HT201079: Family purchases and payments

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mcdonald1943

Q: Am i able to use a different payment method if i am in family sharing?

I am in a family sharing group through iTunes store and app store. I do not want to charge the shared payment method, but instead pay with my own payment method. Am I able to do so? If so, How?

iPhone 5, iOS 8.1

Posted on Nov 6, 2014 11:18 AM

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Q: Am i able to use a different payment method if i am in family sharing?

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  • by ed2345,

    ed2345 ed2345 Nov 6, 2014 12:23 PM in response to mcdonald1943
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    Nov 6, 2014 12:23 PM in response to mcdonald1943

    mcdonald1943 wrote:

     

    I am in a family sharing group through iTunes store and app store. I do not want to charge the shared payment method, but instead pay with my own payment method. Am I able to do so? If so, How?

     

    McDonald,

    Yes.  If you are not the Family Organizer, just put some credit on your own account by redeeming a gift card.  Then purchases made by you will be charged against your credit rather than to the Organizer's credit card.

  • by sternd12,

    sternd12 sternd12 Nov 14, 2014 6:23 AM in response to ed2345
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    Nov 14, 2014 6:23 AM in response to ed2345

    Are purchases made with a different payment method available for sharing? A member of my family made a very recent purchase, while I was setting up family sharing, on a different credit card. I can see much older purchases made on that card, but no recent purchases. I have checked to make sure they are not hidden, and I have sorted this person's purchases every way iTunes will allow. It's just not there. Are there some purchases that cannot be shared? These were songs sold as part of a playlist, not an album, as promotion for a television show.