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Please contact itunes support to complete this transaction????????

well im getting this stupid error and i tried almost all of my family members credit cards

"please contact iTunes support to complete this transaction."

and i hate it i cant buy or even create an account because of this stupid error
if someone know how to resolve this let me know please

Inter 2.5GHZ, Windows 7

Posted on Jan 5, 2011 5:57 AM

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Posted on May 2, 2018 6:31 AM

I had the same problem, but got it solved..


Contacted Apple support, and the reason i should call them was my domain on the emailaddress. If your apple id email address is not @hotmail, @icloud, @anything_known_by_apple - it wont let you get pass this point. So i called them to make my address/domainname pass. After that i could get through the confirmation process.


Hope this helps

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May 2, 2018 6:31 AM in response to Sersem

I had the same problem, but got it solved..


Contacted Apple support, and the reason i should call them was my domain on the emailaddress. If your apple id email address is not @hotmail, @icloud, @anything_known_by_apple - it wont let you get pass this point. So i called them to make my address/domainname pass. After that i could get through the confirmation process.


Hope this helps

Oct 14, 2017 4:14 PM in response to DusanNish

By the way, i was just creating my account i created apple id and after i wanted to download free apps (facebook, instagram etc...) when i got stucked in "Payment method" sector filling my first, second name. As for the card i chose none (3rd option) because i dont have card nor paypal. I am not interested in buying apps, just downloading free apps.

Oct 14, 2017 1:49 PM in response to King_Penguin

Hello there buddy, i have the same problem and i filled ticket and send it to iTunes Support. But im still scared that i wont fix problem since im from Serbia and there isn't an option to pick Serbia as a state while filling "billing address" section.

So as for example people from US chose US and their zip code matches the state, but in my case i type :


Street: The one from my ID card (serbian street)

City: Nis (serbian city)

State: United States (since i dont have an option "Serbia")

Zip code: I typed 18000 which is the zip code from my town Nis

Mobile : my current one.


After i got denied with a massage that my zip (serbian zip) doesnt match the state i chose (US) i tried with other combination which i kinda found on the internet (youtube) how they do it, people from my country. After a few attempts i got the same message as the owner of this letter "Please contact iTunes...." What is your opinion on this one? Im really scared that i gave 600+euros for my first iphone and im getting blocked my first day using it! What scares me most is that in my town there isn;t any store i can go to and handle this. Can you picture me please how the ticked should look because im not really sure about my previous one. Thank you in advance!

Jan 18, 2011 7:32 AM in response to Sersem

i got the message so i contacted support but they weren't much help. still didn't receive any solution so i tried logging in to my account in itunes and after i did the following, i was able to continue making purchases.

- open itunes
- go to itune store
- sign in with your account and go to account info
- scroll down and click "reset all warnings for buying and downloading"

not sure if this would help when creating a new account though.

Aug 8, 2017 9:48 AM in response to Sersem

Sersem wrote:


well im getting this stupid error and i tried almost all of my family members credit cards

"please contact iTunes support to complete this transaction."

and i hate it i cant buy or even create an account because of this stupid error
if someone know how to resolve this let me know please

It is NOT an error, it IS an instruction. Follow it.

Sep 1, 2018 5:10 PM in response to Sersem

If you are receiving a billing error message it likely has something to do with the family sharing feature. The primary person on family sharing has to update their billing information. This happens when cards expire or are deactivated. Occasionally Apple will ask for the CVV code on the back of the card. That member can alternatively add a different card and delete their primary card.

Feb 26, 2011 9:40 AM in response to Sersem

This started for me when I bought my iPad. I sensed that the account was perhaps having an issue resolving so many devices. What worked for me, and I'm just a user, not an expert, is creating a separate iTunes account for my iPad. Once I did this I was able to download apps. First, I synced my iPad to my old account then when I synced to my new account everything transferred. I downloaded an iPad app on my Mac first just to make sure it would work. It did. Then I synced my iPad. Then I made sure my iPad was looking at the right(new) account. What I'll probably do next is create another account for Mac, iPhone and iPod to share, then delete the original account. Not wild about managing two accounts but it's really not that big of deal and I'm back in business. Yes, I agree Apple should resolve the issue but I'm just not one to wait.

Feb 27, 2011 10:19 AM in response to Sersem

I fussed with this problem for a couple hours and had success with the following workaround. Keep in mind I am an iPhone user and make purchases via mobile on the itunes store which I think is related to this issue.

Backstory:

I was attempting to purchase music from the iTunes store and upon the review of billing information it provides the ominous message "Please contact itunes support to complete this transaction" which people are seemingly having no luck with.

I believe (from what I have read) this is an issue with multiple devices sharing an itunes account.

To remedy, I went into the iPhone Settings -> Store -> View Apple ID

Sign in as requested after choosing "Continue" and then tap your "payment info" box. Re-enter the "Required" Security Code field along with verifying the remaining fields. Choose "Done" and then login to your itunes account on the problematic device and retry.

I was able to make this work with two separate itunes accounts with two different accounts so I dont think it was a fluke.

Good luck!!

Apr 4, 2012 2:56 PM in response to Sersem

I also have this same problem...


I have a pending payment of 3,99 Eur and it says to update my billing info.

I update my Credit Card to a new one (I tried 3 genuine ones) and it says to contact support all the time.


I contacted support and so far... nothing. It has been 5 days since this happened.

The girl from Apple store is not helping at all 😟 She keeps copy/pasting the steps to update my billing and phone on the website, I did it more than 30 times now... I reported this issue 6 times in different emails.


I have even tried to change countries (I have billing and cc valid in 2 different ones) and nothing.


I even changed my apple email ID... and nothing!


So far... NOTHING!

Wouldn't it be easy to just reset my account or something?

I've been asking to do something... they just copy/paste steps to follow which I tried over and over, and this is it!


I have 20 apps to update and a few I wanted to buy. Does this means that Apple is forcing me to jailbreak my 2 iPhones and 1 iPad so I can install apps? I really don't understand and for the first time... I am very disappointed with their performance.


Let's see what's next...

Apr 5, 2012 7:40 AM in response to Sersem

Im getting really frusterated with this . It's been happening to me for the past 2 days . Im trying everything to find an answer to this . I tryed to download a free app and its trlling me it needs my billing information . Ill put it in correctly and it tells me that i need to contact iTunes support to complete the transaction and this is on my iPod and im getting really ****** about this . An idk what to do at this point . Someone plz help me !!!!!!!

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