Re: Paypal question
Bill, While I haven't dealt with this myself, you have very little control of how the payer is charged. I am aware of the situation when a person in Russia was trying to pay for something charged in USD (to a US-based company). So, he used his bank account that was in USD. But because his account's address was in Russia, he was charged in roubles, charged a currency conversion (RUB->USD) fee, and then the bank has also charged him a currency conversion fee (USD->RUB). So, this person ended up paying a double-conversion fee. I am not sure how and IF that can be avoided in that situation. One has to read Paypal's TOS and all the fine print, and possibly talk with their customer support. I suspect that the best you can try in this situation for yourself is to specify the amount in CAD. (As Mark C. has suggested.) Can you "invoice" him via Paypal? And yes, beware of the seller's fee (some %) that Paypal will take from that amount. HTH, Igor On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 10:53 PM, Bill wrote: Ive managed to find a buyer for my DA70mm lens, finally. What I'm wondering, can the buyer specify the payment to be made in Canadian funds? He is from the USA. It seems to me that when Paypal has to convert American dollar payments to Canadian funds, I get dinged a few percent. I'm hoping to avoid that by having the purchaser specify he is paying in Canadian funds. thanks bill -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Paypal question
I sold a lens to a guy in Canada last week and received 100% of the purchase price in USD. I just asked him to send me the payment and gave the the USD value. I'd assume that you could do the same. As a seller, though, paypal charged me the processing fee. Mark On 8/18/2016 11:53 PM, Bill wrote: Ive managed to find a buyer for my DA70mm lens, finally. What I'm wondering, can the buyer specify the payment to be made in Canadian funds? He is from the USA. It seems to me that when Paypal has to convert American dollar payments to Canadian funds, I get dinged a few percent. I'm hoping to avoid that by having the purchaser specify he is paying in Canadian funds. thanks bill --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Paypal question
On 8/19/2016 4:40 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Just tell him to send the extra fees for currency conversion. Thanks Bob, it isn't a huge deal, but I'm already fire saling this lens, so I don't want to take any other hits on it. On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 10:53 PM, Bill wrote: Ive managed to find a buyer for my DA70mm lens, finally. What I'm wondering, can the buyer specify the payment to be made in Canadian funds? He is from the USA. It seems to me that when Paypal has to convert American dollar payments to Canadian funds, I get dinged a few percent. I'm hoping to avoid that by having the purchaser specify he is paying in Canadian funds. thanks bill -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Paypal question
Just tell him to send the extra fees for currency conversion. On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 10:53 PM, Bill wrote: > Ive managed to find a buyer for my DA70mm lens, finally. > What I'm wondering, can the buyer specify the payment to be made in Canadian > funds? He is from the USA. > It seems to me that when Paypal has to convert American dollar payments to > Canadian funds, I get dinged a few percent. I'm hoping to avoid that by > having the purchaser specify he is paying in Canadian funds. > > thanks > > bill > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
