Used my debit car with out activating

Question

So i just received my debit car 2 days ago. I haven't activated it until 30 minutes ago. I used it online to purchase some things and i got an email from the store saying "Thank you for your purchases, here is your order number ______________"

I was wondering how could it have gone through if i haven't activated it yet?Did it really go through? My balance is still the same.

Answer 1

A lot of the time lately the bank will just take your first use of the card as acceptance of the terms and activation.

The balance will probably take up to a couple days to change depending on how the merchant processes the transaction.

Answer 2

maybe you can get to keep the stuff for free ...and not pay anything request another debit card dont activate it and do it again

Answer 3

Those emails are automatically generated.  You should check with the bank and see if it did, in fact, go through for payment.