That is a long time. I registered and made an order on Sunday afternoon; even as a new account, the payment/check/release cycle was only a few minutes. It may be some glitch in the process, maybe nothing to do with CP themselves. My bank, here in the UK, had a major problem with card processing a few weekends back. Timing, though, may be significant. My experience may have been an hour or two before you hit problems. Don't forget timezone as well as local clock time when you try to compare.