<prompt> Human: Hey all,So I was browsing slickdeals and found an amazing deal on a refurbished macbook air. I read through the first couple pages of comments and it looked like it was a good deal, and people were saying good things.So I bought.Within 5 minutes, I came across my first negative comment about the website I was buying from... Then the floodgates opened. People got bent, broken, barelynon-functional macbooks from this website - all shipped way later than original expected ship dates. Furthermore, Im seeing tons of reviews on a different site saying they got fake goods from the website in question - so theres a possibility that I could get a fake mac.I immediately within about 10 minutes of ordering emailed the support team of the sellers website to cancel the order. I should note that they have no method of cancelling the order in their website - almost as if they WANT to lock us into something shady.I also contacted my credit card company. I ask them if theres any way to stop the charge from posting, and they said no. I asked if they could hold the charge, they said no. They did say that if the charge posts, they can dispute the claim.The problem here is that the seller has the safety net of refurbished on their description - without any description of what tiertypeprocesses are associated. If I get a faulty item, can they conveniently say oh but we said refurbished and then my credit card company goes yeah they said it, youre fucked... Am I fucked, guys?This is so weird. Youd think that if you call your credit card company and say Hey, I made an order within the last 30 minutes for an actual shipped hardgood item, hold that order they would do so without concern. Like that way if its a shady website then at least we hold their money ransom so they dont ship anyway. I have a nice credit card too, with quite the annual fee... what tf am I paying for if not protection?So much stress. Please let this be a lesson to anyone who wants to order anything ever... do your effing research.  <response>: When you entered your card number and submitted the order, you agreed to let the merchant charge your card for the specified amount. If card companies could just hold orders randomly because customers asked them to, far fewer merchants would accept credit cards. A business needs to be able to rely on the fact that order placed money paid proceed with shipment, and you need to interface with them if you want to try to stop that process and cancel your order. If the item is substantially different than what you were promised, you will probably win a well-documented chargeback claim. Since youre concerned, start now by keeping all documentation sent to you by the vendor, and taking screenshots of how the item is described on their website. Youll have to see if it arrives in poor condition or counterfeit before deciding what to do next. 