A question for other iTunes users...

[Mr Mystery]

So as much as I appreciate iTunes as a service, I am getting a bit fed up with their erratic billing process.

You can make an order, and not have it hit your funding account for up to a fortnight.

Is there anyway round that, or is just a suck it up or don't use it thing?

[Kirsten]

iTunes? eeeewwwwww

[Gotthammer]

Essentially it's because the transactions are so small iTunes waits a while in the hope that you'll spend more money in the meantime so they minimise the number of credit card transaction fees they have to pay (ie rather than paying a fee on every individual $2 song they bundle it up so if you buy ten over the course of a week it's a single $20 transaction).

So to answer your question - no there isn't aside from spend more money at the time.

[Path Walker]

It can be annoying but yeah, its to reduce transaction fees, you should get instant access to the thing you paid for though and any transaction over i think £5 is billed instantly

[Mud Duck]

buy/use a gift card?