Australian barners should read this

[updraught]

Originally Posted by updraught

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I used Paypal and it didn't give me the option to use the credit card for currency conversion. Paypal did the currency conversion.
This is not legal under the Paypal terms and conditions. So I've been overcharged.
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Finally, got a proper answer out of Paypal. It's a process that's made to get you to give up. I had to edit their steps as they got it wrong.

To NOT have Paypal do a currency conversion do this:

To set up this preference, follow these steps:

1. Log in to your PayPal account.
2. Click the Settings icon next to "Log out".
3. Click the Payments tab.
4. Click "Pre-approved payments" under "Can't find what you're looking for? Try the Pre-approved payments page.Some logos provided by Clearbit"
5. Click Set Available Funding Sources.
6. Conversion options next to the affected card.
7. Select your currency conversion preference and click Submit.