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<p>[QUOTE="Heliodromus, post: 8008244, member: 120820"]I normally use PayPal where accepted (most do). Typically there is a 3-4% charge for using PayPal, but if you have your PayPal account linked to a cashback credit card then you'll get half of that back. I always click on PayPal's "conversion options" (I think that's what they call it) when paying and select to pay in local currency (EUR, etc), not USD, since that way you're getting your credit card's conversion rate which is likely more competitive than PayPal's. As mentioned above, you really want to have a credit card that doesn't charge foreign transaction fees.</p><p><br /></p><p>At the end of the day the couple of percent you usually pay for using PayPal, or a credit card, is negligible compared to buyers fees and shipping costs.</p><p><br /></p><p>The worst way to pay for European auctions from the US is bank wire transfer, which is horribly expensive, as opposed to within Europe where it's either very cheap or free.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Heliodromus, post: 8008244, member: 120820"]I normally use PayPal where accepted (most do). Typically there is a 3-4% charge for using PayPal, but if you have your PayPal account linked to a cashback credit card then you'll get half of that back. I always click on PayPal's "conversion options" (I think that's what they call it) when paying and select to pay in local currency (EUR, etc), not USD, since that way you're getting your credit card's conversion rate which is likely more competitive than PayPal's. As mentioned above, you really want to have a credit card that doesn't charge foreign transaction fees. At the end of the day the couple of percent you usually pay for using PayPal, or a credit card, is negligible compared to buyers fees and shipping costs. The worst way to pay for European auctions from the US is bank wire transfer, which is horribly expensive, as opposed to within Europe where it's either very cheap or free.[/QUOTE]
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