So, I'm not sure if this is a good thing, but, when I checked my bank account a minute ago, I had $277 more dollars than yesterday and there is no longer a pending charge from Google for that amount. I know I'm probably worrying too much, but did this happen to anyone else?
And if not, should I contact them?
Thanks
mrfahrenheit94 said:
So, I'm not sure if this is a good thing, but, when I checked my bank account a minute ago, I had $277 more dollars than yesterday and there is no longer a pending charge from Google for that amount. I know I'm probably worrying too much, but did this happen to anyone else?
And if not, should I contact them?
Thanks
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There is only so long they are legally able to hold funds without shipping the product.
Since its a pre order it should be different right? They can hold till ship date
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they put a 3 day hold on the money in ur account then they will take it out when it ships. thats why u have the money now because its not being held anymore
Mine is still gone. Used debit card.
The time period on a hold depends on your bank. My credit union will hold for 10 days but my old bank would only hold for three.
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Mine is still gone. Used debit card.
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Same is the case with me. I also used debit and the money is still not back yet.
same here, no more pending
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Same is the case with me. I also used debit and the money is still not back yet.
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It varies based on your institution, you can call the number on the back of your debit card to confirm exactly what their practices are for holding funds but technically even though it showed up as you having X amount less in your account it was never actually withdrawn it was just put on hold so it was no longer reflected in your "Available Balance" but the number wouldnt actually be deducted from your "Actual Balance" until it is shipped and the charge goes through.
mine's still showing as a Pending charge in my credit card. Ordered on 1st July.
Mines gone as well
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i placed my order on July second and after reading this post decided to check my bank (chase) and they have returned the money to my account.
I can confirm that the charge is gone from my account as of today. I purchased the 16gb on July 2nd.
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hold gone aswell
I ordered on the 5th. My hold just dropped today. I emailed google wallet support just to be sure.. lol
I guess i'm a little paranoid..
Just like others have been saying.. " I'm throwing my money at the screen but nothing is happening!!! "
I ordered on 27 June and no funds have been moved in my account.
The temp charge was just to verify that funds are available during the pre order. The actual charge will take place once the tablet ships. If the funds are not available at the time of pre order, then pre oder would have been rejected.
I am not sure if you guys have preordered anything before, but the norm is the verify funds when you enter your pre-order and shows up as pending charge on your account. Since they don't actually charge you until they ship, that "hold" pending charge (authorization) falls off after a few days.
You will see the charge once they ship..
Hope that helps,
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I ordered mine with a debit card and there hasn't been yet any pending charge or actual charge...
My "pending" charge is gone as well. I have my money returned, this is normal right? I read through the thread but by "gone" do you guys mean it changed to "paid" or is the transaction erased?
I spoke to google earlier today, the guy said none shipped yet, that they have been informed to say 'soon' instead of '1-2 weeks', I thought jesus ****ing christ, that's bad, cuz when you normally hear that kind of change, it means TBD, some indeterminate date, but he said no, it meant now less than 1 week, google and ASUS both have signed off on everything, whatever that might mean. As of 5:40am on 7-12, my bank shows nothing, bought 6-27 with debit.
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GREAT DEAL! JUST ORDERED ONE!
Just came to post that. You came first
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Im going to buy one as well. This is a good deal. Same card is on newegg.com for $20 shipped free. And if you look at it as a ratio, its an even better deal for 50 cents for a gig.
Also just be aware that they will only ship to your billing address. This is a little issue for me because my billing address is not where I live as im away at school. But maybe it wont be an issue for you guys.
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Im going to buy one as well. This is a good deal. Same card is on newegg.com for $20 shipped free. And if you look at it as a ratio, its an even better deal for 50 cents for a gig.
Also just be aware that they will only ship to your billing address. This is a little issue for me because my billing address is not where I live as im away at school. But maybe it wont be an issue for you guys.
