German business practices

[Per Lindgren]

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>2. MasterCard and Visa seem to work perfectly well "across borders."
>Their exchange rates, as far as I know, are very reasonable (ie, I get
>dollars as charged, customer sees bill in their local currency).  Of
>course that's not too useful if you are buying from an individual.
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When using PayPal, it charges my Visa. The amount is drawn off my
account at standard exchange rate (IIRC) and only the fee for using Visa
is charged on top of that. Same thing when just buying with the Visa at
any internet store.

PerL