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

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  • banana1975
    banana1975 Posts: 309 Forumite
    Just tried it.

    Got some error messages but kept on trying. Money has been debited from my paypal account and expiry date has changed on each month purchased.

    I was paying monthly (I know not very money-saving!) however I have just purchased 6 months for £6 which is what I was paying a month!!!

    Keep trying as I do believe that it will work! :rotfl:
  • James_H_2
    James_H_2 Posts: 66 Forumite
    banana1975 wrote: »
    Just tried it.

    Got some error messages but kept on trying. Money has been debited from my paypal account and expiry date has changed on each month purchased.

    I was paying monthly (I know not very money-saving!) however I have just purchased 6 months for £6 which is what I was paying a month!!!

    Keep trying as I do believe that it will work! :rotfl:
    I decided to go all out, I figured even if another offer pops up, they aren't as good as £1/month, so here's my renewal date:
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    :rotfl:
    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
  • tinadundee
    tinadundee Posts: 206 Forumite
    James_H wrote: »
    No problem, is your PayPal account still listed on your Xbox Live profile?
    (My Xbox > Accounts > Manage Payment Options)

    If so, then you should just be able to tell them to remove your Visa card :)

    yeah paypal still there but when I try to remove my visa card i get this message

    This payment option cannot be removed at this time. Go to the Payment method information page to view services associated with this payment option

    Do you think it may be because my £1 is pending or something with the bank lol all this for me doing my online bowling haha thanks for your help James x:)
  • James_H_2
    James_H_2 Posts: 66 Forumite
    It could be that the payment is pending, when I removed my MasterCard it just took it off straight away.

    You could try removing it at the Billing section of MS: http://billing.microsoft.com

    If not, then you may have to call Microsoft up (it's an 0800 number luckily) and they'll remove the auto renew for you :)
    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
  • tinadundee
    tinadundee Posts: 206 Forumite
    James_H wrote: »
    It could be that the payment is pending, when I removed my MasterCard it just took it off straight away.

    You could try removing it at the Billing section of MS: http://billing.microsoft.com

    If not, then you may have to call Microsoft up (it's an 0800 number luckily) and they'll remove the auto renew for you :)

    I can transfer the payment to pay pal and see if i can cancel my visa that way...I think I have made it very complicated lol was dead happy getting a month for a £1 been sitting her for about 2 hours trying to work it all out haha thanks again I'll see if I can transfer then cancel card then block it at paypal phew lot of work x:)
  • ladymac
    ladymac Posts: 223 Forumite
    Hi james, well done by the way! I pay for my daughters xbox by visa and won't let me open paypal, any ideas? x
  • ladymac
    ladymac Posts: 223 Forumite
    grrrr offer closed, well done those who got!
  • James_H_2
    James_H_2 Posts: 66 Forumite
    ladymac wrote: »
    Hi james, well done by the way! I pay for my daughters xbox by visa and won't let me open paypal, any ideas? x
    Have you tried buying them via the visa card first? If not you should just be able to click the PayPal option and enter your PayPal email address :)
    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
  • James_H_2
    James_H_2 Posts: 66 Forumite
    ladymac wrote: »
    grrrr offer closed, well done those who got!
    D'oh, I just saw that too :(
    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
  • ladymac
    ladymac Posts: 223 Forumite
    Thanks for replying James, got one month for £1 on visa but wouldn't let me do anymore or then give me an option for paypal, hey ho £1 is good!
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