Cannot Purchase Xbox Live Gold

Discus and support Cannot Purchase Xbox Live Gold in XBoX on Consoles to solve the problem; Hi everyone! So I made my Microsoft/ xbox account years ago, and without realizing I made it a child account by mistake. I just noticed today because I... Discussion in 'XBoX on Consoles' started by Chubbz8888, Jun 26, 2018.

  1. Chubbz8888
    Chubbz8888 Guest

    Cannot Purchase Xbox Live Gold


    Hi everyone! So I made my Microsoft/ xbox account years ago, and without realizing I made it a child account by mistake. I just noticed today because I was about to buy another year of live and it said to request access to family members (and it was also
    partially because I was part of an xbox family that has been inactive for a while minus one of the accounts). Regardless, I had to change my age to leave the family since my account was all messed up, and set the settings to adult. The problem is now, when
    I try to buy XB live gold, I get an error message saying "Something happened on our end, try again later". Anyone know how to fix this (I was thinking the whole family and child account issue was apart of it)?

    :)
     
    Chubbz8888, Jun 26, 2018
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  2. Microsoft money

    You cannot use money to purchase xbox live gold, unfortunately.
     
    privatemiller08, Jun 26, 2018
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  3. xbox gold won't work when I put gift card code in

    Angrybunny17,

    A gift card and an Xbox live gold subscription are 2 different things. Currently, currency in your account cannot be used to purchase an Xbox Live Gold subscription. So you would either have to purchase a subscription card or purchase it directly on the
    website/Xbox.
     
    eG x Thee Elf, Jun 26, 2018
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  4. Cannot Purchase Xbox Live Gold

    Let me explain a couple things to you on how MS determines the whether an account is a child account or not.

    1. Date of birth (DOB) when the account was ORIGINALLY setup. This is set in stone and even if you go in and change it the system only sees the DOB when it was originally setup.

    2. Whether an account is in a family as a child account.

    So with that being said until an account reaches its 18 birthday per the DOB when it was originally setup it is required by law to be part of a family as a child account.

    The reasoning for that is that an account is required to agree to the MS terms of use for the account (which is a contract) and it is illegal to go into a contract with minors.

    The system will allow you to remove yourself from a family as a child but if your DOB when it was originally setup is still under 18 it will not allow you to do anything on the account till you are added back to a family account as a child.
     
    steeledwand7664, Jun 26, 2018
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  5. privatemiller08 Win User

    Microsoft money

    You cannot use money to purchase xbox live gold, unfortunately.
  6. MattReptar Win User

    XBOX Live Gold

    No, your Microsoft account balance cannot be used to purchase a Xbox Live Gold subscription.
  7. eG x Thee Elf Win User

    xbox gold won't work when I put gift card code in

    Angrybunny17,

    A gift card and an Xbox live gold subscription are 2 different things. Currently, currency in your account cannot be used to purchase an Xbox Live Gold subscription. So you would either have to purchase a subscription card or purchase it directly on the
    website/Xbox.
  8. RandyAU93 Win User

    Gold subscription

    I'm afraid that, at this time, Microsoft account funds cannot be used to purchase Xbox Live Gold subscriptions.
  9. HassanB Win User

    can't redeem points for gold membership

    Hello,

    Microsoft Points cannot be used to purchase an Xbox LIVE Gold Membership. Microsoft Points can only be used to for purchasing content such as games, movies, and t.v shows on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace.
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