Since setting "Version Number" in itunesconnect to 1.0 didn't work out I tried setting it to "1.0 gs" and released and update to HexLines that also fixed game saves.
On Dec. 2 Münzwurf got two in-app purchases - Ancient and Historic coins. Nobody cared at least until the end of the year.
On Dec 11 the rest of updates submitted on Oct 21st and rejected in bulk on Nov 19th finally made thru. For those updates that added in-app purchases that Apple have little knowledge how to test at least back in October - early November the review took 51 days or those updates are the second longest in review.
Being pissed at Apple for Nov 19th "blanket rejectection" and still seeing updates appearing on the front page with "release date hack" I submitted an update to iSpell House on Nov. 20. By Dec 09 the app made it thru review. Bundle version didn't stick and app remained buried under pile of crap-ware.
The day after an update to iSpell Casa that Apple never tested got approved I submitted the new one fixing in-app purchase downloads. That was on Oct. 21. For almost a month Apple didn't even look at the app, rather on Nov. 19 "blanket rejected" iSpell Casa with other apps that similarly were pending review for 2+ weeks. The update was resubmitted next day - Nov 20. This time around Apple did test in-app purchases on Dec 07 and approved the app next day. All in all the update was in review for 48 days. With no incentives to release updates to apps buried behind a pile of crap-ware it is to be seen if there would be new updates to iSpell apart from the ones already in the pipeline.
On Oct 15, 2009 Apple permitted in App purchases for free applications. Next day, i.e. Oct 16, 2009 I've submitted in-app purchase activation for "competition edition" of 14 Puzzle. 3 weeks later on Nov. 4th 2009 Apple send an email apologizing that in 3 weeks they didn't have time to look at my applications. In-app purchase receipts are logged on my server, so I could see when Apple is testing. Clearly around late Oct. - early Nov. Apple didn't have means to test in-app purchases, so they let some (early) applications in without testing and blocked review of the most. 14 Puzzle (competition edition) fate was to be blocked and be "blanket rejected" with other totally unrelated apps on Nov. 19, 2009.
From the start my experience with Apple from Canadian side (as in Magiecom) was pretty bad (compared to Objectorium from US side). By the fall of 2009 I had enough of it and decided to eventually fold my relationship with Apple from Canada and move all Magiecom applications over to Objectorium. 