I think it sucks because the charge was there...and then the charge was reversed. The funds were there, the first charge went through, but that second charge got snapped back by the bank and declined. It all happened so fast, my head was spinning. I called Sideshow after I called the bank and the order was already canceled and off my account. I was a paranoid person with the whole credit card/no courtesy thing. I just wasn't paranoid enough. Never occurred to me that my bank's fraud detection center would be the obstacle.
Funds in place - check.
Account updated - check.
Notify bank about upcoming charges - grrrrrrr......
First, your situation does suck, especially since it was OK at first and then the bank screwed you over. Personally my banks has never stop any Sideshow stuff. They'd probably be worried if they didn't see any Sideshow charges as they are there every month.
I guess your problem was not being paranoid enough like you said. You should have either called the bank and let them know just in case, or sent in a check or money order. I did the check option since I only use a $500 balance card for my collectible purchasing and this would have sucked up a lot of the credit, plus it would have caused problems with the SDCC exclusive since they were like $480
But is the PZ regular not available at CSC or any other retailers? I doubt the regular will be that hard to get right now. At least the exclusive wasn't the one canceled. That would have been bad!