i Tunes

Sterlingtimes

My son is getting an ipod for his thirteenth birthday and wants me to sign him up for i Tunes with my credit card.

He is pretty sensible and knows that he would be in serious trouble if he spent more money than he had to hand.

What I want to know is this:

can I impose a credit limit on his expenditure?

[ii] is there potential for his inadvertently spending a huge amount of money by accident?

Marty_J

You can set a monthly allowance which will add a certain amount to his account every month:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2105?viewlocale=en_US

Or if you didn't want to do that, the easiest thing would be to get him to buy iTunes gift vouchers and use them on his account. Then you wont have any purchases charged to your card at all.

Shaun_d123

Argos are currently doing 2 x £15 itunes vouchers for £20

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5346312/Trail/searchtext%3EITUNES.htm#tab3

tictax

As much as you may trust your son I think you should go down the itunes card route. This way he will learn the value of things and that you shouldn't spend money that you don't have....

TechTerry

You dont need a credit card, when you enter the code from a voucher, it will ask you to create an account without needing to use a credit card, thats how i done it.

1. 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.
2. Open iTunes.
3. In the Source list (on the left side of the iTunes window), click iTunes Store.
4. 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.
5. In the iTunes Store window, click the Redeem link in the right column.
   
6. In the resulting screen, enter the 16-digit code printed on the back of the card (it starts with an "X"), then click Redeem.
   
   
7. 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.
8. Once 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.

Sterlingtimes

Thank you all contributors. You have been most kind in responding in detail.

We will go for the voucher option now that we have learned that that's available.:cool: