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microsoft points no longer sold

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hi about 4 weeks ago I bought Microsoft points in Tesco for xmas but when I was in game this week I heard the salesman say they no longer sell them but it's cash for cash to use on xbox. Can the Microsoft points still be used?
Things will get better day by day.

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  • Yes, your points will be converted to GBP when you apply them to your microsoft/xbox account.
  • thank you just worried as said no longer in use.
    Things will get better day by day.
  • unholyangel
    unholyangel Posts: 16,866 Forumite
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    thank you just worried as said no longer in use.

    It can also be possible to get better value this way (by buying points instead of cash value) as cash values tend to be exactly what they are (ie £10 for £10 credit - although I did see one a few days ago that was £9 for £10 credit!) where if you buy the points cheap enough, you can end up with more credit than you would have gotten by spending the same on one of the new vouchers.
    You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means - Inigo Montoya, The Princess Bride
  • StuC75
    StuC75 Posts: 2,065 Forumite
    Agree with this..

    M$ converting points to a cash amounts did away with how much of a rip off buying direct was,, and so places that still provide Points *can* work out to be cheaper given how they are converted from points to cash equivalent..
    It can also be possible to get better value this way (by buying points instead of cash value) as cash values tend to be exactly what they are (ie £10 for £10 credit - although I did see one a few days ago that was £9 for £10 credit!) where if you buy the points cheap enough, you can end up with more credit than you would have gotten by spending the same on one of the new vouchers.
  • I panicked too when i started playing my Xbox again and had unused points from like 1 year ago. But a Google search confirmed that they were not lost.
    Please god, if you can't make me buff then make all my friends fat.
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