No, by buying a gold membership card you just get Xbox LIVE access. No Microsoft points. But why would you PAY for your Xbox Live? You can get a FREE Xbox Live Gold Membership for free with the help of my site. It even has a video tutorial to help. (LINK at bottom)
Nope
Because Microsoft is greedy
Yes, all content on the Marketplace needs either a silver membership or gold membership in order to download content, also remember that one needs a connection to the Microsoft's Xbox Live servers in order to use Xbox Live at all.
You have to call Microsoft and ask them to cancel your Xbox Live membership. They will do whatever they do and your membership will be ended. I'm not sure of the number, but you could always google it or go to Xbox.com's support center and email them about your problem.
Yes, all content on the Marketplace needs either a silver membership or gold membership in order to download content, also remember that one needs a connection to the Microsoft's Xbox Live servers in order to use Xbox Live at all.
Yes you do because you can only buy things from the market place if you have points and marketplace comes with xbox live
It depends on how long of a membership you want...a 3 month xbox live membership is just $19.99 where a 12 month xbox live membership is $49.99...
it is pretty much the same thing. Gold membership it a type of Xbox Live membership and has a charge.
You don't need "codes". What you need is to go to a GameStop purchase a membership or set up an account with Xbox/Microsoft.
With an a Xbox Live membership I think so, without a membership maybe not.
Yes, a membership is required for Xbox Live features to work for the console and account.