Your account is only valid for purchases in the USiTunes...

"Your account is only valid for purchases in the US iTunes store. Clicking will take you to this store"
First... I don't want to go to that store. I want the German store.
I get the above message whenever I try to buy or download anything from iTunes lately. As far as I can tell, all my addresses are set up for Germany where I live and I'm doing it German (language) but something is continuing to trick iTunes into thinking that my account is U.S. based.
Guess that leads to another question... do I need to have a U.S. account and a German account? If so, when did this B.S. start? Why does it matter where I am, especially if I want to buy a program or download a free one?
Anyway, I'm obviously aggrivated about this.
Thanks for any help. Also, I tried searching the forums but couldn't find a thread.

With further searching I FINALLY got through Apples stupid billing/location system and got myself placed in Germany. Now, everything works well. I still think it's way overcomplicated having 3 or 4 different places to change addresses. Why not do one with a pull-down country system and leave it at that?

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