Tomorrow's eBay deal: Xbox Live 12-month subscription

by David Hinkle { Jun 22nd 2009 at 10:45AM }

If you're coming dangerously close to renewal time for your Xbox Live Gold subscription, then you may want to keep an eye on eBay. The online auction site provided a sneak peek at tomorrow's deal earlier today, and it's set to offer the subscription card as its daily deal tomorrow.

The exact sale price has not been revealed, though. Hopefully it'll be something a bit more substantial than a few bucks off, and, if that's the case, we'll be sure to let you know.

Tags: deal, deals, ebay, xbox-live, xbox-live-subscription

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Gemini Ace @ Jun 22nd 2009 10:53AM

My subscription renewed on Friday. Dammit!

Marrvia @ Jun 22nd 2009 5:57PM

If you plan on renewing next year, just buy it anyway if it's a good enough deal. That way you don't have to pay next year.

Syniz @ Jun 22nd 2009 11:14AM

Deal is on right now. The cards goes for 27.99 (44% off). Sucks... i'm in canada. duh!

Kev (XBL: ksiddique) @ Jun 22nd 2009 1:31PM

A US Gold Subscription should work in Canada.

7thton @ Jun 22nd 2009 11:20AM

I got in for 27.99 is hellacheap.

7thton @ Jun 22nd 2009 11:29AM

Lol, I meant to say that I got in for 2 of them.

Boph @ Jun 22nd 2009 11:47AM

Uh yeah.. Deal is definitely going on right now.. not tomorrow..

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120435438215

$27.99 44% off

FNG @ Jun 22nd 2009 1:04PM

thanks Boph. In for four.

Russ @ Jun 22nd 2009 11:53AM

Thanks for the heads up. I have been waiting for the price to drop again. Just snagged one, after buying the month free from MS...now need to wait and cancel with them over the phone. Wish it was the old 12+1 cards for a full 13 months, but Ill take 12 at $27.99!

Delirium @ Jun 22nd 2009 12:16PM

If I buy the card before auto-renew comes up, will they try to charge another $50 anyway or wait until the subscription is about to run out?

Yuccadude @ Jun 22nd 2009 12:58PM

They will definitely opt for the auto-renew, and I think the only way to stop it is to call Microsoft and get them to turn off the auto-renew function.

Quicksilver4648 @ Jun 22nd 2009 1:19PM

If you enter a 12 month code before your gold membership ends you will NOT be charged. Microsoft only auto-bills your credit card if your gold membership ends.

Also, if I am not mistaken, once you insert a 12 month code I think the auto-renewal goes away for good. I am not 100% sure on that, but I think I am correct.

JH @ Jun 22nd 2009 6:21PM

You can enter in any subscription code at anytime to your account. Remember though you can only have up to 3 years worth of XBOX Live on your account at any one time. My Live is good through April 9, 2012, so as of right now the most I could add to my account would be about two months. On July 9th, I could add 3 months to it if I wanted to which would bring it to the 3 year max limit of time pre-paid in advance.

Sniper @ Jun 22nd 2009 12:36PM

so we Canadians can't buy it?

Kev (XBL: ksiddique) @ Jun 22nd 2009 1:33PM

As I understand it, a US Live Gold Subscription code will work on a Canadian console. The confusing part is that US Live MS Points codes will NOT work on a Canadian account.

mojaam @ Jun 22nd 2009 12:44PM

Boy am I lucky, mines expiring July 1st and I was all stressed out and wondering if I should renew and what not. This solves that delima. Thanks Joystiq and commenters and eBay!

EdwardA @ Jun 22nd 2009 1:28PM

I just got three of these.

rambodude72 @ Jun 22nd 2009 1:48PM

idk mine expires jan. 24 i guess i will wait for christmas deals again

PeterF @ Jun 22nd 2009 2:21PM

The buy.com deal is over. I think that just happened to be a day before the eBay deal by coincidence. I hope the eBay deal is as good or better because I wasn't able to buy one.

RaidenXX @ Jun 22nd 2009 2:23PM

Cant find it. Guess I lost this opportunity. Sadface.

Mr.U2 @ Jun 22nd 2009 2:39PM

Yea.... It's over.

JH @ Jun 22nd 2009 6:15PM

Not sure why this was reported as a "deal for tomorrow" when in fact the deal was today (Monday) and was dead by about 12pm pacific time. When I checked, at about 9:45am pacific time, they had 1,002 of them left available. Within about 15 minutes that number dropped to only 639 available. The limit was 5 per person, at $27.99 shipped free each. If you are signed up to Microsoft's new "Bing" service (formerly Microsoft Live Cash Back), you could get an extra 8% off, so about $2.50 off each. By noon, they were all gone. But I am sure it will be back in some form or another within a few months. The seller was Buy.com but on eBay they have to go by the name "Buy".

Also you can have up to 3 years already on your XBOX Live account pre-paid. For example IF you happen to be a new user, you could put in a total of 3 years worth of subscription cards and won't have to worry about renewing until the 3 years were up.