July 2023
I was trying to buy a sims 4 extra pack and I was charged a small fee but then it says they can’t process my card to make a transaction so I couldn’t use my card for the pack but then can charge me a fee does anyone know how to fix this ?
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July 2023
Hey there @AnthonyV2007,
This small charge that you're seeing is called a pre-authorization charge- these are temporary transactions we use to verify the payment information. They’ll automatically refund to you within seven business days. You can read up a bit more information on those small charges here.
As for your charge failing for this transaction, you can try these steps:
If you still have issues once you've run through these steps, we'll need the live support team to investigate into this a bit further, as we don't have access to review your account details here on the forums. Live support can look into your account and see what's causing this transaction to get stuck, you can contact the team by submitting a help request on the site here.
July 2023
It is not a fee. EA does a small test transaction to see if the card works. They try with a $0 transaction if your bank supports it otherwise a $1 transaction if both fail then the card is declined. As we can not see your account you need to contact either EA support or your bank to have this resolved.
July 2023
Hey there @AnthonyV2007,
This small charge that you're seeing is called a pre-authorization charge- these are temporary transactions we use to verify the payment information. They’ll automatically refund to you within seven business days. You can read up a bit more information on those small charges here.
As for your charge failing for this transaction, you can try these steps:
If you still have issues once you've run through these steps, we'll need the live support team to investigate into this a bit further, as we don't have access to review your account details here on the forums. Live support can look into your account and see what's causing this transaction to get stuck, you can contact the team by submitting a help request on the site here.