Hi Joanne, I just googled this and as far as I can tell promotional gift cards may have an expiry date. This means that if you buy a discounted card, e.g. a $50 card for $40, then this card may have a date after which it can't be redeemed any more. However, it is my understanding that once you redeem the card and the credit is on your account that then the credit does not expire. I wrote to iTunes Store Support and asked them to confirm this since I would like to know as well. I also bought $150 credit for $120, but I redeemed all 3 cards right away so that the credit is now on my account. There really is no reason why one wouldn't redeem a card immediately and this way I think you avoid the issue of a code expiring.
Here in Canada this is in line with our laws regarding gift certificates. Since 2008 only promotional gift certificates may have an expiry date. I own a retail store and if I sell a normal gift certificate to somebody I am not allowed to write an expiry date on it. If I still own my business in 20 years and somebody walks in with a $100 gift certificate which has not been used but which was sold 20 years ago I have to honor that. I am sure Apple has to follow local or country laws regarding this which means any regularly purchased iTunes Gift card should not have an expiry date on it for redeeming it and I think once it is redeemed it should be good for years and years. Regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Joanne Chua Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2013 6:33 AM To: [email protected] Cc: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Where to buy ITunes credit was: Re: where do I go in itunes to check and change my payment info? Hi Sigard and all Yes, thanks for putting my idea on to more of a constructive form of discussion. for me, i don't mind either way. I think, there are more of a problem with purchasing give cards than using ITune credit or with credit card on itune account. One of the problem with having give cards for me is that, i bought a bunch of ITune give card when it was on special, from memory was something like $100 with $150 worth of value or something similar like that. I end up bought a few cards, but, as the story goes, it end up expire as i forgot i have those cards with me. I think, i bought around $300 with $450 worth of cards, and end up, only able to use $50 or $100 worth of credit as the rest were all expires. I guess, what i trying to say is that, if you want to use the ITune give card or credit methods, just be aware the expiry date on your credits, specially if you having a physical give cards. If you do want to go with the give cards/ITunes credit option, just make sure that you can able to use and remember to use the credit witin the time frame. From memory it is something either 12 months or 2 years. With my give cards story, it was 2010 Christmass, and i only realize that i have some cards left on end of last year/early this year. The flip side of Inclusion is Exclusion.Joanne Chua Leaders For Tomorrow 2013 Candidate Send from my iPad On 01/09/2013, at 21:49, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Don and Joanne, > > If you want to buy an iTunes gift card online and receive the code by > email then you would have to send a gift card to yourself. > The difference would be not so much in security since you would have > to have a credit card on your iTunes account in order to buy the gift > card, but once you receive the email and redeem the card, you could > theoretically go in and remove your credit card information. If you > were paranoyed you could do this and just add the credit card > information for the time it takes to buy a new gift card each time you run out of credit. > However, even if you are not paranoyed (like me) and feel it is safe > to have your credit card on iTunes, I still prefer to use a credit > balance from a gift card since that way I don't have a number of small > charges on my card each month if I buy a few apps and maybe some > songs. I use my credit card also for my business and it's not unusual > that I have between 40 and 60 transactions a month so I don't need any > more since I have to split up each statement into business and personal amounts. > Anyhow, I think buying gift cards when they are on sale is the way to go. > About a month ago 7 1 1 had $50 gift cards on sale for $40 and I > bought 3 of them so I spend $120 but got $150 credit. I would have > normally only bought one or 2 cards, but since I want to get a 3-year > Seeing Eye subscription one of these days I decided to get enough > credit so I can pay the $130 which now in fact only cost me $104. > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Joanne Chua > Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2013 1:55 AM > To: [email protected] > Cc: <[email protected]> > Subject: Where to buy ITune credit was: Re: where do I go in itunes to > check and change my payment info? > > you can buy it thru itunes or apple online store directly. However, i > really don't know the different from having credit card on itunes > safely, than buying itunes credits using credit card online. > From my point of view, it is much safer to have credit card details > thru apple than purchasing it thru random online store. > > > The flip side of Inclusion is Exclusion.Joanne Chua Leaders For > Tomorrow 2013 Candidate Send from my iPad > > On 01/09/2013, at 18:16, "Dawn Petty" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> what I was looking for was somewhere I could buy and receive number > online. >> >> >> -----Original Message----- From: Sieghard Weitzel >> Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2013 11:49 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: RE: where do I go in itunes to check and change my payment info? >> >> Hi Don, >> >> Do you mean where can you buy iTunes gift cards? If so then the >> answer is just about everywhere. Here in Canada they are sold at >> Safeway, most Drug Stores, The Source, 7 1 1 Convience stores, Best >> Buy, Costco and probably > at >> many more of the larger chain stores. >> >> You can also send a gift card from within iTunes to a friend or, for >> that matter, to yourself. Of course then you are using the credit >> card on your iTunes account to buy the gift card, but you may also >> use a credit card to buy it at a store. If I buy one at a store and >> know I don't have anybody around maybe that evening, I often have >> pulled out my iPhone and asked somebody at customer service to read >> me the code and I punched it right in and redeemed it on the spot. >> After that you can just tell them to throw it out since once it's redeemed the card is useless. >> >> >> Regards, >> Sieghard >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of Dawn Petty >> Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2013 6:57 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: where do I go in itunes to check and change my payment info? >> >> is there anywhere you can purchase and get the physical number of the >> card or does it have to be sent to your house? >> >> >> -----Original Message----- From: Alan Paganelli >> Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2013 11:37 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: where do I go in itunes to check and change my payment info? >> >> If I may, I'd like to make a suggestion. Instead of using credit >> cards where the info can be stolen etc, instead use gift cards >> instead. Yes, I suppose it's always possible somebody can hack your >> account and wipe out what ever you have in credit but the big thing >> is, they can't make off > with >> your credit card information if it isn't there. And, if you look >> around, you can always find somebody having a sail on iTunes gift >> cards. I got a > 50 >> dollar card on special for 45 dollars. Your credit card won't do >> that for you. >> >> Just a thought you might wish to think about. >> ------- >> >> Regards, >> >> Alan >> >> Go Chicago Bears in 2013! >> >> Teenagers; Tired of being harassed by your stupid parents? Act now!!!!! >> Move out. Get a job. Pay your bills wile you still know everything. >> >> Please click on: >> http://www.home.earthlink.net/~alanandsuzanne/ >> There, you'll find free files of my arrangements and performances >> played > on >> the Yamaha Tyros 1 keyboard. The albums in Technics format formerly >> on > my >> website are still available upon request. Thanks for listening! >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph FreeTech" > <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2013 8:28 AM >> Subject: Re: where do I go in itunes to check and change my payment info? >> >> >>> Hi Mitch, >>> >>> Yes, you can use PayPal with iTunes since that is what I'm doing. >>> When > you >>> buy an app and such you will get purchase confirmation email >>> messages > from >>> both Apple and PayPal. 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