Microsoft Points

[Daz]

A question: Could I buy points from ebay.com (in $), and use the codes over here without any bother? Or has that been thought about?

[Haly]

I would have thought it'd be possible. Not tried but I know the Live subscriptions from the US work here, so don't see why not.
Someone else might have a more certain idea about it though. :)

[Nismo]

I'm sure I read you cant use points cards from another country, although I may be mistaken.

The sub codes are region free though, as Haly said.

Edit - says so on the left of this page...

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/live/features/microsoftpoints.htm

[Daz]

I cant see anything on the auctions saying they're region locked, but I'm not taking that as confirmation.

[Haly]

I'm sure I read you cant use points cards from another country, although I may be mistaken.

The sub codes are region free though, as Haly said.

Edit - says so on the left of this page...

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/live/features/microsoftpoints.htm

That's weird that they region lock one but not the other.
Pity, it'd be cheap.

[Nismo]

I cant see anything on the auctions saying they're region locked, but I'm not taking that as confirmation.

What cards are you looking at?

I think the reason they are locked is because in different regions you get different amounts of points e.g. in the US I think the max amount of points you can get on a card is 1600, whereas here its 2100, due to exchange rates
and trying to make sure the consumer is getting the same money/points ratio as everywhere else.

[Haly]

Suppose that makes sense, but as I'm in the better country for the exchange rate, I don't like it anyway :p

[Daz]

What cards are you looking at?
Put in before your edit dude. Thanks for doing the leg work :)

Shame they dont work though.