Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | Nubs_Select  | | Posted: | Dec 28, 2023 19:26 | | Subject: | Re: Part out value | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Currency | |
| In Currency, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Currency, Nubs_Select writes:
| | I might be wrong but you may need a seller account to change that currency tho
if I'm wrong someone will correct me
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AFAIK, you’re right… and that’s scary 
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| Author: | kittybrickz | | Posted: | Dec 28, 2023 19:24 | | Subject: | Re: Part out value | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Currency | |
| I live in Canada and if I'm not signed into my seller account then part out
price shows in USD. It changes when I log in to CAD. It's not much help but
seems to follow what everyone is saying.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Dec 28, 2023 18:52 | | Subject: | Re: Part out value | | Viewed: | 56 times | | Topic: | Currency | |
| In Currency, Nubs_Select writes:
| | I might be wrong but you may need a seller account to change that currency tho
if I'm wrong someone will correct me
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AFAIK, you’re right… and that’s scary
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| Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Dec 28, 2023 18:47 | | Subject: | Re: Part out value | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Currency | |
| I might be wrong but you may need a seller account to change that currency tho
if I'm wrong someone will correct me
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| Author: | Cyberstyle | | Posted: | Dec 28, 2023 18:39 | | Subject: | Part out value | | Viewed: | 156 times | | Topic: | Currency | |
| Hi
Is there a way to change the currency for the part out value under price guide?
Probably not, but I'm asking because I get SEK everywhere else but always
USD under Part out value.
It's a bit annoying to have to convert it, especially since it's in SEK
on Rebrickable. They differ wildly in value though, so I'm not entirely sure
which is right. same with Brickstore.
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| Author: | Stellar | | Posted: | Jun 21, 2023 05:42 | | Subject: | Re: Display in US dollar | | Viewed: | 56 times | | Topic: | Currency | |
| In Currency, Goofball814 writes:
| | Under My BL, it shows all my purchases in the currency of the selling country
(ie, when I purchase from China, it shows everything in CYN, or purchases from
Europe show in Euro). Is there a way to have them display in US dollar?
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As far as I know you can't choose to view a different currency than the one
used to make the order at checkout.
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| Author: | Goofball814 | | Posted: | Jun 20, 2023 23:10 | | Subject: | Display in US dollar | | Viewed: | 85 times | | Topic: | Currency | |
| Under My BL, it shows all my purchases in the currency of the selling country
(ie, when I purchase from China, it shows everything in CYN, or purchases from
Europe show in Euro). Is there a way to have them display in US dollar?
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| Author: | tommycarstensen | | Posted: | Mar 20, 2023 17:48 | | Subject: | Re: Price guide currency? | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | Currency | |
| In Currency, Turez writes:
Of course! That's the solution Turez! Thanks so much guys! This has bothered
me for years, after I left the UK after Brexit.
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| Author: | Brickwilbo | | Posted: | Mar 17, 2023 16:47 | | Subject: | Re: Price guide currency? | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Currency | |
| In Currency, Brickwilbo writes:
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| Author: | tommycarstensen | | Posted: | Mar 17, 2023 16:17 | | Subject: | Price guide currency? | | Viewed: | 93 times | | Topic: | Currency | |
| How does one change the price guide currency? I've tried changing my country.
I don't see a currency option under price guide settings. I see the prices
in GBP. I would like to see them in DKK or EUR instead.
https://www.bricklink.com/priceGuideSettings.asp?viewFrom=P
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| Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | Mar 10, 2023 10:33 | | Subject: | Re: Fixed (unfavorable) exchange rates !?! | | Viewed: | 55 times | | Topic: | Currency | |
| | | I hope you are serious, because it would be extremely weak for being a joke!
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Yes, of course here I'm serious.
| | Do you really think that rates would be variable and matching in 33 cases, and
then FIXED by magic since 10th of January, IN EVERY SINGLE CASE?
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I can't see anything with this resolution; post pics on Imgur for instance.
