ITunes 8.2 refuses to import *.wma files

I have a grand total of 15 songs in WMA format. I know that when I was using iTunes on Windows, and even likely on Mac before, I had no issues - they were converted into AAC (I got the little message box and all). Now they don't react - I tried adding them to the library, dragging them to iTunes, and opening them via iTunes - with no result whatsoever (not even an error message). They work as they open without problems via Quick Time.
Any ideas how to fix this?

iTunes for Mac will not import nor play Windows Media Audio files. QuickTime will play them if you have the freeware Flip4Mac codec installed, but that won't work in iTunes. You may be able to convert them with EasyWMA or with QuickTime Pro and the Flip4Mac import codec (not the free version).

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