Just got ripped off
Visa Purchase - Receipt 120148
Foreign Currency Amount: USD 101
In HTTPSWWW.WEA Date 12 Sep 2018 Card xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
became $142 AUD. How does this happen and how can I avaoid in future?
Just Got Ripped on Credit Card Charges - International Purchase
Lsim36 on 17/09/2018 - 15:17
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142/101 = 1.4
about right at current exchange rates
142/101 = 1.4
about right at current exchange rates1/1.4 = 0.714285
spot on!
See ofx.com
xe rate $141.193
They saw you comingSounds right. Not a rip off.
Just got ripped off
101 United States Dollars = 141.22 Australian Dollars
Not sure you understand how currency exchange works…
I detect no rip off
Damn, you are technically correct. The best kind of correct.
How does this happen and how can I avaoid in future?
By tearing up your credit card and never leaving your suburb, you are clearly not ready for international transactions let alone international travel.
101 USD = 101 AUD
INSTANT PROFIT101 USD = 80 AUD
BETTER ;-P
Just got ripped off
Visa Purchase - Receipt 120148
Foreign Currency Amount: USD 101
In HTTPSWWW.WEA Date 12 Sep 2018 Card xxxxxxxxxxxxxxThanks for letting us know.
This is hilarious.
Luckily for me I went to Vietnam for my holiday this year, I spent 1 million Vietnamese Dong and only got charged $60 by my bank! #profit
you must have enjoyed all that dong
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The current exchange rate (according to google) is 1 USD = 1.40 AUD,
So buying something for $101 USD comes to about $141.02 AUDTo me it looks right according to the exchange rate, with close to no fees from what I can tell?
How does this happen and how can I avaoid in future?
I think it happens due to inflation, bonds and investment and things, I guess supporting Aussie currency can help avoid it in the future, while hoping for a decrease of the US dollar? I found this site that details better then I know in terms of increasing the value of a currency https://www.economicshelp.org/blog/4819/currency/how-to-incr…
If you ring up and tell them nicely that you didn't know and won't do it again, they will waive it sometimes. It depends on the bank and the card mostly but I think you'll get better success with a Visa anyway. I've done it with both Visa and Mastercard, both due to not knowing that the company is actually an overseas company. Citibank Visa happily waived whereas the Westpac Mastercard said that it is not Westpac charging me the foreign transaction fee, it's actually Mastercard itself and as a result they're unable to waive.
I hope you just being /s but it still sounded like full of BS tho. :p
Next time buy something from Zimbabwe. Something that cost $260 ZWD will only cost you $1 AUD… bargain!
Did you forget the word trillion between 260 and ZWD?
You spent $101 USD. This is roughly equivalent to $142 AUD. How did you get ripped off?
OPs education was obviously the rip off
The last time I checked children are not educated about money at school in any way whatsoever because of how unimportant it really is.
How does this happen and how can I avaoid in future?
Stop buying crap.
Just Got Ripped on Credit Card Charges
Oh, wonders what it should be
https://www.google.com.au/search?q=101+USD+to+aud
Ok…. backs away…..nothing to see here
No … no.
Look on the bright side it probably can't get any worse from here!
sounds like a high yield investor to me
What exactly is the problem?
US$101 =~AU$141
You weren't ripped off that's the bloody exchange rate.
Maybe what he meant was he bought an item thinking it was in AUD101 but was not.
You're lucky because they could have charged you 4.4% International Transaction Fee even though the item is in AUD.
Maybe the OP is stuck in a timewarp and still thinks it's 2013 where we were close to USD parity?
It's just a jump to the left…….
And then a step to the right
All together now!
Wait til he notices the international transaction fee and the currency exchange fee…
Did someone use your credit card without your consent or something?
I'm wondering if you've realised you'll most likely also be charged an International transaction fee & possibly GST!
If you can reply with your credit card number with expiry and pin, we can check it further for you.
Don't forget the CVV! That's the 3-digit code on the back!
this is a joke, please don't post your CC details…
No its not.
Please go on, post your CVV.
J\k
Darwin Award!
This is what happens when you cut funding from public schools.
Avoid it buy cutting up your credit card & disconnecting from the internet!
Member Since 03/02/2010.
don't you have 28 Degrees CC? Ing/Citibank Debit Card?