ITunes Store is Unable to Process Purchases

Currently the iTunes store is not able to process any purchases. This has been the case for the entire day. I get the following error message:
"The iTunes Store is Unable to Process Purchases at this Time.
Credit card processing is temporarily unavailable. You may continue to browse the store. Please try to make your purchase later. "
I have upgraded to the latest version of iTunes and it still doesn't work. This error has been off and on over the past few days. Any ideas? There are songs I'd like to buy.

I only just noticed a problem this evening, unable to purchase a single track (error 5002 - ah, that explains it then).
I got around the problem by closing the error message and logging into my account (clicking the little button with your email/username under the search field) and clicking resume downloads in the Pending Downloads section. The track I was trying to buy loaded as normal. I then clicked it again seeing as it was still highlighted after going back to my account window (clicking the iTunes Store button) and clicked Done when it showed my credit card info screen.

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Try contacting iTunes via email to check if there is an issue with the account. go to apple.com/support/itunes
Click on iTunes Store account and billing and select inquiries. On the right side click on "email us".
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I am trying to update my iPod Touch to firmware 2.0 and I would be more than willing to pay the 8 euros but I am not allowed by iTunes which everytime I try to purchase gives me this warning: "The iTunes Store is unable to process purchases at the time, Payment processing is temporarily unavailable. You may continue to browse the store. Please try to make your purchase later".
Please help me cause this is getting really annoying! I want IT!!!!
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It sounds like you are trying to make purchases on your AppleTV but are being met with this error message. I would start by restarting the Apple TV with this process:
Apple TV: How to restart your Apple TV
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3180
Restart your Apple TV by selecting Settings > General > Restart.
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From: How to rent a movie from the iTunes Store on Apple TV
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1498
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Hello e-b p,
Thanks for the question, and welcome to Apple Support Communities.
When encountering iTunes Store connectivity issues, the following resources provide the best solutions. To isolate the issue further, I'd be curious to know if it persists on other Wi-Fi networks (assuming you are using a portable computer). Either way, please attempt the steps outlined in these articles:
Can't connect to the iTunes Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1368
iTunes: Advanced iTunes Store troubleshooting
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3297
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And this is the brilliant customer support reply... of course nothing wrong with itunes... Nevermind that all of the suggestions don't do a thing because all of my settings worked at one point!
Good afternoon, my name is xxx and I will be helping you today. I understand you have not been able to purchase anything from the iTunes store for 2 days due to an error message.
There are several reasons why this could be happening:
1. Your bank's servers were busy. Try again at another time.
2. There is an issue with your credit card. Try using a different credit card or contact your credit card company to advise them of the problem.
3. Your billing name or address does not exactly match the address listed on your credit card statement and the United States Postal Service http://www.usps.com/. Any discrepancy in punctuation, abbreviation or capitalization can cause errors, which might prevent you from purchasing music from the iTunes Store. Please follow the steps below to review and edit the information on file at Apple:
1. Using your web browser, go to http://myinfo.apple.com.
2. Select your country and preferred language from the drop down menus.
3. Enter your iTunes account name and password.
4. Click Continue.
5. On the "My Account Profile" page, make sure to select the appropriate state in the State drop-down menu for your primary and shipping addresses as indicated on the USPS website. If you do not have a shipping address listed on the account, do not select a state.
6. Verify that you have entered the area code for each phone number into the correct field. If your area code is missing or not entered into the area code field and grouped with the rest of the digits in the phone number, your account information will not save properly.
7. Click Save at the bottom of the page.
Again, I apologize for any frustration this may have caused you, and I thank you for being an iTunes Store customer.

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Since the stock market is not open today, I hardly doubt this is true that stock is dropping. Further, as of Thursday, shares were up by 6.6%. Apple's quarterly earnings just reported were up 27%. All indicators say that Apple is doing just fine.
People need to keep in mind that there are bound to be bugs in any new release of just about anything these days (except maybe a Mac -- my daughter has an iBook and we've never had a bit of trouble with it). Look at your computer -- bugs are precisely why we have service packs as add-ons to Windows. I remember older versions of Windows that were chock-full of issues.
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Try contacting iTunes via email to check if there is an issue with the account. go to apple.com/support/itunes
Click on iTunes Store account and billing and select inquiries. On the right side click on "email us".
Before doing that trying viewing your account information first. Open the iTunes on you mac, look at the menu and select store and select view my account. Try removing the card (this is only applicable if you don't have a pending charges with iTunes) and hit done. Sign out, quit iTunes and sign back in and try updating the apps again.

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When trying to buy songs in itunes I keep getting this error...
"The iTunes store is unable to process purchases at this time.
Credit Card processing is temporary unavailable. You can continue to browse the store. Please try to make your purchase later."
This has been going on ALL NIGHT. I could understand a few hours but it is going on 8 hours. Does anyone know a reason for this and is there anyway around it?

for the person who said its a problem with paypal, doesnt know what there talking about.
even though Apple has not come out saying what there problem is, i have switched from my paypal account to a credit card, to an itunes gift card.
The problem is with itunes, and we have no club how long this problem will last...
i wish Apple would just come out saying what the problem is and how long it will take to fix...
there really starting to get apple lovers to dislike them

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