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Old 10-11-2009, 9:32 PM   #121
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Re: Cheapest place for 12 months Xbox Live?

I am very curious as to how these sellers are able to price Xbox Live Codes at such a low price

I have read through the entire thread and it appears that the codes are emailed. What Guarantee is given that these codes are genuine and have not been created with some sort of key generator, and risk gettting banned from Xbox live ?

Sorry just getting paranoid over this
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Old 10-11-2009, 9:42 PM   #122
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Re: Cheapest place for 12 months Xbox Live?

hi fish, all codes are fully genuine and sold by microsoft distributors even the scanned in copies of the cards can be provided.

none of the codes are generated by keys - i wished lol id be a billionaire?
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Old 11-11-2009, 1:28 AM   #123
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Re: Cheapest place for 12 months Xbox Live?

my one from live-codes came with a scanned card atachment
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Old 11-11-2009, 11:49 AM   #124
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Re: Cheapest place for 12 months Xbox Live?

fishfash, I got one and it worked as I've said in another post. Plenty of others have had them too without problem. The eBay seller i got mine from had thousands of positive feedbacks.
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Re: Cheapest place for 12 months Xbox Live?

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fishfash, I got one and it worked as I've said in another post. Plenty of others have had them too without problem. The eBay seller i got mine from had thousands of positive feedbacks.
Hi Covert got a few quick questions please, I want to start a XBL account what do I need to do?
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Old 12-11-2009, 2:50 PM   #126
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Re: Cheapest place for 12 months Xbox Live?

The cheapest place at this moment is getxboxcodes.com . The 12 month xbox live subscription is going £ 26.00 , its the currently the lowest i have found , even after searching ebay. I got my Code in about 5 minutes after payment.
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Old 12-11-2009, 2:53 PM   #127
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Re: Cheapest place for 12 months Xbox Live?

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Hi Covert got a few quick questions please, I want to start a XBL account what do I need to do?

First you need an xbox 360. And high speed internet Connection. On your xbox 360 create a gamer profile. Then click on the dashboard button hit Join xbox live. You can either purchase a subscription directly from Microsoft, which is very expensive , or you can purchase an xbox live code from private online retailers for half the price. I recommend getxboxcodes.com .
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Old 12-11-2009, 2:57 PM   #128
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Re: Cheapest place for 12 months Xbox Live?

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I am very curious as to how these sellers are able to price Xbox Live Codes at such a low price

I have read through the entire thread and it appears that the codes are emailed. What Guarantee is given that these codes are genuine and have not been created with some sort of key generator, and risk gettting banned from Xbox live ?

Sorry just getting paranoid over this
Most codes are genuine Microsoft codes. The way people are getting them at low prices, xbox live subscriptions are very cheap in the United States, if you check amazon.com US, they sell xbox live 12 months below £ 25 , now can we say amazon is selling non genuine codes, NO, they are just cheaper in the United States, So Uk private sellers have connections with US suppliers , if you ever ask these sellers to ship the code, they will never ship you the actual card, because none of them actually have it in their possession , they only have scans.
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Old 12-11-2009, 6:18 PM   #129
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Re: Cheapest place for 12 months Xbox Live?

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Hi Covert got a few quick questions please, I want to start a XBL account what do I need to do?
I know this question has been answered by peterboy but before you go buying 12 months (or three months), you have the option on a new 360 to try a month's trial of Live and to do that three times as well so three months of Live for free.

Create Gamertag, Join XBox Live Gold as mentioned and you have a month's trial. When it expires, you can create another gamertag, then repeat again.
This only works on a new console three times although when I sold my old Pro console I just did it twice from new so that the buyer would have a month for themselves.

Also you could use the 48 hour Live trial cards that often come with games, including Fable II and Gears of War II. They're reported to be in Modern Warfare 2 but my copy didn't have one.

Gold Live isn't for everybody, as some people find they hate the immature, racist, homophobic and just spiteful behaviour that can sometimes be encountered in MP matches. Not to mention the cheating, abusive text messages, abusive voice mails, being kicked from game lobbies just because they don't know you, etc.

At the same time, online MP has changed my gaming life and I've made a lot of new friends. Like I say, you can test the water without committing to a year to see what you think.
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Old 12-11-2009, 7:07 PM   #130
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Re: Cheapest place for 12 months Xbox Live?

