[XBOX] Buying Xbox Codes/Currency in Argentina
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rayida




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PostPosted: Fri, 10th Jun 2022 18:54    Post subject: [XBOX] Buying Xbox Codes/Currency in Argentina
I asked this in a thread in the PC forum, but clearly this is a better place to ask. My coworker is going to Argentina for a month today. Is there a way I can get her to buy me Xbox currency or game codes while she's there and then use them on or to add games to my US account? I have a VPN so could activate on PC, just not sure what protections are in place.
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highfe




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PostPosted: Fri, 10th Jun 2022 20:50    Post subject: Re: [XBOX] Buying Xbox Codes/Currency in Argentina
rayida wrote:
.. and then use them on or to add games to my US account?


no
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rayida




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PostPosted: Fri, 10th Jun 2022 22:40    Post subject:
I'm pretty sure I bought a code for The Witcher 3 Complete from Eneba that was from ARG a year or so back, did something change?
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PostPosted: Sat, 11th Jun 2022 01:25    Post subject:
Some games are not region locked, so codes work internationally. But gift cards are region locked:

https://support.xbox.com/en-US/help/subscriptions-billing/manage-subscriptions/ensure-xbox-subscription-is-valid-for-your-country

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To ensure that pricing for the Xbox Live Gold subscription service reflects the local market economies, Xbox Live Gold subscription cards are only redeemable in the country purchased and cannot be redeemed in any other country.


Literally took me one search of "xbox live gift card region locked” in Google to come up with this as the top result. Are you familiar with this magical concept of searching on the internets with Google?
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rayida




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PostPosted: Sat, 11th Jun 2022 06:40    Post subject:
LeoNatan wrote:
Some games are not region locked, so codes work internationally. But gift cards are region locked:

https://support.xbox.com/en-US/help/subscriptions-billing/manage-subscriptions/ensure-xbox-subscription-is-valid-for-your-country

Quote:
To ensure that pricing for the Xbox Live Gold subscription service reflects the local market economies, Xbox Live Gold subscription cards are only redeemable in the country purchased and cannot be redeemed in any other country.


Literally took me one search of "xbox live gift card region locked” in Google to come up with this as the top result. Are you familiar with this magical concept of searching on the internets with Google?


Stupid me was searching for possible workarounds, knowing full well that this is something that, if it is possible, then the official xbox website isn't going to be the place to go to for confirmation of such. In fact, what was I thinking stacking 36 months of Brazilian Xbox Live Gold cards on my US account for $90 instead of $180, before doing the $1 GPU trick when the Xbox website didn't tell me to do that?

If you'd just ended your reply at "Game cards are probably not region locked, but currency cards are" it would have been just as informative. Have a good weekend.
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LeoNatan
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PostPosted: Sat, 11th Jun 2022 19:27    Post subject:
Official websites are often informative. News at 11. If you worded your question as “I know gift cards are region locked, but is there a workaround?”, maybe you would have gotten better responses?
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