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Paypal or CC charges for buying overseas.

Buckeye

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Has anyone done a comparison using Paypal with their inflated exchange rate and their CC company + charges for having the audacity to buy abroad?

Seeing as the £ is so high at the moment I don't seem to be seeing that reflected with Paypal.

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My bank charged me for buying from timber bits so the next time I paid buy paypal still using my credit card and never got charged
 

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My bank charged me for buying from timber bits so the next time I paid buy paypal still using my credit card and never got charged

Yes mine did the same (Natwest) so I used Paypal, but I am wondering if the banks exchange rate + charges are better than Paypal's exchange rate. The banks never used to charge for buying from abroad.

Peter
 

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OOOh dunno mate you need money to do that init?
I don't got none so it's irrelevant to me.
 

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I bought from TB for the first time earlier this month. I'll have to check the bank statement when it comes through the door, see if I got charged and how much :thinks:
 

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I bought from TB for the first time earlier this month. I'll have to check the bank statement when it comes through the door, see if I got charged and how much :thinks:

Can you check if you used CC or DC and if there were charges for DC, please.

Peter
 

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Would have been using my DC. I don't have a CC

I have been wondering if it is better to pay with a DC, but it would depend if there are no charges apart from exchange rate.

Peter
 
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