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iTunes - Purchase of this item is not currently available -The item is being modified
stevenoon
28-12-2007
Hi all,

I'm trying to buy the new Girls Aloud album "Tangled Up" on iTunes but when I click the buy button next to complete my album I am receiving the error message "Purchase of this item is not currently available. The item is being modified. Please try again later". This has been happening for a while.

I'm tempted to go out and just buy the CD but I've already download three tracks from the album and to complete the album is less than the cost of the CD.

Has anyone else had this problem? Is there anything that I can do to fix the problem or is this an iTunes server issue?

Many thanks,

Steve.
Rugby Rose
28-12-2007
Why not wait a couple of days and see if the modifications have been completed and then see if you can purchase it? Or email iTunes and ask when it will be available?
PR.
28-12-2007
This problem has been going on for ages for some people I found that it occurs when using the Shopping Basket and since going to Edit > Preferences > Store > Buy and download using 1-Click I've had no further problems.
Rab C
28-12-2007
Not being able to download this album should be the least of your worries. More worrying is wanting to listen to it in the first place!
damndirtyape
28-12-2007
Originally Posted by stevenoon:
“Hi all,

I'm trying to buy the new Girls Aloud album "Tangled Up" on iTunes but when I click the buy button next to complete my album I am receiving the error message "Purchase of this item is not currently available. The item is being modified. Please try again later". This has been happening for a while.

I'm tempted to go out and just buy the CD but I've already download three tracks from the album and to complete the album is less than the cost of the CD.

Has anyone else had this problem? Is there anything that I can do to fix the problem or is this an iTunes server issue?

Many thanks,

Steve.”

Yes I've had this problem before - when iTunes was converting its library of tunes over to DRM-free material.

I could also be that someone's reported an encoding problem, so the album won't be sold until a new 'error free' version has been uploaded. Typically this takes roughly two weeks, but it can take a little less/little more time.
bwoodhouse
31-12-2007
Hopefully this is iTunes built-in Quality Control feature refusing to allow such an album to be downloaded

On a more serious note - I had this a couple of years ago when trying to download an album that was no longer available on CD. The problem persisted for about a month until I finally emailed iTunes support and the problem was fixed the next day.
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