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Thanks for the heads up. It truly is an excellent deal. I purchased one just to use in my backup TP2. You can barley find a 8gb for this price!!!
I didn't need one but I couldn't pass up this deal. This will come in handy if my 8gb dies. Thanks magic!
I had the wife order some but it would only let her order 2
I want one lol hope this comes back up
How quickly do these folks ship? I ordered a 32GB MicroSD card they advertised back on the 24th of December for $19.99. I'm still waiting on the shipment info. But they long since charged my card, double because their site processed my order in error.
They emailed me saying they fixed my order and refunded the extra but I don't see this reflecting anywhere, on my order summary on their site, nor my bank account info.
Honestly if I could do it all over again, I would avoid DailySteals like the plague. They are the worst online shop I've ever dealt with.
Luckily I used my PayPal debit card as my credit transaction. If I don't get anything by the end of this week, I'm going to dispute their charge.
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How quickly do these folks ship? I ordered a 32GB MicroSD card they advertised back on the 24th of December for $19.99. I'm still waiting on the shipment info. But they long since charged my card, double because their site processed my order in error.
They emailed me saying they fixed my order and refunded the extra but I don't see this reflecting anywhere, on my order summary on their site, nor my bank account info.
Honestly if I could do it all over again, I would avoid DailySteals like the plague. They are the worst online shop I've ever dealt with.
Luckily I used my PayPal debit card as my credit transaction. If I don't get anything by the end of this week, I'm going to dispute their charge.
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I bought the 32gb micro sdcard from them and it works great
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I bought the 32gb micro sdcard from them and it works great
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well lucky you. I never received mine, if you read my post. How long did you have to wait?
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How quickly do these folks ship? I ordered a 32GB MicroSD card they advertised back on the 24th of December for $19.99. I'm still waiting on the shipment info. But they long since charged my card, double because their site processed my order in error.
They emailed me saying they fixed my order and refunded the extra but I don't see this reflecting anywhere, on my order summary on their site, nor my bank account info.
Honestly if I could do it all over again, I would avoid DailySteals like the plague. They are the worst online shop I've ever dealt with.
Luckily I used my PayPal debit card as my credit transaction. If I don't get anything by the end of this week, I'm going to dispute their charge.
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I hope everything gets straightened out...they really are a pain to deal with. It took 15 days to receive a past order i made with them. I couldnt get anyone on their customer service line.
I really think they act as a middle man for other businesses. When i ordered a palm pixi from them, it was at my door in 3 days.
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I just got a email back from them today saying"
"Hello, Thank you for contacting us. Unfortunately the item was lost in transit, I have processed a refund for you. The refund will take up to 5 business days to be reflected on your bank account. Please let us know if there is anything we can do for you."
All this time I've been in communicating with them trying to confirm if they corrected my order and asking about the status, it took them 3 weeks after they charged my credit card to tell me my item have been lost in the mail.
Let alone they've been giving me the 3 day business day wait answer on me receiving my refund for the double error order which never showed up credited to my account.
Now I'm suppose to hope they do a complete refund this time around waiting an additional 5 business days.
This is why DailySteals.com should never be recommended to anyone. They are a scam.
Thank God I used my PayPal debit card because I will be disputing their $49.96 charge to my account on the 24th of dec.
Has anyone received a shipping email for their 16gb cards?
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Just reporting that I received my 16gb card today. Tested it out and it IS true capacity. Came in a plain white envelope with no receipt or anything
I also received my 16GB Class 4 "Sandisk" MicroSDHC card today. Like the previous post, it was also in a regular white envelope with no receipt and not even in a bag or case. It is NOT a true Sandisk and only has a marking that says made in japan on it. The only reason i bought from this site was that I thought it was going to be a Sandisk. I will not buy no-name SD cards. I do not trust putting stuff that is important to me on a card that might go bad in a week or two. I don't want to feel the need to back everything up either. I just want it to WORK. All in all, I am very disappointed in my experience with this company and I hope they will be contacting me because I left them a nice E-mail. And by the way, they never replied back to my first email wondering where my order was because i never received shipping confirmation. WHAT A BUNCH OF PROFESSIONALS! Rant over. Thanks for caring.
EDIT: Tested it out and even the class4 thing is a sham. It was transferring files at 1.24KB on average. Yes, KB...My class 4 took 13 minutes to transfer and the dud was saying 1 hour or more. They better Email back.
I ordered the 16gb that day and I haven't received or heard anything yet. All I got was a purchase confirmation and that was it. Hoping to hear something soon!
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Same **** here. Sandisk my ass. I got 2.
Got mine today and its some worthless no brand 16gb card. If I had known I wouldnt have wasted my money. I dont trust this thing to keep my data. Its completely useless. Never again will I order from them.
Guys check your email I got one just now about a refund situation from daily steals about if you got a generic card. Seems they are doing something to try and make it right.
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I got the same email as well...I chose the $8 credit just because I am using this card in my backup phone so it really isn't a huge problem for me.
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Gonna order a Nexus 4 but was wondering if they charge all of it today or not until it ships (January)
I thought I saw someone say they charged them on Tuesday when they ordered, Not sure tho.
I know they check to see if u have enough money on the card and will charge $1 pending.
also, why does everyone want an 8GB one? 8-9 Weeks? JEEEZZUS!!
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Gonna order a Nexus 4 but was wondering if they charge all of it today or not until it ships (January)
I thought I saw someone say they charged them on Tuesday when they ordered, Not sure tho.
I know they check to see if u have enough money on the card and will charge $1 pending.
also, why does everyone want an 8GB one? 8-9 Weeks? JEEEZZUS!!
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If it's a debit card they ding it right away i believe. If it's credit the say they charge it when it ships.
You might get a pending charge though.
adulel08 said:
Gonna order a Nexus 4 but was wondering if they charge all of it today or not until it ships (January)
I thought I saw someone say they charged them on Tuesday when they ordered, Not sure tho.
I know they check to see if u have enough money on the card and will charge $1 pending.
also, why does everyone want an 8GB one? 8-9 Weeks? JEEEZZUS!!
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I got charged for both of my 16GB Nexus 4 phones when they shipped. Also since my second 16GB Nexus shipped a week later they refunded my shipping cost which will show up 7 days after the phone ships.
I sold the 1st phone to my brother as he was so impressed he ditched the iphone 5 for the Nexus 4 16GB. And since were from Canada we got LTE enabled on the Nexus 4......BONUS!!!!!
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adulel08 said:
Gonna order a Nexus 4 but was wondering if they charge all of it today or not until it ships (January)
I thought I saw someone say they charged them on Tuesday when they ordered, Not sure tho.
I know they check to see if u have enough money on the card and will charge $1 pending.
also, why does everyone want an 8GB one? 8-9 Weeks? JEEEZZUS!!
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I don't think they check with everycard as I have a credit card setup with google as I buy some apps and I used google checkout when I bought the phones with basically 1 click. And never saw a $1 pending charge. They shipped and charged me as usual.
I ordered on a debit card and the money went "on hold" when I ordered it and Google only took the money when it shipped. This was in the UK though so I'm not sure if it's the same everywhere
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ok good so i just need to have the money in when I purchase it.
then I dont need to have the money in the account until it is about to ship.
thanks.
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I got charged for both of my 16GB Nexus 4 phones when they shipped. Also since my second 16GB Nexus shipped a week later they refunded my shipping cost which will show up 7 days after the phone ships.
I sold the 1st phone to my brother as he was so impressed he ditched the iphone 5 for the Nexus 4 16GB. And since were from Canada we got LTE enabled on the Nexus 4......BONUS!!!!!
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I don't think they check with everycard as I have a credit card setup with google as I buy some apps and I used google checkout when I bought the phones with basically 1 click. And never saw a $1 pending charge. They shipped and charged me as usual.
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Same here, was charged when my phone was shipped and refunded for shipping charge a couple days later.
No LTE with Telus here in Winnipeg though, grrrr. :crying:
they don't fully charge until it ships. i ordered on 11/27 with a debit card and the charge is "pending".
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they don't fully charge until it ships. i ordered on 11/27 with a debit card and the charge is "pending".
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I'm exactly in the same condition
adulel08 said:
ok good so i just need to have the money in when I purchase it.
then I dont need to have the money in the account until it is about to ship.
thanks.
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Personally I dont think you should be buying a 400 dollar phone if you're worried about not having enough in your bank account because they may or may not charge it...but to answer your question most of the time any time I've purchased a device from the play store using my debit card, they preauthorize the entire amount when you order, the bank withholds this amount from your account balance so it looks like it go charged, the preauthorization charge falls off within a week and the money available in your account again till they ship the phone at which point its actually charged and taken out of your account.
I was charged the full amount yesterday, but my wallet status still says pending. No shipping info whatsoever
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ok good so i just need to have the money in when I purchase it.
then I dont need to have the money in the account until it is about to ship.
thanks.
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If it is a debit card they charge the full amount, the bank puts a hold on the exact amount for up to a week after ordering waiting for Google to ask for the money (I believe most credit cards are the same). After a week and Google hasn't asked for the funds your bank will release the hold on that money and you can use it again. Google will charge the account again right before it ships, about a day before in my case, if the funds aren't there they will either cancel the order or send you an email saying they will not ship the phone till you provide another payment option. I kept my account well funded the entire two weeks I waited for mine to ship.
Yeah okay, it sounds crazy but hear me out. I've never used Expansys, but guys on here seem to like them. I've always used Handtec (love them) and Negri (not crazy about them, but never a major problem)
So last night I place an order for 3 SGS4's (i9500) with expansys, using a credit card. This is the same credit card I've had for many years, I've used it to order *countless* phones from Handtec, Negri, etc. I prefer Google Checkout. Never an issue.
I get this email today:
Thank you for your order, however I'm afraid that we are unable to
accept it as a credit card order.
If you would still like us to ship your order you can pay for it by
bank transfer or Amazon checkout. .
Amazon Checkout can only be utilized if the item ordered is in stock and you will
need to create an account with Amazon (if you do not have one already) and be
subject to their security checks.
Please send a response email if you are willing to pay for your products via wire
transfer or wish to pay with Amazon checkout.
You must contact us via email so we can make sure the shipping charges are correct
before you send the wire payment.
We will send you wire instructions and the amount due. Your order will be
processed immediately upon receipt of funds in our account.
If you wish to pay with Amazon checkout, we will cancel this order and you will
need to place a new order and select that payment option.
Your credit card has not and will not be charged.
Thank you for placing your order with eXpansys.
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Okay, so I called them up to find out the problem. All he could tell me was due to security they can't accept *a* credit card. (not just *my* credit card) So I asked about going through Amazon. (I'm a prime member) He tells me they can't do that either, until the phones are actually in stock. So my ONLY choice is to pay a fee, and do a bank transfer. (which boggles my mind... the phones won't be shipping for at least 1.5 weeks)
So now what? Negri is the only other place with the I9500s, and they want $75 more per phone. I wish Handtec had them, but they only have the I9505s.
Is there something else I can do, or someone else I can talk to? I told they guy the only option I have is to use Negri, he didn't care. What am I missing?
(yes this is half rant, half question...)
Is your shipping or billing address different to the address attached to the card? sometimes they don't like that :s
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Is your shipping or billing address different to the address attached to the card? sometimes they don't like that :s
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No, everything is the same. Like I said, it wasn't an issue with my credit card, but any credit card. My ONLY option was a bank transfer.
Its looking like I'm going to have to use Negri.
Are you talking USA or the Brits? I have used a credit card at the USA website several times.
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Are you talking USA or the Brits? I have used a credit card at the USA website several times.
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USA. The order was for 3, totaling $2300 ish.
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Hmmmm, wonder if it's the amount either in dollars or number of phones? Might try and see if the website will accept an order for one. If they don't there is something up with your card. I can only go back to last years order but I made that one with a different card that was subsequently cancled do to a mass security leak. At any rate I have used two different cards there for sure. If they do accept the order you could order them one at a time I suppose. Guess if there was no time cruntch that would be the cheaper route.
Wire transfers bank to bank should not be that expensive, I have done a number of them for watches and never paid more than 40 dollars so that would still be quite a bit cheaper than Negri. IMO another route would be to call up and ask to be escalated up to someone who has the authority to make a call. I would guess if buying 3 that person might be willing to deduct it from the total price.
They made it VERY clear that it wasn't anything to do with my particular card. He just said no card could be used at all.
I'm going to try and get ahold of someone else tomorrow.
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I have ordered from them before, but only once and no issues. The dollar amount and qty of phones could be the issue and perhaps they are concerned about fraud given the popularity of the phones, risk of not getting paid if it were a case of fraud, etc.
I would say its a tough call, doing a $2300 transfer is something I wouldn't do no matter how much I liked a reseller, you could wait until they are in stock, but you risk them selling out quickly.
What kind of guarantee are they giving you if you needed to cancel the order, how long to get the funds back, are there any fee's etc. Would they do something to offset the fee's, say a credit towards accessories, etc? Never hurts to ask and that is a nice order.
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I have ordered from them before, but only once and no issues. The dollar amount and qty of phones could be the issue and perhaps they are concerned about fraud given the popularity of the phones, risk of not getting paid if it were a case of fraud, etc.
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Yeah, I can understand that. Heck when I saw the email I thought "okay, gotta call em up" But they didn't even ask. And I called less than 10 minutes after getting the email. The guy didn't even wanna deal with me.
The person who sent me the email had already gone home, so I dealt with him. I emailed her back, perhaps I'll hear something tomorrow.
I bought my gt-i9100 and motorola xoom off of expansys. First time cc worked no problem second time they asked for money transfer which I did. Everything went fine they shipped right away. Just make sure you ask the to fill out the international warranty papers in the box.
If you'd like to PM me I can get to the bottom of this for you. Is your CC by chance issued outside of the USA? That is what initially comes to mind.
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If you'd like to PM me I can get to the bottom of this for you. Is your CC by chance issued outside of the USA? That is what initially comes to mind.
Regards,
Corey
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Nah, its a normal US CC. Ive used it for some pretty large phone purchases with Handtec and Negri in the past. (some of my friends don't have their crap together, so they pay me to order them phones)
PM me order Ref and I can look at it.
Hopefully the OP wont mind since I reckon he is interested as well... When do you anticipate stock and subsequent shipment Corey?
In my case, contacted UK Expansys for a quote, as US chat support told me to contact their UK division for a quote, with European tax and warranty. Two days and no reply yet :/ Support it's not serious at all and this could be a problem in case warranty support it's needed.
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Hopefully the OP wont mind since I reckon he is interested as well... When do you anticipate stock and subsequent shipment Corey?
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limited amount of white landing today, but our annual inventory starts at noon. If fedex gets to us by 10:30am, all white backorders go out today.
Bummer, I'm in early but for the black. Thanks for the update regardless.
Just an FYI for the thread, Corey was able to take care of the problem for me, but I had already placed an order w/Negri. (it shipped the very next day, no time to cancel)
For my developer edition GSM, they still have not charged me, I have the phone right now, what?
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For my developer edition GSM, they still have not charged me, I have the phone right now, what?
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I would give them a call to let them know.
Pending your situation that being purchase or replacement. The problem could be shipping warehouse in Texas and customer call and order center outsourced in a foreign country. I sent a phone back that took five and 12 people to confirm they received it.
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Locklear308 said:
For my developer edition GSM, they still have not charged me, I have the phone right now, what?
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I wasn't charged until 3 weeks after i received my VZW Dev Edition.
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I wasn't charged until 3 weeks after i received my VZW Dev Edition.
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No wonder they bleed money!
Well if they are they need to hurry up. I don't like keeping large amounts in my checking lol
But if I got a free phone I guess that's pretty dope... Still feel bad though
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Locklear308 said:
Well if they are they need to hurry up. I don't like keeping large amounts in my checking lol
But if I got a free phone I guess that's pretty dope... Still feel bad though
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If that was a debit transaction, the amount should be frozen.
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For my developer edition GSM, they still have not charged me, I have the phone right now, what?
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We ordered a DE GSM and a Motomaker GSM the same day. They charged us for the Motomaker within a couple days. Didn't get charged for the DE until 2+ weeks after I received it.
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We ordered a DE GSM and a Motomaker GSM the same day. They charged us for the Motomaker within a couple days. Didn't get charged for the DE until 2+ weeks after I received it.
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Credit card or debit card?
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Credit card or debit card?
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Visa debit card I think (from my bank, not a gift card)
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Visa debit card I think (from my bank, not a gift card)
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Mine was on a Credit Card
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Visa debit card I think (from my bank, not a gift card)
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wow so they don't freeze the amount before they ship?
You'll get charged, don't worry. I thought it was a glitch or something too when I bought mine, but depending on what type of card you used to buy your device, the lag between when you purchase it and when the money is withdrawn could be many days later (mine was on day 6). I don't know why, I just know that has been happening.
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You'll get charged, don't worry. I thought it was a glitch or something too when I bought mine, but depending on what type of card you used to buy your device, the lag between when you purchase it and when the money is withdrawn could be many days later (mine was on day 6). I don't know why, I just know that has been happening.
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I ordered on debit card on the 10th and got a "pending transaction" hold on funds on the 14th, that's the same day I received the phone. Then the next day the authorization totally disappeared from my debit card, the money on hold was released, and I haven't been charged yet. Free phone? I doubt it, but most pending authorizations are actually deducted within 24-48 hours. How long do they have to get their money? Hell, it's been 10 days.....
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I ordered on debit card on the 10th and got a "pending transaction" hold on funds on the 14th, that's the same day I received the phone. Then the next day the authorization totally disappeared from my debit card, the money on hold was released, and I haven't been charged yet. Free phone? I doubt it, but most pending authorizations are actually deducted within 24-48 hours. How long do they have to get their money? Hell, it's been 10 days.....
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I know I have said it before but I have to say it again - no wonder Motorola loses so much money. You can't run a business like this. Now that they have unfrozen the funds, they run the risk you will spend the available money in the account. Not everyone does a good job balancing their checking account.
They would have recourse against you if there weren't sufficient funds at the time they get around to trying to debiting them, but it would be costly trying to bill you and then turn you over to collections if you didn't pay.
I have never seen such a poorly run business like this before!
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I know I have said it before but I have to say it again - no wonder Motorola loses so much money. You can't run a business like this. Now that they have unfrozen the funds, they run the risk you will spend the available money in the account. Not everyone does a good job balancing their checking account.
They would have recourse against you if there weren't sufficient funds at the time they get around to trying to debiting them, but it would be costly trying to bill you and then turn you over to collections if you didn't pay.
I have never seen such a poorly run business like this before!
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Yea, I get what your saying. I was on slickdeals and saw that everyone was getting charged within 48 hours of ordering and thought that I may have gotten lucky and payment fell through the cracks. Until I asked on the forum and someone referred me to this thread. Seems that this is not a one off unique situation.
I have no false hope that the charge won't go through in the near future and that I'll get a free phone (I wouldn't complain though). However, just for sake of argument. How long does a company have to retrieve their money off of a debit card after you order something? I wouldn't think that they could just wait a year to deduct funds. I wonder how long a person would have to wait in the event that they wanted to close their checking account or change banks? There has to be some kind of time limit.......
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However, just for sake of argument. How long does a company have to retrieve their money off of a debit card after you order something? I wouldn't think that they could just wait a year to deduct funds. I wonder how long a person would have to wait in the event that they wanted to close their checking account or change banks? There has to be some kind of time limit.......
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I am sure there is no one-size-fits-all answer because I am sure the account agreement you agreed to when you activated your debit card varies from bank to bank and includes a choice of law provision in it. And there are federal laws that govern electronic funds transfers, too.
The best and probably only way to get the answer to that question without paying a lawyer to research your particular case is to call your bank and ask them.
But even if your bank refuses to process the debit after a certain period of time, Motorola would not be without recourse against you. They can have the IMEI of your device blacklisted and they can bill you for the phone even after they blacklist the IMEI. If you don't pay the bill, they can sell the debt to a collection agency and the collection agency can get a judgment against you and levy on your account. If you do pay the bill, they can unblacklist your device.
Now there are statute of limitations on debt collection (varies by state), but those are usually long, like on the order of 3-6 years, some states even 10 years!
SOLs for Debt Collection
I know in your mind you paid your debt for the phone when you authorized the debit card transaction, but until it is actually processed, you are in debt to Motorola for the price phone. And you can't just assume that you have no responsibility to keep the funds available for the debit. As I stated a couple of times now, you need to call Motorola and discuss this with them.
Now this is just crazy we are even discussing this because it is just crazy for Motorola to conduct business like this.
This happened to me when I bought 2 PS4's from Walmart.com I received the 2 consoles and didn't get charged at all. 2 weeks passed by and all my money was still in the bank. I think it was on the 16th day when they took the funds out. I was pretty confused, never bothered to ask why though.
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If the funds aren't there when they try to get them....they'll just blacklist your phone. Paperweight.
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kj2112 said:
If the funds aren't there when they try to get them....they'll just blacklist your phone. Paperweight.
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They can blacklist AND still try to collect on the debt. Just like if you cancel your line before your contract is up - the wireless carriers can blacklist your device AND try to collect the ETF.
If i pre order the nexus 6p will the funds be taken out of my bank account. Or will they charge me upon releasing the device ?
FWIW: I pre-ordered mine from the Google Store yesterday and I have a pending charge on my credit card for the full amount.
MoNsTeReNeRgY22 said:
FWIW: I pre-ordered mine from the Google Store yesterday and I have a pending charge on my credit card for the full amount.
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Same here, hopefully they'll release the charge and then put it through when it ships. The email confirmation says they don't charge until shipment.
From another thread I saw posters say that they charge you right away, but after 3-5 days the charge drops off until it gets ready to ship.
i ordered it today , when would i get it
sasidhar79 said:
i ordered it today , when would i get it
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Next Thursday
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Ulver said:
Next Thursday
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Troll?
dia_naji said:
If i pre order the nexus 6p will the funds be taken out of my bank account. Or will they charge me upon releasing the device ?
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Are you trying to order it without having funds in your bank if so your card will decline as Google pre authorizes the entire amount of the purchase, they hold onto the funds for about a 3-5 days, release the pre authorization and then might run the pre authorization again two weeks later, this again stays on For 3-5 days, once the phone ships then the funds truly are taken out, but before then basically holds your money hostage till shipment.
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Huawei is offering financing for up to 12 months. The finance charges are about $90 for the twelve months bit at least I didn't have to take a huge hit on my Amex card.
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I ordered mine but, there is no charge pending on my card. I wish there was, then I would feel like they really intend on sending it. Hopefully they will bill me when they send it.
I called google and the representative told me that we hold the funds on your account and wont be fully charged until the device ships.