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Debit cards are processed differently from credit cards by banks. When you place an order using our web site, we do not bill you until the item ships. This is because many of our items can take days or even weeks to ship and we do not want to take your money that far in advance.
When a credit card is used the funds are "authorized" but not actually added to your bill. Essentially, the funds are reserved for the planned future billing by reducing your available credit. If the future billing never occurs (such as if you cancel the order before it ships) the authorization rolls off your account automatically, usually after 7 days for Master Card and VISA, and 30 days for American Express and Discover, and your available credit is restored.
With a debit card however, there is no available credit line. Therefore, to ensure the funds are available for the future planned billing, your bank will immediately withdraw the money from your account and hold it. We believe this is unfair to you, especially for long lead-time items. Another problem sometimes occurs with debit cards. If the final actual billing amount is different than the amount the bank originally withdrew from your account, they may think it is a completely separate order and withdraw that much more money from your account! We have seen this happen on orders where we reduced the shipping charge or where an item was deleted from the order. Then, you see two debits on your account statement and think we billed you twice, when in fact we only billed you once and your bank is still holding the other amount. These are some of the reasons we do not want debit cards used for purchases. For details read "Avoid These Debit Card Traps" from Reader's Digest 2008.
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