Why are 4 digits constantly added to my zip code in my payment information, restricting me from purchasing anything from the app store?

Did anyone contact you about this? What was their offered solution?

I seem to have this EXACT same problem. It only began after I received a new credit card and updated my OS. My credit card number did not change, only the expiration date and the security code did, however, I believe that it is the *extra* 4 digits that they add to the zip code through their system that is actually causing the issue. Yes, there is money available on the account - my bank/bank account is NOT the problem.

This is an Apple issue. They have really run amok and now they think they run the world. I will not go to all of my financial institutions and change my information just so I can purchase a .99¢ app. I've been on several trouble-shooting calls and been "escalated" just to be told there is NO WAY they can (read: will agree to) override their system (which means, they expect me to go through the process of changing my address with my financial institutions)

Their bravado is absolutely unbelievable.

I fail to believe that the most technologically advanced consumer technology company in the WORLD can't make a button that allows a customer service rep to remove the UNNECESSARY 4 digits that they gratuitously add without the customers input.

The buck STOPS HERE. There will be no iPads or new Apple computers. I will be buying a Kindle Fire 2 when it is released, and buying only 3rd party items for my macs. I can do everything I need to do as-is until my current computers die (which won't be long from now, based on my decade-plus history with Mac laptops - planned obsolescence coupled with (short) planned life span = big bucks).