Tip for EU buyers on Ali: buy in USD and not EUR

Started by TidyDinosaur, August 21, 2023, 06:05:27 AM

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TidyDinosaur

Little tip: buy in USD on Aliexpress and let your credit card company do the conversion to EUR. This of course depend on the fees your CC company charges, but my Visa Gold seems to have a great conversion rate with almost no fees (as far as I can see).

If you let Aliexpress do the conversion, you will almost certainly pay more.

TidyDinosaur

I use Keytrade and Revolut. Revolut is indeed very cheap for conversion, but you have 0 protection...

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Quote from: TidyDinosaur on August 21, 2023, 06:05:27 AM
Little tip: buy in USD on Aliexpress and let your credit card company do the conversion to EUR. This of course depend on the fees your CC company charges, but my Visa Gold seems to have a great conversion rate with almost no fees (as far as I can see).

If you let Aliexpress do the conversion, you will almost certainly pay more.

I do this too!
Same with PayPal which are  really bad on that matter.