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Can't buy free apps with an account without a creditcard?

I have two accounts. One has a creditcard attached, which I use for business purposes. The other account hasn't a creditcard attached an has an iTunes Gift Card credit on it. With that second account it won't let me purchase free apps.

Anyone else the same problem?

MacBook Pro 15" 2.53Ghz, Mac OS X (10.6.5)

Posted on Jan 6, 2011 7:51 AM

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Oct 7, 2011 9:10 PM in response to hrkennedy

I was trying to help out a friend and used my account info on his iPhone to get a free app, and it wants payment info. How ******* lame is that. I am really glad I have my HTC Andriod, since it reqiures no payment info for FREE APPLICATIONS. Keep it up apple. Maybe more will find "other" phones that don't require payment info for FREE items.

Oct 12, 2011 8:56 AM in response to tatt2ed

What I wound up doing was establishing an entirely new iTunes account using one of my other e-mail addresses. When establishing a new account, you can find the "None" option for payment.


Of course, this procedure also sets up yet another account name and yet another password that one has to deal with.

Dec 16, 2011 12:09 AM in response to shanzoe

Hello!

I chose united states as my country and i used my e mail adress but still! The option "none" didn't appear! What can i do?

And i tried to enter a credit card number but the postal code was always false!

By the way! What do you think about semi jail breaking? Is it good? Can i remove it if i do it?

Thank you

Please i want a solution for the none option

Dec 16, 2011 8:43 AM in response to r.nd.k

I used a different e-mail address to establish an entirely new and separate Apple account. I got the "None" option when establishing that second account.


If you do have only one e-mail address, now may be the time to get a second. There are ways to get free e-mail accounts. For historical reasons I have free accounts with AOL and Gmail.

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