ITunes Store/sending album as a Gift

I've been having problems these past two days in trying to send an album as a "Gift" through iTunes. Keep getting the message " could not complete iTunes Store request, store could be busy, check your internet connection....."
Has anyone else had this? My internet connection is working fine, I can buy tunes on iTunes ok, everything else seems to be working with no problems.....Any clues?
Thanks,
Peter

Hmmm. Usually that message is just temporary, but 2 days sounds like a long time. Tried signing out and back into iTunes?
To sign out of the iTunes Store, follow these steps:
1) Open iTunes
2) Click the iTunes Store on the left side of iTunes
3) Click the Account field in the upper-right corner of the iTunes Store window (this will have your Apple ID or account name in it)
4) Click the "Sign Out" button
The Account pane will now say "Sign In" instead of your account name.
To sign back in, click "Sign In" and enter your iTunes Store account name and password.
Try it again.
If that doesn't help, you may want to consider performing the following to be sure no software is conflicting with iTunes:
1.) Disable all anti-virus software you may have running
2.) Disable all firewall software you may have running
3.) Disable all web acceleration software you may have running
4.) If you are connected to the internet via an internet router, please disconnect it and connect directly via your broadband modem
=)

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