Points Disappeared!
 

I got the weekly Zune email today, only to find that:
- the offered free song would cost 79 points, and
- my previous balance of 1000 points was now zero.

Anyone else have this happen?

On a side note, I've been noticing those "free" songs often have DRM in them, and can't be synced/copied to any other device. So much for free.

Dude, they're free, don't complain much.

Occasionally the database will mess up and revert to the original price. If you wait around a bit, it will usually become free again, unless you missed it. Wait a day on the points issue and then call support.

That what i said in the last post that i Hate the Microsoft Points system :(. try signing out then signing back in to Zune Marketplace.

Bumping this in case DaveMac will offer of an opinion of the missing points.

Dave: Is the points system going away? If so, will any points left on a account be converted to equivelant money, or just disappear like my 1000 or so points have?

I honestly don't know - my account still shows points, so I don't see a change so far.

I do know that the phone Marketplace will be regular currency based.

As I've said before, you can firmly count me in the anti-points crowd, so if I learn anything I can share, I'll pass it on.

Cheers, Dave.

Thanks, Dave. The points I had in my account were all MS gifts for screwing up my initial Zune HD order. Suddenly my account was zero, the day I started this thread. And apparently the free songs offered every now and then require at least some points in the system or you can't "buy" them for $0/0 points. Enough of a flaw to make me warn folks against the marketplace.