Authorization Fee?
Friday, September 10, 2010 by scharchuk | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
Every time I get a Master Skin from here there also allows on my Pre-paid debt card (Mastercard) account an authorization fee of between $2.60 to $2.70 for each time. This can add up. WinCustomize says that the money isn't really taken out of my account, but the account total still list less the amounts. It usually takes several weeks before the money reappears in my account as a positive and I can use it again. In some cases I look to see if the author offers the skin at their site and I make the purchase from there instead to avoid the extra expense since I don't get that much altogether being on a disability pension.(I don't smoke or drink, and my medications are covered by my pension so I have some small mad money each month.)
Now I'm a subscriber to Wincustomize and suppose to get a 20% discount on Masterskins and would like to use it. I was wondering if everyone else got charged this fee and how long before you get your money back, or is this just charged to foreign members?
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Reply #22 Saturday, September 11, 2010 9:10 PM
This is as close as I can get to an explanation from their site;
Some car rental companies may choose not to accept prepaid cards at the time of rental. When using your card with a car rental company they will authorize a specific dollar amount at the counter. MasterCard allows car rental companies to settle the transaction for $250.00 over the authorized amount. To ensure available funds, there will be an additional $250.00 added to all car rental authorizations.
Example: If you rent a car for three days the car rental company may run a $300.00 authorization, which will appear as a $550.00 authorization in your transaction history. When you return the car and close the rental contract, the actual amount of the rental will be displayed in the transaction history and the difference will become available on your balance. Car rental companies may also choose to run multiple authorizations during the car rental contract. All car rental authorizations will remain on your Card for 45 days.
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Reply #21 Saturday, September 11, 2010 8:23 PM
Based upon Island Dog's reply it seems you need to open up a discussion with the Issuer of the the Debit Card if you haven't yet.
Why would they only apply it HERE instead EVERYWHERE else I go as I've been saying over and over and over again?
I go to other user's Master Skin sites and buy something with the pre-paid debit card and guess what? No Authorization fee of $2.60 to $2.70 deducted from my account each time. Please, follow along now.
The original purpose of this thread to was to see if this happened to anyone else and how long it took for the amount to switch back to a positive.
Here is what I get. The $3.90 is the Master Skin I just bought (Elemental:Water). The $2.63 is what we are talking about and that stays there for a couple of weeks or so before switching to a positive.