Every Shop My wife went to said you can't buy apps with itunes card-is this correct?

[NT1440]

All this sneering at how dumb and un intilligent people are misses the point.

Apple has to communicate to retailers and the public at large, what itunes cards can be used for.

Well anyone that has even the slightest clue knows that itunes cards work like this:

Get card, put the credit into your account, now heres the confusing part (not): THE MONEY ON YOUR ACCOUNT CAN BE USED FOR ANYTHING ON ITUNES.

Not exactly rocket science.

 

[SnowLeopard2008]

Yes you can. You can even buy the apps on the iPhone itself, and redeem the code without having to bust out your computer.

 

[mr.m21]

Well anyone that has even the slightest clue knows that itunes cards work like this:

Get card, put the credit into your account, now heres the confusing part (not): THE MONEY ON YOUR ACCOUNT CAN BE USED FOR ANYTHING ON ITUNES.

Not exactly rocket science.

Thats exactly what i did, and guess what? No apps. Now i thought i saw somewhere that Canadian iTunes users (like me) can only use there iTunes cards for music. Someone tell me they were wrong and it just isn't working.

 

[NT1440]

Thats exactly what i did, and guess what? No apps. Now i thought i saw somewhere that Canadian iTunes users (like me) can only use there iTunes cards for music. Someone tell me they were wrong and it just isn't working.

Oh wow, that is ridiculous, im assuming it has something to do with crazy pointless international laws dealing with copyrights and such.

 

[hexonxonx]

Well anyone that has even the slightest clue knows that itunes cards work like this:

Get card, put the credit into your account, now heres the confusing part (not): THE MONEY ON YOUR ACCOUNT CAN BE USED FOR ANYTHING ON ITUNES.

Not exactly rocket science.

True. Apple just has the thing where they have different versions of the card. One is an iTunes music card which was pink, and the other is an iTunes gift card. Even though one says it's a music card, they can all be used to buy anything on the iTunes store, apps, music and videos.

 

[mr.m21]

Oh wow, that is ridiculous, im assuming it has something to do with crazy pointless international laws dealing with copyrights and such.

Now thats just stupid, so other than getting credit cards how do us canucks get paid apps?

True. Apple just has the thing where they have different versions of the card. One is an iTunes music card which was pink, and the other is an iTunes gift card. Even though one says it's a music card, they can all be used to buy anything on the iTunes store, apps, music and videos.

Again, this is just plain stupid. Why not just have one simple iTunes gift card?

 

[NT1440]

To be clear, you have redeemed to gift card value in the itunes store onto your account, and you cannot buy apps with it??

 

[mr.m21]

To be clear, you have redeemed to gift card value in the itunes store onto your account, and you cannot buy apps with it??

That is correct, I have bought a song and it worked flawlessly, I clicked the song and it deducted $0.99 from my credit and it downloaded. If i click on an app then it directs me to the billing info where i have to put in my credit card info. I would, but i don't have a credit card, and would rather not get one.

 

[PatrickRS]

I have used an iTunes gift card to buy apps. The money in your iTunes account can be used for all the stuff that is sold on iTunes.

Any Canadians reading this thread should note that the Canadian iTunes store does NOT allow you to purchase apps via iTunes funds derived from a gift card.

 

[mr.m21]

Any Canadians reading this thread should note that the Canadian iTunes store does NOT allow you to purchase apps via iTunes funds derived from a gift card.

Dang,,,, Well thanks for clearing that up..... Stupid apple.....

 

[polarbreeze]

Apps just aren't very well integrated into the paradigm yet

The gift card thing is just part of a more general issue, which is that Apple hasn't really integrated apps delivery very well yet with the iTunes concept. No doubt they'll refine it in time so let's have patience with them. It's very smart of them to use the iTunes transaction mechanism to sell materials other than music but for the uninitiated it's rather confusing, starting with the name - I mean, you'd expect something called iTunes to be selling, well, just tunes, wouldn't you?!

There are several oddities with apps - for example, if you try to buy an app in the iTunes App Store by just clicking "buy" it gives an error message "Applications cannot be purchased with the Shopping Basket - select "Buy" if you would like to purchase by one-click". This is complete gobbledegook for a new user who just ambled in for the first time to buy an app for his new iPhone and never had anything to do with iTunes before.

Another oddity is that if you're in the iTunes App Store and you do a search, you get a list not just of apps but also of music tracks and movies and things. The app entries quote parameters like "artist" and "album" which is just the wrong terminology for an app and is, again, confusing for the average user. Poor user interface design.

Geeks may think such user-interface niceties are trivial non-issues but that's just because they're, well, geeks

 

[TraceyS/FL]

There are several oddities with apps - for example, if you try to buy an app in the iTunes App Store by just clicking "buy" it gives an error message "Applications cannot be purchased with the Shopping Basket - select "Buy" if you would like to purchase by one-click". This is complete gobbledegook for a new user who just ambled in for the first time to buy an app for his new iPhone and never had anything to do with iTunes before.

