Is Apple charging for free apps in the Mac Store?

3 points by marquis 15y ago ↗ HN

I signed up for the app store last week and downloaded a free app, but have now seen a charge of 1.98 euro (or equivalent of US$2.50) on my credit card account. There was no email, invoice or anything from Apple and no indication of a purchase from Apple in my mac store account. Could this be an authorization hold? Any info on this would be great, we're looking at porting some apps to the store and can only imagine what kind of customer service nightmare this might be.

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[dead] lopatamd 15y ago ↗

o_O

check again what app you bought.. maybe there was some update or other stuff.. be more accurate before asking these questions )

notyourwork 15y ago ↗

Was this your first purchase? If yes this is standard change they make to assert your account is valid before you can continue. Same thing happened to me when I registered but did not even buy an app! (Same thing paypal does when you update/add a credit card.)

marquis 15y ago ↗

Thanks! Why they don't tell you this is very frustrating. I couldn't find anything about this anywhere and was going to contact the App developer.