I guess you opened a ticket; then I don't see much you can do more here,
sorry.
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| Author: | rankster | | Posted: | Mar 10, 2023 04:40 | | Subject: | Re: 2 paypal accounts; 1 for USD, 1 for Euro? | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Currency | |
| In Currency, pcthurman writes:
| | In order to withdraw or transfer
those currencies, I have to convert them into USD before transferring to my own
bank account.
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That way you lose a lot due to PP's awful exchange rate. Isn't there
an option for US accounts to transfer other currencies than USD to bank accounts?
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Mar 10, 2023 04:38 | | Subject: | Re: 2 paypal accounts; 1 for USD, 1 for Euro? | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Currency | |
| In Currency, Yellow.Brick writes:
| | In Currency, yorbrick writes:
| | In Currency, Yellow.Brick writes:
| | I live in the US but I also have a bank account in an EU country where I transfer
USD when it gets close to parity with the Euro. I spend 1-2 months in europe
every year so this has helped hedge against currency exchange rates. So I've
already jumped through all those hoops in order to have banking accounts as a
non-citizen.
So...
is it at all possible to have two paypal accounts linked to my store where people
paying in USD would route through my US account and people in the EU would route
through a European account?
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Can't you just open a Euro wallet within your PayPal account? My account
can accept GBP, Euro and USD and each goes to a different wallet.
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I'd have to look in to it. The primary goal is to not have to worry about
any transaction/wire/conversion fees. It's a teensy portion of bricklink
sales but every bit helps to avoid conversion fees.
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It used to be that you could have multiple wallets and link each to a different
account in different countries. My Euro wallet used to be linked to a Dutch bank
account. But that was pre-2016 and things could well have changed if you want
to transfer money out. You can still use different currency wallets to collect
and spend via PayPal but withdrawing might be different now.
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| Author: | pcthurman | | Posted: | Mar 10, 2023 04:36 | | Subject: | Re: 2 paypal accounts; 1 for USD, 1 for Euro? | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Currency | |
| In Currency, Yellow.Brick writes:
| | I live in the US but I also have a bank account in an EU country where I transfer
USD when it gets close to parity with the Euro. I spend 1-2 months in europe
every year so this has helped hedge against currency exchange rates. So I've
already jumped through all those hoops in order to have banking accounts as a
non-citizen.
So...
is it at all possible to have two paypal accounts linked to my store where people
paying in USD would route through my US account and people in the EU would route
through a European account?
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If you have a business PayPal account, you can except other currencies without
problem and use those currencies without problems. In order to withdraw or transfer
those currencies, I have to convert them into USD before transferring to my own
bank account. That might be my bank though. I am not clear on this point.
Cass T
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| Author: | rankster | | Posted: | Mar 10, 2023 04:31 | | Subject: | Re: Fixed (unfavorable) exchange rates !?! | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Currency | |
| In Currency, MOCbase writes:
It seems to be fixed by now but an explanation by BL/TLG would be nice since
sellers accepting foreign currencies lost up to 10% or even more during this
period due to this bug.
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| Author: | rankster | | Posted: | Mar 10, 2023 03:56 | | Subject: | Re: XE.COM | | Viewed: | 53 times | | Topic: | Currency | |
| In Currency, MOCbase writes:
| | Exactly!
This is absurd and outrageous as well.
I'm about to open my thread with the details, but in short, I've lost
more than 50 Euros in the last month, regardless the foreign currency!
They basically fixed the EUR-HUF and USD-HUF rates @ ~396,90 on 10-01-2023!
Look no further than column "F"...
"rankster" is correct - before some of you might tell me/us again - this
has nothing to do with PayPal, nor with VAT. My VAT status has unchanged, and
I also exempt from VAT.
How can we get the money back we lost?
I hope we can get our money back in some form or way, maybe in BrickLink fee
credit.
And I'm a small business.
Imagine the same issue laying around for months, for hundreds (if not thousands)
of related stores, with an inventory and order rate 10-100x bigger than mine.
