Jezz, but Paypal is expensive lately

[Drifter]

Bought some goods from UK. They charged me R18.40 per pound. :wtf::wtf:

 

[geezer]

Sounds about correct to me. The current excange rate is 1 GBP = 17.82 ZAR

 

[hellfire]

What did you want them to charge?

 

[NeonNinja]

Nothing wary here.

 

[JvanD]

Exchange rates is crap. Glad yours works!

 

[VG008]

Bought some goods from UK. They charged me R18.40 per pound. :wtf::wtf:

Yes, they make money from converting the currency, same like how VISA/MasterCard makes money for the currency conversion.
With paypal, you have an option to let PayPal convert the currency or your bank (MasterCard/VISA).

I'm not sure if South Africa banks pass on this fee to the client.

 

[genetic]

Jezz?

Do you mean jizz or jeez?

 

[hellfire]

Jezz?

Do you mean jizz or jeez?

OP meant both. Hence jezz

 

[zamicro]

I also realized it. Did 2 transactions the other day, one with paypal conversion and one without. Worked out about the same rate. Paypal used to be a lot cheaper.

 

[xrapidx]

Investec is cheaper than paypal. But - if you get refunded, you get refunded on the current exchange rate, so could go either way. Afaik, if you get refunded with paypal doing the conversion, they use the same rate as the day you purchased.

 

[DJ...]

They're real Jezzebels...*

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