Hi,
This is what PAYPAL should have told you.....
in the old (better) layout
once you did the the default currency options
www.gamedealscanada.com/2016/06/09/changing-paypals-default-currency-conversion-option/
on your main preferences/options
this would naturally reflect on the checkout,
so you would setup this once
and it would be done for every transaction
from that point onwards.
Now some greedy minion at Paypal came up
with a great idea to sneak in
another extra idiot tax fee of around 3-5%
on the exchange rates for the less aware.
So....
NOW on the NEW LAYOUT/CHECKOUT
you ALWAYS have to choose the option
to be billed in the original currency
regardless of wether this has already been selected
in the main website default options or not.
That option in the main site is there
in both old and new
but only works if a particular transaction
gets the OLD CHECKOUT at the end,
wich happens very very rarely at the moment.
So how do you do it now???
The option to bill our CC/Bank in the original currency
and let our CC/Bank do the conversion instead of Paypal
is still there in the NEW checkout layout,
its just a bit hidden,
in order to extort a few more % out of the less attentive
on any foreign currency transactions they make.
So....
On the NEW CHECKOUT....
Just click on Change just below the Exchange rate info
as per the example below
x-0069 EUR 69.69
Exchange rate: EUR 1.00 = £0.81
Which opens
the Payment Options
for example to Change which CC/Bank
you want to use for this particular transaction
as per the example below:
And then...
just click on any of the EUR 1.00 = £0.81 links
to Open small a bogus EXCHANGE RATE INFO dialogue box next to it
as per below:
Exchange rate converted as of
12/22/2016, GMT 10:07 AM.
View exchange rate options
And then
just click on the View exchange rate options link
to Open the EXCHANGE RATE OPTIONS popup Screen
for this transaction.
It should say someyhing like:
or something similar
(can't copy paste the atual text at the moment as PP is having ripping off issues)
Just select the bottom option
And THAT's IT
Please bear in mind that on the new checkout
you'll have to do this
ALL OVER AGAIN
IN EVERY SINGLE TRANSACTION
involving foreign currencies.
PS 1 -
These examples are from ebay transactions/invoices
but there is a similar procedure for sending money
and paying PP invoices as well.
PS 2 -
Be sure that as soon as enough people figure this out
and the revenues of this idiot tax drop significantly,
paypal will surely hide this somewhere else
for another round of this endless greedy cat and mouse game.
Have fun...
