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172 of 188 people found the following review helpful:
Prepaid Is Better
To start off, I'd like to say that XBox Live is amazing and worth every penny. Online gaming is incredibly fun and a quite good way to pass time.
That aside, there are downsides to XBox Live that can be avoided through prepaid cards. Number one, you always run the risk that unwarranted transactions will be made if your credit card information is stored on...
Published on December 19, 2006 by J. Gable
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25 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
Nice money grab
Good job to Amazon for raising the price by $10 on their existing stock the instant Microsoft announces a price hike. I figured they'd at least keep existing stock at the right price until Microsoft officially raises the price a month from now, but apparently it was too good to pass up. Shame on Microsoft and Amazon.
Published 9 days ago by Brett Kelly
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172 of 188 people found the following review helpful:
Prepaid Is Better, December 19, 2006
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To start off, I'd like to say that XBox Live is amazing and worth every penny. Online gaming is incredibly fun and a quite good way to pass time.
That aside, there are downsides to XBox Live that can be avoided through prepaid cards. Number one, you always run the risk that unwarranted transactions will be made if your credit card information is stored on your XBox 360 system. It may not happen all that often, but it's best to avoid it all together.
The biggest reason to buy prepaid Xbox Live card is the renewal process that happens when you don't use one. If you order XBox Live through your system, it'll renew everytime your subscription runs out. This wouldn't be a problem except that it's not that easy to cancel. Instead of cancelling through your system, you have to go through the hassle of actually calling XBox Live support. Even then, depending on the representative you get, you may be hassled to keep your subscription because they really don't want you to cancel it. I'm guessing that's part of their job to convince you to keep it, but it still is frustrating to the person that is trying to cancel it.
You'll have to go through this process everytime you want to cancel if you don't use a prepaid card. Is that hassle really worth it? I don't think so. Therefore, avoid all of the problems by simply buying a prepaid card. You won't be sorry.
UPDATE (7/7/2010): This review was written in 2006 and back then you had to call customer service to stop the auto-renewal. As users in the comment of this review have pointed out, since then you can simply go to the main website and disable it, but you have to do this every single time you buy a new subscription.
The prepaid card is still the ultimate way to go. You don't have to worry about forgetting to stop the renewal, plus the prices are just simply better during much of the year. Sometimes Microsoft will have special trials (such as three months for half off), but for the rest of the time, the ease of Amazon's new digital service to send you the code or the savings of having the actual card shipped to you is just too good to pass up. If you're buying it for a gift, that special gamer in your life will definitely love you for getting it for them!
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132 of 158 people found the following review helpful:
Cheapest Live Subsription Option, November 5, 2009
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This review is from: Xbox 360 12 Month Live Gold Card (Video Game)
From what I can find this is the cheapest cost per month option available for a live gold subscription. Depending on the current price, it ranges from $2.9158 to $3.3325 per month. What I don't get is why this credit card sized subscription card comes in such wasteful packaging. It comes in a rather large plastic packaging, which requires it to be shipped in a box. You get free shipping, but how wasteful. Why doesn't amazon just offer the code online and not eat the cost of shipping and at the same time be a little greener?
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25 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
Nice money grab, August 31, 2010
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This review is from: Xbox 360 12 Month Live Gold Card (Video Game)
Good job to Amazon for raising the price by $10 on their existing stock the instant Microsoft announces a price hike. I figured they'd at least keep existing stock at the right price until Microsoft officially raises the price a month from now, but apparently it was too good to pass up. Shame on Microsoft and Amazon.
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18 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
Best Deal you will ever find! ! !, January 7, 2010
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This review is from: Xbox 360 12 Month Live Gold Card (Video Game)
This is the BEST deal I have ever found on the Xbox Live 12 Month Subscription.
I looked 6-10 different places for a deal on this and only found 1 close to this and that was wal-fart but I dislike shopping there so Amazon was the place to go.
This should be a guaranteed buy and you CAN'T beat the Price!!!
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
It is what it is, January 19, 2010
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This review is from: Xbox 360 12 Month Live Gold Card (Video Game)
Find the card on sale every so often each year. Don't pay the full price. The Xbox Live Gold is stellar and I love it, but I don't see how they charge $50 or more a year and you don't get any freebies...other than advanced demo downloads. They need to throw a bone for a free song or discounted DLC or a free rental every so often. I have spent well over $1000 in my 3 years with the Xbox 360 on peripherals, games and downloads. 2% of my money spent as a gift would have paid for 1600 points of DLC...that would be a nice thank you from Xbox 360 for keeping their community alive and well.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
Nice deal!, December 6, 2009
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This review is from: Xbox 360 12 Month Live Gold Card (Video Game)
My fiancee was under the $6 a month plan - this is a much better deal. We bought this card for $40, which is better than the $72 we WERE paying.
Xbox Live really contributes to the gaming experience. The connection to Netflix is almost enough to get it RIGHT there. It helps us to maximize use of our Netflix subscription AND any games we buy (expansion releases).
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
i would suggest buying these now, August 30, 2010
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This review is from: Xbox 360 12 Month Live Gold Card (Video Game)
for those of you that are fellow x box live players you might want to buy a couple of these because microsoft is about to raise the prices so if you want it cheaper BUY NOW!
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
Too Slow in Delivery, April 7, 2010
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I opted to order the Xbox Live 12-month Gold digitally, vs. in the mail, and spend the extra 9 dollars so that I could get the code instantly (as advertised). Once the payment was made, the page kept saying "one moment please; this should take less than a minute" and after FIVE minutes, I was notified that the order is "taking too long to process and is now pending". Over an hour later, it is still "pending". What is the POINT of a digital download if it's pending hours later? I've had Xbox Live Gold cards and they're great; can't be without them on the console. But this is my first digital order for it via Amazon and it is a total let down.
**UPDATE** I received the code via email about 18 hours later. However, for a digital download (esp if you hop online to buy it so you can continue whatever you're doing on your Xbox right away), that's slow. But the code worked in the long-run so I increased the rating by 1 star.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
Wrong Doing.., September 7, 2010
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This review is from: Xbox 360 12 Month Live Gold Card (Video Game)
Amazon was always my first stop for XBOX live. But since the announcement of a price increase, Amazon has really let me down. All they are doing is trying to cash in before the price actually increases. The deals on this website were great, but now they are just as greedy as other corporate entities. The price of the subscription has not even rose yet, but Amazon has decided to leave all their loyal customers out to dry.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
Get it for 35, if its higher than that you did not look hard enough., March 16, 2010
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This review is from: Xbox 360 12 Month Live Gold Card (Video Game)
Xbox Live is essential to playing your console and I would recommend it to any player, but don't go around dropping 50 dollars or more. The price can be found as low as 30 now so set some standards and do a little deal looking. The experience is worth paying, but don't pay more than you have to.
Happy buying.
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