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    Paypal exchange rate —Jeff Jardine
   Yesterday, I considered making a withdrawl from my paypal account for the first time. The exchange rate from $US to $CDN is disappointing. They brag about how great their rates were in October 2001: "PayPal's Improved Canadian Exchange Rate PayPal (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jul-02, to lugnet.market.services, lugnet.loc.ca)
   
        Re: Paypal exchange rate —Larry Pieniazek
     (...) Yes but it may be a bigger or smaller rip than the competition... can you easily determine what the C2it or WU rates are for the same date as the 1.4941 rate you quote? Or conversly can you determine the 23 October oanda rate to see if it's 3% (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jul-02, to lugnet.market.services, lugnet.loc.ca)
    
         Re: Paypal exchange rate —Jeff Jardine
     (...) grumble... I guess you're right. It just makes me crusty, the way they grab an extra nickel or dime at every turn. It sure would be nice to skim 3% off the conversion rate when I buy from shop.lego.com. 2.9% + 30¢ to receive, plus 1% for (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jul-02, to lugnet.market.services, lugnet.loc.ca)
   
        Re: Paypal exchange rate —Kevin Wilson
   Jeff Jardine wrote in message ... (...) When they first started letting Canadians withdraw to a bank account, the exchange rate was very bad. Example: on June 19th I withdrew from Paypal to my bank acct and got 1.4798. Oanda.com shows 1.5356 for (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jul-02, to lugnet.market.services, lugnet.loc.ca)
   
        Re: Paypal exchange rate —Larry Pieniazek
   (...) Can you tell in advance what rate they are going to use? If so you could wait for the "better" days... (22 years ago, 16-Jul-02, to lugnet.market.services, lugnet.loc.ca)
 

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