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Apple offers iTunes Prepaid Cards

updated 01:40 pm EST, Sat February 14, 2004

iTunes Prepaid Cards

(via iTunes) now offers an option to redeem iTunes Prepaid Cards, which apparently allow users to purchase iTunes music at a retail store (e.g., Target) and redeem it at the iTunes Music Store. Redemption requires iTunes 4.0 or later and iTunes Music Store account. According to the terms & conditoins, Prepaid Cards cannot be redeemed for cash or used to purchase additional Prepaid Cards or gift certificates. The cards expire two years from the date of issue or two years from the date of last activity on the iTunes account--whichever comes later.

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02/14, 02:40pm | report spam | close Reply |
expansion

expansion = good idea
i wonder what sort of cut they give a retailer like target for selling this
how do they compensate them for so obviously cutting in to their album sales?

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02/14, 03:23pm | report spam | close Reply |
When everywhere?

My local grocery store (Star Market near MIT in Cambridge, MA) has had cards for Napster since Christmas. These cards should be everywhere -- in 7-Elevens, grocery stores, department stores. They cost nothing to make and distribute, and just their presence is like an advertisement for the iTMS.

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02/14, 04:44pm | report spam | close Reply |
expansion

this is just RIPE to sell more songs

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02/14, 05:45pm | report spam | close Reply |
Great idea!

Very cool idea, indeed. My neice and nephews live at the iTunes music store - what a great gift idea. :)

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RIPE

its just RIPE that everyone says RIPE here every time there is a moment....get off it and stop saying RIPE.... :D

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RIPE

The word RIPE is ready to go the way of the dodo bird. It's sooo last year.

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02/14, 06:59pm | report spam | close Reply |
RIPE

This thread is just RIPE for another 10-15 comments

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02/14, 09:05pm | report spam | close Reply |
Question

How is this any different than a Gift Certificate? I guess just in the fact that it comes in pre-set denominations (and therefore is easier to sell anywhere?)

At least in California, it is illegal for a gift certificate to have any expiration date. I wonder if these "pre-paid cards" fall under the same umbrella.

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Nice

The benefit of these is that you can buy it in advance for someone as a gift and not have to worry about them getting the e-mail before you want them to. When I got a gift cert. for my sister's birthday, I had to ban her from checking her e-mail until she opened the gift that, among other things, told her what I got her.

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Nice

Any idea when and where will we see them?

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Gift certificates in CA

If you go to the prepaid cards section of the iTunes Music Store, you'll see that it says the expiration date does not apply to California (for amounts over $100).

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usable outside the USA?

hello,
are these new pre-paid cards usable by persons located outside of the usa?
does anybody know how it actually works?
thnx

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02/15, 01:28am | report spam | close Reply |
Gift Certs

I bought a Gift Certificate in December at the Apple Store and there was no email sent. The guy at the register just asked me how much I wanted to make it out for, printed the certificate, and handed it to me.

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Interesting...

I find this new tactic quite interesting. Apple is apparently attempting to increase the ubiquity of the this track is just RIPE to be a 10-15 minute live jam.

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Great idea

As a marketing strategist, I can say this is a wonderful idea. It's advertising, and a great thing to let Target or other iPod sellers package as a promotion. Target had a 10% off the low end iPod deal going around Thanksgiving, and this would be an even better alternative...it lets you put the entire cohesive Apple music (note, not Apple Music, aka The Beatles) package together.

Great marketing!

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re: expansion

What "compensation" would Apple need to give them? Target is a store, not a record label. As long as they get a decent profit, they couldn't care less where it comes from.

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Snappy(tm)

All your RIPE are belong to us

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RIPE = AYBABTU

We just gotta deal with this new RIPE fad. It's like the "All Your Base Are Belong To Us" fad that apparently died to give way to the RIPE bunch.

The Internet2 will be a Godsend when it finally comes.

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02/15, 07:39pm | report spam | close Reply |
re: RIPE=AYBABTU

Except that it was started by one dumbass and now others are starting to say it even though they don't have any idea what it means. I don't even know what it means. Its like one person's own inside joke that they moronically decided to annoy the h*** out of everybody with.

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Godsend

These Apple iTMS prepaid cards will be a Godsend when they finally come.

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RIPE

This thread is just RIPE to fulfil 10-15 godsends

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R|P.E

Bayesian filtering of MacNN threads will be a Godesend when it finally comes

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Gift certificates in CA

Things have changed. Old gift certificates issued before a certain date do not expire, however now not only do they expire but also the stores charge a MAINTENANCE FEE on them! It's absolutely outrageous.
Don't know if Apple does that (yet) but make sure you read the small print before you buy a gift certificate.

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Napster already in Target

The Target in Burbank, CA. has a Napster-branded end-cap in the electronics section, where you can buy Napster gift cards, sleeves and blank CDs (which are more expensive than any other CD brand they sell). There's a similar brand presence for Virgin's electronics. Didn't see the iTunes cards, presumably located at the registers. They sell a few MP3 players. If the cards turn up, I'd love to see iPods there, too. iPods might be a little expensive for their typical customer profile, although they do sell plenty of TVs and digital cameras. Target likes to find stylish (if low-cost) brands to separate it from other retailers like K-Mart and WalMart, and maybe an iPod is a good fit. Someone else had a good idea for a cherry-red mini.

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Re: The RIPE Trend

OK, here's my question..... is this RIPE thing localized to just MacNN or does it show up elsewhere? I'll admit that my exposure to messageboards is kind of limited, but MacNN is the ONLY place I'm seeing it.

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RIPE.

If you want to know where RIPE is from, listen to HTTT track 10, sit back, be atease, and enjoy a classic.

CRYPTIC!!!!

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I wonder

Since the music's already paid for do you have to have a credit card with a US billing address in order to use these?

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re: RIPE.

I assume you are talking about Hail To The Theif. I listened to track 10, "I Will", and found no reference to RIPE at all.

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Expire?

It was my understanding that, in the state of California, purchased gift certificates CANNOT EVER expire. I see little notices every time I go into Subway indicating that due to state law, gift certificates do not expire, so are still redeemable even if a printed experation date has passed...

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tsk tsk tsk...

Whomever said it was track 10 on HTTT was off by one. Everyone knows it's track 11. this track is just RIPE to be a 10-15 minute live jam.

I suggest that RIPE poster stop listening on his iPod and start paying attention because, well, he has not been paying attention.

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