iTunes Vouchers

notakid

Just wanted to say thanks for this super post.
My son brought a ipod last weekend with his birthday money and it means I've been able to give him £100.00 worth of music to play on it.

I used the site for 27.00 which the link was given in earlier because for some reason the ebay buy in now wouldn't go through. (it kept asking for P&P details)

The code came immed and we followed the instructions on the site and his got loads and loads of music.:T

Nickygoat

MercilessKiller wrote: »

Itunes music files are loaded with DRM. They are NOT standard mp3 files, and you cant listen to them on other media players.

You can burn them to audio cd thoguh through itunes! Then rip them but still DRM protected

You can burn iTMS songs to an audio CD 5 times. You can then re rip them to iTunes as MP3 without DRM - just check that iTunes' importing settings are set to whatever flavour of MP3 you prefer.

The downsides of this are:
You have to go through the hassle of burning and re ripping CDs, with the associated cost if you don't use CDRWs.

You're converting one lossy format into another. iTMS encodes songs at 128kbps AAC. AAC itself is a good codec, far better than the equivalent MP3 file, but you lose more info re ripping as MP3.

AFAIR 128kbps AAC is roughly the same as 192kbps MP3, but be aware that neither are as good as ripping from the original CD. This months What Hi-Fi has a comparison on the different formats and concludes that Apple Lossless is the best trade off for quality vs space (it's 320kbps AAC) - AIFF is the best overall but produces massive files.

MP3 is the most flexible of formats if you have iTunes and no iPod.

And don't get started on sound quality - if you want hi-fi perfection you wouldn't buy from any digital store

To answer ginjim's question - yes you can do it but you have to go through the two steps.

EDIT: I bought a card and it worked wonderfully. Thanks to OP.
I'll probably buy another for my g/f

veruccasalt

MercilessKiller wrote: »

The money gets added on to your account so it makes no diff

But I thought you had to make a first purchase from it within two months and then use the balance within 2 years. I still have a credit of over £60 from my last voucher and may not use it up within two months, so how will iTunes know wheter to take money from my new voucher or old one, even though they are both on the same account?

MercilessKiller

Ahhh your right there. I dont think the code expires so you could just buy it and keep it safe for a while? But ye if you add on another voucher and buy more music it would buy from your first voucher first until thats already up... I would assume

Nickygoat

veruccasalt wrote: »

But I thought you had to make a first purchase from it within two months and then use the balance within 2 years. I still have a credit of over £60 from my last voucher and may not use it up within two months, so how will iTunes know wheter to take money from my new voucher or old one, even though they are both on the same account?

From iTMS terms and conditions:

iTMS wrote:

2. Gift certificates, iTunes Cards, song codes, and monthly gifts and unused portions of gift certificates, iTunes Cards, song codes and monthly gifts expire the later of, two years from the date of issuance, and two years from the date of last activity if applied to an iTunes Store Account. Song codes expire on the date specified on the instrument containing the song code.

Linky

This, I think, means that as long as you use the card regularly it will never expire.

The 2 month thing is a fallacy.

I also seem to recall that iTMS will automatically deduct the balance from the earliest redeemed card, although I can't find the link ATM.

veruccasalt

THanks for these answers-Im going back for another!!

brucie24

Just been back to the seller I used last time and got a voucher for my Bro in laws birthday. Hes well chuffed. Have managed to spend 60 of my voucher and now wondering if I should get another before they all disappear.:beer:

Jummy

Thanks to OP:)
My new Ipod Nano arrived this morning and i now have £100 to spend on itunes
Great find!

Jummy

veruccasalt wrote: »

THanks for these answers-Im going back for another!!

I'm getting another one too

O.W.E.I

I just got a voucher (Great spot!) and downloaded a couple of albums, but it won't let me sync them to my ipod.
What's the point in that???