Why do I have to have a visa or master card to activate my apple id??

This is stupid nd a rip off. I don't have a visa or a master card to activate my apple id. I mean not everybody has one or don't want their accounts hacked nd their bills going up. Why do we have to do this, just to activate an account. LikeI said, it's a rip off. How dissapointing.

You don't need a credit card. How did you create the account ? If you followed the instructions on this page when creating the account then : http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2534
e.g. if currently logged into an account then log out of it, then find a free app in the store and click on its free 'price', and click on 'create Apple id' on the popup that you then get. That will then give you the 'none' option on the payments screen, allowing you to download free items. If you want to be able to download paid-for items then you will need a valid payment method on your account

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I haven't seen a good answer from this yet. You can create a new Apple ID for the store without a CC. You can remove your CC info from an already established ID (you made a purchase in iTunes), but you can't use your Apple ID for first time use in the Store without a CC.

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You don't HAVE to, but it sure does make life easier if you do. You might want to buy a song. You might want to buy an App. You might want to make an In-App purchase. I've had my CC tied to my iTunes account now for years, and it's completely secure.
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Yes, I recognize this is a user forum... But I did end up here through the Apple site and after rummaging through other posts, manuals, the Express Lane, etc. I admit I did not call Apple yet, but I was hopeful I could find someone with a similar problem that could offer assistance without coming to that.
I admit I am frustrated out of ignorance as much as anything else, but the process of establishing an Apple ID and password with my iPad was bad enough. That alone took several tries. Everything seemed to work, but then in the end it would kick me out and force me to start all over again.
The whole problem solving process may be fine for a regular member of the Apple techie faithful, but as a first time, casual consumer... It was not what I would expect from Apple.
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See -> http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2534.
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