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I know this question has been answered by peterboy but before you go buying 12 months (or three months), you have the option on a new 360 to try a month's trial of Live and to do that three times as well so three months of Live for free.

Create Gamertag, Join XBox Live Gold as mentioned and you have a month's trial. When it expires, you can create another gamertag, then repeat again.
This only works on a new console three times although when I sold my old Pro console I just did it twice from new so that the buyer would have a month for themselves.

Also you could use the 48 hour Live trial cards that often come with games, including Fable II and Gears of War II. They're reported to be in Modern Warfare 2 but my copy didn't have one.

Gold Live isn't for everybody, as some people find they hate the immature, racist, homophobic and just spiteful behaviour that can sometimes be encountered in MP matches. Not to mention the cheating, abusive text messages, abusive voice mails, being kicked from game lobbies just because they don't know you, etc.

At the same time, online MP has changed my gaming life and I've made a lot of new friends. Like I say, you can test the water without committing to a year to see what you think.
Brilliant help, much obliged.

The thing is I have had the 360 since around February 2006, and have never previously wanted to try out live, however having really enjoyed PSN gaming for the past few years I feel i need to try out XBL. Especially as my friends keep reminding me how it is so much better than psn. Also have a great deal of interest in games such as left for dead for example so I feel its time to give it a try. Mind you I have been through around 3 XBOX's until i decided to upgrade to the elite, have not played it much at all since playing Fable 2. I will have a go soon, thanks again for the heads up
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Old 14-11-2009, 1:59 PM   #131
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Re: Cheapest place for 12 months Xbox Live?

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The cheapest place at this moment is getxboxcodes.com . The 12 month xbox live subscription is going £ 26.00 , its the currently the lowest i have found , even after searching ebay. I got my Code in about 5 minutes after payment.
I ordered a code from this site 11am yesterday and still have not received my Live code. Just letting other users know in case they were thinking of using this site.
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Old 15-11-2009, 6:48 PM   #132
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I ordered a code from this site 11am yesterday and still have not received my Live code. Just letting other users know in case they were thinking of using this site.
Yeah well, Peterboy only probably joined up to this forum to fleece some money out of you. Only 3 posts to his name, all in this thread, so far, and the last time online was at the time of his last post. Doesn't look good.

I have my fingers crossed for you Rocafella, if I was you I would PM Peterboy.
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Old 16-11-2009, 5:51 PM   #133
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Re: Cheapest place for 12 months Xbox Live?

So where is the cheapest place to buy 12 months Golf membership from now? The guy on eBay has no more listing for the 12 months
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Old 16-11-2009, 10:25 PM   #134
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So where is the cheapest place to buy 12 months Golf membership from now? The guy on eBay has no more listing for the 12 months
golf?
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Old 16-11-2009, 10:31 PM   #135
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Yeah well, Peterboy only probably joined up to this forum to fleece some money out of you. Only 3 posts to his name, all in this thread, so far, and the last time online was at the time of his last post. Doesn't look good.

I have my fingers crossed for you Rocafella, if I was you I would PM Peterboy.
True. It was only £3.80 for 1 month of live luckily. I've sent them 2 emails and haven't had a reply still.
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Old 16-11-2009, 11:20 PM   #136
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Re: Cheapest place for 12 months Xbox Live?

There ale loads on ebay fro around 26-27 pounds and here is one of them (3k of positive feedback)click

I hope it is not against rules and I have nothing together with that shop
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Old 17-11-2009, 9:05 PM   #137
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Re: Cheapest place for 12 months Xbox Live?

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I know this question has been answered by peterboy but before you go buying 12 months (or three months), you have the option on a new 360 to try a month's trial of Live and to do that three times as well so three months of Live for free.

Create Gamertag, Join XBox Live Gold as mentioned and you have a month's trial. When it expires, you can create another gamertag, then repeat again.
This only works on a new console three times although when I sold my old Pro console I just did it twice from new so that the buyer would have a month for themselves.

Also you could use the 48 hour Live trial cards that often come with games, including Fable II and Gears of War II. They're reported to be in Modern Warfare 2 but my copy didn't have one.

