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After using Chrome to print labels successfully for 7 years, I too had PayPal's Canada Post shipping labels show miniature and become useless since October 2013.  I installed StyleBot which allowed me to install the little fix code shown below.  Now my labels are printing in normal size instead of stupid little postage stamp size.  I don't want to be forced to install StyleBot to make Google Chrome again compatible with PayPal, instead PAYPAL SHOULD INCORPORATE THIS SIMPLE CODE INTO YOUR MAILING LABEL PRINT PREVIEW!!!! div#image1 img { height: 100%; width: 100%; } ... View more

ClipHarness... I am experiencing printing problems and ran into your post.  One guess might be your printer Paper Size could be set to "business card" or something unusual.  Go into your printer setting and verify your Paper is set to 8.5" x 11".   As all browsers act the same way this seems more likely to be a Windows Printer Setting and not a browser setting.... Good Luck... Ian Parenteau ... View more

I tried to open a US Dollar Account with my local RBC branch here in Canada, explaining to them I required an RBC bank account from a branch with a USA based street address.  In the application form a required field is "customer mailing address - United States addresses only".  I did not have any USA street address, therefore the customer service agent could not continue or provide with an account from an RBC branch with a USA street address.  Apparently this simple address requirement is part of the new USA/Canada Anti-Money Laundering (AML) banking requirements.  Thank you for the suggestion. ... View more

All of this confusion would be cleared up if each currency exchange transaction shows a simple "PayPal Currency Exchange Fee", instead of "working it in to the spread".   Building the fee into exchange rate is what is confusing to almost everyone on this forum topic. ... View more

It would be simple and clear if any and all fees were shown on each transaction, instead of making customers "hunt down" answers to questions that keep coming up.  Obviously there is a communication problem when people keep complaining about the currency exchange math again and again in these forums.... ... View more

I agree wholeheartedly: Canadian customers with US dollar only bank accounts should be allowed to withdraw PayPal USD balance with NO CONVERSION. ... View more

The problem is PayPal forces all non-USA transactions to be in the destination country's currency.  PayPal does not understand or accomodate US Dollar only credit cards issued by banks outside the USA.  PayPal does not understand or accomodate US Dollar only bank accounts from banks outside the USA.  There is a lot of forced and unnecessary currency exchanges happening at PayPal. ... View more

I need to pay my overseas suppliers in US currency.  As PayPal will not allow a US dollar withdrawal into my US dollar account at my Canadian bank, I am always forced to pay double exchange fees 1) Withdraw PayPal US Funds to my Canadian addressed bank account forced to be Canadian dollars by PayPal, then 2) Exchange CAD to USD to pay my overseas suppliers. ... View more

Hidden 2.5% Currency Conversion Fees make huge money for financial institutions, including PayPal.                This is the dirty little banking secret used by every bank, every credit card, and PayPal EVERY TIME there is a currency conversion: They are automatically adding a hidden 2.5% currency conversion fee to your transaction, thus your ACTUAL conversion rate is always 2.5% higher than the rate published anywhere, including the web, newspapers, TV, eBay, etc.  It looks like bait and switch because the fee is hidden.                What's the exchange rate on that purchase anyone might ask?  $1 CAD to $1 USD is what might be currently published everywhere, including automatic price conversions displayed on eBay, but when it comes time to complete that purchase you are actually charged $1.025 CAD.                   The same holds true when withdrawing funds from a 'foreign' PayPal balance to your local currency bank account: When the currency exchange is published worldwide at $1 CAD to $1 USD, and you withdraw $1 USD into your Canadian bank account you will only receive 0.975 CAD in your bank account, because PayPal has scooped a hidden 2.5% currency exchange fee.                You have to search hard for it, but hidden away in PayPal's help it does state: "Payments requiring a currency conversion include a 2.5% fee".     PayPal is not unique in this as all credit cards and banks also include a hidden 2.5% currency exchange fee every time they perform a currency conversion.   Hope this helps.   Ian ... View more