online banking- wells fargo; check card question

[keystroker]

I went to the mall and bought some clothes with my check card when I got home I checked my account online and it showed the bills for the stores. Today I checked and the bills are gone from those stores I shopped at yesturday. Does this happen often?

 

[RossMAN]

Most banks debit cards work the same way. They probably have an authorization hold on your funds and it usually takes 3-4 business days for the charges to "hard post" where you see them debited from your checking account along with the original purchase date and the merchants name.

Give it a few days.

 

[fr]

They removed the charges and froze your account because they figured someone must have stole your card.


"This stuff doesn't have anything to do with computers" is what they thought.