Gold Live isn't for everybody, as some people find they hate the immature, racist, homophobic and just spiteful behaviour that can sometimes be encountered in MP matches. Not to mention the cheating, abusive text messages, abusive voice mails, being kicked from game lobbies just because they don't know you, etc.

At the same time, online MP has changed my gaming life and I've made a lot of new friends. Like I say, you can test the water without committing to a year to see what you think.
Well done Covert never knew you had 3 goes at Live.

My boy wanted to play CODWAW online but was reluctant to pay for Live. Just used this trick and he's away.
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Re: Cheapest place for 12 months Xbox Live?

Any idea when you'll get more stock in of the 12 months Xbox live codes Mark?

Live-Codes - Instant Gaming Subscriptions & Points
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Old 18-11-2009, 2:47 PM   #139
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Re: Cheapest place for 12 months Xbox Live?

I recently went into my local Blockbusters and got a 1 year for the standard price (39.99 I think?) but with a free month and some Forza theme pack (not sure how to actually get the themepack though lol!
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Old 20-11-2009, 3:17 PM   #140
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True. It was only £3.80 for 1 month of live luckily. I've sent them 2 emails and haven't had a reply still.
Finally managed to get this sorted today. I went to their website and they had a chat box, unbeknown to me and luckily a team member was online and I have now received my code.
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Had to renew today, done a bit of checking and this place was the cheapest:
xbox live points| cheap gaming codes| Xbox live 12 month cheap| buy xbox live 12 month card l xbox live 12 month subscription code l xbox live 12 month gold membership card | Cheap Xbox Live Codes

Cost £26.99 for 12months and scanned copy of code was emailed within 3 minutes of paying.
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I recently went into my local Blockbusters and got a 1 year for the standard price (39.99 I think?) but with a free month and some Forza theme pack (not sure how to actually get the themepack though lol!
On the scratchcard there should be 2 codes. One for the 12+1 months of LIVE, the other is for the Forza Premium theme. Just enter each code under the "Redeem Code" part of the dashboard (press the guide button and then left a couple of times I think) and you'll download the theme for free.
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Had to renew today, done a bit of checking and this place was the cheapest:
xbox live points| cheap gaming codes| Xbox live 12 month cheap| buy xbox live 12 month card l xbox live 12 month subscription code l xbox live 12 month gold membership card | Cheap Xbox Live Codes

Cost £26.99 for 12months and scanned copy of code was emailed within 3 minutes of paying.
Used these guys today, again with me within a few minutes.
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Just used these also...

xbox live points| cheap gaming codes| Xbox live 12 month cheap| buy xbox live 12 month card l xbox live 12 month subscription code l xbox live 12 month gold membership card | Cheap Xbox Live Codes

Code was sent to me within 5 mins... Like the security set up very much

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Another thumbs up from me for the site in the post above mine. Code sent really quickly!
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Old 15-03-2010, 7:31 PM   #146
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As above. Used the site and within 5 minutes had the code. Cheap and Quick
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regarding instantxboxcards.com

Guys n Gals,

After being referred by a family member to get my xbox gold membership from instantxboxcards.com it seems this organisation takes your money and doesnt deliver the goods.

I purchased my membership on Sunday received an 'automated' email with the link but when I clicked on the link no codes or files containing any image scan of the card. I have contacted them since to which they do not reply asking them to send a scanned image of the membership which they state they will do anyway.

Still no communication so I am now on the verge of actually contacting the police to investigate which I will be doing tomorrow if no communication.

I understand that people may be dealing with other things in life but is it not thieft if you give your money in exchange for a product or service to a business and then its not delivered.

I hope they do reply because all I want is my membership but if they dont then I think I will need to contact companys house, police, trading standards etc to see if this is an actual business.

I will keep you all informed of my findings.

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I got 3 months xbox live gold and all the skysports channels for £14.99 from argos good deal considering its normally £30, sky sports stream works well too.
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I got 3 months xbox live gold and all the skysports channels for £14.99 from argos good deal considering its normally £30, sky sports stream works well too.
It's £14.99 everywhere now
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instantxboxcards.com

Well Guys n Gals after sending the organisation a nice email simply telling them the next stage would be contacting the police if no communication within 12 hours, they did refund the money.

I do not think I would trust such a company again but at least they refunded the money.

my advice is watch who you purchase from.

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