Our policies regarding charging customer credit cards are governed by PCI compliance requirements.  These are industry-wide standards that exist to safeguard the personal information of our customers.  As a result, credit card information is not stored or ‘held’ in order to be charged at a later time when the item(s) is/are in-stock and ready to ship.  Processing the transaction for an item that is on a pre-order status ensures that you will receive that item upon its arrival at our distribution center.  However, pre-ordering or pre-paying for an order does not obligate you should you wish to cancel your order prior to its fulfillment.  Cancellation of an order would result in that payment being refunded.