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thm_w:
Don't let paypal do the conversion, 29,000 JPY is $203.56 USD at current exchange rates.
You'll almost certainly have to pay local tax and likely DHL brokerage fee on top of that yes (guessing $10-15 USD but I can't find any references for your country).
Sanway PC7000 is probably a fine meter, but does not datalog, do power measurement, low burden, etc. So not quite the same feature class. But yes due to low yen its going to make more sense to purchase locally.
HKJ:
--- Quote from: thm_w on December 19, 2023, 01:18:26 am ---Don't let paypal do the conversion, 29,000 JPY is $203.56 USD at current exchange rates.
You'll almost certainly have to pay local tax and likely DHL brokerage fee on top of that yes (guessing $10-15 USD but I can't find any references for your country).
Sanway PC7000 is probably a fine meter, but does not datalog, do power measurement, low burden, etc. So not quite the same feature class. But yes due to low yen its going to make more sense to purchase locally.
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The PC7000 is basically the same as Brymen BM867 including computer connection.
GraXXoR:
No. It’s not PayPal doing the conversion. It’s Shopify. They are charging ¥29,000. PayPal have a decent rate right now ¥134 per dollar. This is slightly better than the current ¥140 per dollar standard.
When you use PayPal’s considerate rate of exchange then based on Shopify’s Price, Reverse calculated to usd you get $214
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thm_w:
--- Quote from: HKJ on December 19, 2023, 11:52:08 am ---The PC7000 is basically the same as Brymen BM867 including computer connection.
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Yeah, that is not local datalogging, to be more specific. eg Fluke 289.
--- Quote from: GraXXoR on December 19, 2023, 09:10:31 pm ---No. It’s not PayPal doing the conversion. It’s Shopify. They are charging ¥29,000. PayPal have a decent rate right now ¥134 per dollar. This is slightly better than the current ¥140 per dollar standard.
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You are missing the point. "It was $204 now I have to pay in yen (29,000)". These were the same numbers given yesterdays exchange rate, that is how his store works, you can check the numbers today and they will also work out.
--- Quote ---When you use PayPal’s considerate rate of exchange then based on Shopify’s Price, Reverse calculated to usd you get $214.
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Which is higher than current exchange because its not generous! Paypal are charging you a fee on top of the exchange rate (~4.5%), they will ALWAYS do that. So will most credit cards and banks. Being in Japan, people would expect you to have JPY in the bank not USD...
https://www.xe.com/currencyconverter/convert/?Amount=1&From=USD&To=JPY
J-R:
Same story with me, here in the US I've purchased internationally a few times using PayPal and they do "overcharge" a bit for any currency conversions. So I use one of my credit cards that specifically does not charge for that which means PayPal bills the credit card in that foreign currency directly.
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