iTunes Switzerland, Denmark, Sweden and Norway

[J-Squire]

Here here

My account has also been disabled. I just hope I can reactivate it when the store comes online.
I have a fear that I am now banend for life. haha.

Massive changes to the store since i left for work this morning. WAAAY more songs available, and there aren't songs without prices. Looks good for a Thursday openning

 

[OziMac]

I don't think it's a big deal - the absolute worst that could happen is that you can't reopen that particular account and lose the credit on the account (and even that is pretty unlikely). Just create a new one and get on with it

Apple runs a business, not an online forum - it is not in their interests to 'ban' people for buying their products.

 

[pkis]

yeah, I agree - they'll probably unlock everyone again.

Something else: the flags are gone again! don't know what that's supposed to mean. I really hope it's only part of the lock-down.

 

[pjtro2]

yeah, but the big question will be whether they'll unlock those accounts again once the store is online

My a/c is still working fine (signed up last night with ccard), can still access all areas... would be a bummer to have it suspended. Interesting point raised before regarding the agreement being 'missing'.. would make (legal) sense to have to re-accept terms of use with something actually to agree to.

 

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

I logged into iTMS yesterday and was still logged in this morning (iTunes and the machine have slept, while I was sleeping...)

I'll try logging out and back in...

Edit: It's signing in and out (not logging in/out)... and NO I didn't get back in... was slapped with an unknown error (5002) when I tried, twice...

Edit2: But I still get prices in NOK when I use search to find songs...

 

[OziMac]

It's not the logging in and viewing (or even previewing) songs that is problematic - it's actually purchasing anything that results in the 'deactivated' dialog box to appear.

April 28 was Russel's blabbed release date, right? So hopefully tomorrow morning we'll have iTunes, new Powermacs (and please, new iMacs and eMacs too).

 

[aswitcher]

It's not the logging in and viewing (or even previewing) songs that is problematic - it's actually purchasing anything that results in the 'deactivated' dialog box to appear.

April 28 was Russel's blabbed release date, right? So hopefully tomorrow morning we'll have iTunes, new Powermacs (and please, new iMacs and eMacs too).

Yeah, midnight or soemthing

 

[abc123]

It's not the logging in and viewing (or even previewing) songs that is problematic - it's actually purchasing anything that results in the 'deactivated' dialog box to appear.

April 28 was Russel's blabbed release date, right? So hopefully tomorrow morning we'll have iTunes, new Powermacs (and please, new iMacs and eMacs too).

there seems to be a lot of unfinished stuff on the australian itms, heaps of albums without prices and a few songs without prices too still. actually we probably made life hell for the people working on it all today.
there also are not any terms and conditions online yet. either people will be working into the night or it will be friday or even sometime next week.

 

[Swissfondue]

This morning, Swiss iTMS was still accessible

I don't think it's a big deal - the absolute worst that could happen is that you can't reopen that particular account and lose the credit on the account (and even that is pretty unlikely). Just create a new one and get on with it

Apple runs a business, not an online forum - it is not in their interests to 'ban' people for buying their products.

This morning my account in the Swiss store was still active. I haven't tried purchasing anything yet. I'll wait until the store is officialy open for that. But I did download my free song to my iPod.

song prices CHF 1.50
album prices CHF 15.00
And then there are singles albums at a lower price.
Double albums of course more expensive.

 

[powerbookg4_15"]

Flags taken down

The flags have been taken down from both servers!!!! Have a look!!!

Bad sign....

 

[mark6051]

Aussie Itunes

Yawwwn !!

 

[Mac]

Yup, for Norway iTunes have more than 35.000 Norwegian titles according to TONO (music rights org.).

I can get into the store and see Norwegian artists, but I cannot log in as a Norwegian user.

The service for Norway is supposed to be available on the 28 April.

 

[Nermal]

I wonder how Garry Parker of Wangaratta downloaded a song when there is no icon or selection of Australia as a itunes store..also when an Aussie credit card is put in it rejects as saying not available for that particular country...

Apologies to Mr Garry Parker of Wangaratta - but your claim seems less than truthful.

Garry Barker was just the reporter. ChrisH3677 did the download, and posted some screenshots earlier in the thread.

