For those of you who don’t know, Circuit City is running an incredible deal that amounts to 3200 Microsoft Points (or more) for $19.99. You can save $20 with the purchase of any Xbox 360 accessory including Microsoft Points. Many are choosing to just grab up plenty of points instead of wireless headsets and other accessories.
Great deal but it may have sent the Xbox Live Marketplace into overload hell. Currently users are reporting that their point balance has been wiped out and shows no balance.
80004005. Cannot retrieve information from Xbox Live.
There are some who can’t even access the Marketplace and some who can’t use the My Xbox feature to Add Microsoft Points on Xbox.com. I’m sure it’s a small hiccup that will soon clear its way up. But I wanted to ease your fears as the situation isn’t just yours alone. There are plenty of people experiencing the same problem.
Stay tuned and I’ll edit this as things clear up.
[Edit] - It looks like my point balance is back as well as others. The Marketplace blues have gone away.
good stuff DeaconBlade. glad to be a part...
July 29th, 2007 at 11:59 am
thanks for the head’s up Deac. i thought WTF lol
July 29th, 2007 at 12:37 pm
Ouch, looks like I picked a good week to do my tests on the other console…
July 29th, 2007 at 1:29 pm
Once again Xbox Live proves to be built off a house of cards.
It’s a great deal at CC though…
July 29th, 2007 at 3:33 pm
I got 12 cards, 6 at Best Buys and 6 at CC’s.
July 29th, 2007 at 4:10 pm
geez don’t forget to send me one Cleric lol
July 29th, 2007 at 4:24 pm
Trade ya one for a PAX ticket.
July 29th, 2007 at 4:25 pm
I’m going to try and get more throughout the week. Circuit City may not be an option anymore though, they took down their site and everything in just the past few minutes…they might stop honoring the deal. Price-matching may be the only option now.
July 29th, 2007 at 4:25 pm
well that sucks. i didn’t get a chance to take advantage of it.
July 29th, 2007 at 5:13 pm
It’s not too late.
July 29th, 2007 at 6:52 pm
My Circuit City is too far so I just went to Best Buy and they price matched it. I was only able to get 2 though, as they were mumbling something about a limit, but I plan to go back in throughout the week and buy 4 more… or more!