# Avoiding eBay PayPal USD Fees

**URL:** <https://community.monzo.com/t/avoiding-ebay-paypal-usd-fees/30622>\
**Category:** Monzo Chat\
**Created:** [6 January 2018 16:33 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/avoiding-ebay-paypal-usd-fees/30622 "2018-01-06T16:33:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![anon23485907](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@anon23485907](https://community.monzo.com/u/anon23485907)\
**Post date:** [6 January 2018 16:33 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/avoiding-ebay-paypal-usd-fees/30622/1 "2018-01-06T16:33:13Z")

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I recently tried to purchase something from [eBay.com](http://eBay.com) that was listed in USD. When paying with my Monzo card, PayPal charged a currency conversion fee into GBP 🙁  
Does anyone know of a way to get around this? 🙂

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**Author:** ![Chapuys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9a140/32.png) [@Chapuys](https://community.monzo.com/u/Chapuys)\
**Post date:** [6 January 2018 16:39 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/avoiding-ebay-paypal-usd-fees/30622/2 "2018-01-06T16:39:46Z")

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There is an option in PayPal which you have to change to stop PayPal doing the transaction in GBP and in the billing currency. It is default to using PayPal’s method. I use this link to find the options [https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=\_profile-merchant-pull-funding](https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_profile-merchant-pull-funding) and click Conversion Options on the correct card.

The other method if you don’t like clicking links is to log into PayPal, click the cog to go to Account. Click Payments. Click Manage Pre-approved payments, click Set Available Funding Sources, click Conversion Options.

![07](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/monzo/original/2X/f/fc0eb5c51c0a901668b65a147fdf18e9ce88a6b4.png)

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**Author:** ![anon23485907](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@anon23485907](https://community.monzo.com/u/anon23485907)\
**Post date:** [6 January 2018 19:34 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/avoiding-ebay-paypal-usd-fees/30622/3 "2018-01-06T19:34:10Z")

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Thanks! 😄  
This should be on some monzo guide page!

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/monzo/original/3X/a/e/aedf2f7852aef6ffcd99f29eac49128cfbd2ecc3.svg) [@system](https://community.monzo.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [5 July 2018 19:40 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/avoiding-ebay-paypal-usd-fees/30622/4 "2018-07-05T19:40:18Z")

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