Sailfree
Well-known member
I recently bought an item on e bay and used their recommended payment service paypal. The item was in UK and priced in £. Halfway through the transaction I found a hint that $ were being mentioned but found I could not abort the transaction. I quickly e mailed paypal and they reassured me the transaction was in £. Finally got AMEX statement and it was in $ and then converted back to £. Cost therefore inflated by two currency swaps!
I have complained but they reply all AMEX transactions are automatically converted into $.
To confirm my computer lack of ability how do I attach the red NB attachment to this post . I tried clicking on it but no joy! I now have two problems!!
Its relatively a small amount of money but consider I have been cheated by paypal.
Would anyone advise on my legal position wrt this additional charge. Was I stupid not to expect a UK purchase to only be concluded through using foreign currencies?
I also tried to attach the red NB to this post but couldn't. Now I have two problems!!
I have complained but they reply all AMEX transactions are automatically converted into $.
To confirm my computer lack of ability how do I attach the red NB attachment to this post . I tried clicking on it but no joy! I now have two problems!!
Its relatively a small amount of money but consider I have been cheated by paypal.
Would anyone advise on my legal position wrt this additional charge. Was I stupid not to expect a UK purchase to only be concluded through using foreign currencies?
I also tried to attach the red NB to this post but couldn't. Now I have two problems!!