Retailers pull iTunes gift cards from sale
July 21st, 2008 by Ella Morton
Prepaid iTunes gift cards are no longer available for purchase from stores including Coles, Myer, JB Hi-Fi and Target due to payment provider Bill Express going into administration.
As of approximately two weeks ago, customers wanting to purchase iTunes cards from these stores have encountered signs at the checkout advising that vouchers are unavailable.
An iTunes Store user contacted CNET.com.au after a fruitless search for iTunes gift cards at JB Hi-Fi, Coles and Sanity in Melbourne. "All of them said something about the iTunes provider going broke and [that] they could not sell them", she said.
"It is frustrating as I prefer to pay cash for iTunes rather than using my credit card."
It's a similar story in Sydney, where JB Hi-Fi employees are informing would-be customers that prepaid products cannot be sold because "the machines are broken".
Bill Express had been the provider for prepaid iTunes products since the launch of the Australian iTunes Store in October 2005. The company was placed in administration earlier this month.
Apple did not respond to a request for comment on the supply issue.
iTunes cards are still available from retailers whose prepaid products are provided by electronic supplier E-pay. These stores include Big W, Dick Smith Electronics and Woolworths.
Can these split audio components be used as clippings in multimedia presentations? Or think you can use movie maker or flash also to clip audio. Not tried it yet. Guess it should work. 
Simon Frost
July 21st, 2008 at 9:31pm
I manage a newsagency in Melbourne, and we've been very heavily affected by the Bill Express situation. Almost all newsagents in Australia have had to turn hundreds if not thousands of customers away because we can't supply products such as iTunes cards. These were the kinds of things customers would come to our stores for, and would then impulse-buy a magazine or card. Most newsagents are not in a position to, or are simply unwilling to, sign up for E-Pay as many are scarred from the Bill Express experience. The faster Apple can fix the supply issue with iTunes cards, the happier customers and newsagents will be.
Instant Approval
October 9th, 2008 at 9:49pm
Perhaps the best way of selling itunes cards and the like is to allow access to purchasing through ATMs. I know ANZ does it for mobile credit. That way you could choose either cash or credit and ATMs are avaliable everywhere, 24 hours.