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Author Topic: Paypal charging 1.5%  (Read 6400 times)
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Dottie b
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« Reply To This #10 on: January 18, 2008, 06:35:22 PM »
Quote from: Sherri on January 18, 2008, 02:59:48 PM
I do not have my paypal account tied to my bank account at all. When I make a payment I pay in the currency of the seller. when I pay Kiva, I don't even log into paypal I just make a direct CC payment.

I refuse to give paypal my bank account info.


How do you pay Kiva without logging into Paypal? Kiva automatically takes me to Paypal.

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« Reply To This #11 on: January 18, 2008, 08:33:23 PM »
I think we technically do log in to PayPal, but choose the "pay with credit card" option instead of opening a PayPal account.  We too are cautious about linking PayPal to our bank account.

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« Reply To This #12 on: January 18, 2008, 08:45:53 PM »
Quote from: AccountAbility on January 18, 2008, 08:33:23 PM
I think we technically do log in to PayPal, but choose the "pay with credit card" option instead of opening a PayPal account.  We too are cautious about linking PayPal to our bank account.

Dan

That's what I do, too. Can't see a reason to link to my bank account, as I don't use it for great sums.

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« Reply To This #13 on: January 19, 2008, 12:05:21 AM »
Quote from: Dottie b on January 18, 2008, 06:35:22 PM
How do you pay Kiva without logging into Paypal? Kiva automatically takes me to Paypal.

Dottie B

Dottie, When I arrive on the Paypal screen there is the box to log in... alternatively there's an option to pay with a credit card without logging in.... I use that option. Down side is you have to fill in your address and other info from scratch.
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« Reply To This #14 on: January 19, 2008, 12:09:23 AM »
Quote from: Neverino on January 18, 2008, 02:55:48 PM
so, do you mean that your account on paypal is both CAN$ and US$ , your visa in on a CAN$ account, and you are able to have paypal getting US$? if so, i would be very grateful if you can suggest me how to achive this, as i'm not able...
many thanks
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I think I have USD set to my default in Paypal, even though I'm Canadian. I prefer to take the currency of the seller and have Visa convert it- I get a better rate.
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« Reply To This #15 on: January 22, 2008, 03:36:32 PM »
Yes, you can use multiple currencies.

A few days ago I made 2 loans on the same day.

The first loan I did the normal way from my creditcard with the paypal exchangerate. $25 was €17,37.

For the second loan I charged $25 from my creditcard, and let mastercard convert it, that tuned out to be €17, 30

So it does make a difference, it might not be huge but is worth knowing.
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« Reply To This #16 on: January 22, 2008, 05:08:19 PM »
thanks Tatiana,
i'll try next time
cheers
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