Currency Conversion in paypal

vastare

vastare

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#1
I searched the forum but could not find answer. I am planning to buy an item from Australia. The seller has listed in AUD. At the bottom is says approximately in USD$$$. If I pay via paypal will I be charged an additional conversion commision or just paid whatever the exact conversion of AUD is but in USD.....Am I making sense?
Please anyone has any idea about this?
 
#2
Paypal will do the conversion on your behalf and their conversion rate is brutal- they make money off of conversions like all banks and CC companies. There's really no way to avoid it, though...
 
#3
thanks for the info. i saw this thread but had no idea of how to help the OP, plus it also clarified things for me. i knew their rate was awful!
 
#4
Thank you so much! After hearing that I might have to pay customs duty and this conversion and the bag is no deal...at the end of all this bag is working out higher than brand new so maybe I will let it go. Thanks so much.

stylefly said:
Paypal will do the conversion on your behalf and their conversion rate is brutal- they make money off of conversions like all banks and CC companies. There's really no way to avoid it, though...
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#5
vastare said:
I searched the forum but could not find answer. I am planning to buy an item from Australia. The seller has listed in AUD. At the bottom is says approximately in USD$$$. If I pay via paypal will I be charged an additional conversion commision or just paid whatever the exact conversion of AUD is but in USD.....Am I making sense?
Please anyone has any idea about this?
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If you put it in your watched items, the price converted to US$ will show up there.
 
#9
^^^ ITA


Just accept the transfer in the original currency and have the transfer to your account also done in the original currency. As said before, your own bank then does the conversion and you save money. The paypal rate is a shocker, added to the percentage they take it is a loss you'll want to avoid.
 
#11
As per my experiences, do not rely on the quoted amount showing in the auction page. it would not be the final exchanged amount as the exchange rate changes every a few hours. You would only get the exact amount when you proceed to check out and pay.

Also, as per my experiences, although it is awful enough, paypal's exchange rate is still slightly better than my credit cards' considering all the related fees.
 
#12
And you can never tell whether the next day's exchange rate is better or worse. So if you chose your bank to do the conversion, the actual money conversion would be posted like 1 or 2 days later, what if you get a worse exchange rate on the posted day? You can't really say that you could "save money" using the bank.

So I always use paypal to do the conversion right away although it sucks.
 
#13
Usually XE.com will quote you a monetary conversion amount very close to what PP converts. I use this site to look up conversions.
And it does change DAILY. And yes a 2.5% fee on top.
 
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