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Can you buy an xbox live subscription from ebay

  • 19-11-2008 11:47am
    #1
    bruce wayne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 530 ✭✭✭


    Guys,

    I'm a total newbie to the whole xbox live thing, and will be setting it up over the weekend. My xbox has never been online yet. Can I buy a gold subscription from ebay Uk and will it work here? As in....is it country specific?

    thanks


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  • #2
    Mr E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55,571 ✭✭✭✭Mr E


    Perfectly safe (and huge savings to be made too). You'll be emailed a code within a few hours of purchase.

    Check this thread for more info (and recommended sellers): http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055408413

    I bought a code about 3 weeks ago for about €35, and it works perfectly.

    Make sure you use dazftw's link - thats the one I used.


  • #3
    Nedved85
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,770 ✭✭✭Nedved85


    Play.com do them for €49

    http://www.play.com/Games/Xbox360/4-/860394/Xbox-Live-12-Month-Gold-Membership-Card/Product.html


  • #4
    bruce wayne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 530 ✭✭✭bruce wayne


    thanks for that very quick response, so a UK code will work here cool. What happens in 13 months time when you go to renew your subscription, do MS just hit your credit card that you entered at regestration stage? or do you buy another card from ebay ?

    thanks
    B


  • #5
    Nedved85
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,770 ✭✭✭Nedved85


    I know its off topic but if i redeem a 12 month code as you can do on the xbox, does this mean Microsoft wont charge me the €60 direct debit as they usually do every 12 months for me?Mines up in January


  • #6
    Y2J_MUFC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,110 ✭✭✭Y2J_MUFC


    bruce wayne wrote: »
    thanks for that very quick response, so a UK code will work here cool. What happens in 13 months time when you go to renew your subscription, do MS just hit your credit card that you entered at regestration stage? or do you buy another card from ebay ?

    thanks
    B

    If you haven't gone online to xbox.com and subscribed to xbox live then your credit card won't be billed.

    You enter a redeem code, that gives you the 12 or 13 months, and then when that expires you will need to buy another one and repeat the process.

    DON'T use your credit card to buy xbox live. You've to ring them to cancel it and they whine and moan....basically trying to convince you not to cancel. They will renew your subscription, and bill you automatically too.


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  • #7
    bruce wayne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 530 ✭✭✭bruce wayne


    excellent...thanks for that.....


  • #8
    Jip
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,418 ✭✭✭Jip


    Y2J_MUFC wrote: »
    DON'T use your credit card to buy xbox live. You've to ring them to cancel it and they whine and moan....basically trying to convince you not to cancel. They will renew your subscription, and bill you automatically too.

    I think there's an option when registering for Live not to automatically renew which is what I done last year, come expiry time last month it wasn't renewed.


  • #9
    Y2J_MUFC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,110 ✭✭✭Y2J_MUFC


    Jip wrote: »
    I think there's an option when registering for Live not to automatically renew which is what I done last year, come expiry time last month it wasn't renewed.

    Oh, really? Thats better so. I must have missed that or that wasn't an option at the time. Even still, i wouldn't use my credit card... had a bit of an "incident" which could only have been related to two things, live being one of them.


  • #10
    ShooterSF
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,824 ✭✭✭ShooterSF


    When I set up live there was some reason (back in original xbox days) I registered in New York, something to do with Messenger at the time having extras if you were in America. Carried my profile over to the 360 and have been saving a bomb buying subscriptions on ebay from the States :)


  • #11
    kaimera
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,396 ✭✭✭✭kaimera


    http://www.microsoftpointsxbox.com/

    bought mine a few months back from these guys; emailed the code shortly after paying by paypal; 12+1 months for €30-something [the euro was doing better v the dollar than now!]

    works fine


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  • #12
    Lord Spence
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,177 ✭✭✭Lord Spence


    Hi Everyone I have some 3 month live subs for sale if anyone is interested €10, I'll e-mail codes after paypal payment. I'll give one free to the first three people to PM me.


  • #13
    xbox36016
    Closed Accounts Posts: 764 ✭✭✭xbox36016


    DC3QP-2YQ6J-GMWJC-2MD4T-W2Y2Q free live code


  • #14
    Zonda999
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,533 ✭✭✭Zonda999


    xbox36016 wrote: »
    DC3QP-2YQ6J-GMWJC-2MD4T-W2Y2Q free live code

    OMG!!!! That code actually worked!!!!! I was expecting 48hours, not 3 months!!!:D:D:D

    Thank you so much!!!!

    Still cant believe that....


  • #15
    Lord Spence
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,177 ✭✭✭Lord Spence


    Hi everyone free live subs all gone now, Still though if you interested I have some left for only €10 for 3 month subs.


  • #16
    Gran Hermano
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,330 ✭✭✭Gran Hermano


    13 months for 34 euro from this guy I noticed recommended on another thread on this forum.

    Picked one up from him and code worked fine.
    €34 is a lot better than €59 if you renew it automatically with your credit card.


  • #17
    vestanpance
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 355 ✭✭vestanpance


    Zonda999 wrote: »
    OMG!!!! That code actually worked!!!!! I was expecting 48hours, not 3 months!!!:D:D:D

    Thank you so much!!!!

    Still cant believe that....

    3 months for me too, thanks to Lord Spence.


  • #18
    Redhairedguy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,711 ✭✭✭Redhairedguy


    Lord Spence is a gentleman...


  • #19
    Adyx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,997 ✭✭✭Adyx


    Sorry for bumping an oldish thread, but I wanted to confirm that if I bought this (UK website), that it would work on my "Irish" Xbox.

    Edit: Just got home and my link above no longer works. :( They don't seem to have the subscription card on their site at all any more.


  • #20
    dazftw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,728 ✭✭✭dazftw


    Adyx wrote: »
    Sorry for bumping an oldish thread, but I wanted to confirm that if I bought this (UK website), that it would work on my "Irish" Xbox.
    Yeah the codes are region as they say :)

    Network with your people: https://www.builtinireland.ie/



  • #21
    vestanpance
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 355 ✭✭vestanpance


    Adyx wrote: »
    Sorry for bumping an oldish thread, but I wanted to confirm that if I bought this (UK website), that it would work on my "Irish" Xbox.

    Edit: Just got home and my link above no longer works. :( They don't seem to have the subscription card on their site at all any more.


    Being sold for €35 on adverts.ie

    http://www.adverts.ie/showproduct.php?product=83981&cpage=2#poststart


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