Orders - Frequently Asked Questions
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What do the various order statuses mean?
We use detailed order statuses to give you as much information about your order as we can. Here's how they break down.
Reserved: No payment has occurred, but the items in this order are reserved for you.
Paid: Payment has been successful for this order. If it's a pre-order, it will ship on its release date. If it's a standard order, it will ship within 1 business day.
Processing: Your order is actively being packed for shipment.
In Transit: Your order has been picked up and is in the hands of USPS or UPS.
Delivered: Your order has been delivered.
Payment Failed: We attempted to charge your reserved order but your Covenant payment method failed.
Cancelled: The order has been cancelled.
Completed: This order has been delivered and is past our 30-day service window.
What are the Update statuses I see in my timeline?
We use Updates to give you more context around status changes and anything else that has impacted your order. Typically these are things like price updates, shipping delays, or changes that you've submitted (like address update, paying early, etc).
Our goal is for your order timeline to give you the full picture of everything that has happened to your order.
What do pay now and pay later mean, and why are they different depending on the product?
When you choose pay later, you will not be charged during checkout and your order will be created with Reserved status.
When you choose pay now, you will be charged during checkout and your order will be created with the Paid status.
One or both will be available based on a number of factors, notably when the product is releasing and whether or not we know the price and weight of the item (before which only pay later will be available).
Regardless of what you choose, your order is locked in and will be fulfilled—paid orders are not more secure than reserved orders. These payment options are to make life easier for everyone; if you don't want to pay months in advance for a pre-order, you don't have to. Alternatively, if you just want to get the money out of your account and forget about what you ordered until it arrives (the ol' Kickstarter special) then you can do that too.
What if some items in my order are pay now and others are pay later?
Items in the same product group must have the same payment option applied. You'll be prompted to change the items in your order so that they match.
Wait, what is a product group?
A group of products that release at the same time, from the same publisher, form a product group.
The twentieth wave of Earthborne products all release at the same time in Q4 of 2035. All of these items would be in the Earthborne Wave 20 product group with an estimated ship date of Q4 2035.
What if items in my order are from different product groups?
During checkout we actually separate out the contents of your cart into different orders per product group. So if you have items from three different product groups during checkout, you'll see the three different orders that will be created during the review step of checkout.
Each order will have its own order number and shipping charge, and will be listed separately in your Account.
How do purchasing limits work?
We sometimes limit purchases to a maximum quantity per household, generally on a rolling 30 day timeframe, and note this in the details of a product. Orders from separate households will not share any of the following: personal information, shipping information, billing information, or payment information.
These limits are put into place in order to serve as many players and collectors as we can by preventing speculators and resellers from buying up all of our supply.
Do you ship sealed cases?
For all of our trading card games, we ship sealed cases of booster boxes if you order in multiples of case quantity. These multiples will be listed in the details section of those products.
Please note that we ship sealed cases, but we do not guarantee that they arrive sealed. There's too much fraudulent activity around replacing and returning sealed cases, and we can't control any issues that happen during shipment or cases that get opened during customs checks.
The arrival of a non-sealed or damaged case that has not impacted the cards inside is not grounds for a return or replacement, but do know that such an occurrence is extremely rare.
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