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expiredautosaver posted Jan 22, 2021 06:16 PM
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PSA: Xbox Live doubling in price. STOCK UP NOW! - $60.00

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Microsoft has recently announced that the price of Xbox Live Gold is going up. The $60 1 year membership will now be $60 for a 6 month membership. If you are subscribed at the current rate they will honor a renew at your old price.

Retailers are now carrying the new $60 6 month cards. You can get ahead by stocking up on the old cards at their original price points being the price hike. This will make the gamepass trick more expensive too at the new price points, so now is the time.

I've provided a few good prices below. Take advantage while you can.

Costco: 2 years for $95.00
https://www.costco.com/xbox-live-...75009.html

Target: 1 year for $59.99
https://www.target.com/p/xbox-liv...A-54256322

Amazon: 1 year for $59.99
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002VBW...cGb5P93C7T

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2021/...d-pricing/
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Microsoft has recently announced that the price of Xbox Live Gold is going up. The $60 1 year membership will now be $60 for a 6 month membership. If you are subscribed at the current rate they will honor a renew at your old price.

Retailers are now carrying the new $60 6 month cards. You can get ahead by stocking up on the old cards at their original price points being the price hike. This will make the gamepass trick more expensive too at the new price points, so now is the time.

I've provided a few good prices below. Take advantage while you can.

Costco: 2 years for $95.00
https://www.costco.com/xbox-live-...75009.html

Target: 1 year for $59.99
https://www.target.com/p/xbox-liv...A-54256322

Amazon: 1 year for $59.99
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002VBW...cGb5P93C7T

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2021/...d-pricing/

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Jan 22, 2021 11:24 PM
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wolfie14Jan 22, 2021 11:24 PM
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Quote from crrabie :
Cost you time bro. Add up all the time you've spent clicking mindlessly lol
Not the person you replied to but that was originally going to be my strategy to get free Xbox live but I quickly realized that it is very time consuming to max your points every day. You have to remember to stick to it daily and because of the quizzes you have to complete, it takes a lot of time. Also, if you don't have your desktop with you it takes even longer to do everything from mobile by requesting desktop website to get all possible points.

They even made it harder for some of the quizzes as you used to be able to hit the back button and choose the correct answer but now that doesn't work on every quiz and for some of them you only get the points for each correct answer. Googling every single thing takes way too much time lol I ended up abandoning that plan pretty quickly and only do a few points here and there if I'm bored or waiting for something.

I've heard there are browser extensions that do the searches for you but if MS finds out they ban your account so it doesn't seem worth it if you get some crazy amount of points and then lose them all due to a ban.
Jan 22, 2021 11:25 PM
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Jan 22, 2021 11:25 PM
BeigeOctopus868Jan 22, 2021 11:25 PM
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Brazil price still low
Jan 22, 2021 11:30 PM
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Jan 22, 2021 11:30 PM
estoylocoJan 22, 2021 11:30 PM
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Quote from happygooddeal :
Just bought 2year from Costco. What is the conversion 2year live to Ultimate ?
1:1 ratio. Buy another year first before converting
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Jan 22, 2021 11:34 PM
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Jan 22, 2021 11:34 PM
kasseenJan 22, 2021 11:34 PM
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looks like ill be buying all my subscriptions virtually in Brazil for now on
Jan 22, 2021 11:36 PM
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Jan 22, 2021 11:36 PM
BostonKingBJan 22, 2021 11:36 PM
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Quote from happygooddeal :
Just bought 2year from Costco. What is the conversion 2year live to Ultimate ?
They cancelled your order. Sorry
Jan 22, 2021 11:37 PM
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Jan 22, 2021 11:37 PM
kkdx100Jan 22, 2021 11:37 PM
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Quote from BostonKingB :
I always wonder if people are just lying on here because they think it makes them seem cool acting like they were able to get a deal... but the Costco deal is deader than dead and has been all day. I spoke to Costco customer service 2x and both gave me the same answer. The 24 month cards are backordered and the orders are being auto-cancelled immediately upon making them. There is nothing any customer service phone rep can do to complete any of these orders, they don't have them in stock. I even asked if they'd sell me 12 month cards for the price of the 24 and they said promotional prices are by item number so they couldn't do that.

ANyone have any experience with ElectronicsFirst.com - they've got a "Worldwide" 12 month Xbox sub for $53.99 (at PayPal checkout price goes up to $55.96, not sure why)

https://www.electronicfirst.com/1...8VEALw_wcB
I was able to purchase it this morning and got my code an hour later.
Jan 22, 2021 11:39 PM
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princeofpersiaJan 22, 2021 11:39 PM
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Quote from estoyloco :
I don't see why you can't. Especially if you don't have any digital games purchased on that XBL account.

Even if you have bought digital games it is not the end of the world. You can have multiple profiles on a single Xbox. And if you have games on your original defunct profile, it will work on any profile as long as the Xbox is set as home on the defunct account.

I guess you really have 3 options at this point. Option 3 is probably the best then Big Grin
True. Thanks. 🙂

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Jan 22, 2021 11:40 PM
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prwashbuJan 22, 2021 11:40 PM
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Thanks for the heads up.

FYI anyone with game pass you have to cancel game pass first and let it expire. Otherwise it tries to convert the code into 4 months of game pass.
Jan 22, 2021 11:41 PM
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Jan 22, 2021 11:41 PM
McNastyJan 22, 2021 11:41 PM
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Quote from ntoledo9494 :
Online Costco is weird sometimes, had the same thing happen when buying a Nintendo eShop card. I would try a couple more times.

If you are using somebody else's Costco card try making sure the Billing details/name match the members info.
Costco just canceled my order for 1 2-year code too. Getting the wife to try now.
Jan 22, 2021 11:41 PM
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Jan 22, 2021 11:41 PM
NathanK5714Jan 22, 2021 11:41 PM
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Best deal is probably still EA pass for those who already have GPU and want to just top it off as close to 3 years.... I just bought a couple full years and filled up about 8 months for $40 through EA pass
Jan 22, 2021 11:47 PM
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BostonKingBJan 22, 2021 11:47 PM
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Quote from kdx10 :
I was able to purchase it this morning and got my code an hour later.
yes, it was in stock this AM but now "backordered" aka they auto-cancel your order.
Jan 22, 2021 11:47 PM
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Jan 22, 2021 11:47 PM
BobBlahJan 22, 2021 11:47 PM
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They can't be serious. $60 for 6 months? Wow. That's expensive just to be able to play some multiplayer matches. That's how much HBO costs and they spend billions every year making original content. Gold only gives you a couple old games every month that aren't selling anymore. Sounds to me like they want to eventually get rid of gold and just have gamepass.
Jan 22, 2021 11:50 PM
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Jan 22, 2021 11:50 PM
pthomas1991Jan 22, 2021 11:50 PM
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This seems too make no sense as to why they did this. However, Microsoft isn't dumb, there is for sure a reason why they did this.
Jan 22, 2021 11:52 PM
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Jark888Jan 22, 2021 11:52 PM
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It's NOT April Fools' yet!!! Microsoft!!!

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Jan 22, 2021 11:53 PM
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elcheaposflJan 22, 2021 11:53 PM
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Really bad form I pay for live and play one game. I don't have time to play 100 games. I don't want game pass I want to play my one game. They should have made xbox live free and if you want the game pass sure go get it.

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