I just did the suggested conversion from dollars to euro for a currency conversion within my account. They do not charge 2.5% for that transaction, do they? (Should not have to pay that, as the fee is built in to the rate charged) With the volume of business in PP, why can't they give better currency conversion rates? Do they even beat the cash withdraw rates at a foreign ATM (seems they do not)? And, shouldn't one expect PP to come close or even match rates at xe.com. (Careful here; xe.com publishes the midmarket rate and claims the best rates, but they do make their money in the small difference compared with the midmarket rate.)
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