Please help - I'm unable to buy gift certificates using Click & Buy

Hi all,
Yesterday I tried to buy a e-mail gift certificate using Click & Buy as the payment method and I received the error message "Your payment method was declined - please check billing info and update your payment information".
I have verified my Click & Buy account by choosing no payment method, applying, and then re-selecting Click & Buy and re-verifying my Click & Buy account but I received the same error message.
I have bought a £15 GBP voucher today - hopefully that will work okay.
Is there some problem with authorisating payments at the moment or is this just a problem with my account?
Many thanks in advance for any help.
Kind regards,
Steve.

I think I've found the answer to my problem on another thread. It appears that Apple are no longer offering e-mailed and printable gift certificates, possibly for security reasons. Hopefully, these security issues will be resolved and that Apple with restore the service, because I think a great number of people wish to use the service and have been inconvenienced.

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