I will never heat a deal stuck behind the prime paywall. I hate what amazon has become. Bit by bit they are becoming extremely anti consumer and the more successful they are they more others will follow.

I used to buy all my blu rays and games from them but i have now shifted to other stores because of this. In fact you cant even buy some games direct from amazon if you are not prime. Craziness.

Heat added

IMPORTANT: Upon purchase you will receive £10 of Xbox Live credit in addition to your 12 month Xbox Live Gold Membership. You will receive two £5 tokens and each must be redeemed before 31 July 2016 and you must spend the credit within 90 days.

This is smoking hot. Essentially £21.49 for 12 months live. :o

Could also buy 30 pound gift card as far as I'm aware and get free 5 pound credit, effectively making this £26.49. Or £30 depending on how you want to look at it.

Thanks!!!

Hi it does include the Email gift cards as I have done it previously and just confirmed it with amazon chat

Oh brilliant! Cheers, this with the free audible credit brings it down to an absolute steal.

no problem it is a good deal and with the ultimate sale on at the moment even better

excellent deal just as my sub was expiring many thanks for posting heat added

sorry i get 10 quid xbox credit amd i jave to spend that within 90 days?

Is it asking everyone else to verify your card details before purchasing?

Hopefully someone matches the offer!

I will never heat a deal stuck behind the prime paywall. I hate what amazon has become. Bit by bit they are becoming extremely anti consumer and the more successful they are they more others will follow.

I used to buy all my blu rays and games from them but i have now shifted to other stores because of this. In fact you cant even buy some games direct from amazon if you are not prime. Craziness.

does it comes as a redeem code by email? never bought one this way before

It wouldn't let me redeem by audible £10 promo credit on this purchase! Anyone else??

Consumers shouldn't have to pay a subscription to be able to purchase goods from Amazon, that's the problem. It's all well and good accessing exclusive deals but there are several items on their site that you cannot purchase direct from them unless you have prime. Ite shouldn't be that way

That's market forces for you. Amazon has pushed online shopping forward immeasurably. Prior to Amazon the thought of receiving a delivery at home (a) the next day, (b) within 2 years, (c) on a Saturday, or (d) at a reasonably price point, was inconceivable.

Of course, the real issue is that Prime give you benefits such as exclusive purchases. If you are a Prime member that's great but if not you don't receive the benefits. The one perk a non-Primer gets is to save £80 a year or whatever it happens to be at the time.

As a Prime member I save the membership fee in next day delivery at Christmas between 21st and 23rd December! I save the £6.67 per month through HUKD and Quidco.

So does this work like cdkeys, and you get a code in your inbox?
I noticed their "how this works" guide lists signing in with your xbox account from a link and I'm buying this a gift for someone.

I can understand the value of it if you are a regular shopper and therfore there is a net saving for you. But what about the customers that buy infrequently?

In any case, i am against the whole philosophy of the "pay wall". It simply seems wrong to have to pay a fee in order to buy something. Thats my main gripe.

Showing as £39.99 now

​hi there!

you'll receive code from Amazon for the subscription and the gift card. to redeem these codes, the "user" (in your case the giftee) has to sign into their Xbox Live account to redeem the codes.

hope that helps!

-Eden0032

That makes more sense. Thanks. Amazon's explanation made it sound like I had to be logged into the Amazon account, whilst they logged in their xbox account through via Amazon which would have been fine but isn't exactly the best birthday party game. :smirk:


Now ordered but pending Verification.

​then you don't get the best deals. simples

that's the same everywhere. the more you buy the more you save effectively.

if amazon prime isn't worthwhile for you - and bearing in mind you get prime video and audio too - then you buy elsewhere.

amazon isn't a democracy. they don't have to be fair to everyone

​xbox live give away free games every month to members. should they give away free games to everyone?

the aa offer free recovery of a broken down car for members. should they just do that for everyone?

Thank you , just bought one

It's only until the end of the month you can redeem them, so at best they'll last until the end of October

Cool used the £30 gift voucher with he free £5 so only cost £25 really. I must remember what vouchers I have now.

Comes off at checkout if you have prime

You also get a free £10 if you sign up for Amazon's free audiobook trial!

coulda sworn it said may 2017.. damn im blind

Well technically the Xbox games and recovery aren't 'free' in the actual definition of the word, since money has to be spent to actually get them. They're bonuses.

I can understand en3sge's annoyance at a retailer switching to this model, but then again something like Costco has had this model for yonks.

Brilliant, thank you so much! :smiley:

Microsoft do not prevent you from buying certain games just because you are not gold.

As i said, my main gripe is items not being purchasable unless you have prime. Ok, i can go somewhere else to get it but once i do this i might like the service from that competitor and take my business permanently there. Which i am currently doing.

