How long does payment authorizations last on a Visa gift card?

I bought a visa gift card from Walmart and I registered right away.
I found a iPhone charger on amazon and ordered it but I found a better deal so I canceled it.
As I was ordering the charger with the better deal my order wouldn't go through because the order I had cancel was in my payment authorizations making me have less money to order anything else?
This has been going on for 2 days.

Please has anybody had an experience like this? How long will this last? I'm going on vacation in 10 days I'm worried it won't go away before my vacation.

Amazon is usually pretty good about releasing pre-authorized holds. Could be a problem with your prepaid card. You might want to call and ask them how much longer before the funds are released.

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