[quote name='bigredvan14']
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=400234044583
You gotta visit this site more often, son. Even if you don't need the chat pad and headset, my point is that there are many deals when you can get a year of Gold for well under $60. Just keep an eye out here.
Wait, that thing retails for $24.99? Sweet Jesus.
Another way to get around this is you really can't afford a year at that price: Xbox Live Family Plan. 4 accounts, $99.99 a year. Find 3 friends and split it. $25 for a year.[/QUOTE]
True, best deal I ever got was in late 2009, I got a 12+1 month card off eBay for $23.99, so roughly $1.85 per month. Ever since then I find it hard to buy any LIVE time until I can find it around that price. Cheapest I ever see though is usually around $35 on sale on Amazon.
Since then I just try to find good deals on month/3-month cards. When that expired I set up a new GT and got the free 1 month, then bought a 3-month shortly after for just under $10...think it was $9 or $9.50. Then after that got another 3-month for around the same price, and then for June 11th - August 11th I got a deal off XBL that was 2 months for $2.
Don't know if I'll renew now, wish I hadn't missed out on the eBay deal. Saw it posted here but hadn't been paid yet so didn't have the money to buy it and it was sold-out by the time I got paid. Oh well, I'll wait for the next deal. Hopefully Amazon will have a ~$35 soon. $12.50 for 3 months on XBL isn't good enough for me, the amount I play...not to mention I don't wanna go through the hassle of calling Xbox Support to cancel auto-renew @ $9.99/month.