What are All the costs involved with PayPal for a buyer? A previous transaction caused a usurious fee for currency exchange, as well as $$.

[wcmgolf]

I don't wish to incur any charges for currency exchange or anything else, and PayPal advertises that 'the buyer pays nothing', yet I know this not to be true.... and there ARE charges levied.

[heidilynn0_3]

Hi .. PayPal is free for buyers unless you are paying in a foreign currency. No one sells you foreign currency free be it the bank, PP or the Post Office.

PayPal charges a conversion fee of 2.5 %. The canadian value shown on eBay is a guide only based on Bloombergs and is the interbank rate not retail.

Most conversions are for US currency and cannot be avoided unless you have a US balance in your PP account or a US PP account .