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ITUNES APP STORE WITHOUT A CREDIT CARD WITH EXISTING APPLE ID

Hey,

I've been trying to create a free itunes app store account. First I read the instructions in this link : http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2534, but the link shows how to create a new account, the problem is that I already have a Apple ID.

On the other hand when I try to sign in in the app store with my existing Apple ID, I get the message "This Apple ID has not yet been used with the iTunes Store please review your account information" with two options "cancel" and "review".

Clicking in review, I go to the page with the terms of service, continuing I go to a page where I have to type my email, my password, question and answer for the password and my birth date. The email field has the email that is being used with my current Apple ID, and the password field has the password of my existing Apple ID. The other fields are blank. Completing them, and clicking in next I go to the payment options page, but there's no "none" option, so I can't make a account withou using a credit card.

Is there a way to create a itunes app store without a credit card with my existing apple ID, or a I have to create a new one ?

Powerbook G4 15' 1.33 GHz, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Dec 25, 2010 6:37 PM

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Dec 24, 2011 8:00 PM in response to Bia Carvalheira

How ridiculous. So I have to create yet another email address, and validate it with itunes before I can verify my apple id to download free items from the app store?


For those of you that already created one, there is sort of a workaround. It's my daughter's touch ipod, and I don't want her to have the ability to download apps that will charge me so I finally found out how to get around it since the account had already been made - I went ahead and entered my cc info, which let it validate, then went back in to edit the credit card info and lo and behold, there was a "none" button next to the other credit card types. I clicked it and it changed to "No credit card info on file."


Problem solved. But no solution for those that literally don't have any credit cards.

Dec 25, 2011 9:31 AM in response to Bia Carvalheira

i just bought two ipod touch for my daughters and i am trying to create "a free itunes accout" this has got to be the most annoying and aggrivating thing in the world i will NOT buy anymore apple products you are rip off merchants shame on you why are people tripping over them selfs to get your devices?? siort it out or you will sink back inti history again.poor show

Dec 25, 2011 3:31 PM in response to Bia Carvalheira

UNBELIEVABLE!!! That there is this inconsistancy in the system. But I agree the easiest way around the system without purchasing a gift card is to add a credit card and promptly remove it.


I was helping my brother in law set up his new ipod touch. We set up iMessaging and Facetime first so I created a new apple ID account for him via those apps first (mistake) because that doesn't lead you to the proper new account pathway that will give you the NONE option under payment. Then when you later set up the apple ID for free app downloads it asks you to review account and as we all know in this discussion the NONE button is nowhere to be found. Note: at this point it doesnt help to attempt to download any app the review pathway leads to the same results from any direction.


In iTunes on my compputer I use my CC info including my billing address to finish setting up his apple ID. After receiving the "successful set up" dialog box, I promptly went to "view account" from the STORE tab in iTunes. There I was able to EDIT both the credit card (the NONE button is now there!!!!) and change the billing address info as well. That part did work seemlessly. I later when back into his account to make sure there was no sign of my credit card number. ALL GOOD. Don't stress someone will let you borrow a CC for literally 2 minutes until APPLE FIXES THIS OVERSITE.

Jan 15, 2012 4:13 AM in response to Bia Carvalheira

Hi

So here is the answer ............however not the ideal answer. I had the same problem as you guys I created a ID for my son, i then tried to download an App for him and had the same problem. I then went on to my account which i registered with my credit card. When i logged into my account i found that i was able to remove my credit card details. So i added my credit card details to my sons account then promptly removed it. .........I know this is not the best answer just a way around it that was not to painful.

Hope this helps

Jan 22, 2012 2:33 AM in response to Bia Carvalheira

I have seen that, when I created my apple account, which was around the time the 3GS released in the United Arab Emirates, I had the none option and you know how the rest goes. Got a "free" id!

Now, recently, I gave my sis an iPod on her birthday and was trying to make an apple id for her so we can iMessage and ****. But the annoying thing is that, when I got to the part about the biling info and everything, they didn't have the none option. That really makes me angry. I actually thought that "hey this will be easy. chat with sis. Once I am off to Canada to study in waterloo which is after a few months then the only means is by iMessage cuz I pretty much use iMessage more now and don't like any other stuff like fb and skype."

ITUNES APP STORE WITHOUT A CREDIT CARD WITH EXISTING APPLE ID

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