Ok. Its nearly impossible to get your credit card information OFF of the XBL service. It seems they'll have it forever. Whatever, I'll just assume they're trustworthy.
But my credit card expired around the time the super handy Auto-renewal (sarcasm) kicked in, so I got a new one with a new number, same account of course, so XBL naturally had trouble renewing my account.
So I didn't want to update the information and pay $50 for another year of service.
Some friends came over that night to play Boom Boom Rocket (we're geeks.) Lo and behold, I can't play it. Why? I bought the damn game. It only lets me play the trial version.
Wait a minute, it won't let me play contra, double dragon, castlevania, bomberman, tetris....they're all trials! WTF? I fucking PAID for these games, why the FUCK can't i play them? Because I chose not to renew my Xbox live Gold service? Does this seem right to anybody?
Its because of practices like these that I won't give a dime of my money to Microsoft (or try my damned best) any longer. Fuck you microsoft. Fuck you fuck you fuck you.