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How do I Fund iTunes for a purchase?

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MikeT125

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May 16, 2007
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I am new to this iTunes purchasing Applications. My son (11 yo) has an iPod Touch and he wants to buy Applications. He originally had a iTunes gift card that that he used and had a remainder of $0.50 on it. He wanted to buy an application that costs 0.99. iTunes shows 0.50 and we hit buy. It went on his iPod without a problem but I am not quite sure where the extra 0.49 cents came from. I remember using a charge card to set up the account.... Did Apple just put a 0.49 cent charge on my charge card? If that is what they did, does that mean that I don't have to buy iTunes gift cards and all the charges will just go on my Credit card that is on file with my iTunes account??

Thanks in advance.
 
yes for his most recent purchace, the remainder of the cost of the app (49 cents) will be billed to your credit card.

and you are also correct on the fact that you don't have to buy iTunes gift cards to use iTunes. Songs, apps, movies, and whatnot will simply be billed to the credit card information on your account.
 
Koronis said:
Actually, you will have a charge of $0.99 on your card. Apple doesn't let you use gift cards to purchase apps for some reason
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That's because you are in Canada, and Canada has some sort of funky law regarding buying software online. In other countries, you can use gift cards to buy apps from Apple.
 
bobfitz14 said:
i would be careful with an 11 year old having access to charge things to your credit card...
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Oh, he doesn't have access to it. I was at the helm when the purchase was made and there is a password on the account that he does not know. I was just a little confused and thought I needed to buy a gift card to make any sort of purchase. Looks like I don't. Thanks guys.
 
Koronis said:
Hmm, I didn't know that, I just assumed it was the same for everyone.
It would be nice if we could
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I live in America and so far it looks like the gift card works for purchasing Apps.

I hate that we lost, but it was a really good hockey game. :)
 
MikeT125 said:
Oh, he doesn't have access to it. I was at the helm when the purchase was made and there is a password on the account that he does not know. I was just a little confused and thought I needed to buy a gift card to make any
sort of purchase. Looks like I don't. Thanks guys.
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While you don't need a gift card to make purchases, I find it useful to add credits to my iTunes account, so I can monitor how much I've used. I give myself an allowance per month, like $30, and buy myself a gift card for that amount, and I know if I hit that limit before the end of a month. You can even gift yourself a "virtual" gift card, so you don't have to go out and buy and waste a piece of plastic.
 
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