Adobe $1 fee when changing Credit Card

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I decided to switch credit cards for my Adobe Creative Cloud subscription and was immediately charged $1 to the new card. Just wondering if anyone has experienced this? It might be a temporary charge to verify an active card, or it might be some type of convenience fee. I couldn't find any info on their site. Does anyone know? :confused:
 
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spb_stan

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I changed billing cards last month and had a nominal charge that I assumed was to verify the account was active and chargeable. I did not notice whether I got a discount off the next billing period. My billing is for the photoshop/Lightroom bundle plus Dreamweaver CC
 
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nickt

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Unless Adobe said specifically that they are going to charge you $1, then its certainly a temporary charge to test the card. I haven't changed my adobe payment lately, but many companies put a $1 temporary charge on your card when you store a new one. I watch our cards pretty closely and I get a text message for any activity at all. I get lots of $1 charges that disappear in a few days. They go away automatically if the merchant does not finalize the charge in a certain number of days. People using debit cards get upset if their cards get tested with higher amounts because it ties up their available cash.
 
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spb_stan said:
I changed billing cards last month and had a nominal charge that I assumed was to verify the account was active and chargeable. I did not notice whether I got a discount off the next billing period. My billing is for the photoshop/Lightroom bundle plus Dreamweaver CC
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nickt said:
Unless Adobe said specifically that they are going to charge you $1, then its certainly a temporary charge to test the card. I haven't changed my adobe payment lately, but many companies put a $1 temporary charge on your card when you store a new one. I watch our cards pretty closely and I get a text message for any activity at all. I get lots of $1 charges that disappear in a few days. They go away automatically if the merchant does not finalize the charge in a certain number of days. People using debit cards get upset if their cards get tested with higher amounts because it ties up their available cash.
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Thank you Stan and Nick. My next statement won't be due for another month, but I will relay how this goes. This card is set up to receive notifications of charges so I was notified immediately after the change was made.
 
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The card I had on the account got compromised back in the beginning of March and I had to change to the new number. Same bank, new card number, no $1 charge from Adobe. Could be because it was the same bank.
 
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BackdoorHippie said:
The card I had on the account got compromised back in the beginning of March and I had to change to the new number. Same bank, new card number, no $1 charge from Adobe. Could be because it was the same bank.
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Thanks for the info, Jake. Mine was a different bank card. I'll just keep watch, and if it doesn't get removed, I'll check with Adobe. That won't be until some time next month.
 
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