Can I buy an iPhone from apple.ca, pay with an US debit card and ship it to a Canadian address?
Ten years ago, which is when this question was last answered here, the answer was no.
Now the answer is yes, and with cards from several other countries as well. When making
a purchase you will be given an opportunity to enter your own billing info. Credit cards are
also accepted.
What part of "Can I buy an iPhone from Apple.CA" did you not understand?
Perhaps you can show me where exactly I said anything about shopping "in Apple US stores or [an] Apple Website in the US"?
Can I buy an iPhone from apple.ca, pay with an US debit card and ship it to a Canadian address?
No, Apple does not ship internationally. Even if they did though, the phone would have no warranty in Canada.
One may not need to live in Canada to shop there. But one cannot shop in Apple US stores or Apple Website in the US and have Apple ship ANYTHING to Canada. Apple doesn't ship internationally. And that's all that matters as it relates to your question.
Perhaps I don't understand and you really haven't made it totally clear what you want to do?
So please explain in more detail what you want to do? I've reread your first post and I think you're asking if you can go to the Apple Canada website and order an iPhone to be delivered to an address in Canada, using a US Credit card? Is that what you want to do? If yes, I don't believe that's possible. In most countries, in order to order a device, one has to have a valid shipping address in the country (in your case, you're asking about Canada?) AND a valid credit card ISSUED in the country of purchase.
Billy@MIX.COM wrote:
Can I buy an iPhone from apple.ca, pay with an US debit card and ship it to a Canadian address?
My understanding is that you need a Canadian credit card to place an order in the Canadian Apple Online Store. However, you can certainly test this yourself by setting up an order and seeing if it lets you move to checkout.
Here is what you will be offered when checking out:
Then you may be able to do what you want. You can either go ahead and try to place the order. Or, you can contact Apple directly and ask them. There's a support link at the bottom left of every page of these forums.
I have already placed the order. I am in the USA. I have a friend in graduate school in Canada. I wanted to give her a new phone. I first used a search engine to investigate how I could do this without having to go to Canada or wire her some money, and I saw the old (from 2012) "Ship to Canada, pay with US card?" thread here. I then phoned Apple support and asked how I might be able to use an American debit or credit card to pay for a phone that she would pick up at an Apple store in Toronto, and they told me it's ok, just go to Apple's Canada website and buy it, naming my friend as the person who will receive it. She will receive her new phone this Saturday.
Thanks for letting people know what works!
In the past, Apple has been pretty strict about everything matching up. I think it's just within the last year that or so that it's been at all possible to order from one region with a card from another region.
And you're a very nice person to give your friend an iPhone!
No, no you can't. If you live in Canada, you need to buy your iPhone in Canada. Apple doesn't ship internationally.
NOTE WELL I'm talking about Apple.CA - where exactly do you think that is...?
One need not live in Canada to shop there.
Ship to Canada, pay with US card?
