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How does this work anyway? I've never even heard of this "Expert Zone" before and can't find much information about it. Can I just start an account and automatically buy it cheap or what?
It's a training site for Microsoft if you work at a retailer that sells their products. You take tests to earn points and you can buy stuff on the cheap. They regularly have games and accessories available and on occasion systems, points cards and Xbox live gold memberships. The tests are easy and if you know anything about their stuff you can breeze through them.
The biggest pain is they have a tiered system. When you start out you are a Newbie and don't get the awesome deals. You do more tests to earn points and you get bumped up a level with slightly better deals. After that you get into the Expert tier and that's where the good deals come in. I think they are still running a promotion where you can get Windows 7 Ultimate for $15 if you finish their Windows learning plan.
It's at expertzone.microsoft.com but you have to work at someplace like Target, Best Buy, Gamestop...etc.