How big $$$ pile is that ?!?
I do really truly hope that this is "just" a bug, and not some kind of
shady practice by LEGO/BrickLink! 
Waiting for this to be resolved ASAP!
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That's what I was talking about, thanks for the confirmation! Anyway it seems
to be fixed now, isn't it? I took the picture from your store, according
to it 1 EUR now equals to 383,22 HUF which is almost correct. Both xe.com and
Google now shows 1 EUR = 383,47 HUF.
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| Author: | rankster | | Posted: | Mar 10, 2023 03:42 | | Subject: | Re: 2 paypal accounts; 1 for USD, 1 for Euro? | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Currency | |
| In Currency, Yellow.Brick writes:
| | I live in the US but I also have a bank account in an EU country where I transfer
USD when it gets close to parity with the Euro. I spend 1-2 months in europe
every year so this has helped hedge against currency exchange rates. So I've
already jumped through all those hoops in order to have banking accounts as a
non-citizen.
So...
is it at all possible to have two paypal accounts linked to my store where people
paying in USD would route through my US account and people in the EU would route
through a European account?
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I know PP restricts accounts based in some countries to withdraw in their local
currency only. You should check first if your US based PP account allows withdrawing
EUR or USD only. If so you can create a Wise account and withdraw EUR there.
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| Author: | Ziegelmeister | | Posted: | Mar 10, 2023 03:33 | | Subject: | Re: 2 paypal accounts; 1 for USD, 1 for Euro? | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Currency | |
| In Currency, yorbrick writes:
| | In Currency, Yellow.Brick writes:
| | I live in the US but I also have a bank account in an EU country where I transfer
USD when it gets close to parity with the Euro. I spend 1-2 months in europe
every year so this has helped hedge against currency exchange rates. So I've
already jumped through all those hoops in order to have banking accounts as a
non-citizen.
So...
is it at all possible to have two paypal accounts linked to my store where people
paying in USD would route through my US account and people in the EU would route
through a European account?
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Can't you just open a Euro wallet within your PayPal account? My account
can accept GBP, Euro and USD and each goes to a different wallet.
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I'd have to look in to it. The primary goal is to not have to worry about
any transaction/wire/conversion fees. It's a teensy portion of bricklink
sales but every bit helps to avoid conversion fees.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Mar 10, 2023 03:15 | | Subject: | Re: 2 paypal accounts; 1 for USD, 1 for Euro? | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Currency | |
| In Currency, Yellow.Brick writes:
| | I live in the US but I also have a bank account in an EU country where I transfer
USD when it gets close to parity with the Euro. I spend 1-2 months in europe
every year so this has helped hedge against currency exchange rates. So I've
already jumped through all those hoops in order to have banking accounts as a
non-citizen.
So...
is it at all possible to have two paypal accounts linked to my store where people
paying in USD would route through my US account and people in the EU would route
through a European account?
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Can't you just open a Euro wallet within your PayPal account? My account
can accept GBP, Euro and USD and each goes to a different wallet.
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| Author: | MOCbase | | Posted: | Mar 10, 2023 02:59 | | Subject: | Re: Fixed (unfavorable) exchange rates !?! | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Currency | |
| In Currency, 1001bricks writes:
| | In Currency, MOCbase writes:
Stupid question, but did you compare xe.com at approx the same moment of the
payment, not a few hours later or the next day?
I'm not sure about this, but I think BrickLink was having an exchange rate
refresh every hour, then recently it's once per day, and I guess "EST
day", which makes it even more complicated.
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I hope you are serious, because it would be extremely weak for being a joke!
I compared the order dates with the historical XE charts inspecting the given
date. It would be basically impossible to track the rate exactly at the payment,
but since I am very quickly send out my invoices, and receive the payments quickly
as well, it is irrelevant.
Additionally, rates haven't been fixed until the 10th of January. On that
day, something has happened...
In line 26 you can see the "..."s, there are like 30 perfectly matched
(BL to XE) records there, and below line 31 as well. I've checked at least
50 separate orders manually.
