Visa Gift Card and the App store
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bic
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Zero's strategy is your best bet as long as you only want to use it on iTunes.
Most online retailers require verification on a card in order to put a charge on it. You have to call the company that issued the card (or visit their website) and enter your name and mailing address.Then you enter that information as the billing address when you make a purchase.
If it's a Vanilla Visa card, I'm afraid you're probably SOL. I bought one of those a couple years ago, and for some reason they stopped registering cards. Calling didn't work, and they took the registration site down. It never worked on iTunes, Steam, or NewEgg.
If you want to buy things regularly on the Internet without the hanging debt of a credit card, start an additional free checking account with the bank, get a debit card for it, and keep a low balance. That way you can only spend as much as you put on it, with no worrying about monthly bills and high interest rates.
Most online retailers require verification on a card in order to put a charge on it. You have to call the company that issued the card (or visit their website) and enter your name and mailing address.Then you enter that information as the billing address when you make a purchase.
If it's a Vanilla Visa card, I'm afraid you're probably SOL. I bought one of those a couple years ago, and for some reason they stopped registering cards. Calling didn't work, and they took the registration site down. It never worked on iTunes, Steam, or NewEgg.
If you want to buy things regularly on the Internet without the hanging debt of a credit card, start an additional free checking account with the bank, get a debit card for it, and keep a low balance. That way you can only spend as much as you put on it, with no worrying about monthly bills and high interest rates.
Twilight Wolf
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bic said:
THIS.
Debit cards for the win! Ever since I got one buying stuff online has been super easy.
bic
Well-Known Member
Exactly! No more paying $5 every time you want to activate a new mall gift card! (Simon Malls never lets you add money to a card; you have to use the remaining balance on the card plus some cash to buy and activate a new card, which then has to be registered to you. 
Painus in the anus.)
No more paying $5 every time you want to activate a new mall gift card! (Simon Malls never lets you add money to a card; you have to use the remaining balance on the card plus some cash to buy and activate a new card, which then has to be registered to you. Painus in the anus.)
