Let it be said right off the bat: we have had many many pending orders over the 15 plus years of selling on amazon. The question is, why does amazon honor negligence on the part of the buyer at the expense of the seller. During the good old days there was always an email alert from the amazon telling the seller that a buyer has attempted to purchase an item but that the sale has not been finalized due to a problem with the buyer's account. The order, in other words, was pending. Where else in this digitalized world can a company hold your inventory ransom - other than on amazon? Try purchasing an airline ticket online with incorrect credit card information? One can't buy on margin in the stock market without getting a loan from his brokerage. So, why can a customer place an order on amazon, without the proper means to finalize the purchase, and, thereby, take possession of the item, even though the transaction has not been completed? What is the actual logic of a pending order? Is it the stated truth within amazon that all buyers are granted supreme rights over lowly sellers? (Again, this is not in any way our first pending order.) It is apparent from other posts on this new - horrid - seller forum that many many sellers have had far worse experiences with pending orders than we have had. Still, why does amazon allow this? It is marketplace only because there are sellers first, then buyers looking to purchase. It boggles the mind.