Amazon Exchange Rates

mariarm on 04/02/2012 - 13:46

is there any way to get over the lousy exchange rates amazon charges about 96.8 australia dollar to get 1 us dollar dont use pay pal

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stanas on 04/02/2012 - 14:17

Best bet is for a 28 degrees master card - it has no international transaction fees and a great conversion rate.
Otherwise you could use a credit card, but you would have to way up the crappy Amazon conversion versus how much you get slogged with international transaction fees.
- [Deactivated] on 04/02/2012 - 15:37
  
  or use the Citibank plus account debit Visa
  
  Read details here,. You might want to read the comments as they discuss the forex rate etc
  
  http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/61969
pao2x on 04/02/2012 - 16:10

+1

Yes, don't use their exchange rates. There is a button there to use another currency like U.S. dollar.
ironsword on 05/02/2012 - 19:18

28 degrees master card has a rate of AU$ 0.936 per US$ 1. Other bank cards usually charge ~2-3% conversion fees. For example a NAB visa debit card has a rate of AU$ 0.956 per US$ 1. This includes the 2.3% NAB conversion fee. To take advantage of these rates just switch the currency to USD as pao2x above suggests.