On Sunday, March 19, 2006, at 12:15 AM, Tamara P Duvall wrote:
As it is, PayPal calculated it at almost a dollar more than the Currency Converter did. Small potatoes, but cents add up to dollars, and dollars help the retirement fund :)
That $1 difference is the spread between the cost to the bank/Visa and the price from the bank/Visa to you.
3) The PayPal confirmation came at $25.01 for the 20Euro purchase... The fee for the currency exchange was not included, so I'm not sure how much the transaction will _actually_ come to.
My experience has been the the amount quoted by PayPal is the amount charged to my Visa. The 'fee' is the spread - see above.
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