iTunes does, however, accept bank cards. Presumably, if you have Paypal, you have one of these? Why not just use this?Vault101 said:
I know it's apparently sacrilege to suggest this simple step on this site, but just get a card and use that online.
what the fuck internet?
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I know it's apparently sacrilege to suggest this simple step on this site, but just get a card and use that online.
I'm honestly not sure. You'd think they would want our money!
Slightly relevant is the restrictions on YouTube videos.
Someone posted a premier/trailer of season 3 of The Walking Dead but it said it wasn't available in my country. Don't they think they have fans in the UK?
The main character being British should count for something D:
Slightly relevant is the restrictions on YouTube videos.
Someone posted a premier/trailer of season 3 of The Walking Dead but it said it wasn't available in my country. Don't they think they have fans in the UK?
The main character being British should count for something D:
imahobbit4062 said:
my point is I would much rather buy the few songs I want for $6 (preferably out of my paypal balance) than go to the store to spend $20 on an itunes gift card...$20 that I'll have to spend ONLY on ItunesYopaz said:
right now I don't particually want to dig into my money more thsn I already have, $20 here and $30 there starts to add up by the end of the week
Vault101 said:
Umm.. Yes it does..
I have used paypal on iTunes for quite some time now..
https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=xpt/general/UsePaypalOnITunes-outside
I'm a premier account holder and mine is linked directly to a bank account I set up specifically for Paypal.Vault101 said:except I think it says you need a credit card attatched to your paypal..which I do not haveporpoise hork said:
otherwise just link it to a debit card.
Ugh. Same reason I hate some companies for making game consoles region-locked.
No way in HELL am I WAITING for a European release.
The USA need to stop locking everything for anyone but Americans. WE'RE NOT ALL YOU, AMERICAN PEOPLE. Is this because of the running-your-country thing? You already got us back for that!
No way in HELL am I WAITING for a European release.
The USA need to stop locking everything for anyone but Americans. WE'RE NOT ALL YOU, AMERICAN PEOPLE. Is this because of the running-your-country thing? You already got us back for that!
we're not the only ones who use regional locking, but yeah I agree they need to drop the whole region thing.HimochiIsAwesome said:
you sir or madam win an internet of the day award. I really couldn't have said it better myself overall.LilithSlave said:
EDIT: Because people keep quoting me to tell me about how they're getting ripped off solely because of Evil Corporate America (and I do agree with that), I need to add this preface:
-The practice of Price Fixing automatically nulls the assumption of a Perfectly Competitive Market. Meaning: we aren't in Eden anymore. We have sinners. There is room for potential abuse.
I understand fully that they're ripping you off.
Which is just the practice of buying low and selling high, but it accomplishes this by exploiting price fixing practices in separate markets for the same good.
Not every country in the world has the same economic value, which is reflected directly in the value of their money (with a whole bunch of other facts we don't even need to go into; I'm using the simplest example here).
And because of this, the effective price of goods in each country are not the same by proportions. It's why Americans could go to some countries, enjoy a quality steak dinner and booze, all for a fraction of the price it would cost in the USA. Different markets, different prices.
For example: A video game that costs 60 USD in the United States would, if converted directly, could cost several full paychecks in somewhere like Greece.
(Yet, the domestic goods in Greece are priced cheaply enough that they can enjoy things like good food, clothing and modern services. Which is the benefit of having domestic production and service, and not relying entirely on imports who undercut your business and then upsell their garbage when they get a monopoly...but that's another topic entirely.)
See where the problem is?
Suppose if you were a Big Publishers, and you want to sell your game in both markets (we assume that you can turn a profit in both markets), you will have to set two wildly different prices; one vastly cheaper for the poorer market.
Enter the problem of Arbitrage, where an intervening third party will exploit the differences of two different markets for profit.
So, ignoring the problem of language barriers, what stops someone from going to Greece, buying all of those games up at pittance and reselling them at full price in the United States? (or worse, undercutting the original Publisher in their primary market. Incidentally, Used Games behave rather similarly here, in terms of reducing profit through "re-saturation".)
Regions and region locks. If you can't play the game on your domestic system, it's useless.
Keeping the functionality separate to keep the markets separate so that the poorer markets can also participate.
That's my understanding of how Regions apply to goods anyway. I have no earthly clue why they also apply them to Youtube. My best guess right now is that it's a necessity for effective advertisement (advertising works best if it's in your own language and culture, after all).
-The practice of Price Fixing automatically nulls the assumption of a Perfectly Competitive Market. Meaning: we aren't in Eden anymore. We have sinners. There is room for potential abuse.
I understand fully that they're ripping you off.
In theory, the idea behind region-locks is to prevent the practice of "arbitrage".Keoul said:
Which is just the practice of buying low and selling high, but it accomplishes this by exploiting price fixing practices in separate markets for the same good.
Not every country in the world has the same economic value, which is reflected directly in the value of their money (with a whole bunch of other facts we don't even need to go into; I'm using the simplest example here).
And because of this, the effective price of goods in each country are not the same by proportions. It's why Americans could go to some countries, enjoy a quality steak dinner and booze, all for a fraction of the price it would cost in the USA. Different markets, different prices.
For example: A video game that costs 60 USD in the United States would, if converted directly, could cost several full paychecks in somewhere like Greece.
(Yet, the domestic goods in Greece are priced cheaply enough that they can enjoy things like good food, clothing and modern services. Which is the benefit of having domestic production and service, and not relying entirely on imports who undercut your business and then upsell their garbage when they get a monopoly...but that's another topic entirely.)
See where the problem is?
Suppose if you were a Big Publishers, and you want to sell your game in both markets (we assume that you can turn a profit in both markets), you will have to set two wildly different prices; one vastly cheaper for the poorer market.
Enter the problem of Arbitrage, where an intervening third party will exploit the differences of two different markets for profit.
So, ignoring the problem of language barriers, what stops someone from going to Greece, buying all of those games up at pittance and reselling them at full price in the United States? (or worse, undercutting the original Publisher in their primary market. Incidentally, Used Games behave rather similarly here, in terms of reducing profit through "re-saturation".)
Regions and region locks. If you can't play the game on your domestic system, it's useless.
Keeping the functionality separate to keep the markets separate so that the poorer markets can also participate.
That's my understanding of how Regions apply to goods anyway. I have no earthly clue why they also apply them to Youtube. My best guess right now is that it's a necessity for effective advertisement (advertising works best if it's in your own language and culture, after all).