Payment forced to be in US$ within Eurozone
In the past there has been discussion of this but it has never been resolved. It seems that in Austria, part of the Eurozone, they can't pay in Euros. I seem to remember that this applied in a num...
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I'm in Mexico, but I use an American credit card and I wanted to purchase TA funds with that card but in Mexican pesos since the TA funds in here Mexico are a bit cheaper. I was buying what was supposed to be 289 MXN pesos of TA funds. But when I got to the final step to charge the card it was showing up as 289 US dollars, which in reality 289 pesos = 13 USD.
I tried several things to fix this. I tried to change my proxy etc. But it kept showing up as only USD. But then I got another card with only a $20USD credit left thinking that if it charged me 289 dollars it would decline. I finished the transaction and it went through. It only charged me the CORRECT amount of 289 Mexican Pesos which then were converted to 13 USD (my card doesn't charge currency exchange fees).
So basically it will charge you what ever you were quoted in the first place and just ignore the final amount that says US. If you were going to buy in Euros it will nonetheless charge you in euros in the end.
I tried several things to fix this. I tried to change my proxy etc. But it kept showing up as only USD. But then I got another card with only a $20USD credit left thinking that if it charged me 289 dollars it would decline. I finished the transaction and it went through. It only charged me the CORRECT amount of 289 Mexican Pesos which then were converted to 13 USD (my card doesn't charge currency exchange fees).
So basically it will charge you what ever you were quoted in the first place and just ignore the final amount that says US. If you were going to buy in Euros it will nonetheless charge you in euros in the end.
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