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Originally Posted by crumpet
One more question, sorry! Is there a reason when I try the NZ site, it tries to charge me in HKD? It works out to the same amount, maybe a little less, but it seems odd..
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I once was charged in euro instead of NZ dollars for a NZ purchase for some reason, but after conversion the price worked out the same. It hasn't happened lately, and it only happened once in well over 100 purchases.
You can always buy yourself an eGift card before you leave for another country, that should be charged in your home currency and your store credit will show in that currency, it is automatically converted to local currency during the checkout process when you are in another country.
My own recent experience with this was that Kobo's exchange rate is much better than PayPal's, but not quite as good as my bank's.
Edit: When I say I was charged in euro, I mean that the charge on my credit card was in euro. My reciept from Kobo was still in NZ dollars.