How can i change my storefront?

I bought my ipad mini here in saudi. I purchased some apple gift card.. And when I try to redeem it, a window appeared saying I need to redeem it in a US storefront.. Please help me..

iPad, iOS 7.0.1

Posted on Apr 10, 2014 11:45 AM

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Apr 12, 2014 8:54 PM in response to varjak paw

In our global society, I think Itunes/Apple needs to come up with a solution to this. My twist on this is I bought a used iPod from Ebay and it works fine. However, I bought an iTunes card down the street from where I live in Florida, and then tried to credit the iPod with the $50. It would not work. It gave me the error message that I must "redeem in a US storefront." I even took the card to the local Apple “storefront”, but apparently they a different franchise or entity then the folks who issue the iTunes gift cards and can’t help. So the error message “storefront” actually means online store. Anyways, it just leaves you feeling frustrated and with no where to turn.

Apr 14, 2014 10:28 AM in response to Jay 44

Society may be global, but copyright laws and the content owners are not. They're different in just about every country, and said owners don't want sales of their property going to other countries. Hence Apple (as is every legal download store I know of) is required to verify that you are resident in the country in which you want to purchase, and one way (and probably the only practical way) is by requiring that your payment method be issued in that country.


If you live in the US, have your iTunes Store account there, and you purchased a US iTunes card, then your iPod is probably just pointing to the wrong iTunes Store. Go here:


Settings > iTunes & App Stores > tap your Apple ID: > View Apple ID > Country/Region


If you find that it is set to the correct region, log out of your iTunes Store account, restart your iPod, and sign into your account again. Then try redeeming the card.


And yes, the Apple Stores, the retail stores that sell computers and other hardware, and the iTunes Store are completely different.


Regards.

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