Amazon.com Currency Exchange?
When did Amazon.com start doing currency exchange? Just made an order and they are billing in the currency of your billing address. So I made a USD order and then they switch to CAD and bill your credit card. But they are taking 4point do it and the credit card company is only 2 points but it is unavoidable now it seems. What a rip off.
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Your order will probably be cancelled once they figure out you're Canadian...
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Been dealing with Amazon.com and .ca since 2008. The US sight has always converted to CDN dollars.
Back then when the money was nearly on par it pretty much came out to the same...but they've always done the conversion when I've dealt with them. |
Amazon.ca is already in CAD. No need to order from .com. No idea about the credit card pts.
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Got this two weeks ago https://www.amazon.com/Lycian-Shore-...gateway&sr=8-7 |
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I often order from the .com side. If it's prime, they calculate and pay duty for you. Some products are far cheaper on the US side than the canukistan side. An RV maceration pump I bought was way cheaper, like 30% or so, even with duty and exchange.
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I also order from the .com site, as some items are stupidly expensive on the .ca site, even with exchange and shipping figured in. Sometimes I just have it shipped to my daughter in Minnesota if there is no hurry on it, as shipping is free (prime), and then she just re-addresses it and ships to me. Or brings it at Christmas or whenever she is coming. Some items are half the price or less this way. It annoys the crap out of me too.
I actually had to order and download a book from .com site to my kindle, as the Canadian site wouldn't offer the exact same book (Not currently available?). Too subversive or politically incorrect for Canada....?? Such stupidity. How does Amazon get off censoring what books are available in what country? Downloaded no problems to my Kindle. Strange..... |
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I let Amazon know...it still says release date of July 2019. But on the whole they are great. |
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Means you have to have US dollars or convert at the bank. Need to compare rates. |
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They aren’t out to get you. You ain’t that interesting. |
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I think you read way more into that than I put into it. The fact was, the book and kindle download was not available in Canada, but no problem getting it from the US site. I'm not sure what paranoia juice tastes like, but that was the situation. I understand if the physical hard copy isn't available for some reason, but the download? I'm don't know where you got the idea that I thought they were out to get me personally, but I agree, I'm just like you...not that interesting. For the record, the book in question is 'Black Lies Matter'...try and find it on ca, and then com. It is an excellent read. |
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