PayPal Primary Currency USD vs EUR payments

and5rey

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• Nov 7, 2016

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I have the USD set as the primary currency of my PayPal account, but I received a payment from my client in EUR. I asked him to send $50 to my PayPal, but I got a payment of €43.77 EUR. I'm from Slovakia and the currency in my country is EUR.

Do you know why am I receiving the payments in EUR even if my PayPal's primary currency is USD? I don't like this, because PayPal's conversion rate is not convenient and I prefer USD.

 

jamescollins

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• #2

Perhaps you should purchase a US PayPal account.

 

Wilson Grant Fisk

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• #3

Are you sure the client didn't send you EUR?

 

Aty

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I'm pretty sure your client sent you EUR.

 

asap1

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• #5

The sender has the option to send the money in a different currency.

Maybe they changed it from USD to EUR, or the default option is EUR and the sender didn't change it at all.

 

Bedbug

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• #6

there is a setting somewhere where you make your base currency USD

 

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oedress

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• #7

you must change the setting

 

oby_one

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No need to worry, just convert ur euro currency and set your default payment using USD, so next time, all payment will (convert) automatically in usd.

Good luck

 

and5rey

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• Nov 9, 2016
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Thank you guys for your replies. The sender sent the payment in EUR, but I asked him to send it in USD and he sent in USD, so it's OK now.