Weird. On all other credit card currency conversion amount, I'm told the local amount, and then the AUD amount. Eg: Qala Lima. Frgn Amnt: 159.60 Nuevo Sol - $58.65
However, the Google transaction made no mention of the local amount. However, it did mention US. So I guess you are correct. GOOGLE \GOOGLE.COM/CH US - $3.03 Cheers. On Nov 11, 6:39 pm, webmonkey <[email protected]> wrote: > Google does not do the actual currency conversion, your CC does. See: > > http://market.android.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=48414 > > If Google would do the conversion, we would not have all the problem > with people not being able to buy in a foreign currency because their > card does not support it. > > On Nov 10, 2:03 am, Craigo <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > The odd thing is, Google did an authorisation in Australian dollars, > > so Visa didn't have to convert anything. It's just that the Android > > Market estimation and the actual charge had a 5% difference. > > > Visa makes money by charging Google a fee for using the service. > > Presumably, Google absorbs this fee from the 30% charge they take from > > me. > > > Sometimes retailers put a fee on top of a credit card purchase to > > cover Visas fee, however, they are supposed to disclose this. And as > > the only payment option available in the Android Market is a credit > > card, that would be a little rich of Google to do this. > > > On Nov 9, 7:10 pm, webmonkey <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Google's approximation is probably correct, it is just that credit > > > card companies take a few extra % when doing currency conversion. > > > PayPal also does this. They have to make money somehow ;-) > > > > On Nov 9, 12:14 am, Craigo <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Ah! Good pickup! Yes, apologies, it was just an authorisation. > > > > > ...but still, their currency conversion is 5% off. > > > > > On Nov 9, 4:54 am, webmonkey <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Are you sure it is an actual charge and not a pending one? > > > > > > See also this topic on the Market help site: > > > > > >http://market.android.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=170791 > > > > > > Is it not just an authorization? > > > > > > On Nov 8, 2:07 am, Craigo <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > As a developer, I think the Android Market is great, I'm making a > > > > > > nice > > > > > > bit of money from a little game I made. > > > > > > > I have just recently bought my first app (been a little busy to look > > > > > > at actually playing, instead of coding). The purchase was smooth > > > > > > enough. However, I played it for about 1 minute, didn't like the > > > > > > game > > > > > > and returned it. I got an e-mail confirming that I had returned it > > > > > > no > > > > > > problems. The process was all working great. > > > > > > > However, today, there is a charge from Google on my credit card for > > > > > > $3.03. > > > > > > > There are two things wrong with this. > > > > > > 1. Obviously, I returned the game, so the charge should not have > > > > > > been > > > > > > there at all. > > > > > > 2. Their currency conversion is terrible! The estimated cost was > > > > > > $2.98 for the game (amount was converted to Australian dollars). > > > > > > > I now understand why I get so many emails from buyers saying they > > > > > > never bought the game, and I get the odd credit card chargeback fee > > > > > > from disputed transactions. > > > > > > > Obviously, I'm not going to worry about the charge, it is only $3. > > > > > > However, I really hope Google get on top of this, and I will now be > > > > > > more sympathetic to buyers that complain about invalid charges. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en.
