David. Thanks for your reply and your offer to adjust the card currency. My card(s) are already set for USD primary currency. I've made USD transactions successfully in the past. What was different this time around was that the transaction was done through the (updated?) ebay app, which, when I tried to access the paypal page, simply bounced back to the ebay app itself. Paypal payment clearly worked, but there was no option offered to adjust currency options like there is on the normal desktop based access. So if the missing step is showing the currency conversion option with the purchase, then yes, I think the feedback here is that the ebay app and paypal interface do not do this, at least on an iPhone with the current iOS standard and all apps updated. What really bugged me about this event though was that, even after I called Paypal to say, my intention was to stick with USD, the transaction showed me it would process in USD and the conversion happened anyway, the response was, in essence, too bad, the transaction is done. I have never had a merchant take that approach. There are two steps to this transaction, payment to the ebay vendor and charging to me. The 'charging to me' transaction should have been in US dollars, I don't know why Paypal would be intransigent. I called within minutes of making the transaction. Simple goodwill would have suggested a different response. The customer service agent I spoke with (Ash #43631) left me with the impression that I was not being straight or with him or perhaps lacked the ability to comprehend the system. All I can say to that is that I seem to have figured it out in the past and if someone with a degree in Computer Science can't figure out the subtleties required to get this right, maybe there is a design issue or and update has introduced a new issue. But in the end, I'm stuck paying more than I planned to. So yes, please, if you can take the technical concern back, that would be great. Along the way, perhaps someone can hear that when a customer takes the time to try and correct a surprise $35 surcharge, insulting their intelligence or integrity in reporting the issue might not go over great. Cheers John
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