What's a good price for 12mo xbox live gold
 

Looks like you can get one for $42 at buy.com

Thats pretty good. I spent around 45~50 bucks a few months back with shipping. If you look around deals pop up all the time. Last year I got one for around 42 bucks with 1 free extra month (13 months total)

$99 for family plan then split it with 4 people.

I thought they changed how the family plan worked. Look it up.

I thought $60/year was a good deal. If you can't afford $5 a month you probably shouldn't be spending anything on it. Plus mine doesn't expire anywhere near holiday sales.

family plan requires hoops. All users would have to migrate to account holders console, then you have to transfer afterwards to their own consoles. Curly is right. The extra $2 a month you save is not worth the hassle