Beware TargetSportsUSA.com

[Parks 788]

Received this e-mail today from TargetSportsUSA.com.

I will admit that I read in another forum that they played this game. Now I know for sure to stay away from them:

Dear XXXX XXXXXX,


Unfortunately we were unable to process your order from TargetSportsUSA.com with order number 191XXX.

The products you have ordered appear to be out of stock, thus not available for sale.

Please note, that the Authorization that was placed on your card will be released and funds will become available within 24-48 hours depending on your Credit Card’s Policy.

We apologize for the inconvenience and if you have any further questions please feel free to contact our customer service at the number provided below.



Best Regards,
Team Target Sports USA.com
1-860-676-0610 (Mon-Fri 9-5 EST)

FYI,

LL

You got the email today. When did you place the order for the ammo? If placed before, say, Dec 14-16th, then i say funny business is going on. If you ordered in the last 2 weeks then, like others said, their inventory is just messed up due to the larger than normal volume they are doing.

On the CC auth issue. We rent construction equipment. We take 100% of the total bill as an authorization until the equipment comes back the. The authorization is applied to the remaining balance due. Not an uncommon practice.

 

[nic6]

I ordered a couple cases of ammo from them a couple weeks before the craziness started. No problems with the order they shipped it a few days after I placed the order.

 

[Quick_Draw_McGraw]

In the credit card industry there are two types of actions that an e-commerce type business can make when they have your credit card data.

Authorizations - This action is basically when the merchant goes through the credit card network and asks the financial institution that issued you your card, if your card has enough money on it for the charge it wants to send to it.

Capture - This action is where the merchant actually send the request to have money transferred from the financial institution that issued you your card to them.

So it's not an uncommon business practice at all. This happens every day to most people, but most people don't ever pay much attention to all the "pending" charges that show up in their daily online credit card statement.

For those that want to nerd out, you can read all about it here http://www.paymentsgateway.com.au/what-you-need-to-know/payments-gateway-authorization-and-capture