Actually, I secretly replaced the "iPhone 12" with the "iPhone 13 Pro" on the day of its release. As expected, the price over 100,000 yen is severe, and the iPhone 12 has left the author's hand due to trade-in for a short period of time.
I bought a new iPhone for "iPhone 13 Pro" due to various reasons.Due to budget constraints, the iPhone 12 has to be traded in.However, no matter how expensive it is, if you don't add compensation, you can lose a lot in case of emergency. So I decided to add "Apple Care +", but since the iPhone is frequently replaced recently, isn't it easier to pay monthly? I thought.
Of course, even if you pay in one lump sum, if it is within the compensation period, you can get a refund for the remaining period by canceling the contract, but when you actually try it, the cancellation procedure is only by phone, and it may not be possible to handle holidays etc. It was unexpectedly troublesome. In that respect, monthly payment is a little expensive in total, but it is quite easy in terms of time and effort because you can cancel from the iPhone.
So this time, I signed up for Apple Care + with monthly payment, but at the end of October, Apple support suddenly sent me an email saying "I could not complete the purchase of Apple Care + because there was a problem with your payment method." It arrived.
I shouldn't have changed any settings since I signed up for AppleCare +, but why can't I pay? When I checked with support, it turned out that the credit card registered with my Apple ID had expired. It seems that he forgot to renew his credit card because he didn't use the subscription service.
I registered a new credit card and solved the problem, but when I think about it, I signed up for Apple Care + in September, so I'm wondering how I paid for the previous month. When I confirmed this with support, it was said that it was paid from the balance of Apple ID.
Apparently, the charge balance of the Apple ID was 1380 yen left, and it seems that the Apple Care + fee was deducted from that balance by chance. As a result, the balance of the Apple ID became 30 yen, and it seems that the payment could not be made because the credit card had expired and the email arrived.
After confirming the payment of the previous month, it was found that the Apple Care + fee was paid from the balance of the Apple ID. The Apple Care + fee for this month when the credit card was re-registered and the payment was successfully made.Even if you have registered a credit card, the balance of your Apple ID seems to be used preferentiallyThe fact that you can pay the monthly Apple Care + fee with your Apple ID balance may be a tribute to your injury, but you should be careful about the expiration date of your registered credit card.