[NefCanuck]

nass,May 3 2006, 10:13 PM Wrote:yup when you buy online from the US and pay via paypal ALWAYS choose the option to have your credit card do the conversion. Paypal sets it's own rate which is usually 3 cents more than the bank rate. Your CC will almost always give you a much better rate.
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Not always and many CC's have started charging a "conversion fee" on top of the exchange rate when going from USD to CDN (IIRC Amex's is 2.2% of the total transaction for example)

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