I can confirm this as well. When my kids get an iTunes gift card, they go into the iTunes app on their device and apply the credit to their iCloud account. My credit card is not billed unless they have spent all of their iTunes gift card credit. :)
Christina > On Oct 13, 2015, at 12:55 PM, chris <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi > > Correct, any balances on a family member's account will be used first, then > the credit card shared by you the organizer. > > On 13/10/2015 15:30, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: >> Hi Kevin, >> >> >> >> It is family after all and I assume you wouldn’t add family members to >> family sharing if you weren’t getting along with them. Therefore, just make >> sure they understand that any purchases they make come off your card and >> arrange for them to pay you back. I believe there is an alternative, though, >> and that would be for them to buy an iTunes gift card and add it to their >> account. I am pretty sure that any purchases they make from their own Apple >> Id come off the gift card balance first. On the other hand, if you find a >> good deal on a gift card like sometimes when you can buy them for 20% off, >> you can safely add them to your account without the balance getting used up >> by family purchases. All purchases made by a family member are billed to the >> credit card on file and I know this for sure because I have a balance on my >> account and when my wife purchases something it is billed directly to the >> card on file. >> >> >> >> >> >> Take care, >> >> Sieghard >> >> >> >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >> Of Kevin Minor >> Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2015 12:38 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Is there a way for a user of a family account to have purchases go >> to their own account? >> >> >> >> Hi. >> >> >> >> I was going through email today, when I got an interesting surprise. I saw >> that my Brother purchased an iTunes song through my family sharing. I set >> this up so that he, my Mom and my Dad could use iTunes music, so I don’t >> want their purchases in iTunes to come off my card. Is there a way to have >> them have their own info in iTunes for purchasing items, and, at the same >> time share the family setting of music? >> >> >> >> Just curious. >> >> >> >> Kevin Minor, Lexington, KY >> > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the VIPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your VIPhone list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the VIPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your VIPhone list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