Excellent, glad I could help! I hope your friend enjoys their gift, and happy gaming! :smile:

Not sure about anyone else but mine said 12+1 month free when i redeemed it on my XB1! Good deal anyway!

You don't have to pay to shop at Amazon you're buying free delivery it's not a subscription to shop also just setup a new account using new email address then sign up for free Prime trial job done coat you nothing.

is this limited to one per account?

since when does xbox live credit expire?

Thanks, ordered.

nice - will buy red dead redemption to play with all the free dlc from yesterdays deal

Just had to press hot because it was stuck on 666

​well clearly amazon are happy with that model as am i as a prime customer.

you pays your money....

It's not about getting the deals because naturally you'd expect frequent are high order value customers to gain discounts and better prices etc but limiting products is another thing. They often do deals were here is a prime price and a non prime price and that's fair enough but when it's a deal that you have to be a prime member or you can't purchase this game of these pair of headphones that's what's not on

I know you don't have to pay to shop there I was using it as the example for our me exclusive items. You shouldnt have to pay for a prime subscription to get those items

Heat added. I have just got a 30 day trial prime account. My Xbox sub will run out in October and this is a great price

From a customer point of view i just think the current business model of amazon is a horrible preview of the future of shopping. Everything is heading towards a pay wall. Gaming is a great example. 10 years ago there was no such thing as a season pass. Now many games are locking out content unless you pony up the extra for this pass.

Amazon prime is essentially a season pass.

How much longer until we start paying for a blu ray "season pass" where you can access all the special features. Or a car "season pass" where you can access all your car's special features.

Companies are getting greedier and greedier.

​profits are less and less so companies are looking for ways to bolster profits.

cars and technology items are cheaper now that they were 20 years ago when adjusted for inflation

if you're a regular user of a company, things work out cheaper. that's life

​all joking aside and not trying to be smart here have you examples of that?

wouldn't mind taking a look

​I've 40 odd games and none require a season pass to play

a season pass for cars or blu rays will never happen so you can take your tinfoil hat off.

Shop elsewhere. Simple. But you won't because Amazon is still a good deal even without being a Prime subscriber. For us that do subscribe to Prime, it's a fantastic service. I can get stuff delivered within an hour for free. A fantastic video service that rivals Netflix and a music service all at a cost that is cheaper per month than Netflix. Cant believe the people bitching about this.. take your pathetic jealousy elsewhere or pay up.

will this credit definately expire after 90 days? if its added to my microsoft acc then thats where it should stay?

will this credit definately expire after 90 days? if its added to my microsoft acc then thats where it should stay?

Just set up a free prime trial.

Where did you get the May date from? It says the codes must be redeemed by July 31st, 2016.

Its the same when i see a deal for places like costco. You have to pay to join them so are behind a paywall just the same. The answer ? simple i dont look at those deals then im not missing out. I pay £7.99 per month for prime. thats £2 per month more than i was paying just for prime tv and includes free delivery, prime music e.t.c. I get lots of benefit from it. I appreciate not everyone likes the amazon prime model but youve whined about it over 3 pages of comments and nothings going to change so move on.

I believe it's 90 days from when you redeem but you have a while before you have to redeem it. It's promotional credit so I guess that's why they put a more limited time-frame on it.

Good to see you can make such accurate predictions about the future of commerce.

At the end of the day, companies are only out to make money and if that means they can get away with monetising every single thing to the nth degree they will. Admittidely it doesnt always pay off (eg microsoft with the launch of xbox one) but if they are clever and devious about it (eg amazon throwing in the film subscription service whether you like it or not and then increasing the price accordingly) then the sheep will often just follow...

​rather than being bought with your own cash? makes sense. when your buying something though how does it know to use your promotional credit

Excellent deal, mine ran out yesterday so was hoping that amazon would do a deal on live. Thanks for posting, heat added.

I was elaborating on the point en3sge made as some people didn't seem to understand it. Last time I checked this was a public forum in which I'm allowed to express my opinion. If you don't like my opinion you don't have to respond to is, certainly didn't ask you to...

Maybe take up your issues with Amazon. For most people this is a fantastic deal. Probably the cheapest Xbox live has been for some time if you deduct the £10 you get in credit.

Up until recently I had never paid for Prime, managed to get it offer for £59 which is great. I understand that shelling out £79 seems like a lot, but they offer the option (albeit slightly more expensive) to pay monthly at £7.99. If you shop regularly then that on it's own is great for a fantastic delivery service. Packages even arrive on a Sunday! Throw in their movie/tv/music streaming service and it just gets better.

Why shouldn't paying members, or those that can be bothered setting up a new trial every month with different email addresses for the rest of their lives, be rewarded with even more from their subscription by getting exclusive discounts? I'm yet to find a product that's not available to those without a Prime membership. Yes you might pay more, or buy from a different seller, but you'll get the same product. You've really come onto HUKD on the wrong day of the year if you object to Amazon Prime.

