My card was just charged..

[mac jones]

is this a pre-authorise or are they charging you now?

It's hard to tell. I'm thinking they may be charging us.

 

[gwynne]

If they pre-auth twice and it goes through the probability that when they do charge your card the money will be there is high.

Without the pre-auth the probability is much lower (obviously)

Er...surely the 'probability' that a given customer has the money in their account remains the same whether Apple has attempted to pre-auth it or not? (Maybe your wording is just a little weird. Do we have a statistician in the house?)

Personally I'm starting to feel that two pre-auths and then a third, final charge is a bit on the excessive side. And as above, I don't see how multiple successful pre-auths 'increases' the chance that you're going to pay up when the time comes...or why Apple needs to run such detailed odds on whether your money is in the bank in the first place. What does knowing gain them? I can see why they'd stagger some auths to spread out the customer service load of people trying to get failed transactions fixed, but that's it.

And again, surely the percentage of people who will, for whatever reason, not be able to cover their charge at ship time remains fairly static among all of Apple's orders.

The more this thing gets explained to me the less sense it makes.

 

[mac jones]

Er...surely the 'probability' that a given customer has the money in their account remains the same whether Apple has attempted to pre-auth it or not? (Maybe your wording is just a little weird. Do we have a statistician in the house?)

Personally I'm starting to feel that two pre-auths and then a third, final charge is a bit on the excessive side. And as above, I don't see how multiple successful pre-auths 'increases' the chance that you're going to pay up when the time comes...or why Apple needs to run such detailed odds on whether your money is in the bank in the first place. What does knowing gain them? I can see why they'd stagger some auths to spread out the customer service load of people trying to get failed transactions fixed, but that's it.

And again, surely the percentage of people who will, for whatever reason, not be able to cover their charge at ship time remains fairly static among all of Apple's orders.

The more this thing gets explained to me the less sense it makes.

I revised that after some thought, because it doesn't make any sense to me either.

I'm thinking they may have charged us now instead of waiting. I'm not sure what there policy is though.

who knows. And it doesn't really matter anyway.

 

[LadyHoneyBabe]

I revised that after some thought, because it doesn't make any sense to me either.

I'm thinking they may have charged us now instead of waiting. I'm not sure what there policy is though.

who knows. And it doesn't really matter anyway.

They are charging because they are packing an shipping.

 

[rtabdo]

I ordered my iPad 5 days ago. My account actually originally was charged for the whole thing, but it seems like that charge was just dropped. It still says delivers April 3rd.

Anyone else not get fully charged yet?

 

[AJsAWiz]

here's an interesting one that should cause a bit of discussion...

I just got hit with a charge from the future!!

Check this out..

The price of the accessories I ordered.. dated 2 days in the future!

That's a pre authorization, as stated, not a charge.

 

[Ratty]

I ordered my iPad 5 days ago. My account actually originally was charged for the whole thing, but it seems like that charge was just dropped. It still says delivers April 3rd.

Anyone else not get fully charged yet?

Yep, mines the same as yours, I placed my order on 3/19. It also says delivers on 4/3.

 

[avaloncourt]

I ordered my iPad 5 days ago. My account actually originally was charged for the whole thing, but it seems like that charge was just dropped. It still says delivers April 3rd.

Anyone else not get fully charged yet?

You must not have taken the time to read this thread. You weren't charged for the iPad. Apple sent an authorization against your card to make sure you actually have the funds to place the order. It's ONLY an authorization. Uncharged authorizations drop off after 48-72 hours depending on the card type used. An authorization can't perpetually stay on your card without the necessary following charge against the card so they just disappear. That's what happened.

Various people have had different experiences on the authorizations. You were authorized for the whole amount. My card was initially only authorized for $1 for my entire order. Two days ago I was hit with an authorization for the case price and again, $1, for the iPad. At some point I'll be hit will the full amount for my iPad 3G order but, at this time, I've only been hit with $1 twice.

As long as your online order status doesn't have a red banner across the top saying there is a problem with your order and a link to correct your payment type (this happens when there's an authorization refusal) your order is fine and eventually you'll actually be charged.

 

[rtabdo]

You must not have taken the time to read this thread. You weren't charged for the iPad. Apple sent an authorization against your card to make sure you actually have the funds to place the order. It's ONLY an authorization. Uncharged authorizations drop off after 48-72 hours depending on the card type used. An authorization can't perpetually stay on your card without the necessary following charge against the card so they just disappear. That's what happened.

Various people have had different experiences on the authorizations. You were authorized for the whole amount. My card was initially only authorized for $1 for my entire order. Two days ago I was hit with an authorization for the case price and again, $1, for the iPad. At some point I'll be hit will the full amount for my iPad 3G order but, at this time, I've only been hit with $1 twice.

As long as your online order status doesn't have a red banner across the top saying there is a problem with your order and a link to correct your payment type (this happens when there's an authorization refusal) your order is fine and eventually you'll actually be charged.

Thanks a lot! I've also been hit with various $1 charges, but all is well. My status is the same so I expect to get my iPad in one week!

 

[T4R06]

I ordered on the first day and use debit card. They charge me the whole thing then it dropped after 5 days. Then again 2days ago they charged me again. I guess they are preparing to ship.

 

[avaloncourt]

I ordered on the first day and use debit card. They charge me the whole thing then it dropped after 5 days. Then again 2days ago they charged me again. I guess they are preparing to ship.

I used a debit card as well and I only had the $1 authorizations. I'd love to know what makes them charge one person the full amount and another $1. Perhaps is the order history with Apple. No idea.