You can contact the customer service folks and change your account so that your credit/debit card is never charged automatically.
I use a debit card and my bank freaks out if someone tries to charge $3,500 or more and they don't have the card to swipe and the bank doesn't know the charge is coming. The bank originally had a $2,500 limit and raised it for me. If I let the bank know a larger charge is coming they will honor it but their databse is set up to hold that window open for only a few days.
Now, after I win something and get the first "official" invoice, which sometimes takes a day or two, I can decide whether to send a cashiers check or call the bank and have GL use the card.
Lance