@pjfisher
you say a friend has gotten it right with "some of these cards", do you mean the same bank and account type, or the exact same actual cards (i.e. same card numbers) you tried? It might be worth checking with them how they have the card info stored in their Apple ID account EXACTLY i.e. the name on the card etc. and then comparing that to how they filled that in on the web order ...maybe there's some magic there we're all missing.
Both.
One friend have the same bank
Another have the exact same card
It's enrolled exactly. He's also the one who input everything instead of me.
It's enrolled exactly. He's also the one who input everything instead of me.
That's why this is so strange. I also been looking for that "magic". I've tried combinations of:
different device
enroll on US working time
debit visa, debit mastercard, credit visa, credit mastercard
offline credit card, personal credit card
uppercase all name
uppercase all address
enroll in different device
change phone number format
call Apple Support > 10 times
...nothing works.
Most attempt also CANCELED at 12PM at my time—which if converted to CST (US Support timezone, is at 12AM midnight). It appears to be automated.
From what I see, the most problem came from:
Indonesia
Russia
South Africa
Vietnam
Malaysia
US, Japan, Singapore, etc seems could enroll and be processed in few minutes.
Based on all that, my conclusion is Apple payment system didn't automatically process our payment for some of us. And support can't do anything about it because the payment is processed somewhere else.
The only solution is to make a big problem about this (maybe with [change dot org]? ) and make Apple fix it. Seems they are not aware of the problem as it's not as widespread and only happen to few individuals in different country.
