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iTunes Accepts PayPal

Posted by timothy on from the why-not-apples-in-payment dept.

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."

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  1. Useless by -*Sex+E.+Beast*- · · Score: 2, Informative

    They may be now accepting Paypal, however your Paypal account must be linked to a credit card, which makes it completely pointless.

    1. Re:Useless by tmbg37 · · Score: 3, Informative

      Not true, the article says that the PayPal account can be linked to a bank account or credit card, and you can also use funds already in your account.

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    2. Re:Useless by evil+carrot · · Score: 4, Informative

      In order to take advantage of this method of payment, PayPal still requires a debit or credit card on file. Some people don't have either -- shocking, I know.

      I've had a bank account tied to my PayPal account for several years. However, when trying to follow the steps necessary to enable PayPal as my payment method for iTunes, I was prompted to enter a credit or debit card. There's no "Skip" button there, only "Cancel." That button does exactly what it suggests.

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  2. Woohoo! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    Works from my PayPal account, and I'm australian!

    of course, I also have US info on it. But don't tell.

    The shiznit!

  3. Not really by ravenspear · · Score: 4, Informative

    Too bad it's against the Paypal TOS for people under 18 to have accounts.

  4. Re:Cheaper Alternative by spagetti_code · · Score: 3, Informative

    No they dont. Service was pulled for unspecified reasons mid this year.

    Conspiracy theorists have had a field day as to why (think: RIAA). Its been really inconvenent because no-one wants to hand their CC # to russians. Although having said that, its a damn good service.

  5. Re:Cheaper Alternative by Captain+Trolltalk · · Score: 2, Informative

    I just checked. "Temporarily unavaliable".

  6. Re:Nope by -*Sex+E.+Beast*- · · Score: 3, Informative

    Yes, I know having a bank account is enough, however in order to create an iTunes account with Paypal you HAVE to have a credit card

  7. Paypal is giving away 5 free iTMS songs by da_anarchist · · Score: 3, Informative

    If you don't have an iTMS account yet, Paypal will give you 5 songs when you create a new iTMS account and link it with a Paypal account. Only for the first 500,000 people, but the promotion just started days ago so should be good for a while. I signed up Friday and got my 5 songs without any problem. Here's the link to the details on Paypal's website: 5 free iTMS songs

  8. Re:Time for the 18 crowd by MBCook · · Score: 3, Informative
    Don't forget you can go down to local stores and buy prepaid iTunes "gift certificates." I saw a $15 dollar one at my local Target yesterday. All you have to do if pay $15 plus tax to the retailer and then buy 15 songs. Surely Apple stores (and I would expect other computer stores) sell them too.

    PS: I would assume that the artists/Apple get more money this way since you don't get PayPal taking their cut.

    PPS: Not to mention that with all I've heard of PayPal, I wouldn't trust them with anything but a credit card in the first place.

    PPPS: You can buy prepaid Visa cards (work just like debit cards and are accepted wherever credit cards are) easily too. So really this doesn't change anything.

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  9. Re:How? by rsmith-mac · · Score: 2, Informative

    Just to cover the stupid questions, you're using iTunes itself to browse the store, right?

  10. Re:Got outta PayPal fees? by upsidedown_duck · · Score: 4, Informative


    Credit card processing is expensive no matter how you slice it. That's why so many mom-n-pop restaurants and shops don't accept them.

    Pay Pal's processing is actaully relatively cheap for a very low-volume on-line business, but it ceases to be cost effective as volume increases. However, I'm sure Apple can work around that.

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  11. Re:Why bother with iTunes.... by ThousandStars · · Score: 2, Informative
    I needed a specific song for a party mix one night. I logged on to iTunes and downloaded it in less than a minute; the process was quick and painless, and by using Hymn I later removed the DRM.

    There are times when iTMS is very, very helpful. That isn't to say I don't buy CDs, because I do, but sometimes speed is an issue. Also, if I only want one song, buying an entire CD is wasteful.

  12. Re:first one? - www.allofmp3.com by necro2607 · · Score: 2, Informative

    http://www.allofmp3.com/

  13. Re:Why bother with iTunes.... by Octagon+Most · · Score: 2, Informative

    "I guess it's nice getting _exactly_ the song you want, but still, I just don't get the appeal of iTunes."

    OK. The appeal of iTunes is "getting _exactly_ the song you want."

    I can browse, click "Buy Song," download, and sync to my iPod before you can grab the car keys and get in the car. I'll be listening to the songs I wanted at US$0.99 each long before you will drive to the store and buy them at somewhere around $16 for an average of three songs you want per CD. At that average you just paid $100 for 99 good songs through eBay. If you like more songs than that then congratulations, you came out ahead on a per song basis. But I seriously doubt that you would have selected all of those songs and paid for then individually. Even at $0.33 each.

  14. Re:oooh neato by r3dx0r · · Score: 2, Informative
    actually they don't have to.

    because you can customize an rss feed here http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZSearch.woa/wa /MRSS/rssGenerator and get all recentlyadded songs you want delivered to your rss reader of choice.