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Debit Card to buy Iphone
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Debit card's should be fine, since they can be recognized as credit cards (i.e. don't have to enter your pin).
Contract's irrelevant.
Contract's irrelevant.
Just to clarify, you don't link your account to a credit/debit card at the time of phone purchase. You will be sent a bill for AT&T service.
You can set up your account to automatically deduct payments from a credit/debit card, or even a bank account, but I strongly encourage you not to do that.
I see, what are the methods of paying the bill? How would i do that(besides what you said setting up my bank account to deduct.)
Sorry, never payed bills before x_x
Mail in a check, pay online by credit/debit card, auto-pay from credit/debit card (and maybe bank account).
Fine.
I bought mine with my BofA Visa DEBIT card, no issues at all.
Why would you think this would not be acceptable???
Purchasing the iPhone has nothing to do with the AT&T contract/billing payment method.
You will get a normal AT&T bill in the mail each month and can pay that however you wish.
I bought mine with my BofA Visa DEBIT card, no issues at all.
Why would you think this would not be acceptable???
Purchasing the iPhone has nothing to do with the AT&T contract/billing payment method.
You will get a normal AT&T bill in the mail each month and can pay that however you wish.
ATM/debit cards, which I think most of us are referring to, are basically like credit cards at this point. I don't think you can use an Apple debit gift card to buy one.
I'm pretty sure, when I was in the Apple Store buying my phone, that they were selling gift cards for iPhones (so people could give the card as a gift and then the recipient could go and activate it).
I repeat, NO.
When you buy the phone, a credit check is run on you to make sure that you'll be able to pay the bill. You are then sent a bill, with several methods of payment to pay it (including linking a credit card to auto debit).
But no payment methods are placed on your account at the point of purchase.
Come to think of it, I've read reports along these lines myself. Sorry for the misinformation!