THis actually irks me because i don't have a device yet, but there are some apps i'd like to "save" to buy when i get it. I'd find it much easier to leave them in my shopping cart - or put them on a "want to buy" playlist....

My guess is that the App Store thru iTunes is intended to be the 2nd choice for buying apps - a shopping cart makes for less impulsive "buy it" decisions. Heck, i accidently bought a click wheel game yesterday because i was tired and clicked buy now in the cart missing the X to remove it. UGH.

I was going to buy it at some point - but my iPod has a broken button and i can't play it and i was still holding out hope that Santa was bringing me one.... so why buy it before i found out?

 

[AngryApple]

I went to Walmart and the cashire said that songs cost $2.99. LOL! She and I got into an arguement about it. She kept saying that she is an experienced Apple user. Proved her wrong by showing her the prices from the iTunes store on my iPod. "Oh." she replied.

So unless you go to an Apple store the employees usually don't know what they are talking about. Plenty of people here have answered your question.

 

[Zincous]

I bought an iphone the other day for my mom (3rd iphone in the family) So I know what I'm doing. The lady at apple selling me the phone didn't even know you could buy an iphone on the internet from AT&T. Pissed me off how stupid she was.

 

[Grease2310]

Any Canadians reading this thread should note that the Canadian iTunes store does NOT allow you to purchase apps via iTunes funds derived from a gift card.

As was mentioned MANY MANY MANY times before, including my own post only about 2 or 3 back from the poster who complained it wasn't working for him but then you get people who say stuff like:

Well anyone that has even the slightest clue knows that itunes cards work like this:

Get card, put the credit into your account, now heres the confusing part (not): THE MONEY ON YOUR ACCOUNT CAN BE USED FOR ANYTHING ON ITUNES.

Not exactly rocket science.

And you start confusing people. Like I said before there are countries outside the borders of the good ol' US of A. The Canadian iTunes store does not allow for it due to taxation laws regarding software within that country. I am not entirely certain but there are possibly other countries where iTunes cards can not be used for App purchases as well. Personally I just wish people who stop trying to make everyone around them feel stupid by saying "dur, money is money, dur" when they're the one who's poorly educated on the subject. Apple needs to (as mentioned before) silk screen the back of their cards, REGION BY REGION, with what can and can not be bought with them.

 

[LiveForever]

And you start confusing people. Like I said before there are countries outside the borders of the good ol' US of A. The Canadian iTunes store does not allow for it due to taxation laws regarding software within that country. I am not entirely certain but there are possibly other countries where iTunes cards can not be used for App purchases as well. Personally I just wish people who stop trying to make everyone around them feel stupid by saying "dur, money is money, dur" when they're the one who's poorly educated on the subject. Apple needs to (as mentioned before) silk screen the back of their cards, REGION BY REGION, with what can and can not be bought with them.

Exactly, I totally agree (although I don't think they use silk screen printing but I get your point)

This superior, aren't those plebs stupid attitude really gets me. apple need to communicate more effectively what can be brought with an itunes card region by region. So to the clever people who said its obvious you can buy apps with an itunes card, you were wrong about Canada and I suspect many other countries we do not know about.

Besides, my wife is the smartest person I know. Just she chooses not to become obsessed with the minutia of how apple sets up its retail operations. And that is the point. It should be obvious to anyone from the 16yr old computer wizz to a 70 year old woman buying a present for their grand son.

Presently every retailer of itunes gift cards in this particular Westfield mall in suburban Sydney has no idea apps can be purchased with it. Now tell me who's dumb. Apple or ALL the retailers?

This arrogant attitude almost brought apple down before.

apple have an issue here and need to something extremely simple (like printing on the card) to fix it.

 

[bamac]

what everyone here has been requesting...

Exactly, I totally agree (although I don't think they use silk screen printing but I get your point)

This superior, aren't those plebs stupid attitude really gets me. apple need to communicate more effectively what can be brought with an itunes card region by region. So to the clever people who said its obvious you can buy apps with an itunes card, you were wrong about Canada and I suspect many other countries we do not know about.

Besides, my wife is the smartest person I know. Just she chooses not to become obsessed with the minutia of how apple sets up its retail operations. And that is the point. It should be obvious to anyone from the 16yr old computer wizz to a 70 year old woman buying a present for their grand son.

Presently every retailer of itunes gift cards in this particular Westfield mall in suburban Sydney has no idea apps can be purchased with it. Now tell me who's dumb. Apple or ALL the retailers?

This arrogant attitude almost brought apple down before.

apple have an issue here and need to something extremely simple (like printing on the card) to fix it.

http://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/ww/ - this page has a break down of all the terms of every itunes store world wide


http://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/appstore/ca/terms.html - this page lists the methods of payment accepted on the App store for Canada which does not include itunes store gift cards.