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I bought a gift card from japan and when i ente...

I bought a gift card from japan and when i enter the code it says the code must be redeemed in the japanese storefront

That is correct - iTunes gift cards are country-specific, they can only be redeemed in their country of issue on accounts based in that country

Liowwc wrote:

 

I bought a gift card from japan and when i enter the code it says the code must be redeemed in the japanese storefront

And it is absolutely correct.

Same problem but in Germany.  What can we do with the gift cards?

If you bought or received an iTunes card for a country other than yours, you cannot use that card. You'll need to give or sell the card to someone who lives in the country in which the card was issued.

Regards.

Got the same problem...

I bought an itunes card in netherland but im in the netherland at this time and it still say's redeem in dutch storefront

If your iTunes Store account is for another country, you can't redeem a card from another country even if you are currently present in that country. You would need to either move your existing account to the Netherlands or set up a new account in the Dutch iTunes Store, either of which would require you to also have a valid Dutch mailing address. Unless you're going to be in the Netherlands for quite a while, I would suggest you just give or sell that iTunes card to someone who lives in the Netherlands.

Regards.

Idiots run the company! I mean what if you're travelling or working abroad? You have no options. How ridiculous. What do the shareholders think of this idiocy? HELLO Apple, do you not want my money? Horrible service!

Everyone who has replied in this thread is a user and not an Apple employee.

All we can do is state the Apple policies, not change them...but do keep in mind that for internationsl internet sales, Apple is juggling issues including international copyright that may impact sale of music and books, etc.

Makes a degree of sense, but I had a problem with my account and support told me to buy an iTunes card here in Japan and that it would rectify the problem. That was stupid, obviously it was just a waste of money. Also, I bought the mini here in Japan so it should work.

Apparently long term customers offering to help one another out by exchanging non usable itunes cards to their locality is against terms and condidtions of this forum.   My post was deleted.   What a joke.

Anything that isn't a technical support question or answer is against the terms of the forum. Those terms are clearly stated in the agreement we all accepted when we signed on here. There are many other sites where people can offer to exchange iTunes cards or otherwise engage in aftermarket commerce or non-technical discussions.

"is against the terms of the forum", isn't that what I just said?  But thanks for the lecture.

You're welcome. Hope it helps.

I'm in the U.S. and I want to buy music from the Japanese store, can I do that without using an iTunes card from Japan?

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