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Originally Posted by spersephone
I'm charged a price in AUD plus a foreign transaction fee of 2.5%, so I know exactly how much I will be charged, in Australian currency.
This is using Kobo with the sub address of /en-au.
Using Amazon's site, you can also view it in AUD, and if your bank charges foreign transaction fees, the same thing applies, so it's a little more transparent.
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That's interesting because I've just checked on my credit card statements and can see for example an Amazon purchase of 99c USD (as written on the statement as per transaction details .... and then in the Amount column it's 1.13 (which includes the Aus 0.03 overseas tax fee).
With Kobo when I buy using my Aus address then I obviously pay Kobo in AUD + the Aus overseas tax fee.
With Kobo US purchases my credit card statement shows only the amount Kobo charged me in AUD (so they did the conversion) + the overseas tax fee.
I've got no probs with Kobo because using the Aus Kobo site you know that all the prices are in AUD.
With Amazon - we are logged in as Aus but only get shown the USD pricing - that sucks!!