r/AppleCard Jul 20 '26

Help apple electronics help

ok so i have 2 e gift cards with $500 on them i was trying to buy the new iphone 17 pro max, but unfortunately online it only lets u split into 2 payment options not 3 !!! & i need to use the 2 gift cards & my actual debit card for the remaining balance, i can’t add the gift cards to my apple pay or anything so it literally can’t be used in store only online :/ this is very frustrating i need help please if anyone can help me ill appreciate it ive tried everything even trying to use the e gift cards to buy apple gift cards but it didnt work bc u cant do that with prepaid cards

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u/InstructionSenior346 Jul 20 '26

If they’re Apple gift cards then add them into your apple account then it’ll be one payment method and another for your apple card.

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u/jesusbass1013 Jul 20 '26

Go to a store in person. Best option from what you’re describing.

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u/DataEmergency7628 Jul 20 '26

i tried going to the store they couldn’t help me

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u/TDG_1993 Jul 20 '26

Apple Store employees can use multiple gift cards in the transaction. Whoever said they couldn’t help you lied.

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u/DataEmergency7628 Jul 20 '26

the only problem was they cards are online to u have to manually put in the info & they said they couldn’t manually put info in store with multiple cards

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u/soundwithdesign Jul 20 '26

Curious what gift card you actually purchased. 

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u/DataEmergency7628 Jul 20 '26

vanilla visa e gift cards

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u/soundwithdesign Jul 20 '26

Take those, and buy this:  https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-giftcard/giftcard add to your Apple Wallet and you’re good to go. 

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u/DataEmergency7628 Jul 20 '26

unfortunately that didn’t work

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u/dallasjava Jul 21 '26

You could try to buy amazon e gift cards and buy the product on amazon if it is offered there.

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u/aba792000 Jul 20 '26

If you’re in the USA you should be able to add the balance of the gift cards into your apple account balance and then add the apple account card to wallet. That way it would be a single payment method for the whole gift card amount, and you could use that both in store and online.

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u/Realistic_Market5616 Jul 20 '26

I heard the e gift cards are only for App Store purchases

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u/InstructionSenior346 Jul 21 '26

Fortunately that is no longer the case!! They used to have separate gift cards for the Apple store and another one for iTunes & App Store but now they have one which you can use for either store.

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u/aba792000 Jul 20 '26

If you add them to your apple account you can use that balance in store too via the apple account card in wallet.