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 Author: bsohn View Messages Posted By bsohn
 Posted: Mar 15, 2013 14:35
 Subject: Conversion Information
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bsohn (1139)

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I was thinking after making a few orders from Europe based on the conversions
listed on the site I thin there should be a slight adjustment to the pricing
formula. As I understand it the conversions are based on XE.coms daily value
ticker.

This however is a little misleading on the actual price you will be paying as
most institutions charge a fee for currency conversion so just about everyone
that needs to do a conversion will be hit with some sort of a fee. This can range
from around 1.5 to 2.5%.

I would suggest to make the conversion price listed on the site more accurate
to what the actual price paid after conversion would be that they be calculated
with the XE.com Conversion + 2% as this information is buyer information and
should be as accurate to real world as possible.

Brion
 Author: Kevin.NXT View Messages Posted By Kevin.NXT
 Posted: Mar 15, 2013 21:50
 Subject: Re: Conversion Information
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 Topic: Suggestions
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Kevin.NXT (363)

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In Suggestions, bsohn writes:
  I was thinking after making a few orders from Europe based on the conversions
listed on the site I thin there should be a slight adjustment to the pricing
formula. As I understand it the conversions are based on XE.coms daily value
ticker.

This however is a little misleading on the actual price you will be paying as
most institutions charge a fee for currency conversion so just about everyone
that needs to do a conversion will be hit with some sort of a fee. This can range
from around 1.5 to 2.5%.

I would suggest to make the conversion price listed on the site more accurate
to what the actual price paid after conversion would be that they be calculated
with the XE.com Conversion + 2% as this information is buyer information and
should be as accurate to real world as possible.

Brion

Definetly not as default, but you set a percent extra fee to what you want.
 Author: Kevin.NXT View Messages Posted By Kevin.NXT
 Posted: Mar 15, 2013 22:15
 Subject: Re: Conversion Information
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 Topic: Suggestions
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Kevin.NXT (363)

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In Suggestions, Kevin.NXT writes:
  In Suggestions, bsohn writes:
  I was thinking after making a few orders from Europe based on the conversions
listed on the site I thin there should be a slight adjustment to the pricing
formula. As I understand it the conversions are based on XE.coms daily value
ticker.

This however is a little misleading on the actual price you will be paying as
most institutions charge a fee for currency conversion so just about everyone
that needs to do a conversion will be hit with some sort of a fee. This can range
from around 1.5 to 2.5%.

I would suggest to make the conversion price listed on the site more accurate
to what the actual price paid after conversion would be that they be calculated
with the XE.com Conversion + 2% as this information is buyer information and
should be as accurate to real world as possible.

Brion

Definetly not as default, but you set a percent extra fee to what you want.

To clarify my confusingness, what I mean is that you could have the option to
choose if you want to convert with a fee when viewing items.