dingman
msg:653908 | 12:30 am on Nov 10, 2002 (gmt 0) |
I wonder about how useful that really is. You're paying with a credit card anyway, so the conversion takes no real effort. And I just bought tea from a site that only accepts payments in GBP this afternoon without a second thought. (I'm in the US) I have lots of complaints about their web site, but none of them had to do with needing to pay in GBP.
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nutsandbolts
msg:653909 | 1:41 am on Nov 10, 2002 (gmt 0) |
Very useful. Especially to the unseasoned web user who prefers to pay in their own currency. It was also great for me, a seasoned web user, to pay in £ with an Ebay/Paypal purchase yesterday too!
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mack
msg:653910 | 9:08 am on Nov 10, 2002 (gmt 0) |
Got to be honest and say I would much rather pay in my local curency. I think a lot of users would feel the same way. It also looks very un-profesional to operate in the UK and then need to explain to your users why they will be asked to pay in USD.
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gsx
msg:653911 | 11:45 am on Nov 10, 2002 (gmt 0) |
dingman, maybe your credit card does not charge for currency conversion (one of mine charges a 'tiny' 12% to pay in US Dollars). Not everyone can calculate currency conversions in their head - many people in the UK wouldn't even know how many $ there are to the £. (Probably even less know how many Euros to the £, but thats another story!) People feel comfortable buying in a price they understand the value of. And if you don't make people comfortable = no sales.
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Brett_Tabke
msg:653912 | 11:47 am on Nov 10, 2002 (gmt 0) |
PP's been taking pounds for about a month:
[webmasterworld.com...]
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dingman
msg:653913 | 9:18 pm on Nov 10, 2002 (gmt 0) |
| dingman, maybe your credit card does not charge for currency conversion (one of mine charges a 'tiny' 12% to pay in US Dollars). |
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Nothing like a 12% surcharge, anyway. That would deffinitely change my feelings about making a purchase in a foreign currency. Depending on which card I use there might be a nominal charge, but it really is tiny. Small enough that when I've traveled abroad, I've used ATMs instead of exchanging currency at a bank, because it was cheaper. (Not to mention that ATMs don't get into a snit because you haven't had your hair cut since the passport photo was taken, several years ago :)) As for the currency conversion, I've seen a few sites that bill in one currency, but will display an estimated price with current exchange rates in another, to help with customer comfort. I don't know how well it works. And it does occurr to me now that I've read a few of these posts that although I had no problem with a company located in London billing me in GBP, I would probably be a bit more hesitant about a company in Ohio doing the same ;)
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