It's a prepaid credit card valid anywhere Amex (in this case) is accepted. Other credit card companies offer these cards, too. The only problem is the seeming $500 cap. Can you use two prepaid credit cards to buy an iPhone? Have fun kids.
Err... Current policy is Credit or Debit Card with purchaser's name on it. No Gift cards of *any* kind. You need ID that matches the card. No if ands or buts. Yep.
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I guess it's on to Plan C for all those teenagers: credit card gift cards.
http://www10.americanexpress.com/sif/cda/page/0,1641,16130,00.asp
It's a prepaid credit card valid anywhere Amex (in this case) is accepted. Other credit card companies offer these cards, too. The only problem is the seeming $500 cap. Can you use two prepaid credit cards to buy an iPhone? Have fun kids.
Or you could just go to an AT&T store... I don't think Apple has made AT&T stop accepting cash (yet).
Anyway, thankfully I got mine before this went into affect. But even so, my dad used his credit card and I paid him cash.
Err...
Current policy is Credit or Debit Card with purchaser's name on it. No Gift cards of *any* kind. You need ID that matches the card. No if ands or buts.
Yep.
Nikki-
I believe those credit card gift cards do come with the recipients name, so that shouldn't be a problem.
-Todd