[mdlug-discuss] Another reason Apple bites (was: One morereason)

[Robert Adkins II]

This is why I do not and will never use a Credit Card with my iTunes
account.

I also make most of my purchases via my iPod Touch, which requires me to
enter my password everytime I start up a purchase.

Also, if you use the Apple Cards, you can go to Costco and buy a pack of $60
worth of cards for around $55. So, it's even cheaper to buy iTune purchases
AND you don't have to pay Interest on the purchase, since you have to pay
cash/check at Costco to get those cards. (Soon, interest is going to be
calculated from the time of purchase with most Credit Cards.)

My suggestion? Drop the CC from iTunes and get thee to Costco.

-Rob

 

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> [mailto:mdlug-discuss-bounces at mdlug.org] On Behalf Of Ingles, Raymond
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> Subject: Re: [mdlug-discuss] Another reason Apple bites (was: 
> One morereason)
> 
> > From: Garry Stahl
> 
> > One more reason to not touch apple with any length of pole.
> 
>  I've got another good one. Someone cracked into my wife's 
> iTunes account last weekend, and bought ~$200 worth of stuff. 
> Apple would not do anything whatsoever about the downloads or 
> purchases. "Dispute it with your financial institution."
> 
>  We disconnected accounts, changed passwords, and so forth. 
> The disputes are progressing. But that was just rude.
> 
>  And their software is horrible. You can "authorize" a 
> computer with iTunes, so that you don't need to enter your 
> password when purchasing.
> But "deauthorizing" is another story. You have to be at that 
> computer to do it. We noticed that we had 3 computers 
> authorized that morning, instead of just one. But how to 
> deauthorize these other schmucks?
> 
>  Well, after some searching, we discovered that there *is* an 
> option to "deauthorize all computers". But not so fast - that 
> option doesn't appear *until and unless* you've reached the 
> limit of 5 authorized computers. So we actually had to 
> authorize two *more* computers in order to deauthorize the 
> hackers. I shudder to think what would have happened if we 
> didn't have access to a couple more computers for this purpose!
> 
>  Sincerely,
> 
>  Ray Ingles                                      (313) 227-2317
>  
>  "Bush is complaining about a lack of intelligence, which seems
>              sort of redundant." - Robin Williams
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