i need help with my Xbox live code

I have a code that I bought to renew my Xbox live and it say that the code isn't active yet and that I have to contact a merchant to activate it?

What merchant????

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i cant sign in!!! help!!

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Need help redeeming my xbox live code

I tried redeeming the code in my browser on my computer using these instructions, big mistake. It said "thank you, you redeemed your code" and then exited me out. No gamertag registration whatsoever. I thought the whole point of redeeming my code was to create a gamer tag, but no just exits me out. I then tried redeeming my code on my xbox (so that I could create the gamer tag) and it said "sorry, code already redeemed."

so what the... what do I do now?

 

The merchant would be the place you purchased the card from.