Awww, have i upset you by disagreeing with you, you are a special snowflake arent you. Yes it is a public forum and your entitled to say what you want, same as i am entitled to say what i want as well, and if you dont like what im saying then dont respond to me. I never asked you to either did i ? see it works both ways doesnt it.

Heat added for the deal as its a great price.

Prime only so not much of a deal to anybody without a prime subscription.

Ok, i understand that for the regular, high value amazon customer the prime package is actually a good deal. Although my opinion here only applies only to the recent period where delivery now costs if you spend under 20 pounds.

And yes amazon's delivery service is usually second to none.

However, lets take this as an example of my grievance:

http://www.extremetech.com/internet/227150-amazon-refusing-to-sell-certain-video-games-movies-to-non-prime-members

This is the problem. Every now and then i see items that i simply cannot purchase unless i am prime. I can of course create an account for free trial etc so there is a way around but i am am still well in my rights to criticise the whole business practise of blocking purchases.

Come on, enough. It was a healthy debate before this started.

It is ok for people to disagree. The world would sure be a boring place if everyone agreed with each other.

There are legitimately two sides to this debate. It wont be resolved on here but it wont stop us from talking about it.

​thanks yes. the ability is called "common sense".

prime easily pays for itself for me - probably several times over - each year.

I enjoy free next day delivery and I get good use out of prime video and prime music.

that doesn't make me a sheep that makes me a money saver

if prime isn't justifiable to you because you don't spend enough in amazon or can get the same prices elsewhere then great, however it doesn't make those of us who avail of the benefits - financially and otherwise - sheep.

dont appreciate being sinlged out as though i was the only one who said anything but lets just move on, prime isnt for everyone but great for some.

so how long are the Xbox live codes good for? I understand M$ don't allow code stacking anymore, and I just bought a new 12 month sub at the start of July. I'd need to hold onto this code to activate next July in that case.

Good for high value regulars, bad for low value casuals.

One size will never fit all.

Happy to end the debate there.

Upset me how? You're suggesting I "move on" as if to say I'm not allowed to voice my opinion. I gave my opinion you're disagreeing, no problem there, then dismissing it by asking me to move on. If you don't agree with me it doesn't bother me, some how I'll be able to plough on and live my life even though I don't have your righteously blessed opinion agreement. But disagree, don't try and dismiss it as if it's invalid.

Oh I only clicked on the deal in order to vote it hot. Notice how if you're not on prime you can till buy these...?

Yes you can buy them at the higher price.

Im not sure what amazon were doing with the complete block behind some items (see my link above). It could just be an experiment to gauge consumer reaction. But if they made money out of it you can bet it will come again.

Im sure overall amazon are making money from all these shennanigans but they lost my business thats for sure. I used to spend easily a grand a year on them. Now its more like 10 percent of that. HMV and simplygames for me. No pay walls, no delivery charges, good service and i even get points at hmv to save up for pretty cool stuff like signed gear.

It's really no different to Costco, Tesco with their ClubCard money off weekly shop coupons, Boot advantage, paying a company to track your credit score, basically every free and paid membership card that offers some incentive at some point. You have every option to buy the same products but not at a discount. You also have the option of a free trial.

No - you MUST redeem the free credit before the 31st of July. that's what it says. I think the xbox gold you can redeem later but even if you already have xbox gold, you can stack 2 memberships and they will renew once the previous one has run out

Just got it for son's birthday in two weeks time, perfect!

Funny how that deal,even without credit, would have been freezing cold a few months ago

Amazon website is just crap full stop when it comes to these prime day deals.

I never have issues purchasing Xbox live gold or credit but when it comes to prime day deals even using my same card I keep getting this BS message;

Your order is being processed. Please do not leave this page.
This will usually take less than a minute.

Been stuck on that screen for more than 5 minutes. Every time I have to contact Amazon support to manually alter the daam order on some occasions it just get's cancelled.

Absolute ball ache. Got 12 months gold. When I try to redeem online get this BS error;
Something went wrong
Sorry about that. Try your purchase again in a few minutes.

When I try to redeem on xbox 360 it don't work.

Thanks a lot Amazon Uk

Update!

Great stuff when I try to redeem code. It says you xbox live billing account has been locked from making purchases.

Anybody seen anything similar for PlayStation network please?

Hi all, do you know if you can still code stack? My membership runs out in March next year, and I've heard that you can't code stack anymore, meaning I could lose 8 months subscription if I loaded this onto my account

Hope not, otherwise am stuff as well, anyone know?

i just checked my xbox live sub on microsoft website, after buying this my end date was 17/4/2018

How are the 2 x £5 codes given to you, straight on your account when you redeem your 12 months, or can i give them to friends ?

bought and redeemed, good find. thanks.

