How do I buy a US iTunes card from the UK?

December 8, 2011 2:48 AM

I want to buy an iTunes gift card for someone in the US. I am in the UK. How do I do this?

This person has given me only one item on his wish list: an iTunes card. I don't mind if it's a physical card that's sent to him or if it just emails him a code. But when I go to the US Apple Store web site and try to order one, it looks like it will only accept a UK billing address. Is there a way around this?

posted by Put the kettle on to Computers & Internet (5 answers total)

Best answer: You can buy things on US Amazon easily from the UK (you can even log in with your UK Amazon account details).
posted by EndsOfInvention at 2:53 AM on December 8, 2011

Best answer: Despite the somewhat dodgy-looking website, I can assure you that Jerry Cards is legit, and can deliver various US gift-card codes instantly, including iTunes ones.

Then you can use some other site to send the person an e-Card with the code included, maybe.

I used them twice when I had my Canada and US billing addresses tangled up and was locked out of Netflix. Worked great.
posted by rokusan at 3:10 AM on December 8, 2011

You can go on the apple store website to do that. Try this link. Use Guest Checkout.
posted by Yellow at 5:00 AM on December 8, 2011

Just FYI - I needed a code, rather than a card, and used the Jerry Cards site today with extreme success - thanks rokusan for the post, I've been wanting something like this for the past year or so.
posted by HopStopDon'tShop at 11:09 AM on December 8, 2011 [1 favorite]

Response by poster: Thanks, everyone -- Amazon didn't even occur to me, but there you go. I've bought a gift card and it's just been shipped, so I think it will work out just fine. Jerry Cards looks interesting -- I might give it a go next time. Yellow, I did try that first, as I said in my question, but it wants you to put in a US billing address, which I don't have.
posted by Put the kettle on at 1:43 AM on December 10, 2011