iTunes Music Store problems

Whoever recommended emusic: I hope you really don't consider their quality to be as good as iTMS. I got the free 50 songs, and picked up Martin Sexton's live album on there, and it sounds not only like it was recorded with a microcassette recorder, but it is very watery. Good thing is, I never even knew that album existed. I, too, am having problems with iTMS, but it is easier to use than emusic so far as I can tell. But, with 50 free songs, can't say I care much. 29 days left before I cancel.

I picked up a posting on the Apple discussion boards where one person was able to purchase the album by loading all the customer reviews, and then using the buy link at the top right of the page. This did indeed work for me twice so far.

I emailed tech support, they said the problem should be fixed. Anyone else still having trouble? It's still telling me it can't accept creditcard purchases at this time....lame.

eMusic is running a free trial right now, so you can get 50 free mp3s for signing up. If you cancel within the first month after downloading your free songs, you keep them for free. http://www.emusic.com/promo/home.html

I have been trying to download single songs for 3 days. I don't have the cash in my paypal right now to buy full cds and having banking problems. I am getting really mad, and am starting to wonder why I went with itunes in the first place.

To update... I just bought an album, confirmed that one item in my cart, entered my password, and purchased the album. This album had 24 tracks, so I was checking my Mac now and then to see how the downloads were going. The third time I checked, the track count went up to 44 and it was downloading the single tracks that I had purchased on Sunday (mentioned above), AGAIN. Of course, I emailed Apple about this. I sure hope the billing isn't getting screwed up like ITMS is. Something has gone terribly awry...

I ran into the 'not available' issue when trying to buy and album. I made it work by gifting the album to myself. Worked perfectly. You could try that.

The same thing has been happening when I try to buy Heaven & Hell by Vangelis. Same error and everything, although it won't let me buy the songs either (could have to do with the album only having 2 songs).

I too got the Danger Doom album on eMusic. Good service. I had a similar problem before trying to buy a London Elektricity album off of iTMS. I couldn't download it and I got a letter telling me to wait. I went to Hospital Records' download store and got the album with a better bitrate, no DRM at the same price. While iTMS does have an awesome selection, the headaches and poor quality keep me from shopping there.

I had been trying to purchase Rufus Wainwright's music video for April Fools ... yesterday iTMS wouldn't let me purchase it, this morning it let me purchase it but wouldn't let me download it ... but this evening I have it so ... try again now?