iTunes Accepts PayPal

lemist writes "Apple Computer Inc. on Friday said customers of its iTunes online music store can now use eBay Inc.'s online payment service PayPal to buy songs and audiobooks, becoming the second major online music store to do so. Story here."

Comments

Damn it.

[canwaf]

There goes all the money I set aside for my Christmas shopping.

Re:Damn it.

[lxs]

It works for me. I click on "here", and that's precisely where I end up. I wonder what happens when I click on "there"?

Where?

[Anonymous Coward]

I keep clicking on the word "here" but I get no story.

Re:Where?

[boarder8925]

Well, I keep clicking "here," and all that happens is that the word gets highlighted.

Re:Where?

[dangerz]

Mine's even weirder. Every other click highlights that entire bottom line.

Perhaps we have a security issue here?

I'm so broke

[TehPi]

Great! Now I can send them the money I don't have with paypal too.

Yawn.

[Anonymous Coward]

DRM-locked music vendor takes new payment form. News at 11. Oh, wait--it's our beloved Apple?! OMG Why didn't you say so? +1, FP!!!!

The future's so bright, I gotta wear used shades!

[grungebox]

First Paypal then...eBay itself! Imagine being able to auction off iTunes songs you thought were badass but now think are just ass (I'm talking to you, Incubus fans) via the iTunes music store interface. Oh yeah, and Apple could control supply of super-popular songs to prop up its eBay side in a sort of DeBeer's-ish artificial price inflation mechanism. What? Little Miss Jailbait's latest hot-hot-hot single is burning up the charts? Too bad, only 100 people can buy the song directly. I guess this would be a good time for one of those trez-fashionable Slashdot "1)X 2)Y 3)?? 4)Profit!" sort of lines.

Re:Overseas Consumers

[bikerguy99]

isn't it great to live in China!... Plus you get all the Asian girls!

How?

[The Cisco Kid]

Ok, so I went to itunes.com, and poked around, and found all sorts of info on how great it was, and how easy, yet nowhere can I find a link to actually select music to check out with for download.

Re:How?

[The Cisco Kid]

No, I have a perfectly good browser. I dont want to download any software, just music.

(Yes, I'm being sarcastic)

Re:How?

[kfg]

Ya I'm a girl - do you have a problem with it, bub?

I don't know. Let's have a look at your code.

KFG

Re:How?

[stefanb]

You have to go to itunes.co.uk.

Re:Cheaper Alternative

[jdreed1024]

AllOfMP3 ... won't limit your options with formats/encoding/drm--not to mention that it's much, much cheaper.

Largely due to their unqiue intellectual property model, which is surpsingly under-utilised elsewhere on the 'net. For those of you who aren't familiar with it, it's called the "Ha ha, fuck you - we're all the way over in Russia. Come get us! :-)" model.

Re:/. behind the times

[beerits]

A), Interestingly I've submitted articles which apparently are not accept and then find 12 to a day later that what I was submitting was accepted but not the submission I sent in.

Am I that bad a writer?
Yes. I offer Exhibit A in evidence. :)

oooh neato

[iamweezman]

Hey this is such great news! Can you also let us know about every new song they put up too. Every little bit of iTunes news is just so enthralling!

Dear Paypal User

[mrshowtime]

What is going to be funny is when Apple gets the standard Paypal "HA,HA, we just suspended your account and hijacked your money for six months." -form letter that paypal seems to send to just about everyone these days.

"Dear Paypal user APPLEITUNES INC.

We have noticed some unusual activity regarding your paypal account. For your saftey, we have limited your account access. To restore access, please complete checklist below and your account will be reviewed in 7-30 business days, when we will simply ask you for more extremely personal info, even though we have already made the decision to limit your account access indefinately, even though you have done nothing wrong.

Please complete the following steps to restore access:

1. Provide proof of inventory and invoices for all 1.2 million songs you provide.

2. Provide the names and phone numbers of all companies that provide you with your 'inventory'

3. Provide us with your Social Security number.

4. Provide us with copies of your utility bills at 101 Apple Ln.

5. Provide us with copies of your bank statements for the past year.

6. Change your password and password hints

7. Confirm your credit card

8. Confirm your bank account

Once this checklist is complete, we will still ask you for the same info over and over again, with no valid reason, and we will hold all funds in your paypal account for 180 days and then release them to you.

Thanks for choosing Paypal
Sincerely
Mark
Paypal "Investigations"