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Jim Schrader
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1628
From: Savage, MN, USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted September 28, 2014 07:39 PM

If purchasing an item from overseas does paypal charge me for converting US dollars to their value?

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Maurice Leakey
Film God

Posts: 5895
From: Bristol. United Kingdom
Registered: Oct 2007

posted September 29, 2014 04:36 AM

Jim
When I buy in US dollars or European Euros there is just a conversion rate which is stated before you finally click to pay.
You may find the following of interest.
https://www.paypal.com/gb/webapps/helpcenter/helphub/article/?solutionId=FAQ1835&topicID=&m=ARA

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Mark Todd
Film God

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From: UK
Registered: Aug 2003

posted September 29, 2014 04:47 AM

I`ve always felt it is very wrong that while looking or bidding they show the price with the current actual exchange rate but when you pay charge you thiers with a percentage shave off so you pay more.

Very missleading and I`m surprised they have`nt been made to show the actual amount it would be with paypal at least in brackets underneath on the auction or in your ebay.

So its win win with pay pal, gawd knows what just the cash they make from that adds up to never mind the % charge to the seller.

Best Mark.

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Jim Schrader
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1628
From: Savage, MN, USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted September 29, 2014 09:19 AM

I did see the charge before I sent it funny it says no charge if you use your paypal account which i used and they still charged me 6.50 for sending euro money. and it does not give one the option to use a credit card since I have a paypal card.

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Maurice Leakey
Film God

Posts: 5895
From: Bristol. United Kingdom
Registered: Oct 2007

posted September 29, 2014 09:42 AM

Jim
I bought a film on American eBay recently and paid by PayPal.
Following your reply above I have opened up my PayPal account and see that under fee amount the figure quoted is: £0.00 USD.
Was yours a direct payment to a seller, or was it via eBay?

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Dominique De Bast
Film God

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From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jun 2013

posted October 12, 2014 01:30 PM

Once I bought something (not film related) in the US. They charged me by mistake twice my credit card. They refounded the amount a few days later but meanwhile the dollar dropped a part of its value so I lost money in the operation.

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Pasquale DAlessio
Film God

Posts: 3523
From: Bristol,RI, USA
Registered: May 2010

posted October 12, 2014 06:21 PM

I have purchased films from the UK and never paid any fees to convert to BPS. [Confused]

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Jim Schrader
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1628
From: Savage, MN, USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted October 12, 2014 07:18 PM

My transaction was not eBay related and I did not get charged anything not sure why I thought there was.

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David Guest
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1704
From: Lancashire, UK
Registered: Oct 2011

posted October 21, 2014 02:56 PM

paypal take out commission on postage as well

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Clyde Miles
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 205
From: Bromsgrove, UK
Registered: Nov 2013

posted October 21, 2014 05:49 PM

ive had many prints from the states and never paid any extra for conversion of currency or postage

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David Guest
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1704
From: Lancashire, UK
Registered: Oct 2011

posted October 22, 2014 03:52 AM

paypal take on commission for postage if you are the seller

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