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This authorization mechanism protects against payment failures when final charges exceed the original quoted amount due to post-checkout modifications. The pre-authorization approach allows the service to proceed with orders that may increase in cost without requiring additional payment authorization steps at completion.
Instacart rewrote its entire Terms of Service, adding 367 new sentences including sections on AI-powered services, updated arbitration procedures, and revised data handling practices. The restructuring makes it harder to compare what changed because the entire document was reorganized.
View change record →Users' payment instruments will be subject to a temporary authorization hold for an amount higher than the initial checkout total, with the specific amount disclosed during the purchase process. The actual charge applied will reflect the final total including any post-delivery modifications, replacements, or elected tips.
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"Your payment instrument will be temporarily authorized for an amount greater than the total amount of the purchase appearing in the original check out. This higher authorized amount will be disclosed during the purchase process and is a temporary authorization charge on your order, to deal with situations where your total purchase amount turns out to be higher than the original amount due to special requests, added items, replacement items, weight adjustments, or tips that you may elect to add after delivery.— Excerpt from Instacart's Instacart Terms of Service
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This authorization mechanism protects against payment failures when final charges exceed the original quoted amount due to post-checkout modifications. The pre-authorization approach allows the service to proceed with orders that may increase in cost without requiring additional payment authorization steps at completion.
Users' payment instruments will be subject to a temporary authorization hold for an amount higher than the initial checkout total, with the specific amount disclosed during the purchase process. The actual charge applied will reflect the final total including any post-delivery modifications, replacements, or elected tips.
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