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Xbox Live, 1 month for £1 - Repeat as many times as you like up to June 2014!

James_H_2
Posts: 66 Forumite
UPDATE: Now expired. Sorry 
Just got this myself, paid £36 for 3 years of Xbox Live membership.
I can't take the credit fully for it, I found it on Hotukdeals. But here's the direct link to the deal:
http://click.engage.xbox.com/?qs=dd4dab84adacdd72528319a9a92ba5b26e6e7e6ac37187e3fcdada220bf6c64c1c2f7d241a90dd3e
You seem to only be able to buy more than about 3 months if you add a PayPal account, and this does turn on auto renewal but there's some simple steps to remove the auto renewal once you've bought as many as you can:
Act fast though, they pull the plug on these deals pretty fast!
James

Just got this myself, paid £36 for 3 years of Xbox Live membership.
I can't take the credit fully for it, I found it on Hotukdeals. But here's the direct link to the deal:
http://click.engage.xbox.com/?qs=dd4dab84adacdd72528319a9a92ba5b26e6e7e6ac37187e3fcdada220bf6c64c1c2f7d241a90dd3e
You seem to only be able to buy more than about 3 months if you add a PayPal account, and this does turn on auto renewal but there's some simple steps to remove the auto renewal once you've bought as many as you can:
- Login to your PayPal account
- Click Details on any of the Xbox transactions
- Click "View Payment Agreement Details"
- Click Cancel
Act fast though, they pull the plug on these deals pretty fast!
James
Debt Summary:
[STRIKE]Natwest 5yr £4000 loan[/STRIKE] - Paid off!
[STRIKE]£3.8k loan from parents[/STRIKE] - Paid off!
Capital One Progress MasterCard - £500 limit - paying off in full each month
[STRIKE]Natwest 5yr £4000 loan[/STRIKE] - Paid off!
[STRIKE]£3.8k loan from parents[/STRIKE] - Paid off!
Capital One Progress MasterCard - £500 limit - paying off in full each month
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Thank you i can't seem to add more than 1 month at a time.0
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Thank you i can't seem to add more than 1 month at a time.Debt Summary:
[STRIKE]Natwest 5yr £4000 loan[/STRIKE] - Paid off!
[STRIKE]£3.8k loan from parents[/STRIKE] - Paid off!
Capital One Progress MasterCard - £500 limit - paying off in full each month0 -
Small price to pay0
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Think they've sussed it won't even let me buy one month, says I need to go customer support...2013 Wins - Goodreads book, Greggs Sausage Roll, £1,000 Personal Shopping Experience, Golden Dog Bowl, Wedding Story book!!
Hoping after 3 miscarriages 2013 will be lucky and we'll get to keep our baby!
Losses: 04/2008, 11/2012, 05/2013 - Never forgotten Mummy's angels
Positive things happen to Positive People - Never stop dreaming or believing0 -
Think they've sussed it won't even let me buy one month, says I need to go customer support...
Have you tried doing it via PayPal?Debt Summary:
[STRIKE]Natwest 5yr £4000 loan[/STRIKE] - Paid off!
[STRIKE]£3.8k loan from parents[/STRIKE] - Paid off!
Capital One Progress MasterCard - £500 limit - paying off in full each month0 -
I'll keep trying perhaps it's my Laptop playing up or something2013 Wins - Goodreads book, Greggs Sausage Roll, £1,000 Personal Shopping Experience, Golden Dog Bowl, Wedding Story book!!
Hoping after 3 miscarriages 2013 will be lucky and we'll get to keep our baby!
Losses: 04/2008, 11/2012, 05/2013 - Never forgotten Mummy's angels
Positive things happen to Positive People - Never stop dreaming or believing0 -
Using paypal and i getThis action cannot be performed at this time. Please try again later. For more information, go to http://www.xbox.com/support.0
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Using paypal and i getDebt Summary:
[STRIKE]Natwest 5yr £4000 loan[/STRIKE] - Paid off!
[STRIKE]£3.8k loan from parents[/STRIKE] - Paid off!
Capital One Progress MasterCard - £500 limit - paying off in full each month0 -
Yeah that's what I had only_mee2013 Wins - Goodreads book, Greggs Sausage Roll, £1,000 Personal Shopping Experience, Golden Dog Bowl, Wedding Story book!!
Hoping after 3 miscarriages 2013 will be lucky and we'll get to keep our baby!
Losses: 04/2008, 11/2012, 05/2013 - Never forgotten Mummy's angels
Positive things happen to Positive People - Never stop dreaming or believing0 -
Hmm, now reports starting to appear on HUKD that it's not working, sorry I didn't post it sooner guys!Debt Summary:
[STRIKE]Natwest 5yr £4000 loan[/STRIKE] - Paid off!
[STRIKE]£3.8k loan from parents[/STRIKE] - Paid off!
Capital One Progress MasterCard - £500 limit - paying off in full each month0
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