PayPal payment with € credit card

Dagobert

I wonder, has anyone tried this before:

When sending a foreign currency amount, PayPal does the currency conversion, not the credit card provider.

If you send a € amount using a (foreign) € credit card from PayPal UK, does PayPal convert to £ and charge the £ amount to the card assuming it is a UK credit card?
If this was case the credit card provider would have to convert to € so that you would end up paying for two conversions.

dc

Simple method for US purchases, Amex pay Paypal ( being American) in dollars and Amex does the conversion.

HTHs dc

Dagobert

PayPal offers two conversion options:

• Use PayPal's conversion process to complete my transaction using my card's currency.
  Both the original transaction currency and the converted amount that I will be charged are disclosed for my convenience. I understand that MasterCard and Visa have a currency conversion process. I have chosen not to use the MasterCard and Visa currency conversion process, and I will have no recourse against MasterCard and Visa with respect to any matter related to this conversion.
  
• Bill me in the currency listed on the seller's invoice.
  I will not know which foreign exchange rate has been applied to this transaction until I receive my card statement from my card issuer. I acknowledge that by choosing this option, my card issuer will determine the foreign exchange rate to apply to this transaction, and that I will not be informed of the foreign exchange rate or any additional foreign exchange fees applied until I am billed by my card issuer.

Using option two in my scenario (pay € amount with € credit card through PayPal UK) would avoid the needless currency conversion.


PayPal charge a 2.5% fee for their currency conversion. If using a UK credit card, it's worthwhile comparing PayPal's conversion fee to that of your credit card provider.

Caped_Avenger

Sorry for the unrelated question, but how does one get the Euro symbol without using Alt+0128? If it's possible at all, that is. I only ask because it annoys me, sitting there on my '4' key, and my stupid brain not knowing how to access it.

Thanks, and sorry for distracting from your thread.

fubar_2

press your Alt Gr (right of space bar) + 4 gives you your €

Dagobert

Caped_Avenger wrote:

how does one get the Euro symbol without using Alt+0128?

fubar wrote:

press your Alt Gr (right of space bar) + 4 gives you your €

Or Ctrl-Alt-4 and you can do it with one hand.

Caped_Avenger

Dagobert wrote:

Or Ctrl-Alt-4 and you can do it with one hand.

No way! I tried every combo of Ctrl, Alt & Shift + 4 at home and none of them worked. Works here though. € €. See?

Cheers guys.