Q: Why do payment options not list using credit balance from previously redeemed gift card?
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Sep 6, 2013 9:16 AMby King_Penguin,Are you being prompted to enter billing details when buying items from the store ? When I buy things then as long as my account's balance covers what I'm buying (if you are in the US then you need to add on your state's sales tax to the listed price) then I'm not prompted to enter any payment info - and what I don't spend remains on my account for my next purchase. If you are gifting content then that will be charged to your credit card, you can't gift from a balance.
From http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5582 :
When making purchases, content credits are used first, followed by Gift Certificate, iTunes Card, or Allowance Account credits; your credit card or PayPal account is then charged for any remaining balance.
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Sep 6, 2013 9:28 AMby King_Penguin,How did you create the account, and was that your first purchase ? If you didn't create it by following the instructions on this page then you will have been required to enter payment details before your first purchase : http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2534
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Sep 6, 2013 2:21 PMby grammawmosesaz,I had made purchases before using my credit card but this was the first time I attempted to use my gift card credit. The previous time I purchased one song for 99 cents and my credit card was charged over $400 so I had to cancel that credit card and I will not use my credit card again to purchase iTunes songs.
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Sep 7, 2013 6:42 AMby grammawmosesaz,I had a $15 credit and I was spending 99 cents. My only choices for payment were credit card (my old information was there with notice that my credit card was expired) and Pay Pal, which also takes from my credit card). I did not want to update credit card information and risk having unauthorized charges again and I didn't want to use Pay Pal either for the same reason.
