Money was taken but not back in account?

[pound4pound30]

I looked this morning on my bank account and the money they took out for 2 iPhones ($429) is now back in my account. Why is this?

I can still see my order status and the order date still says the 15th. Also got the confirmation emails and the CSS email today.

What does that mean

 

[fuzion]

Pre-Auth Charges

They will do a pre-auth to verify funds, upon shipping the final amount of the device + taxes will be charged

 

[BeyondtheTech]

Discussed here: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/941244/

 

[pound4pound30]

That's what I thought. Just making sure, just stressing that I won't get it the 24th haha

 

[amann76]

depending on your bank they usually release pending charges after 3 business days. so since apple or att didnt complete the transactions the money is then released back to your account. when they ship the phones they will officially charge you account.