"only valid for customers of the U.S. store"...but I AM in the US

I have been unable to redeem iTunes Starbucks "Pick of the Week" cards due to error message above. I think this started since I took a weekend trip to Canada and used my Canadian friend's wireless connection. But even with AirPort tuned off (I have a wired connection at home here in the US), I still get this error when I try to redeem at the iTunes Store (error: "only valid for customers of the U.S. store".) The only other recent change to my Mac is upgrading to Snow Leopard.
Is there a iTunes prefs I can delete or something?

Do you have the *US iTunes Store* selected at the bottom of the main iTunes Store screen?

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