Can't buy songs because credit card processing is out of service.

I haven't bought music using the itunes store before, I made an account, and when I try to enter my credit card information it says that itunes credit card processsing is temporarily unavailable... but it has been saying this to me for about a month now. I would really like to be able to buy music from the itunes store so if anyone could help me it would be greatly appreciated.
MacBookPro1,2 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Something BIG happened to apple during the Christmas Rush.
So alot of the account have problems so it'll take some time for them to fix that.
Sorry for the Inconvenience...
Yes..i know its January 12,07 and still has that problem...

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Can't download songs and credit card issue

I called Apple support and they brushed me off on this issue which I have seen on MacWorld. I can't download my purchases via either Itouch, Itunes for Mac or Itunes for Windows. AND then I get a message that I need to verify my credit card and I get a message that it was decline. Yet in Purchase history it shows. And earlier I used same card to purchase ILife.
Bank says card is OK.
Made other purchases.....
So, Apple what gives?
As a customer and someone who gives you credit info, I feel we deserve answers?
This is from MacWorld Discussion Board:
..."I hope this is an appropriate topic to post here, but I and it seems many other people are trying to get visibility (and help!) for an iTunes issue that does not yet seem to have been picked up on.
A lot of people are encountering a problem that previously valid billing methods are being declined by the iTunes store and/or billing verification is requested but is not able to be processed by the store.
This thread:
http://discussions.a...522048&tstart=0
now has close to 14,000 views
Others include:
http://discussions.a...552101&tstart=0
with nearly 20,000 views
and
http://discussions.a...393656&tstart=0
with over 8,000 views
Piecing together what little that Apple has shared with some complaining customers, it seems that they have instituted some new security measures that have locked many people out of their accounts and, with a few exceptions, Apple seems unable to reset the accounts. In many cases they are trying to blame the credit card company. They have told me in several responses to support emails that the problem is with my credit card. I have checked with my credit card company and they have received the verification request from Apple and have authorized it -- over 30 times!!!! There are no blocks or flags on my credit card account.
I have tried three other credit cards and get the same error message.
I have even tried selecting the 'none' option under payment information in my iTunes account and I still get the same error message -- the problem cannot be with a credit card if I specify 'none'...
It would be helpful if anyone can offer any advice to resolve the issue, but I am also hoping that someone from Macworld may read this, do some investigating and start giving this issue some 'public domain' visibility. The end goal being to get Apple to take some ownership of the issue. "

Can't download songs
Go try another online music download retailer, such as Amazon.com.
You can buy MP3s from any source, and add them to your iTunes library. If one store is too much trouble, try another.

Have plenty of itunes credit, but can't buy w/o credit card

My wife tried to buy a $1.99 app yesterday. She has a little over $50 in credit on her account from an itunes card. She has purchased from the store in the past, using a credit card, so this isn't her first purchase. We live in the U.S., if that makes a difference.
The system asked (once again) for a credit card. She selected None, so that it would use the credit on file. The system told her that she HAD to have a credit card in order to purchase the app. WHY? What's the point of an itunes card if iTunes is going to also demand a credit card?
We've been burnt by this in the past – she has had credit on her account, yet when she went to buy an app from iTunes, it instead automatically charged her credit card. That's why we switched her to iTunes cards instead of having it connected to a credit card.
Thank you for any assistance you can lend.

what happens when you try to purchase it?

I can't buy songs because error 11503 occurred

I tried to buy songs and whenever I tried, the error message popped up, saying "error 11503 occurred and try later".
So I tried to go into my iTunes account and send a message or something, but I can't do that either. It says "503 service unnavilable".
Aaarrrhh, what is wrong with iTunes?

Here's a possible fix for Error 11503 and for error 50.
It worked for me and hopefully it will work for you.
I believe this error is caused by the incomplete downloading of either an update to an app, or perhaps a big music file. In my case it was caused by closing the lid on my laptop when I was downloading app updates on a very slow internet connection in a hotel.
Anyway, here is what I did that fixed it completely.
Close iTunes.
Go to this folder : /iTunes/Mobile Applications/Downloads
You'll find tmp files there. Drag them out of this folder to a temporary folder on your desktop. The Downloads folder should now be empty.
Restart iTunes.
All should be fine.
If it's not, then I can't help further, but that's what worked for me.

