Pending authorization.

[Shifter123]

Today i bought shoes online with half of my paypal balance and half on my debit card i got an email saying that the shoe company has recived my order (im not sure if im right but im guessing that the payment has been completed) and im tring to remove my debit card and it says can not remove until all pending authorization's have been cleared so please help me im not sure if the shoe company has recieved my payment?

[kernowlass]

Why do you want to remove your card??

Are you going to add it and withdraw it everytime you use paypal to pay????

When you pay a seller it is never instant > paypal CREDIT the seller and then wait for your funds to process through to paypal. So they may not have cleared through to paypal yet.

Also if for any reason the seller needs to refund you that refund automatically goes back to your card but may fail if you have removed it.

[Shifter123]

So, today i logged in again on my paypal and it still says pending authorization for the payment of (Nike.com) does it usally takes this long so the payment i sent to be completed or would it be completed once they ship the shoes ive never had this problem before. So, if any  of you purchased clothing etc onling from a company and it said "pending authorization" and completed please give me details on how it completed thanks.

[coldbunnyy]

I have the same problem i bought a shirt online on the first and it says pending authorization i paid some with pay pal and some with a debit card.... it still has not been completed

[PayPal_Rachael]

Hi coldbunnyy,

Welcome to the community forum.

When you have authorised a payment to a merchant, you have agreed to make a purchase for a specified amount.

With a basic authorisation, your payment will show as 'Pending' in your PayPal account until the merchant captures it. A capture is when funds move from your PayPal account to a merchant's PayPal account. After the capture the transaction will show as 'Complete' in your account and you will be notified in an email from PayPal that your payment is captured.

Merchants can capture the payment straight away; however in some instances they may need to capture the payment at a later date. For example they may need to confirm item availability, assemble your goods or account for late changes to the order.

So there is nothing wrong when you see the payment pending it just means that the merchant hasn't completed everything on their end.

I hope you find this useful.

Rachael 

[stannystar]

Can you tell me how long a merchant has to capture the payment?