CD keys seller are mis-selling 12 month gold membership

I've heard about some shady stuff with G2A.

Cd keys have 12 month codes for $32.99 USD

www.cdkeys.com/.../12-month-xbox-live-gold-membership-xbox-360

microsoft don't sell the 12 monthly ones anymore but you can get a 12 month card from a retail store or legit key site like cd keys. if you purchase from a key site then use paypal for peace of mind.

First of all, cdkeys.com is NOT a reputable seller. They are a marketplace provider similar to eBay or Amazon Marketplace, where complete strangers can offer their codes to sell to others.

So it might be, that you bought your code from a scammer, or maybe the seller checked if you redeemed the code, and since you took some time to redeem it, sold it again.

Unfortunately, Microsoft can't help in any way, besides the chat record you have that you did not redeem the code for you.

With that you need to contact the cdkeys support, and have them deal with the issue.

The next time you buy a code, make sure to redeem it right away. Codes you redeem "stack", so you don't lose any subscription time.

For example, Live Gold memberships can be stacked up to 2 years at least. So if you have 6 months left on your Gold membership, simply redeem your 12 month code, and you will have 18 months of gold.

NEVER wait to redeem your Gold codes until your gold is running out!

That way you prevent scammers from re-selling the code again.

Unfortunately, the only one to help you with that issue is the cdkeys support. If they are unable to help you, I'd recommend to NOT make ANY purchases from key sellers again.

cdkeys, G4A, Kinguin and similar key sellers often appear in this forum with complaints from customers.

Please buy from really reputable sellers like Amazon (the actual Amazon, not Amazon Marketplace sellers), or local shops that sell you actual code cards where you have to rub off a protective film from the code to make it visible.

That way you can be sure that you get an unused code that only you can redeem.

Hello.

Recently i bought a digital key for Cod that comes out this 25th october, the seller said that the activation for the key is at

the release date,...

Where did you buy the game code from? Was it a key selling platform like G4A or CD-Keys or Kinguin or something like that?

Be aware that there are often scammers that try to sell fake or stolen codes to unsuspecting victims.

Usually, if there are problems with the code, the seller then asks you to contact the Xbox Support, asking for information that the Xbox support can't provide due to privacy reasons.

Since the sellers know that, they can continue to sell "fake" keys, telling the store that they wanted to refund you, but *you* didn't provide the necessary information for the refund.

And so the sellers can continue to scam people on these key selling platforms.

Also, you could contact the Activision support, asking if the code is valid and just not activated yet.

12 MONTH XBOX LIVE GOLD MEMBERSHIP

£26.99

www.electronicfirst.com/.../12-month-gold-membership-subscription