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People who have ordered from Ippodo: Charge take a while?

by TheMixer » Jun 12th, '09, 17:50

I ordered the matcha kit from Ippodo, and the charge showed up on my bank account as a check card hold.

It sat there for 3 days, then disappeared.

Over a week later, the charge never actually went through, and my account balance is as if I never made the purchase.

Has this happened to you guys before, or did they make a mistake and not charge me?

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Jun 12th, '09, 18:43
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by entropyembrace » Jun 12th, '09, 18:43

it would probably be best to contact Ippodo and find out what happened.

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Jun 13th, '09, 01:34
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by Oni » Jun 13th, '09, 01:34

If you have an online banking debit card that is usually what happens, that the sum appears as withheld, for a few days and only after five days it gets processed, and the transaction appears at the bottom as consumed, but I never heard someone getting back their money without a notice, and see if Ippodo has sent your item, or do they know about this, maybe they refunded you because they do not have the item you requested.

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Re: People who have ordered from Ippodo: Charge take a while

by xuancheng » Jun 13th, '09, 01:58

TheMixer wrote:I ordered the matcha kit from Ippodo, and the charge showed up on my bank account as a check card hold.

It sat there for 3 days, then disappeared.

Over a week later, the charge never actually went through, and my account balance is as if I never made the purchase.

Has this happened to you guys before, or did they make a mistake and not charge me?
I made a purchase with maruykyu koyamaen (another big Japanese tea company) and the same thing happened. I had already go my package, and effectively hadn't paid anything for it. I was about to contact them and ask if I could pay for my purchase, and they charged me again, the same amount, and it went through.
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Jun 13th, '09, 12:31
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by mangaka » Jun 13th, '09, 12:31

Happened to me too with Ippodo when I paid with a credit card. It took them more than two months to charge me, that I was starting to think they never will. XD I wonder why they take so long to charge but ship so fast, must be bad for their cash conversion cycles.... :oops:

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by olivierco » Jun 14th, '09, 02:43

mangaka wrote:Happened to me too with Ippodo when I paid with a credit card. It took them more than two months to charge me
Same for me.
I think they are waiting for the confirmation of the delivery and sometimes it takes a while to appear on the Japanese EMS site.

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by chefmike » Jul 6th, '09, 12:14

I ordered the matcha kit from ippodo and recieved it super fast. However, I used my debit card and the withdrawl took almost one month. I seriously thought they just forgot to charge me. Also, the exact amount was a little off in U.S. dollaras than what the website said. I love the company and can't wait to order more from them.

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