PS. Ha! Your edit can't save you now!

 

[pjtro2]

I wonder how Garry Parker of Wangaratta downloaded a song when there is no icon or selection of Australia as a itunes store..also when an Aussie credit card is put in it rejects as saying not available for that particular country...

Apologies to Mr Garry Parker of Wangaratta - but your claim seems less than truthful.

Hi Mark, not intending to flame you, but if you look back over the past 11 pages of comments there is numerous references on how to gain access to the Aus ITMS - myself and numerous others have indeed registered with ccard and also received confirmation emails from apple. There were a number of tracks listed - with download icons and australian pricing ($1.69), with more appearing by the hour.

It seems apple has since made numerous measures to lock down any further access until the official launch (whenever that may be).

 

[Zaty]

nooooooooooooooo Well, 15.- is the same as everywhere else, but still, that really sucks now that they had initally had a price tag of 10 per album.
I have the feeling that so far we haven't seen the local stores yet - perhaps they just used the US store in combination with local currencies for testing purposes. I don't want to spoil anything here - but slowly I'm starting to doubt that the store (at least the Swiss store, which looks somewhat empty now) will be ready by tomorrow. It took Apple several weeks to get the stores ready for the last enlargement, it would surprise me if it only took them 3 days to get the new ones up and running. We have absolutely no proof that the stores will actually go online tomorrow. For what I know, it could be another month before everything's ready. We also don't know how much in advance the flags were online last time - maybe they had been there for half a year and nobody noticed.

The statement by Apple Switzerland that the article on music.ch gave them a "belly ache" didn't sound to me like they were planning on launching this week. I had the feeling that they had only just started to prepare for a launch and because of the article they tried to rush things in order to get everything done by tomorrow because they didn't want to disappoint the customers again.
If there's no launch tomorrow, at least I hope they'll issue a statement about the actual launch date.

I agree, however the statement by Apple's spokeswoman can interpreted in two ways:

a) music.ch was wrong and Apple never planned to launch the store on April 28. But of course Apple can't say so.

b) music.ch is right and the store will be launched tomorrow. Until then, Apple Switzerland can't confirm the launch as this would be against the company's policy. But of course, they can't deny the report.

So what is she to say without spilling the beans? Nothing. So I guess her statement doesn't provide a hint for either option. As of 1 PM CEST, my account was probably blocked, too. I'm getting the 5002 error message but the store is there and it seems to me they're still adding songs. As for the flags that are now MIA, since all flags are gone, this probably doesn't mean anything. I would put it past Apple they removed the flags for one reason only: The news is making the rounds and Apple doesn't want everyone to check the claims made here and in other forums. So, I guess there's a 100% chance the store will open within the next few weeks, if the launch happens tomorrow, remains to been seen. I'm still optimistic for tomorrow.

BTW, have you searched for Plüsch? They're most certainly not in the US store. (I haven't checked, tough). So you're probably right, what we saw yesterday was the US store, which they used as template, but today, with regards to contents, it looks much less like the US store.

With regards to the blocking of the accounts: Why should the UK store be responsible for unblocking those accounts? I guess once the stores open, they will either unblock our accounts automatically or will just have to ask the respective stores (not iTMS UK).

 

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

The service for Norway is supposed to be available on the 28 April.

According to a Norwegian newspaper (VG, I think it was) Apple is gonna present Tiger at a press viewing this evening, and they are speculating that iTMS Norway will be announced at that venue...

 

[aswitcher]

According to a Norwegian newspaper (VG, I think it was) Apple is gonna present Tiger at a press viewing this evening, and they are speculating that iTMS Norway will be announced at that venue...

A good sign then.

 

[Zaty]

A good sign then.

A good sign indeed. So the stores were just closed for the final works before they open.

 

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

A good sign then.

As Zaty sad, a good sign indeed...

Combined with the press release from TONO (Norway's Performing Rights Society) saying they're in agreement with Apple Norway after rather short negotiations, along with all those making accounts and some actually purchasing music, makes this rumor dead certain...

 

[Davito]

BTW, have you searched for Plüsch? They're most certainly not in the US store. (I haven't checked, tough). .

I searched for Züri (West) yesterday, but it didn't find anything. I also think that I was in the US-store with prices in CHF.

