When do you get billed when ordering from IBM?

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When do you get billed when ordering from IBM?

#1 Post by dikrek » Sun Jul 31, 2005 1:44 pm

I was wondering - does your card get billed when you order, when they send or when you receive?

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Re: When do you get billed when ordering from IBM?

#2 Post by andyli » Sun Jul 31, 2005 2:10 pm

dikrek wrote:I was wondering - does your card get billed when you order, when they send or when you receive?

Thx

Dimitris
When they ship the order, but they may "pre-authorize" before then.
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#3 Post by K. Eng » Mon Aug 01, 2005 5:08 pm

I believe that credit card companies allow merchants to bill customers only after the product ships. However, the merchant may 'pre-authorize' (basically let the credit card company know that you put an order for a product selling for x amount of money).
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#4 Post by mrdeucie » Sat Sep 24, 2005 10:58 am

A "hold" for the amount of the laptop has been put on my card on the day I ordered my machine.

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