Stupid stupid iPad!

My iPad, Macbook, iPhone all work just fine with the iTunes store...

Seems like a user problem. More cheese with all that whine?
 
Shads said:
You don't pay for the game, only if you want to buy anything instore. The game has had over a million downloads, so they are having a great sale on their "mithril" - the in game currency. I bought some over the weekend, but this morning it didn't work.

After speaking to a consultant now, I think I know what the problem is. Over the weekend I was using my wifi at home. Not sure if they can pick up the address (I have it set up so that Netflix works). And at work I use the 3G or work wifi.

It must have picked up I am from South Africa. Apple support didn't specify that, but they referred me to their terms and conditions blah blah blah
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Stop playing games at work dammit!
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Just tried a regular purchase in the Itunes store - and it went through without a hassle. So apple has a problem with the fact that they can't authenticate that I am from the USA, but it's ok to buy from their main store, just not from other applications? Bull!
 
ghoti said:
Google wallet works fine for me no matter what country I input. Apple should go get some advice from Google :D Sure no one is perfect, but some are harder than others.
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This guy seems to think content is limited in SA too though :confused:
Nduimiso said:
Well amazon and Google Play music are a no go, just pirate, if the content owners want to make it impossible to buy from them then so be it, it works out much cheaper
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Me neither. Google just works. I don't have the USA store, I have the SA one and the content is more then sufficient for me. I honestly can't complain.

What I find totally unacceptable is that iTunes blocks me from making in app purchases with my itunes credit, but if I sign onto itunes themselves, i can make purchases directly. That to me is double standards. If I can't buy in the one, I surely should not be able to buy in the other?

I have absolutely no hassles with paying for content. But why is the SA store so pathetic? I mean, the game I love to play is not even available? And the Kenyan store no longer accepts SA credit cards. So no luck there either.

Already advertised my iPad - will advertise on here. Won't be able to use the work Wifi on Android, but I'll make sure it has 3G. Tired of the in-app problems.
 
ghoti said:
Dunno, Ive never struggled to buy anything on android.
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I know there have been apps in the past that I looked for with my Nexus that weren't available - I was just curious to know if that was still the case. I gave the Nexus to my kid, just hope one day I'm forgiven (the other one has an older first gen ipad). :)

Shads said:
Me neither. Google just works. I don't have the USA store, I have the SA one and the content is more then sufficient for me. I honestly can't complain.
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So you don't know if the problem still exists either… Stupid stupid Nexus… :p :)

Shads said:
I have absolutely no hassles with paying for content. But why is the SA store so pathetic? I mean, the game I love to play is not even available? And the Kenyan store no longer accepts SA credit cards. So no luck there either.
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I already answered that in an earlier. Sucks about Kenya though.

Shads said:
Already advertised my iPad - will advertise on here. Won't be able to use the work Wifi on Android, but I'll make sure it has 3G. Tired of the in-app problems.
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I have not had a single issue buying from overseas iTS.
 
bwana said:
I gave the Nexus to my kid, just hope one day I'm forgiven (the other one has an older first gen ipad)
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The one with the Nexus is going to be giving help to the other when they're older, as the iPad child is never going to learn nor understand real IT - you've just done him an injustice :(
 
Dolby said:
The one with the Nexus is going to be giving help to the other when they're older, as the iPad child is never going to learn nor understand real IT - you've just done him an injustice :(
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I will of course give your opinion the consideration it deserves.
 
ghoti said:
Dunno, Ive never struggled to buy anything on android.
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We can't buy music from Google.

But almost all apps are available here. I think developers can restrict their apps to certain countries for legal reasons E.g. Netflix..
 
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Shads said:
I just hate apple. Should have stayed away from it. I would love to buy the apps, but it's not available to me in South Africa. So I have to resort to getting a US account. and now I can't buy in app games.

With Android, it works. I log on and I can download - simple!
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Dont blame Apple for our draconian laws which limit the sale of games...
 
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