iTunes is not accepting my visa because it was previously declined

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iTunes is not accepting my visa because it was previously declined

A while ago I was using my Visa Debit Card on my iTunes account to purchase a few songs, and money that I thought got deposited in my account actually never went in and I ended up overdrawing on my account and my card got declined. My bank account is all sorted out now with money in the right places as it needs to be and I went to purchase some songs that I had heard off of Pandora recently, but then iTunes said I needed to validate my payment info due to the mixup from before. I went to enter in the old card, but it keeps declining my card. All of the info is correct so I have no idea what is going on with it, I simply want to purchase some songs and then go on with my day. Anyone have any info on how to help me?

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Posted on Jun 22, 2013 6:18 PM

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King_Penguin

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Jun 22, 2013 11:48 PM in response to LunaSocks

If it's a debit card then I don't think that they are still accepted as a valid payment method - they are not listed on this page and there have been a number of posts recently about them being declined

You could try contacting iTunes support and see if they can help, but I don't think that you will be able to use a debit card : http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/contact/ - click on Contact iTunes Store Support on the right-hand side of the page

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Jun 23, 2013 5:04 PM in response to King_Penguin

Well, thats certainly a weird business decision. Guess its time to buck up and make a Paypal because I have like $10 of music I need to pay for on my account since they don't accept debit cards anymore and make the full switch over to Amazon MP3 downloads I guess

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King_Penguin

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Jun 24, 2013 12:39 AM in response to LunaSocks

It's possibly been made because debit cards aren't as safe when compared to credit cards when used online - if you use a debit card and somebody gains access to your account then your bank account could be quickly emptied. Credit cards should give you a bit more protection.

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