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unless you received the items you have not paid for them, what you did was send in a deposit for the order, even if that was full price.
enter the payment to the vendor, and as the expense account use accounts payable - that sets the vendor credit
when the bill comes in with the items, enter the bill and apply the credit, that stocks the items/qt in inventory
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