 

[Poff]

Hey, Poff and solaris, have you gotten your "Welcome to the iTMS"-mails, yet...?

BTW: I, too, read the complete Terms and condition, very quickly...

I got mine today.

What I really like is the NOK 8.00 price point.
Take away vat and you're down to 8/1,25=6,40

6,4/6,2669186024 = 1,02123554, which is approx. $1. Even if the dollar goes up again, the low price point would have to be retained for a while. Cool stuff.

Edit: my account has been disabled too, bummer..

 

[unknownfairy]

Sorry to be off topic, but what's this about Gary Parker in Wangaratta??? I am from Wangaratta! (it is a very small and dodgy town) Is it the same wangaratta?

 

[pkis]

As for the flags that are now MIA, since all flags are gone, this probably doesn't mean anything.

I agree - they were probably removed because of the unwanted attention. Considering the fact that they can be put online again within seconds, that really doesn't have to mean anything.

>claims made here and in other forums. So, I guess there's a 100% chance >the store will open within the next few weeks, if the launch happens >tomorrow, remains to been seen.

I guess "next couple of weeks" makes sense to me. Tomorrow? I don't believe it anymore- considering the state the store is in right now (only few songs, visibly unfinished parts, missing terms etc.). Unless a whole lota people spend the whole night adding content and softening the edges, it's definitely not gonna be ready by tomorrow.

>BTW, have you searched for Plüsch? They're most certainly not in the US >store. (I haven't checked, tough).

I don't know about Plüsch, but Florian Ast, for example, was in the US store before, so was Francine Jordi (spelling?), Gölä (together with DJ Bobo) etc. I haven't found anything so far that wasn't there before.

> With regards to the blocking of the accounts: Why should the UK store be >responsible for unblocking those accounts?.

I have no idea - someone else posted that, though.

 

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

I got mine today.

What I really like is the NOK 8.00 price point.
Take away vat and you're down to 8/1,25=6,40

6,4/6,2669186024 = 1,02123554, which is approx. $1. Even if the dollar goes up again, the low price point would have to be retained for a while. Cool stuff.

Edit: my account has been disabled too, bummer..

I, too like the NOK 8 price, but it seems like some (new) songs might be priced at NOK 12.00, so I guess TONO has been able to force Apple into a price differenciation scheme... not a big problem though...

(As mentioned earlier, my account seems to been disabled, too... probably just Apple plugging holes untill the launch...)

 

[Zaty]

I agree - they were probably removed because of the unwanted attention. Considering the fact that they can be put online again within seconds, that really doesn't have to mean anything.

>claims made here and in other forums. So, I guess there's a 100% chance >the store will open within the next few weeks, if the launch happens >tomorrow, remains to been seen.

I guess "next couple of weeks" makes sense to me. Tomorrow? I don't believe it anymore- considering the state the store is in right now (only few songs, visibly unfinished parts, missing terms etc.). Unless a whole lota people spend the whole night adding content and softening the edges, it's definitely not gonna be ready by tomorrow.

>BTW, have you searched for Plüsch? They're most certainly not in the US >store. (I haven't checked, tough).

I don't know about Plüsch, but Florian Ast, for example, was in the US store before, so was Francine Jordi (spelling?), Gölä (together with DJ Bobo) etc. I haven't found anything so far that wasn't there before.

> With regards to the blocking of the accounts: Why should the UK store be >responsible for unblocking those accounts?.

I have no idea - someone else posted that, though.

I know, someone else claimed only UK could unblock the accounts. My comment was not directed at you

I wouldn't have thought Francine Jordi was in the US store. So I have to agree with you my point is not valid. ONTH, certain contents have been exchanged. E. g. Yesterday a search for Skye Sweetnam returned some singles that were never released here. If you do a search for her now, it only returns the European version of her album that was released last month. I guess we're in agreement iTMS will definitely come to Switzerland (and the other four or five incl. NZ) in the near future, the question is only when. I have to say, last night I would have put money on a launch on Thursday (although I usually don't bet), I wouldn't do that anymore. But I stick to my earlier statement, I haven't given up hope for a launch tomorrow.

Edit: My comment about UK iMTS being responsible was of course not a reply to pkis's post.