Hey all.

I'm looking to buy about 7600 MS points, the best value of which I've found by buying 2 4200 points cards for £30 each here: http://www.theironsden.co.uk/cgi-bin/sh000...tml%23a205#a205

What are people's thoughts on whether this is legit? The codes get emailed (which is good as I want them quickly). The other option is for me to buy 2 cards for about £33 each from Play.com and wait for them to arrive.. however if the above website is safe then I'd rather get them here.

Thanks

I have bought points off eBay before. Worked fine!

ummm, he was asking about the posted site.

it looks really iffy dude, try googling about reviews from that site

Yeah, I did look for reviews, couldn't find any.
I sent an email to the site, asking whether the codes are compatible with UK accounts, got a reply back within 5 minutes:



This appears to be the same guy's eBay account: http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/quito19701981
Mostly positive, although the 3 negative reviews mention "reported to ebay as he is fraudlent avoid at all costs"

Not really sure though. Hmm..

^^99.5%positive from 665 reviews on ebay isn't bad. I've seen better sure but it's not too shabby either.

Seriously since points are region coded I wouldn't be surprised if many calling scam simply ordered them for consoles outside the region and the code then didn't work or whatever.

doesnt microsoft sell MS points, both instore and online ?

i usally get a 4K point card from either walmart or bestbuy, and i know they have them online to buyfrom Ms direct

MS do, but it's not as good value.

As I only want 7600, the best choice from MS would be: XBOX 5000 (42.50) + 2000 (17.00) + 1000 (8.50) = 8000 @ £68
Which is £8 more expensive for 400 less points.

You could buy four from here, and use the code 'freedel' at checkout, costing £52.01 with delivery.

Thanks cjb118, thats a great deal. Basically £8 cheaper than this site I'm not sure about for the same amount (8400) and I know they'll be legit.
Just shame about the 7 day dispatch

Cheers

Just been working some stuff out.
Basically, what I'm buying with the points is the GH3 DLC.

This is the breakdown (maybe incorrect, I suck at maths):

TESCO
8400Points @ £52.01 = 0.006192p Per Point
3 Tunes @ 500Points = 166.6667 Points Per Tune
1 3Tune Pack = 500Points = £3.09
1 Tune = £1.03

THEIRONSDEN
8400Points @ £60.00 = 0.007143p Per Point
3 Tunes @ 500Points = 166.6667 Points Per Tune
1 3Tune Pack = 500Points = £3.57
1 Tune = £1.19

MICROSOFT
8000Points @ £68.00 = 0.0085p Per Point
3 Tunes @ 500Points = 166.6667 Points Per Tune
1 3Tune Pack = 500Points = £4.25
1 Tune = £1.42

So Tesco's clearly the better option.
Do you happen to know if they sell the 2100 cards in the shops for the same price as on the site (ie £13.97).

http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/theironsden.co.uk/summary/

Looks like it looks fine(but you can never be too sure)

Just an update:

I was going to get them from Tesco, but decided I couldn't wait (I'm an impatient bugger), so I went ahead and purchased 2 4200 codes from theironsden.co.uk -- within about 5 minutes I'd got an email from the site admin saying they only had 1 4200 code available, and would it be okay for them to send me that and 2 2100 codes -- naturally I said yes.

Couple of minutes later, I'd received the 3 codes along with scans of the cards which I'd requested. All codes redeemed successfully, 8400 points available for me to blow on GH DLC..

So the site is fine