# Buying a video for someone else

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-a-video-for-someone-else/843692>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 20, 2019, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-a-video-for-someone-else/843692 "2019-11-20T04:32:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2019, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-a-video-for-someone-else/843692/1 "2019-11-20T04:32:07Z")

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I have a friend that lives in Australia and there are a few videos I’d like her to watch (YouTube and such) that cost money. She doesn’t have much money, so I don’t want her to pay for them, but there doesn’t seem to be an easy way for me to pay for the video and then have her watch it. Anyone know of a service like that?

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**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2019, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-a-video-for-someone-else/843692/2 "2019-11-20T04:35:29Z")

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Christmas is coming. Gift her a YouTube account with the vids paid for.

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**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2019, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-a-video-for-someone-else/843692/3 "2019-11-20T06:58:20Z")

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PayPal?

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**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2019, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-a-video-for-someone-else/843692/4 "2019-11-21T02:12:34Z")

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> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#):
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> PayPal?

I don’t want to waste time send $1.99 via PayPal. Just looking for an easy way to send a paid-for video, regardless of the source, to another person. Doesn’t look like there is an easy way.

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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2019, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-a-video-for-someone-else/843692/5 "2019-11-21T02:46:21Z")

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> [@madsircool](#):
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> Christmas is coming. Gift her a YouTube account with the vids paid for.

That seems like it would work. Create a brand-new Google account, associate it with your credit card, buy the videos and then remove the credit card from the account (or use a disposable card). Then just send the username and password to your friend.

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**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2019, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-a-video-for-someone-else/843692/6 "2019-11-21T06:14:31Z")

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> [@Dewey\_Finn](#):
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> That seems like it would work. Create a brand-new Google account, associate it with your credit card, buy the videos and then remove the credit card from the account (or use a disposable card). Then just send the username and password to your friend.

She is in Australia. There are regional restrictions on videos (often different companies control the rights to a movie in different countries). So this may not work.