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

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

  3. 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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