I recently made a purchase with a company that accepts PayPal on their website and they authorized a particular amount (let's say $100 to make things easy), which was the full purchase total (including the estimated taxes).
The order shipped and the confirmation email from the company with the final total confirms the same order total as previously authorized ($100); however, when I look at my PayPal account, the company seems to have charged me less ($98 in this example to keep things easy) and now my transaction history shows similar to as follows:
Total $100.00
This payment $98.00
Fee $0.00
You paid $98.00
This payment is for part of your $100.00 purchase at COMPANY on July 4, 2022.
So now it appears that my purchase is not paid in full (the TOTAL amount is more than the amount charged). I only used one payment method (a credit card) via PayPal and did not use any of my PayPal balance for the purchase. I don't know why the "amount paid" is less than the order total amount.
If the company does not charge the remaining money, will the "total" amount automatically adjust to show that this purchase was paid in full? Or if they suddenly realize they did something odd and charge the remaining $2, will it just charge to the same credit card initially used?
I don't want to lose protections (the main reason I bought through PayPal versus paying directly with a credit card via the company's website is because I get the benefit of PayPal protections with credit card protections as a backup) because the company, for some unknown reason, charged me less than what my order confirmation email shows (and less than what they originally authorized).
Thanks in advance for any clarity/information.