I can't buy with my credit card

I don't know why but I can't use my credit card (Visa) on iTunes but it works for everything else. It says that my card isn't valid in my country -__- ..... Finally I bought it on my iPhone without my credit card. Sometimes I don't understand iTunes.

Hello,
I just have the same problem.
Iphone 4s iOS 6.0
Any idea apple?
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HT1904 I have serious problems with the payment type. I always use a prepaid Visa card but the late days I can't buy anything because the card is now unacceptable! Can you please help me?

My prepaid card is lately unacceptable..can you help me plz?

The iTunes Store typically does not take prepaid "credit" cards since they normally have no billing address associated against which to verify. Why the card worked before but not now I don't know, though Apple has been tightening up their security and that may have finally caught up with that card. You can try contacting the iTunes Store and asking if there is any way to use your card, but they may just tell you that it's not possible.
http://www.apple.com/emea/support/itunes/contact.html
If it is not, then you will need to use a true credit card or purchase prepaid ITunes cards, if Apple has issued them in your country.
Regards.

Buy songs without Credit Card???????

my parents wont let me use there credit card online, but i just want to download the free tv shows for my ipod?? is there anywaaay??

1. Yes, when you're located in the UK.
2. Click here and request assistance.
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I can't buy with my credit card in brazil

I´m not accomplishing payment on itunes in Brazil with my Mastercard

Hello,
I just have the same problem.
Iphone 4s iOS 6.0
Any idea apple?
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Offline credit card processing

Now that BC is PCI compliat, can I still do offline credit card processing?

Hi Charlie,
BC has been PCI Compliant in the past. When you get so big in terms of transactions etc you have to be audited and at those levels you inreasingly go and make changes. BC has made a number of security improvements over the year to reach a full level one PCI Compliance from that audit.
BC made changes the to offline payment process that are doucmented but it is still there. You can see in the admin it is still there.

I have an itunes account without credit card.How can I add a credit card to my account? Also, is there a way to buy apps without credit cards but via app store? Also, I want to download it directly to my iPad, can I do it even if i add credit card via pc

I have an itunes account without credit card. How can I add a credit card to my account? Also, is there a way to buy apps without credit cards but via app store? Also, I want to download it directly to my iPad, can I do it even if i add credit card via pc?

Changing Account Information
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1918
Apps Store FAQ
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4461
iTunes Store FAQs
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1689
http://www.apple.com/support/ipad/applications/

HT201363 Good evening ... I have an account in appel and I have purchased a card But I can not buy applications because the applications you want to push it under the answers to security questions and I forgot the answers to these questions How can I c

Good evening ...
I have an account in appel and I have purchased a card
But I can not buy applications because the applications you want to push it under the answers to security questions and I forgot the answers to these questions
How can I change my answers to security questions??

Hello, yazanalmasri0.
If you need to reset your security questions and have a rescue email attached to your Apple ID, this article will help you with this issue.
Rescue email address and how to reset Apple ID security questions
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5312
If you are still unable to reset your security questions or do not have a rescue email associated with your account, you will need to reach out to our account security team.
Apple ID: Contacting Apple for help with Apple ID account security
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5699
Cheers,
Jason H.

I live in Bidar,Karnataka,India.I recently updated my firmware.i dont have an official sim card to regain access and complete the process,can u please suggest me where can i buy an official sim card,please?

i live in Bidar,Karnataka,India.I recently updated my firmware.i dont have an official sim card to regain access and complete the process,can u please suggest me where can i buy an official sim card,please?

From the carrier for your cell phone service.
Allan

I have over $50 in iTunes account but can't purchase music. Getting error that credit card processing not available try back later. Please advise.

Can not purchase on iTunes. Have $ in account but getting errors. Appears trying to use credit card info and credit card processing down. please advise if I have a set up issue or if there is just a technical problem with iTunes store.

hmm i wonder if this is related to the paypal issue...
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=2234044#2234044
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Credit card processing unavailable???

