One month FREE trial activation

Am I the only one who was severely upset when I went to make a profile and use the free trial of Xbox LIVE Gold? Why do they now require credit card info? It never used to be like this. Not to rip off the Credit Karma commercials, but why do they need credit
card info for a FREE TRIAL?

:)

 

One month free trial activation

if you take it then it should automatically be activated for a month. in your account page in the top right of the xbox home screen you can see how much time you have to make sure it activated.

 

One month free trial activation

Im new to the xbox live thing and have just accepted the one month free trial but i dont know how to activate in on the console even though it says im signed in. Can anyone help please????

 

This is just part of the requirements to use the 30-day Gold trial as stated in the Gold Trial FAQ. At the end of the trial, unless you cancel
the subscription the card is automatically renewed so you aren't inconvenienced with having to try and reinstate your Gold subscription after the trial ends. This is typically how a lot of trial subscriptions work. The reason you are trying it because you
are interested in buying it not because you want a freebie. If you don't like it then you cancel your subscription so you aren't charged. If you do like it then you continue using it as is and don't have to worry about re-signing up for the trial and your
membership carries over from trial to paid.

You are also limited to three (3) one-month trials per console. This is to keep people from abusing the system by having free gold access and just creating new accounts each month. Hope this answers your question.

 

I dont konow in present day, for me 3 yaers go has 3 options

Credit card

Paypal

and whant in future use a gift card (i used that) and used normally the gold trial...

 

The one thing that ticks me off about Xbox Live is why would they need my credit card info when its free oh it makes me so mad!!

 

The website is currently only set up to deal with purchases via credit card and PayPal. Even if something is free, the site requires a payment method because it only sees that an item is being "purchased" and needs some sort of payment method on file. You
can always get these on the console without the need to enter a payment method.

 

lol just buy gold cause microsoft wants to abuse us players they want us to use a credit card or paypal to ste money and make it our faults thats why you dont do the free one months anymore

 

Can you play with your gamertag!?

 

Hey there Unspokenpanda71!

Please go ahead and create a new thread if you haven't already. This way you can receive support specifically tailored to you. Be sure to include the details of the issue as well as any troubleshooting steps that you have tried. Thanks in advance!