My order went right through with Verizon when they first opened them up last night and I got the email immediately. But my card shows no activity but it still says my order was placed. Is anyone else who ordered with Verizon seeing this?? Thanks in advance.
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I ordered through AT&T but upon checkout it specifically said my card would NOT be billed until they shipped the phone. Check your 'receipt'.
Yeah with most pre-order things you card doesn't get charged until the item gets shipped. Some places will charger like $1 just to make sure the card is a active/real card
I don't believe that's possible. The only way one could do that as a vendor would be to charge the amount to the credit card, then immediately refund the money.
It is indeed possible, it's called a pre-authorization and it happens each and every time you use a credit/debit card at a restaurant or gas station.
Sorta not correct. There are 2 common methods for used to either verify the money is there or ensure the card is active and real: 1.) putting a hold on the card, 2.) charging a small amount (typically $1 or less) and then not processing this amount, thus refunding this money before it is even used. I don't believe the latter actually can report that there is in fact x-amount of money available; my impression is that it is used just to make sure the card isn't a stolen card. However, a vendor could certainly place a hold on a card - but to my knowledge, no iPhone vendor is doing this in the states.
By the way, this is Saturday evening and my credit card was just charged. A good sign?
I just checked my account, and I don't see the charge, but there was a "Verizon Wireless Authorization" for $0.00 What the heck does that mean?