GameStop gave back my money?!

[analyst]

Last night at around midnight, my bank account had a "Pending Transaction" for $49.99 from GameStop.
I just checked 2 mins ago, and it's GONE!

Anyone else have the same thing happen?! I hope they didn't think they would get more stock in than they did....

UGH!!!! I want my tracking number! WTH does "Processing" mean?!

 

[jmc325]

Man that sucks...see this is the reason why Gamecrap is the WORST.

"processing" probably means just that...they haven't got the game in to ship it.

You can tell I'm anti-Gamestop.

 

[JakeCourtney]

Backordered my friend. You might not get your game for weeks. That sucks.

 

[FMFantasy]

settle down- I worked for a credit card company and most likely what you saw was their "auth" against your card- so the have those funds secured for when they ship it- then they submit the actual charge to your credit card.

 

[jened]

your pending transaction disappeared because it's no longer pending. it's probably turned into an actual which you won't see til tomorrow.

 

[rastak]

I called Gamestop (online store) and had the following conversation....

Q: Is it shipping today?
A: Yes, it's shipping today
Q: You said that yesterday
A: I know, none shipped yesterday, they are all shipping today
Q: You are sure?
A: Yes, I have gotten 10 calls this afternoon on this game, it is shipping today.

 

[RoboPig]

they dont have it till tommorow, maybe that has to do with it?

 

[hotcoffeedude]

I like the way the "BONUS" version on their site no longer shows the preorder edition. I wonder if they ran out.

 

[jkp1187]

settle down- I worked for a credit card company and most likely what you saw was their "auth" against your card- so the have those funds secured for when they ship it- then they submit the actual charge to your credit card.

I also worked for a credit card bank (MBNA, actually,) and I can confirm this. The initial authorization was just to verify that you had available credit. You'll often see the same thing happen with self-pay gas pumps -- except the amount will often be for something like $5.00 regardless of how much you purchase. They just want to make sure the account is valid and that credit is available.

 

[Turtleneck]

I like the way the "BONUS" version on their site no longer shows the preorder edition. I wonder if they ran out.

It might be because it's no longer preorder if the game is out.

 

[The_General_86]

I must b luckey. I got an email confirming that my order has been shipped from eb games.

 

[TheBB]

So.. when is anything going to happen at GS? I haven't noticed any movement on my bank account, nor any change on the order status. They've been processing it for like 4 days now. That sure is some heavy work being done on my order.

 

[DJ2003]

So.. when is anything going to happen at GS? I haven't noticed any movement on my bank account, nor any change on the order status. They've been processing it for like 4 days now. That sure is some heavy work being done on my order.

I agree, same thing is happening to me. Although, I did just get an e-mail telling me it will most likely ship today, and I will receive my UPS tracking number by e-mail once it does. This is the order I was trying to cancel because I wanted free shipping.

 

[general_kill]

Last night at around midnight, my bank account had a "Pending Transaction" for $49.99 from GameStop.
I just checked 2 mins ago, and it's GONE!

Anyone else have the same thing happen?! I hope they didn't think they would get more stock in than they did....

UGH!!!! I want my tracking number! WTH does "Processing" mean?!

why are u buying games from gamestop? you claimed u were an "employee" of ebgames, so get it from where u work. unless u are just lying about everything and trying to sound important claiming to work at ebgames.

 

[elderotter]

my status remains open on my EB order a phone call to them resulted in them telling me it is being processed and shipped tonight -one hand still doesnt know what the other is doing sighs there is now a icon of a box with the lid open below it is a previous order from 2 weeks ago which shows a closed box with lines around it and the word shipped. so maybe it is being processed

 

[Speaker]

why are u buying games from gamestop? you claimed u were an "employee" of ebgames, so get it from where u work. unless u are just lying about everything and trying to sound important claiming to work at ebgames.

I think you have him confused with someone else...'Rayanth' works at EBGames, not 'Analyst.'

 

[Aeson]

My Gamestop order just went to "shipped" status a few minutes ago.

 

[OHN]

Yes my order at Gamestop has also shipped, jubiii its on its way to Denmark, should have it Thursday .

OHN

 

[Tarkhan]

someday, we'll have shipping with gps trackers, and all our problems will be solved. Or we'll sit watching a dot fly over the atlantic ocean/continent for a day before each game release.

I remember I had a game delayed (Diablo 2) by a day, because some doofus trucker hit a telephone pole.

 

[analyst]

Woo! GameStop just gave me my tracking number

Ship date
Oct 25, 2005
Estimated delivery
Oct 26, 2005 4:30 PM

False alert, I guess

And btw, Speaker is right - I just registered here two days ago