Phew! I'll bet there'll be a lot of angry Citibank customers tomorrow. Thank you for your rapid & insightful response.
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Apple Begins Issuing Preauthorization Credit Holds for iPad Pre-Orders
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Phew! I'll bet there'll be a lot of angry Citibank customers tomorrow. Thank you for your rapid & insightful response.
Thanks for taking the time out to respond.
Sorry, but I can't empathize. My ROI over 5+ years of owning AAPL has been phenomenal. My increase in AAPL value over this time has handily paid for everything I have purchased from Apple during this period. While these are unrealized gains (I haven't cashed out), basically, I will have no net outlay for my Apple purchases.
I wish I could say the same for anything else I've invested in, including MSFT and BRK-B.
Have a great evening and good luck with the hat!
My credit card just got charged for $648 and some change. Ordered a 32 gb Wi-Fi version about an hour after orders began day 1. I also ordered the dock and the case at the same time, putting my order north of $721, so the extra amount charged today is for one or the other of those accessories.
The iPad says delivers on April 3, while the accessories each say ships by April 3
I'm excited.
YoungTurk
64 gigabyte 3G ordered within the first 5 minutes of the iPAD going on sale. I do have a credit card hold (VISA.)
Mar 25, 2010 PENDING APL*APPLE ONLINE STORE ($906.43)
Apple Store still shows a late April ship date.
What are the chances 3G will arrive next week?
Is there any reason the 3G couldn't show up next week?
I ordered a 64gb 3G and my pre-authorization went through today too. Or is this some cleaver marketing trick for more noise and they will let the 3G ones fall off and then re-pre-authorize again when they get ready to ship those? Hmmmm.
I for one can't get enough iPad news
fighting...temptation......to....order....wifi...
Is there any reason the 3G couldn't show up next week?
I ordered a 64gb 3G and my pre-authorization went through today too. Or is this some cleaver marketing trick for more noise and they will let the 3G ones fall off and then re-pre-authorize again when they get ready to ship those? Hmmmm.
I for one can't get enough iPad news
fighting...temptation......to....order....wifi...
Is there any reason at all to think this could actually happen?
Mine came out today too - And I ordered right away on the 12th.
POS DEBIT APL*APPLEONLINESTOREUS 800-676-2775 CA $902.58
64 GB 3G with the Case
Seriously does anyone think they really may be shipping? Or are we all just dreaming?
Order status still says "Not Shipped"
Mine came out today too - And I ordered right away on the 12th.
POS DEBIT APL*APPLEONLINESTOREUS 800-676-2775 CA $902.58
64 GB 3G with the Case
Seriously does anyone think they really may be shipping? Or are we all just dreaming?
Order status still says "Not Shipped"
They may ship early, only to be held at UPS Fed Ex till the 3rd, I'm pretty sure I've seen that happen in the past.
are you sure you were actually charged
given that you could have spent the money since you ordered, another pre-auth isn't that unheard of.
I ordered 2 Wi-Fi models and 2 cases on the 19th. Today got a charge on my card for the iPads only, not the full amount of the order. Also when I first placed my ordered, Apple charged $1 not the full amount as another poster said happened with them.
Sadly, Keeley Hazel could ring their doorbells and deliver the gold-plated iPads and they'd probably slam the door in her face, telling her to come back after she lost weight and got a bigger rack.
Only real post worth quoting so far....
Keeley Hazel.... mmmmmmm *droolz*
it would be great if the 3Gs shipped early, but I doubt it. If they do ship early, will they be available on the 3rd in the stores, is the ???
That's the thing though - It just came out today and I ordered it March 12th - trust me I noticed I was suddenly down a grand.
More: Credit Card High Risk Activity Suspension
There is more to this story than revealed in the article. I'm an AAdvantage CitiCard holder with more than 1M miles (not bragging, just saying I've been around for a while and have made a lot of transactions) and my iPad purchase was suspended by the credit card company due to "high risk activity".
I received a notice from Apple that my credit card transaction wasn't accepted so I tried repeatedly to reauthorize the transaction from the apple store. I then logged into to my credit card account and noticed my account was suspended. I called them and after a bunch of security questions I had to tell them to approve the charge from the Apple Store.
Citicard doesn't do this kind of thing very often so it brings to question what did Apple do to trigger these adverse credit card events???
There is more to this story than revealed in the article. I'm an AAdvantage CitiCard holder with more than 1M miles (not bragging, just saying I've been around for a while and have made a lot of transactions) and my iPad purchase was suspended by the credit card company due to "high risk activity".
I received a notice from Apple that my credit card transaction wasn't accepted so I tried repeatedly to reauthorize the transaction from the apple store. I then logged into to my credit card account and noticed my account was suspended. I called them and after a bunch of security questions I had to tell them to approve the charge from the Apple Store.
Citicard doesn't do this kind of thing very often so it brings to question what did Apple do to trigger these adverse credit card events???