Walmart charged again tonight after putting a pre authorization charge on 06/01?

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I saw this happened to other people and i already talked to chat, but im not sure im understanding correctly

So I got a pre authorization charge held on my account like most of us when we order back in April. That makes sense, it eventually fell off

On June 1st it does it again but my bank (capital one) declines because it’s sus. I tell them it’s not sus but have no other option to use the same card but to delete and reenter it to Walmart, I do this and the charge goes through. Great

Come to tonight, 2 days later, I get an email from my bank and Walmart saying that my card declined because there wasn’t enough balance on it (you know, because there’s still $650 dollars worth of switch stuff being pre authorized from 2 days ago) with the Walmart email saying to change my payment method or I may face cancellation

Well, I can’t do that because Walmart will only let you do that once per order, and I technically already did that because my bank declined it on June 1st and it was the only way to get Walmart to re run it.

And sure I can add more balance to my card no big deal, but 1. It takes a day or two for the balance to post 2. Walmart is telling me to edit my payment info

So I talk to Walmart chat, and they assure me that the authorization charge is just to make sure there’s enough funds and that it will be refunded in a 3-5 days, which is all well and good but the switch is out in 2 days. I explained that the funds are available; they’re just not available twice. But all I got was “don’t worry, it’s fine, no action necessary” and yeah they were nice but that just didn’t make sense

So guys, anyone else in this predicament? Am I cooked? Are they right and it’s totally fine?

Posted Jun 3, 2025, 7:50 AM UTC

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