fools need to get it together and step up their game. Clearly, I gotta return this trash, but I know they gonna make it a hassle and cost me an arm and a leg. Smh, never again.

I just wanted to share my experience shopping at Pandora. I have to say that overall, I really enjoy their products. It's always fun to shop for jewelry, and I appreciate the variety of styles that Pandora has to offer.

However, I did have a recent issue with a missing package. I was really disappointed when I didn't receive my merchandise, so I decided to call the customer service number. The representative who answered, Josh, was really rude right from the beginning. He sighed when he picked up the phone, and then cut me off when I was trying to explain the reason for my call. It was pretty frustrating, to say the least.

Unfortunately, Josh continued to be rude throughout the conversation. He raised his voice and was really unfriendly and unprofessional. I really hope that the conversations with customers are recorded, because that was truly unacceptable behavior.

Despite this issue, I still think that Pandora is a great brand overall. I just hope that they can work on improving their customer service so that other people don't have to deal with the same thing that I did.

I really love me some Pandora jewelry, but let me tell you - sometimes they can really let you down. I bought this chain, right? It was supposed to be sterling silver, but let me tell you, honey, it turned black faster than those bananas on my countertop. And don't even get me started on their excuses! They tried to tell me it was because I wore perfume and lotion? Come on now, I ain't no fool! I've had real sterling silver chains that lasted me for years and didn't turn black like this one did. I'm just so disappointed, you know? It's like, why even bother telling me it's sterling silver if it's not? Anyway, I'm still gonna wear my other Pandora pieces, but I'll be thinking twice before buying another chain from them.

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I pay for my Pandora music, I spend many hours clicking on the music I like, creating stations and loading them with music.

Pandora keeps putting music I don't want, it has nothing to do with the station created, as an example I have a old hawaiian and island music station " no rock or such music. I spent hours clicking good and bad,

Now pandora forces me to listen with my clicker in hand so I can thumbs down the music they keep sticking into my playing. They also keep taking my thumbs up off many tunes and that forces me to re thumbs up them

Why am I paying for a service that does not listen

I was charged a $4.99 charge for something I have no idea about I would like my money to be put back on my card please I have no idea nothing about this charge I didn't authorize this charge at all thank you the date this happened on was February 25th 2020

There are so many times when the notice comes on that says “insufficient connectivity”. What does this mean? I lose the music at least 3-4 times a week. It’s not on my side but theirs and I have no recourse as to who to talk with or how to say something about this.

Pandora has been charging me for months now and I can't figure out why. On January 28th at 2:59 a.m. I was charged $9.99. I don't have a premium account I just have a regular free account yet they continue to charge me 10 a month. I thought maybe I had purchased a premium or tried a free 30 day trial but I can't find anything that indicates that I have a premium account.

I have been charged 10.92 for months now. I have not been reimbursed yet and I unsubscribed not even know how I got the subscription to begin with. *Pandora [protected] CAUS Is what keeps taking money from my account. Can I get reimbursed for all the months I had take out of my account. I don't want to go to a different music ap. But if this issue is not resolved I will have to. I been loyal to pandora

$5.51 CHARGE SHOWED UP ON MY TRANSACTIONS--I DID NOT AUTHORIZE THIS CHARGE & DO NOT KNOW WHAT IS FOR.

09/20/2021 POS DEB 1117 09/18/[protected] GOOGLE *Pandor GOOGLE *Pandora Mountain View CA C#4397 (5.51)

IS THERE A CHANCE FOR REIMBURSEMENT HERE? IS SO, WOULD YOU PERHAPS KNOW HOW TO GO ABOUT IT?

THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME--

I, DEB

[protected]

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