Backordered products can take anywhere from 1 to 5 weeks to arrive. When the item ships, pre-orders are charged. An authorization hold request is issued to the card issuer when a pre-order item is ordered. Authorization holds are not actual charges, and they will ultimately expire and be removed from an account according to the card-issuing bank’s timeframe. The authorization will automatically renew if the authorization hold expires before the order is ready to ship. If you order a pre-order and an available item at the same time, the available item will ship first.