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better to pay by credit card than paypal for dollar transactions?

spaceboy
spaceboy Posts: 1,915 Forumite
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On some websites I buy from the transaction is in dollars and it gives you the option of using paypal. Howeever I have noticed they seem to give a pretty terrible exchange rate. A £11 pair of lithium 18650 batteries cost be £1 more because I used paypal! Would my Halifax Clarity credit card be a better option?

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  • dzug1
    dzug1 Posts: 13,535 Forumite
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    The exchange rate with Clarity would be better (zero loading) and there would be no fees other than any imposed by the vendor
  • zerog
    zerog Posts: 2,478 Forumite
    You can still use paypal with the clarity and get the interbank rate, just opt out of DCC
  • spaceboy
    spaceboy Posts: 1,915 Forumite
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    zerog wrote: »
    You can still use paypal with the clarity and get the interbank rate, just opt out of DCC

    How do you do that? I dislike the Paypal website it's not that easy to find things. What is DCC?
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