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Originally Posted by ThingInABook
i noticed yesterday that Townsend made a refund yesterday for my preorder and today went to see if the order was still there, and it was. i wonder if anyone noticed this and if this is 'standard procedure' for preorders now (probably they're going to charge my card during march?)
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That's how credit card charges work. They do an authorization first, which reserves the funds on the card. If the charge is not "captured" within a couple days, the authorization falls off of the card, and the funds are freed up. For pre-orders, the authorization is just to make sure the payment information is valid, so it is not captured. The charge is re-run when the item actually ships.