**** sake bought this and activated it on the wrong Xbox account, can I get the free games on that account and use them on my main account?

I want to buy it but im not a Prime Member! :-/

So a straight code stack with no issues then ??

I couldn't stack - need to wait for my current subs to expire. Once you reach 36 months, you cant stack any more.

Whether you can or not seems to depend on if you paid with a credit card previously.

my audible voucher didnt get applied when ordering this and was stuck on processing - so went on chat and they gave me a £10 credit. cancelled order and reordered using £10 credit :smiley:
still got the other £10 voucher to use as well as £5 from gift card purchase.

Yeah you can.

I seriously hope so really can't afford/don't want to have to buy it again

I'm getting the same error when trying to redeem the code

​so I should be safe adding 12 months to my remaining 8?

So the £5 tokens must be redeemed by the end of July, but what about the 12 month live code, does it have an expiration date to when it needs to be redeemed?

how does the two £5 vouchers get to you? is it by email or is it added to your account directly?

Waiting for this answer too...as not opened the link in my email yet. Don't have xbx 1 waiting on it till August.

Does the 12month have a expiry date as when I can activate it's? Also going to use the 2 * £5 to purchase INSIDE which I believe is £15.99, planning on purchasing another £5 gift card, so can I pay the .99 off with pay pal or do I need to purchase whole £5 gift card.

Also am I right to think by logging in my account via a browser n purchasing it it will appear when I log in the console.

Any reply and advice will be appreciated

Cheers OP.

Bought a £30 amazon gift card with £5 voucher back and used the gift card to pay for the 12 months :smirk:

So ended up paying the £1.49 balance (£31.49 in total), and have £15 coming back - £5 amazon voucher on the way and £10 at the XBOX store to use - making this effectively £16.49 for 12 months. Nice!

They get sent to your Amazon account, go: Your account / Your Orders / Go to games library - this will show three separate codes, one for 12 months live and another two for the £5 tokens - you can redeem them on the Xbox site or just switch on your console and redeem them from the store.

Basically the same as buying a physical Xbox Live / gift card except you get the codes sent to your Amazon account.

where does it say that you need to spend the two £5 vouchers within 90 days? :/ cant seem to find that and i already have credit on my account, does that mean i'll have to spend all my other credit too or will this spend first....kinda confused

thanks

First bullet point on the page description:
'IMPORTANT: Upon purchase you will receive £10 of Xbox Live credit in addition to your 12 month Xbox Live Gold Membership. You will receive two £5 tokens and each must be redeemed before 31 July 2016 and you must spend the credit within 90 days.' (spend within 90 days after the date you redeem it)

Don't know about your second query though - how much do you have already on your account, can you spend all of it plus the £5 tokens by late October?

Ive just checked my account on commerce.microsoft.com and the £10.00 expires on 10/10/2016

Cant see any where to signup for a free 30 days.

New to Xbox live gold, anybody have any recommendations for what to spend the £10 on? The prices don't seem too competitive

Did you get the answer to this?

I've got 9 months left on my current prepaid so am curious whether I can buy/apply this straight away to give me 21 months?

​Thanks needed that info, now wonders if u can answer the last bit of my enquiry as I mentioned earlier comment to spend 10 towards game INSIDE, going to purchase another 5gift from game. Can I pay the remainder off by PayPal instead buying a whole gift card

Nonsense. If they want to make some items exclusive that's their prerogative. It's no different from any other "membership" exclusive offers and opportunities such as store reward programmes.

As for using Amazon Prime, the whole objective is surely to get more people to consider joining Prime. Why not make the most of the 30 day free trial to enjoy those prices. (I am a member and have benefited greatly, its not just the free next day delivery, including Sundays, its the Prime movies and tv shows, and prime music)

just in time, thanks!

What a deal! Bought :sunglasses:

Thought I would take a chance and was pleased to learn that it all went through ok. So incase you have/haven't purchased, just to let you know that mine successfully stacked on top of my previous prepaid subscription.

I have set up three new accounts today, joined the free 30 day trial of Prime three times to sign up for the free 3 month trial of Audible to get the free £10 credit three times.

That works out 30 quid for free by showing initiative but of course in wee poison midget Sturgeon's world initiative is a dirty word because as we all know getting free money means blackmailing Westminster for it :smirk:

The 90 day spend thing is a load of crap Microsoft don't expire gift cards for something silly like 20 years after redemption

If you have Witcher 3 I would put it against the season pass which gives access to 2 dlc expansions

alright thanks, any idea if this £10 would be spent before the other credit on my account? for example, if i bought something now, would that be used first or my regular credit i bought a while ago

I believe it does work like that.

alright, thanks a lot :smile: