Yes Neil, you can 'purchase' Free Apps from US Store without a credit card, but you do have to create a 'dummy' Account ID with a different email address than you use for your AU Store Account and a valid Address in US.
Similar to this situation... <http://www.ipadmalaysialabs.com/how-to-create-a-us-apple-id/> Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad4 On 20/08/2013, at 8:05 PM, Neil Houghton <[email protected]> wrote: > Peter is correct ... To use any country's iTunes store you must have a credit > card issued in that country with a valid billing address in that country. > Hmmm – just to clarify – you may need a credit card issued in that country > with a valid billing address in that country to SPEND MONEY in the store – > you do not necessarily need such a card to USE the store – I do not have such > a card but CAN USE the US store and ‘purchase’ free apps from the store. > > Cheers > > > Neil > -- > Neil R. Houghton > Albany, Western Australia > Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 > Email: [email protected] > > > > > on 20/8/13 19:43, Ronda Brown at [email protected] wrote: > > Hi Neil, Peter & Severin, > > > Peter is correct ... To use any country's iTunes store you must have a credit > card issued in that country with a valid billing address in that country. > > You'll have to switch billing information every time you want to make a > change from one country to another. > > The Australian account will require billing local to Austrailia (credit card > billed to a valid Austrailian address or gift cards purchased in Australia) > The US Account will require billing to US (credit card billed to a valid US > Address or gift cards purchased in US) > > You can change your account from one country to another as explained here: > <http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1311> > . > Cheers, > Ronni > Sent from Ronni's iPad4 > > On 20/08/2013, at 7:16 PM, Neil Houghton <[email protected]> wrote: > > Re: Accessing US Store I know I have a US iTunes account that I opened > several years ago when there was lots of free stuff on the US store but not > the Oz store – but I don’t actually remember how I went about it ;o( > > It does let me access apps that aren’t available on the Oz store – but I > think I’ve only used it for free apps – not to actually buy anything. > > That probably doesn’t help you that much – except to confirm that you can > change back and forth between US and Australian iTunes accounts (though their > current terms and conditions may disallow this?) > > I seem to remember that if you do have apps associated with a US account, you > have to sign into that account to update them. > > > Cheers > > > > Neil
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