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I am trying to purchase Logic X on the app store using my Paypal account (which is set up properly). But I keep getting an error which is then followed by an alert saying that 'credit card processing is unavailable at this time...please try again later'.
How do I resolve this issue? I live in the U.S. and it's 3 am. I can't call anyone can I?
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I'm having the same problems. It started a couple of days ago when I was unable to download songs from my shopping cart. When I pressed the 'Buy Now' button, I received a 502 error. iTunes did not download my music so I tried again...then again...and again. Still nothing! I was concerned but figured there was a temporary problem. Later, I checked my email and I was astonished to find several PayPal receipts for my purchases at the iTunes store!! What a mess! Apparently when I pressed the 'Buy Now' button I was actually purchasing the songs even though I was never able to download them! I contacted support and they kindly refunded everything (which totalled over $50) without an explanation as to what happened or what an error 502 was! Tonight I tried again (thinking it was just a fluke) and received the 'credit card orders cannot be processed now...' error. Not sure what's going on. I never had this problem before. I hope they correct this soon.

Php credit card processing

My merchant account company is raising my rates and making me buy new software. I am looking for a different solution and anyone familiar with credit card processing may be able to give me some good advice.
Up until now, I used software that I installed on my computer that would enable me to process transactions over the Internet. My question is: When someone gives me a credit card number, can I process credit cards using a secure page coded with php? I have a dedicated IP, I can get an SSL certificate, and I can sign up with a credit card gateway like Authorize.net. Why would I need a merchant account (who will charge me a percentage of everything I make)?
There are a number of good php credit card processing scripts available. Can I bypass the merchant account company using a php page that will process my credit cards?

Hi John
The php code and the process are tightly related when it comes to processing your own credit card transactions and then passing them on for payment authorisation.
All the items must be done on secure server section of site, and will depend on if you wish to create a user account or not, this is for the non-user account
Customer fills in Their details on order form, (Name address, credit card info, etc.)
Details stored in temp database for such transactions via a php back-end script, using encryption for credit card details.
Customer is then shown a confirm page, with the details of the order, only the last four digits of the credit card number are shown.
If the user clicks 'place order' another back-end php script transfers the details to a permanent database and send the details for transaction conformation to your credit card authorization gateway.
Payment status sent to another back-end processing script for completion of transaction, this is often done via ipn or similar system.
Confirm payment and details are displayed to the customer, along with your transaction number, (this one may be omitted) and customer order no.
That's basically the procedure, the scripts can be on the same page using functions, or separate scripts if using procedural code. There are obviously many variations on this procedure but this one is probably the most common.
The use of 'secure pay' adds another two steps to this procedure in that the customer is sent to their card providers site for a second step to the authentication. There they must give a user name and password, (previously agreed and confirmed, if not it gets more complicated) in order to confirm that they are the card holder, before the actual card transaction can continue. To give you some idea of the complexity of the 'secure pay' set-up, the general extra cost can range anywhere between $1000 and $3000, (depending if done within web site development budget, or as an extra) converting from U/K £ to $.
BTW, The secure pay is normally used by bank card processing, these used to be know as 'Merchant Accounts', but paypal and others started using this term for their accounts which complicated the issue, the bank processing is what I am referring to with this term, and the fact that visa and mastercard use a different processing procedure is why I say, 'avoid'.
(Sorry if this explanation is a little long, but once you go outside the standard card processing, it does get more complex).
I came across a web site (hotscripts.com) and found some PHP scripts
that
process credit cards.
Unless you are happy adding extra security checks to the code to validate your site is the one using it, try to avoid any scripts that are 'in the public domain'. This is not said with any prejudice or doubt regarding the code, more that once you process your own credit cards you become completely responsible, (legally) for any fraud or misuse that results from your scripts/site.
One other item is that I would recommend using PHP:PDO with MySQL transactions and bound-parameters/stored procedures for this, mainly because they adds extra levels of security and redundancy to the procedure, which is not possible using the standard php/mysql code.
Hope this clears a few details up.
Paula Z

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