Mr Coeur de Lion Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 The greedy bastards are charging me €7.50 for every paypal transaction that goes to and from my account.Beware if you use this.iportal is costing me €12.50 a month instead of €5! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyh4 Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 CA have regional pricing so you need to specify which bit of CA you bank with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Coeur de Lion Posted June 18, 2010 Author Share Posted June 18, 2010 Centre ouest.Money for old rope. No wonder france was first out of recession. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 I still have my Paypal linked to a UK account, I'd much rather take a small hit on the exchange rate than pay a flat fee per transaction !Just half an hour ago in fact I sent €55 to a German seller and Paypal's rate was 1.16 something.Unlike some I have no problem with buying from eBay.fr with a UK Paypal A/C although Paypal makes a mess of my French address by insisting on adding United Kingdom to the end so I make sure I add a note when paying and back it up with a separate email. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 I use my CA account with Paypal without any extra charges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Coeur de Lion Posted June 18, 2010 Author Share Posted June 18, 2010 I'm going to link it to my Australian bank.Bugger giving those thieves anymore money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mme poivre Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 i use my Ca account with paypal attached havent seen any charges yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Coeur de Lion Posted June 18, 2010 Author Share Posted June 18, 2010 On my recent trip to the US, every transaction I made was a €7.50 charge.I've sent them an email. Ridiculous, never had an account steal that much from me before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 [quote user="Mr Coeur de Lion"]On my recent trip to the US, every transaction I made was a €7.50 charge.[/quote]That's not quite what you said in your first post though is it. Were you buying in $ and the charge was for currency conversion ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillan Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 Exactly, I buy from the UK and there's never any charges and my account is linked to a French bank. We were with CA Britline before we moved over and for the first couple of months after which we left them and went to a local bank (Bank Populare) because of the regional thing. Banking is different to the UK and it took us some time to work things out but once you know the system then you can 'play' it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Coeur de Lion Posted June 19, 2010 Author Share Posted June 19, 2010 I have been charged €7.50 for paypal transactions and also for every transaction I made in the US too. ie paying by card at a restuarant has cost me an extra €7.50 each and every time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 Sounds like their standard card charge for overseas use then [:(]Personally it would not have entered my head to use my CA card in the US, and certainly not without checking what the penalty would be, but then I still have both Nationwide and LlloydsTSB debit and credit cards, maybe your CA card is your only one though so no choice.I think you'd best check what rate they have exercised the transactions at to.A rather more expensive trip than you envisaged by the sounds of it [blink] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Coeur de Lion Posted June 19, 2010 Author Share Posted June 19, 2010 Next time, I'll use my Aussie card.French card for France only from now on and bugger it, any income can go to Australia too. I am becoming majorly detached from France now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob goff Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 Normally after or at the first transaction Pay Pal willinvite you to invest funds with the PayPal of your country (reading this fromyour IP address) You should have received an email from them about this, forsome reason you have not been notified of this. But it is not a problem youjust have to open an account with :PayPal.fr and as a local transaction will not be charged at the same rate. I run a website businessand divert the customer via there IP tothe correct payment account automatically . Regarding Credit Agricole i kicked them into touch long ago, bothbusiness and private accounts, and now use Caisse D`Epargne. Bob Goff SoftwareHarvest .com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gyn_paul Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 Another way would be to transfer a chunk of money into your paypal account. One transfer: one fee. I had a refund from a faulty item about a year ago, and have been drawing on the credit balance since then. It's not as if you would be forefitting a huge lump of interest from your CA balance, now is it!p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJSLIV Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 The only charges of 7,50 that CA Centre-Ouest list are overdrawn fees at 7,50 per item with a max of three charges per day.http://www.ca-centreouest.fr/tarifs-particuliers-quotidien.htmlRemember most French bank cards are actually Debit rather than Credit cards. Perhaps you need to top up the account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Coeur de Lion Posted June 19, 2010 Author Share Posted June 19, 2010 Result. Got all the fees refunded to my account.Not sure what the problem was, but it's fine now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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