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elsien

Would someone be able to post an idiot’s guide as to how to change my PayPal dollars to pounds? I’ve looked at their page, but it’s not any help as it says there is a “more “ option in the wallet to convert, which I don’t appear to have. . Does it need a minimum amount? Thank you. 

ETA – I might just stop doing the dollar ones. It’s too much of a faff and probably loses too much in the currency conversion. 

elsien

Update. For the benefit of anyone else having problems, the convert option is on the website but not on the app.

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Did anyone struggle through this one? The VR app I was expected to use was so dreadful and fiddly to use that I felt the need to message the researcher afterwards to tell them just how bad it was. The VR experience was supposed to take under 2 minutes but I was 2 minutes into it before the voice over even told me what to click on, and then it took ages for the screen to show what was stated to be my social media feeds but turned out to be a survey (very fiddly to do on a VR screen) with an ad in the middle of it, followed by having to spend ages Alt-Tabbing back and forth between that and my browser to manually enter, a bit at a time because Ctrl-V didn't work, my Prolific ID in tiny fuzzy text and double-check to make sure I'd got it right.

The estimated time was 8 minutes, I managed it in about 14 because I'm quite computer-savvy, and I see the average is now even longer. I hope they've got money in their budget for having to pay everyone extra.

onemouseplace

elsien said:

Would someone be able to post an idiot’s guide as to how to change my PayPal dollars to pounds? I’ve looked at their page, but it’s not any help as it says there is a “more “ option in the wallet to convert, which I don’t appear to have. . Does it need a minimum amount? Thank you. 

ETA – I might just stop doing the dollar ones. It’s too much of a faff and probably loses too much in the currency conversion. 

I managed to withdraw my USD to GBP in my bank account by doing two separate withdrawals when I transferred the money from my Paypal wallet - so a GBP transfer from my GBP wallet, and then a transfer from my USD wallet.  Paypal didn't charge me any extra to do two transfers as far as I can tell.

Graceglow

onemouseplace said:

elsien said:

Would someone be able to post an idiot’s guide as to how to change my PayPal dollars to pounds? I’ve looked at their page, but it’s not any help as it says there is a “more “ option in the wallet to convert, which I don’t appear to have. . Does it need a minimum amount? Thank you. 

ETA – I might just stop doing the dollar ones. It’s too much of a faff and probably loses too much in the currency conversion. 

I managed to withdraw my USD to GBP in my bank account by doing two separate withdrawals when I transferred the money from my Paypal wallet - so a GBP transfer from my GBP wallet, and then a transfer from my USD wallet.  Paypal didn't charge me any extra to do two transfers as far as I can tell.

I’ve just done exactly the same. No charges from PayPal & an easy process. 

Already showing in my bank account as 2 separate transactions.

elsien

onemouseplace said:

elsien said:

Would someone be able to post an idiot’s guide as to how to change my PayPal dollars to pounds? I’ve looked at their page, but it’s not any help as it says there is a “more “ option in the wallet to convert, which I don’t appear to have. . Does it need a minimum amount? Thank you. 

ETA – I might just stop doing the dollar ones. It’s too much of a faff and probably loses too much in the currency conversion. 

I managed to withdraw my USD to GBP in my bank account by doing two separate withdrawals when I transferred the money from my Paypal wallet - so a GBP transfer from my GBP wallet, and then a transfer from my USD wallet.  Paypal didn't charge me any extra to do two transfers as far as I can tell.

So does your bank then decide what exchange rate is being used for the transfer, and how does that compare?  It's not about any extra fees, I'm trying to work out how to get the best exchange rate for the transfer back into pounds. 

Graceglow

elsien said:

onemouseplace said:

elsien said:

Would someone be able to post an idiot’s guide as to how to change my PayPal dollars to pounds? I’ve looked at their page, but it’s not any help as it says there is a “more “ option in the wallet to convert, which I don’t appear to have. . Does it need a minimum amount? Thank you. 

ETA – I might just stop doing the dollar ones. It’s too much of a faff and probably loses too much in the currency conversion. 

I managed to withdraw my USD to GBP in my bank account by doing two separate withdrawals when I transferred the money from my Paypal wallet - so a GBP transfer from my GBP wallet, and then a transfer from my USD wallet.  Paypal didn't charge me any extra to do two transfers as far as I can tell.

So does your bank then decide what exchange rate is being used for the transfer, and how does that compare?  It's not about any extra fees, I'm trying to work out how to get the best exchange rate for the transfer back into pounds. 

Paypal convert it for you. 

The rate today is £1 = $1.2160
It shows you in your wallet.
I earned $5.55 & £4.26 went in the bank.
Hope this helps.

DaveQ

Graceglow said:

elsien said:

onemouseplace said:

elsien said:

Would someone be able to post an idiot’s guide as to how to change my PayPal dollars to pounds? I’ve looked at their page, but it’s not any help as it says there is a “more “ option in the wallet to convert, which I don’t appear to have. . Does it need a minimum amount? Thank you. 

ETA – I might just stop doing the dollar ones. It’s too much of a faff and probably loses too much in the currency conversion. 

I managed to withdraw my USD to GBP in my bank account by doing two separate withdrawals when I transferred the money from my Paypal wallet - so a GBP transfer from my GBP wallet, and then a transfer from my USD wallet.  Paypal didn't charge me any extra to do two transfers as far as I can tell.

So does your bank then decide what exchange rate is being used for the transfer, and how does that compare?  It's not about any extra fees, I'm trying to work out how to get the best exchange rate for the transfer back into pounds. 

Paypal convert it for you. 

The rate today is £1 = $1.2160
It shows you in your wallet.
I earned $5.55 & £4.26 went in the bank.
Hope this helps.

There IS a charge. It is built into the exchange rate

silvercar

I wonder if you could transfer to revolut or wise and hold in dollars?

[Deleted User]

Does anyone know if you can use the same computer or phone and have 2 separate accounts using the same device.
My brother also wants to do surveys has signed up can we both use the same devices to do the surveys