Amazon just surprised me with a $5 credit for their mp3 download store, and you can get one too!

It turns out that they’re running a promotion through Christmas – spend $25 on music CDs or electronics (in a single order) and you get a $5 credit for mp3 downloads. Sadly, it’s only one credit per customer…

But what good is a $5 credit? Well, Amazon is also offering a selection of 50 full albums for (you guessed it) $5! I picked up Mates of State, but Death Cab for Cutie, She & Him, and R.E.M. are great choices, too. For $0.99 more you could also grab Liam Finn’s awesome debut album.

Note: Some of these links include affiliate codes that help pay for this blog. For example, buying an Amazon Kindle with this link sends a few bucks my way! But I don't write this blog to make money, and am happy to link to sites and stores that don't pay anything. I like Amazon and buy tons from them, but you're free to buy whatever and wherever you want.

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Here’s the situation:  You are tired of iTunes syncing whenever you drop your phone into the dock, so you uncheck “automatically sync” in the iPhone Summary page.  While at your local Starbucks, you decide to download the latest from KT Tunstall.  Yup, it downloaded, and you can listen to it.  Later, you place your phone back in the dock and go about your business.  But, surprise surprise, Katie’s song is now gone from your world!  Somewhere, somehow, the iPhone deleted it!

As we all know, Apple doesn’t allow multiple downloads of purchased content.  So what should you do if this happens to you?  Do what I did when “I’m Shipping Up To Boston” vanished:

1. Open a copy of iTunes that is authorized and linked to your iTunes Store account
2. Click “iTunes Store”
3. Click “Account” and log in
4. Click “Purchase History”
5. Click the tiny grey arrow in a circle next to the purchase in question
6. Click the “Report a Problem” button
7. Click the words “Report a Problem” next to the track in question
8. Select “I didn’t receive this song” and explain yourself in the box provided
9. Apple will re-authorize the song(s) in a few days
10. Then, in iTunes, select “Store” and “Check for Purchases” and the missing tracks will be downloaded
11. Pray that this doesn’t happen again!

Seems like a weird problem, all told.  One would think that Apple would not allow this kind of weird interaction, lest it discourage people from using the Wi-Fi Music Store!

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