cancelling xbox live and getting a refund

gotta call during business hours

email support cannot validate who you are  and cannot deal with billing issues

click billing and cancelations

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as ngocphi stated, email support will prove no help. you must phone customer support for this and they will get it sorted straight away.

Good luck getting a refund.  I'm not sure if you will as you are responsible for your account.  If you didn't want your card charged you should have contacted them and told them you wanted to turn off auto renewal.  That is what you will have to do now.

thanks for your replies.. I found a number to ring in Oz and have cancelled xbox and received a refund... they were really helpful and it was hassle free... the hardest part was finding the phone number!!

this worked for me

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Phil: Hi Jr, hopw you are well,

Phil: Just need to load up your account here, one moment please

jr: im doing good

Phil: I am glad to here,

Phil: I can cancel the subscription for you,

jr: The problem is that I tried to cancel before the new charges took place, and the website would not let me remove my credit card. Now I was charged $9.99 for the month.

Phil: but we dont offer refunds for one month subscriptions,

Phil: However

Phil: as you tried to turn off the renewal I will see what I can do for you

jr: Yes please. The website kept giving me an error code. but i forgot to write down the number it gave me

Phil: Sure one moment please

Phil: Ok I have that organized for you,

Phil: The refund will be on your bank account within 48 hours,

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jr: Thank You Phil, you have been very helpfull. I will write a letter to Microsoft customer Relations and tell them how wonderful you are.

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You may cancel the Service at any time, with or without cause. Go to the Billing and Account Management website (https://billing.microsoft.com) for information and direction on how to cancel your Service. You should also review the offer describing the Service as: (i) you may not receive a refund at the time of cancellation; (ii) you may be required to pay cancellation fees; and (iii) you may be required to pay all charges made to your account for the Service prior to the date of cancellation.

All this hassle for 10 dollars?

@chaloval is right. I just got refunded £39.99 for a 12 month gold membership using the same method. All I had to do was wait for an agent to respond and then explain to the agent that I've had trouble with switching auto-renewal off in the past and didn't wish to purchase a gold membership right now. The agent (Ellen) processed the refund into my account and disabled auto-renewal for me. This all took just under an hour. Most of which, was spent waiting in the queue- I joined as '15'. So yeah, defo go for it! I got £39.99 back!

it depends

first is it the month to month membership

if so no refunds as only 30days codes are given not less

3- 12 months you have a limited time you need to talk to the support to find out if you are within the limited time

6.9. Refund policies. Unless otherwise provided by law or by a particular Service offer, all purchases are final, and non-refundable. Can find this under search (terms of use) Xbox.com