[klaatumail] Re: Paypal (was: Dee Long CD)
- From: Jaimie Vernon <bullseyecanada@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <klaatumail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 11:01:50 -0500
Thanks for the alternate perspective, Dwayne.
When I first started accepting online orders for Bullseye in 1997, the Canadian
dollar was at $0.69 vs the US dollar. At one point I was getting $1.55 for
every $1.00 someone paid us for product. It's why we were able to offer free
shipping for so many years at the beginning. But as the Canadian dollar matched
parity, and eventually overtook, the US dollar in the early 2000's, we had to
change our way of doing business as we started losing money on every US sale.
Jaimie Vernon,
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> From: earthshadows@xxxxxxxxxxx
> To: klaatumail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [klaatumail] Re: Paypal (was: Dee Long CD)
> Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2011 22:24:56 +1100
>
> As a banker I get these comments all the time.
>
> The exchange rate you see on the news is NEVER what you will pay when you
> purchase something online.
>
> Companies will always knock a little off the market rate as their cut. It's
> how they make their money.
>
> And yes I agree. When the purchaser is charged a fee or lesser exchange rate
> and the so is the merchant when he receives his funds, it IS double-dipping.
> I don't like it either but it's the way of the world I'm afraid.
>
> I'm just loving the fact that the AUD is at parity with the US at the
> moment. About 5 years ago $1AUD = $0.45. Now THAT hurt when buying overseas!
> But it was fantastic if selling overseas.
>
> Dwayne
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: klaatumail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:klaatumail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Glen Aka Barney Rubble
> Sent: Saturday, 26 February 2011 4:04 AM
> To: klaatumail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [klaatumail] Re: Paypal (was: Dee Long CD)
>
> Hey friends,
>
> Regardless of how stronger the Canadian loonie is against the US greenback,
> seems Paypal always functions in a state of denial. What are banks charging?
> To the uninformed (like myself), it smells like double-dipping.
>
> Wondering,
> Glen (aka Barney Rubble)
>
> Sent from my iPhone (qui, maintenant, me permet des accents)
>
>
> On 2011-02-25, at 2:07 AM, FreeLists Mailing List Manager
> <ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > klaatumail Digest Thu, 24 Feb 2011 Volume: 03 Issue: 020
> >
> > In This Issue:
> > [klaatumail] Dee Long CD
> > [klaatumail] Re: Dee Long CD
> > [klaatumail] Re: Dee Long CD
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> >
> > Subject: [klaatumail] Dee Long CD
> > Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 12:44:17 -0500
> > From: heathaze@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > Funny how buying a Canadian CD from a Canadian artist in Canada ends up
> > being in US dollars on checkout and the US dollar is magically worth
> > more than the Canadian dollar. Not a big deal (21 cents) but I'm just
> > saying.
> >
> > Kerry Gordon
> >
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