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I'm from Ireland so maybe credit cards work differently here. Here what happens is a merchant checks to see if there is enough money on the card to process the order. They do not take it, but it is held in the account by the credit card company. The company has a certain amount of time to turn...

Holding money is a standard procedure for ecommerce. Basically, they check to see if the money is there and then charge when the item is shipped. It is down the the credit card company for how long the hold lasts before it expires.