If you track your credit cards on line, you often see these kinds of temporary, small amount transactions posted as part of the card verification/authorization process. They should be eliminated once the actual transaction has been posted.
Godfrey On Apr 12, 2007, at 4:32 PM, Digital Image Studio wrote: > I recently made a payment for an eBay auction with my Personal Paypal > Account using my linked credit card and now my bank reports an > additional fee of AUD$1 to Paypal with the same eBay reference number. > However this additional fee is not recorded in my Paypal transaction > history. > > Can anyone shed any light on this? I've had a Paypal account now for > quite a few years and my status is reported as "Status: Australian - > Verified (6)". Following is the Paypal response to my query on the > matter: > > "Hello my name is Andrew, I will be happy to assist you with your > question regarding the $1.00 charge to your debit card. > > The $1 transaction is a preauthorization or a temporary hold for > verification purposes. Once the full amount of the purchase is > processed, it will show up in your account history, as a 'completed' > transaction and the $1 preauthorization hold will be released. > > If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact us > again." -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
