Income boosters, what do you do with dollars?

[Deleted User]

Quick question for those of you who do surveys, GPT sites or microtask sites that pay in US dollars on your Paypal account (ruling out professional traders).

Do you convert the dollar in pounds straight away or do you keep the balance in dollars?

I was thinking of leaving the balance in dollars on Paypal and then use the money to buy discounted UK vouchers on Ebay. Not many around but sometimes there are good deals (eg. 100 USD for 100 GBP).

Thanks.

culpepper

I never convert them, paypal will do it automatically if you are paying in pounds and only have dollars in there

asajj

I transfer PayPal funds to my bank account immediately and it does the conversion automatically as it is a GBP bank account and tells you what you will see in your account. At the moment, fx rate is good.