Purchasing a Ringtone in Itunes

Did it have the icon for a ringtone next to it?

I did the same the ringtone went to the music folder.I contacted I tunes and told me the best way to do it was direct from the phone .they also refunded payment.
Have a look in your music folder see if it's there .

MAKE YOUR OWN RINGTONES!

Ironically, moments before seeing your post I had just spent some time making ringtones for my iPhone - it's SUPER easy!
(I'm using iTunes 9.2 and an iPhone 3Gs running iOS4)

All my iTunes music is owned. I merely find the song I want a piece of, listen and determine the :30 seconds I want ...
• GET INFO on the song (command+i)
• Select the OPTIONS tab at the top of the window that pops open
• Set the START TIME and STOP TIME of the song (you can define hundredths of a second if you wish), hit [OK]
• Go to iTunes menu bar at very top of your screen, select ADVANCED
• CREATE AAC VERSION (this must be previously defined in iTunes' CD Import Settings preference)
• iTunes will generate your new, :30 second AAC version of the song
• Drag this new :30 second version onto your desktop
• Change filename from .m4a to .m4r, confirm this in the dialog box that will appear
• The song you just dragged onto desktop should still be highlighted within iTunes (be sure to be in iTunes, not Finder) - press the DELETE key, hit REMOVE, hit MOVE TO TRASH ... that :30 second duplicate file is now gone from within iTunes.
• Remember to reset your original song's START TIME and STOP TIME by deselecting the boxes
• Click on the RINGTONES library icon in iTunes (below Apps, above Radio)
• Drag the new .m4r file from your desktop and plop it in your RINGTONES library
• Sync your iPhone
• Go into iPhone's Settings > Sounds > Ringtone

POOF! You've got home-made ringtones!

NOTE: It takes longer to read the above info than to actually make the ringtone. Once you've done it a couple of times, it'll be really fast. The most difficult part is deciding which :30 seconds of the song you want to use!

ONE LAST NOTE: Your iPhone's ringer will likely only have a :20 second duration. See this link on how to extend it to :30 seconds. Again, super-easy!
http://www.iphonenano.net/how-do-i-make-my-iphone-ring-longer-iphone-q-a/iphone- tutorials

David Olnick1 wrote:
"Did it have the icon for a ringtone next to it?"

Regarding the above question are you referring to "prior" to purchasing the song or "after". Don't know what a ringtone icon looks like. I just did s "seach" for the Theme song from Sanford and Son. A list of a bunch of them came up and I downloaded the original version by Quincy Jones. I located the song in my music folder and then selected "Store" and then "Create Ringtone" after which I got the message that the song is no longer available s a ringtone. Would have been nice if I knew that prior to buying the sone. Anyway...for future reference...my question remains "Is there away to determine whether a song will work as a ringtone" before I make the purchase. Thx.

Well I don't have iTunes in front of me as I am at work, but when songs are listed there should be a column with a bell icon in it. That icon shows a song can be made into a ringtone. The copyright holder of the song has the option to allow ringtones or not as it is not up to Apple. So not all songs can be made into ringtones following the official way of making them due to copyright laws.

Now if it had a bell icon prior to buying (should also have a bell icon in your copy of it if it is allowed) then you can contact Apple via the link in the receipt sent to you and explain you only bought it because you wanted a ringtone and it said you could before you bought but couldn't later.