Is the iTunes store having its own credit crunch?

Quincy Pince-Nez
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February 01, 2009
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Credit crunch hits Apple?  Not likely with that $28 billion in the bank.  But there seems to have been some problems affecting people's iTunes store credit.

According to Venture Beat and a few hundred Twitterers, there seems to have been a minor glitch when purchasing videos or music.  The error reads:

Due to a problem with the iTunes Store, your store credit balance is temporarily unavailable for use in purchasing music; you may continue purchasing using a different method of payment.

As of this writing the problem appears to be solved.

 

Comments (8)

Dr. C (not verified) | February 01, 2009 - 11:56am

Sign out of your iTunes account and then sign back in fixes the problem.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | February 01, 2009 - 12:48pm

when i try to download FREE apps! it won't let me do anything. signing and out and then in did NOT fix the problem.

i hope it's fixed soon. I'm not on my macpro now so i can't test but i will later.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | February 01, 2009 - 2:34pm

I got that same message except i was trying to buy a free app!

hankjmatt | February 02, 2009 - 5:30pm

I've just logged out and logged back in and it is still not working.

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lion (not verified) | February 01, 2009 - 5:04pm

Login first, above the search button in itunes, then you will be able to purchase.

Jonathan Friedman (not verified) | February 01, 2009 - 6:36pm

I've just logged out and logged back in and it is still not working.

ChuckGee (not verified) | February 01, 2009 - 11:30pm

This happened to me on Sunday morning. I quit iTunes, relaunched and voila! Problem solved.

Weird glitch though.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | February 02, 2009 - 5:04pm

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