Ebay quoted exchange rate vs. PayPals ACTUAL exchange rate..

Sailfishonfly
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     Anyone else notice how much more you are paying in foreign purchases in  your PayPal transaction vs what Ebay says the conversion is??   It is 4-5% MORE THAN QUOTED BY EBAY... I have noted that it also is 4-5% worse than Discover or Visa rate.....so I am now going to pay for my foreign currency transactions (particularly those items purchased from Canadians) with my Visa or Discover cards.  (Just paid for a camera that Ebay should as a $240  transaction and Ebay charged me $249!)  PayPal does not allow, nor accept questioning of the rate, which is obviously excessive.

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