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Since, I am placing orders with Sellers in My Own Country.. Why is there a Conversion Fee at all?  Refunds, are Consistently Less - because of the Conversion Fee with PayPal...NOT MORE! IN Fact - I think the Refunds have had the Whole Conversion Fee SHORTED on the REFUND ... View more

I guess since my Most Recent Post was Deleted and Marked as Spam Let me Continue on with this Previous Post and Say  FOOLED ME ONCE - SHAME ON YOU FOOLED ME TWICE _ SHAME ON ME! Now it's Aug. 2020 I've had Several Frustrations with Orders on eBay within the Last Month.   1st Order I order an exhaust from N.Y. though Seller Using the Global Shipping Program. The Item goes from N.Y. to Kentucky - 600 miles in the Opposite Direction of the Destination - Nova Scotia Canada Tacking States: Delivered and Signed for, with no Status Updates for 20 Days. The Seller Ignores my Messages and Cancels the Order. ____________________________________________________ Order 2 -  I order Exhaust Part (from Different Seller). "FREE UPS Standard to Canada"  Item location:VANCOUVER, Canada After Placing the Order I see "UPS"  - Which SIGNALS THE RED FLAG - This is a COURIER AND I used a P.O.Box. I Contact the Seller to inform of An Alternative Address if they cannot ship the item to the P.O. Box. 4 Days Later the Message from the Seller is: Dear buyer, your address is incomplete, we cannot ship the item to you. The Seller Cancelled the Order. I Paid 134.88  Refund $128.81 Loss -$6.07 CAN I call eBay - They tell me to take it up with PayPal; for the Conversion Fee. ________________________________________________________ I Place an Order again, with the Above Seller on eBay  This time the Seller: Uploads Tracking Information; and Replies in a Message asking for An Additional Payment of $30.00 though PayPal for Shipping-  after Uploading Tracking Info .... This time I Cancel the Order Purchase 134.66 Refund:   128.68 Loss:        -$5.98 __________________________________________________ Order 4  Home Appliance  "FREE Standard Shipping" Item location: Brampton, Canada (going to Nova Scotia) 10 Days after Payment the Seller Requests a Physical Address ( other than the P.O.Box) 11 Days after Purchase, Seller Cancelled the Order -he cannot supply the item due to Damage. (though I Placed My Order - Before Others) I Suspect, I will get a Refund - LESS THAN THE FULL PURCHASE PRICE of $215.00 CAN ______________________________________________________________________ In Regards to these Sellers that are Saying "Free Shipping" I believe the General Rule of Thumb is:  If it's going by Courier, they Do Not Deliver to P.O.Boxes. I do try to Notify Sellers of an Alternative Address.. However; I've Often Ordered and see a Message at Check Out:  "Seller Does Not Ship to P.O. Boxes"  - and the Order is Not Processed unless the Shipping Address is Changed.  Most Buyers, have No Way to Know, if Sellers are using - Canada Post/ UPS/ FEDEX, etc. unless otherwise stated.  I tried to contact PayPal by Phone but was Given the Run Around by the  Machine; Eventually told: I COULD NOT SPEAK TO A REP! I Suspect that I'll be out $20.00 this month - Sellers are Stating "Free Shipping" and Orders are being "Cancelled" or "Not Arriving". I might also point out that 3 of the 4 Orders are from Sellers within Canada - WHY HAVE PRICES IN U.S. DOLLARS  and the CONVERSIONS - if You're Buying in Your Own Country?And I don't think it's ever worked out that I got more because of the Conversion Fee being Refunded. ... View more

I might also point out that 3 of the 4 Orders are from Sellers within Canada - WHY HAVE PRICES IN U.S. DOLLARS  and the CONVERSIONS - if You're Buying in Your Own Country? ... View more

The Order was US $90.95 and Cost me CAN $125.12  (1 CAD = 0.7269 USD) The Refund was CAN$   119.64  (1 USD = 1.3155 CAD) The Difference of what I had paid and was Refunded of $5.48, is Nearly 5%! When I called P.P. they told me  you do not get the CONVERSION FEE, when being REFUNDED- as per New Terms of Agreement. ... View more

I can, and do, only Speak of My Transactions Using P.P. - and I like to try to provide ACCURATE and COMPLETE INFORMATION. To say what Usually happens, or, What You Believe SHOULD HAPPEN, and not what can happen, is INCOMPLETE when answering someone's Inquiry.   Thanks for your 2¢'s worth, kernowlass! ... View more

I always use a Debit or Credit Card, when paying for Goods online with PayPal. There are RARE Instances when P.P. will CREDIT YOUR ACCOUNT - It DOES HAPPEN. ... View more

Yes it is NORMALLY Refunded back to the SOURCE of the Payment; however there are times P.P. will apply a CREDIT to your P.P. Account. Depending on where you Ordered from and to may also Affect Your Refund: I Ordered from the U.S. to Canada - the Supplier Contacted Me after Payment, to say they could not fill my Order...So I Cancelled it. When I got the Refund from P.P. they kept $5.48 CAN for the Conversion fee of $125.12. Kinda feel I was SHORT CHANGED  Gonna Have to RE-EVALUATE where I buy my Goods from, and How I Pay for them! ... View more