johndisk0
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Q: Can I send an album gift as a code?

I would like to buy an album for someone as a birthday gift, but I don't know what their itunes account related email address is.  Can I buy it as a code to give to them so they can redeem and download like a "digital copy" dvd from a store?  I don't want to ask them what their itunes email is because they will know I am buying them a gift and I don't want to get them an itunes gift card because gift cards suck as birthday presents.

 

-jd

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Posted on Oct 12, 2013 5:54 PM

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Q: Can I send an album gift as a code?

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  • by AnaMusic,

    AnaMusic AnaMusic Oct 12, 2013 5:56 PM in response to johndisk0
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    Oct 12, 2013 5:56 PM in response to johndisk0

    iTunes Gift Options  >  http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2736

     

    Note:

     

    iTunes Gift Cards are only Valid in Country of Issue.

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    johndisk0 johndisk0 Oct 12, 2013 6:58 PM in response to AnaMusic
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    Oct 12, 2013 6:58 PM in response to AnaMusic

    Yeah, I knew I would get someone who would give me this link.  I said I don't know their email address that they use for itunes.  Therefore, I cannot risk this option because if I send it to the wrong email address, they may not be able to redeem my gift.  I want to send them a code that they can use to download the album I bought for them.

     

    -jd

  • by AnaMusic,

    AnaMusic AnaMusic Oct 12, 2013 7:04 PM in response to johndisk0
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    Oct 12, 2013 7:04 PM in response to johndisk0

    johndisk0 wrote:

     

    Yeah, I knew I would get someone who would give me this link. 

     

    Very perceptive of you.

     

    johndisk0 wrote:

     

    ... they can use to download the album I bought for them.

     

    If you have already made the purchase using your Apple ID then you cannot transer it to another Apple ID.

  • by johndisk0,

    johndisk0 johndisk0 Oct 14, 2013 4:21 PM in response to johndisk0
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    Oct 14, 2013 4:21 PM in response to johndisk0

    Ok, I really want to thank you for trying to answer my question, but it seems as though I have not asked my question clearly enough, so I am going to try again:

     

    I see an album in the itunes store that I want to give to a friend of mine.  I have not purchased the album.

     

    I do not know the email address they use for itunes, so if I buy it from itunes as a gift, I might send it to the wrong email address and they will not be able to receive it.

     

    I have seen inserts in "dvd and digital copy" movies purchased from a store that have a long code that people use to activate their digital copy so they can take their movie with them on itunes.

     

    I was wondering if it is possible to buy an album as a gift and somehow receive a code that I can email to my friend so they can activate and download the album from their own account.  Does this make sense?

     

    -jd