Change of subject...

Wow, so my son wants a membership to Call Of Duty Elite. No problem, we buy him the pre-paid card at Best Buy.

We get the card home, scratch off the lottery ticket flaky gray stuff, and reveal the magic numbers. I redeem the code, and it gives you 4000 points. No problem, that's the exact amount needed to purchase the membership.

Oh, wait. If you have the Family Gold Membership package, which we do, ONLY THE PRIMARY ACCOUNT CAN ACCESS THE ELITE MEMBERSHIP. Wait, what?

I don't play Call Of Duty, my son does. Quick search of the Internet reveals MANY MANY forum posts of people having the same problem.

Here's the sad thing. The largest software company in the world came up with a 'work around.' Are you ready? Why, remove my sons account from the family plan, purchase an additional gold membership for my son, active the elite membership, then re-add my son to the family plan. This from "The Largest Software Company In The World."

So, spending the $50 to buy the Elite membership requires a $10 Gold Membership, even though you already have a pre-paid yearly membership. Hmmm, haven't companies been sued of this kind of crap?