I've been bitten by this too. I like my Windows Phone, but having to do a factory reset to a new account when moving to a new country was infuriating. I don't

I've been bitten by this too. I like my Windows Phone, but having to do a factory reset to a new account when moving to a new country was infuriating. I don't see why individual purchases can't be linked to a region (and region specific credit card) rather than the entire account.