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XBL Diamond Program Under New Management

News | January 8, 2008 10:34 am
It appears that the Xbox Live Diamond Program is now under new management: Apparently starting this year the service will be wholly run by Passport Unlimited. What does this mean to you, the greatful consumer? It means tack on another fee to a fairly useless (at least on the East Coast)service!

A trip to Xbox Live Diamond.com reveals at the top of the page that new registrations are not being accepted at this time. Clicking on the following "learn more" link reveals that the program is gearing up for a couple of changes in 2008, most notable (and only thing mentioned) a yearly fee of $6.95 to be a member of the program. So being a silver member is free, being a gold member is $50 a year, and being a DIAMOND member is $56.95 a year, although now even silver members may sign up for the Diamond program.

The site is still available to browse if you are a current member, and new members who can't wait to fork over more cash to Microsoft can do so begining on March 1.
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Re: XBL Diamond Program Under New Management
01/10/08 7:24 am | #2
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As I have said before I use my card alot, but most people don't. Not looking for places to use it is not a good reason to slam the service. I,m just really sick of all the ( every thing should be free ) A-Holes. Next time you go to a movie why don't you demand that the pop and popcorn should be free since you payed for a ticket. Oh and around here, that night out will cost you almost as much as your whole years live gold service. Think about that.
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01/10/08 10:58 am | #3
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I don't think Live should be free, and I've never complained about the $50 fee, I think it's quite fair. To tack on an extra fee for this useless program is kind of asinine seeing as how Gold members are already paying. If you look at most places that the program offers deals to, it is mainly west coast restaurants and such (Del Taco, Weinerschnitzel, Arby's, etc.). I never saw more than half the places until I went to California. The only useful thing I've found from the Diamond service is the rent 1 get 1 at Hollywood Video, and even then...
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You don't need to cancel, if you have an existing free membership, it will last until it runs out, then when you go to renew it (if you choose) you'll have to pay the new charge.
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