>> I doesn't sound like much, but when your margins are 
>> razor thin, 2% can
>> be a painful part of your profit to loose.

> The 2% doesn't seem small at all if you're missing out on 
> 10 Euro when
> you're receiving 500 Euro! Don't even get me started on 
> PayPal's 17 Euro :-O

Bank transfers tend to be at a fixed amount AFAIK whereas I 
believe Paypal charge a percentage. The former can be 
iniquitous for small amounts and the latter is iniquitous 
for most amounts. There is no reason apart from "because we 
can, and people are stupid enough to use us" for people to 
charge a percentage for moving money around at your risk wrt 
exchange rates etc. Even the exchange rate calculations 
allow them a margin.

If changing money NEVER do it in an airport or similar. 
Anything that advertises itself as a money exchange, 
especially if it does so in French (country irrespective) 
should be shunned like the plague. The small dealers just 
outside will almost always offer you a superior rate.


        Russell


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