Multiple ipads on one credit card

I have 15 ipads (to start with) that need to be managed (financially) through one credit card.  I've set up an iTunes account for each ipad but apparently can't use a single credit card on more than 5 or so iPads (according to iTunes support).  They recommended that I do the VPP for Business.  However, out of the handful of apps we plan to use, only 2 of them are available.  Not everyone of our users have a corporate credit card and besides the ipads are going to change hands from job to job.  So we do not want each iPad (and all the purchased apps) to be tied to an individual.  How in the world is this possible?? Itunes support said that it was a security reason behind not letting us have more than 5 iPads tied to a corporate credit card but never gave me any specifics about WHY or WHO they were supposedly protecting.  Please Please someone help me with this.  I love Apple products but this is causing me to HATE the Apple company.
Thanks,
Chris

Some educational groups are looking at device "cloning" so you'd setup a number of devices with the same apps, IPCU profile etc.  You might look at this site ( which was is great and was recommended by another member of this forum a while back)
http://ipadeducators.ning.com/forum
As you mention though, licensing is still an issue and the EULA, as I currently understand it allows an app to be shared across multiple devices used by one person, or one device used by multiple persons.  Some educational groups use the VPP and assign a single license to one device/user and then purchase enough additional licenses to cover the other devices using the same AppleID, and keep track of the additional license purchases.  Last I looked the VPP spreadsheet only allowed on Apple ID or device assigned per license...so you'd have to keep separate records someplace and hope that this satisfied any legal team that might check software compliance at some point down the road. 
Another option would be gifting the app, though I'm not sure how this would work if the device was transferred to another user, with another email address/Apple ID...

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