[quote name='jooanyenna']It WAS, but not now.
You are quite right about Costco B&M hardly ever stock gaming accessories, but Costco.com will still beat the regular, not-on-sale price of Target and BestBuy by $10-13 even after tax and S/H.[/quote]
Thanks for this.
Just for reference, at Costco the xbox live 12 month card is $39.99, and most accessories (e.g. controllers, memory cards) have about that same 10% discount from msrp.
I will not endorse it (hence my tongue in cheek language), but in reference to my op, if you have a problem with the game or messenger or headset, you should be able to return it to a warehouse for a full refund. What complicates matters is that the live card can obviously be used and valueless at this point. For an xbox live card alone, I can see Costco refusing a return, but in this package, I can see them allowing it (again, no endorsements or promises).