Problems signing up for an Apple account to use iTunes.

I tried to sign up for an apple account to use iTunes, and I filled out all the information until I got to the part where you have to have a credit card of paypal account.
The debit card I used works as a credit card as well (Mastercard). I entered the numbers in, and continued, it asked me what county I lived in, for tax purposes, and then brought me back to the numbers, saying my security code was not valid.
I didn't get the code wrong, I know that. But I was worried that the problem might be that the account in question was overdrawn at the time.
Could that be the problem, and why the security code was 'not valid'?
Thanks.

Hi Kilagannon,
If you are having problems with the paying methods section of the iTunes account, you could try buying iTunes cards. By doing so, you will be able to make an account without having any credit card/PayPal paying methods.
1. Buy an iTunes card.
2. Go to iTunes main page and on the right of the page you will see under Quick Links an option called Redeem.
3. Type in the code on the card and hit Redeem.
4. iTunes will tell you to make an account, you will have to fill in your name, e-mail address/password, secret question, address... When you get to the Paying Method section, iTunes will have automatically added a new method, in the Credit Card box, which is "None".
You won't have to worry about credit card issues and taxes or anything.
This is not really an answer to your question, but a suggestion to your problem.
Try this link:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304676#1
Vincent

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