my grandson got an ipod and today got one of those itune cards. when we tried to activate it the message said we had to put in our credit card to set up an account. we are not going to do that. does anyone out there (with certainly more expierence than us) know what the trick is to activate these cards. one message said we did not have to have a credit card but we still cannot activate the card. ( i am tech challenged so any info or directions will help. THANKS
Go to itunes, click on music store and then on the right there will be a button that says redeem card. It then will ask you to put the code that has to be scratched off the back of the card. No credit card needed that I can see. http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/store/giftcard/ This is from the help: I want to create an account with my card, but don't want to enter a credit card. That's easy! Follow these simple steps Install the latest version of iTunes. You can download iTunes (it's free) from the Download iTunes webpage. If iTunes is already installed on your computer, check your version and update if necessary. Open iTunes. In the Source list (on the left side of the iTunes window), click iTunes Store. In the upper-right corner of the iTunes Store window, verify that the button next to Account says "Sign In." If this button displays an email address instead, click the button and then click Sign Out. In the iTunes Store window, click the Redeem link in the right column. 7. In the resulting screen, enter the 16-digit code printed on the back of the card (it starts with an "X"), then click Redeem. 8. In the resulting screen, create your new iTunes Store account. You will have the option to enter credit card information; if you do not wish to do so, click the None button on the Payment screen. 9. Oncee you've successfully redeemed your music card, the credit amount will appear next to the Account details in the upper-right corner. Each time you purchase music, iTunes will deduct funds from the credit until it's depleted. If a pending purchase exceeds the credit amount, iTunes will ask you to enter a credit card number. You do not need to re-enter your music card number to make multiple purchases.