Do you really think that rates would be variable and matching in 33 cases, and
then FIXED by magic since 10th of January, IN EVERY SINGLE CASE?
See the A, F and G columns, and compare the diff% in column I!
Are you kidding me? 0.00% diff until the 9th of January, and since the
10th of January, 1-18% diff?
There are 3 instances between 10-Jan and 18-Jan, these are fine, but just because
of the fact that the EUR to HUF rate was exactly @ ~396,90 at that time on XE.com
also.
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| Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | Mar 9, 2023 19:39 | | Subject: | Re: Fixed (unfavorable) exchange rates !?! | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Currency | |
| In Currency, MOCbase writes:
Stupid question, but did you compare xe.com at approx the same moment of the
payment, not a few hours later or the next day?
I'm not sure about this, but I think BrickLink was having an exchange rate
refresh every hour, then recently it's once per day, and I guess "EST
day", which makes it even more complicated.
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| Author: | MOCbase | | Posted: | Mar 9, 2023 18:25 | | Subject: | Fixed (unfavorable) exchange rates !?! | | Viewed: | 122 times | | Topic: | Currency | |
| Re forum thread https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1373481
I've also lost more than 50 Euros in the last months, regardless the foreign
currency!
The exchange rate was fine until the end of 2022.
Apparently LEGO/BrickLink set it to a fixed higher rate since then, and - due
to the strengthening of my currency - I've lost ~1-5% per order in every
case, when the Customer paid in a foreign currency (USD & EUR, in my case). Not
counting with the robbery over at PayPal - but that's another story.
They basically fixed the EUR-HUF and USD-HUF rates @ ~396,90 on 10-01-2023!
Look no further than column "F"...
Again, user "rankster" is correct (https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1397761)
- before some of you might tell me/us again - this has nothing to do with PayPal,
nor with VAT. My VAT status has unchanged, and I also exempt from VAT.
I've made a quick summary, I obviously validated this randomly with selecting
orders from the middle of the batch (with 2-3 months old, or older orders) as
well.
Find my history attached, along with the BrickLink and PayPal proofs of my latest
"gem", where I've lost EUR 18.22 !!!
I lost EUR 45.58 and USD 4.95 total in the last months, due to this exchange
rate difference.
So, dear BrickLink, what happened with exchange rates on Jan 10, 2023?
I even validated the issue with the orders I had and gave negative feedback on
- since these are permanently remain in the list, therefore I could find orders
even back from 2020 to validate my point with.
After watching the picture attached, stop telling us that it is a VAT/PayPal/whatever
issue! This is related to BrickLink exclusively.
If my friend didn't tell me, I might've missed it completely, and who
knows how much more money I would've lost.
I wanted to opt in foreign currencies since I started my business on BL, because
it is better for my customers, and I'd also receive some amount in foreign
currencies to my PayPal account also, to spend.
But now, I obviously had to disable all foreign currencies for the time being,
while this "bug" do exist.
This is outrageous, how can we get the money back we lost?
I hope we can get our money back in some form or way, maybe in BrickLink fee
credit.
And I'm a small business.
Imagine the same issue laying around for months, for hundreds (if not thousands)
of related stores, with an inventory and order rate 10-100x bigger than mine.
How big $$$ pile is that ?!?
I do really truly hope that this is "just" a bug, and not some kind of
shady practice by LEGO/BrickLink!
Waiting for this to be resolved ASAP!
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Mar 9, 2023 17:49 | | Subject: | Re: 2 paypal accounts; 1 for USD, 1 for Euro? | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Currency | |
| In Currency, Yellow.Brick writes:
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| | It doesn’t seem like you can link two PayPal accounts for PayPal Onsite (“PP
for marketplaces”), which you’ll need both for your US and EU buyers.
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I figured but secretly hoped maybe someone knew of a trick. The problem of course
would also be cross referencing shipping costs and how to jump that hurdle.
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Eh, can’t you link two bank accounts in one PayPal account?
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