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Old Oct 14, 2014 | 1:13 am
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Originally Posted by percysmith
The fees are only 1% apart.
It's just whether you like to be scalped by Commbank or scalped by Global Payments and its ilk.
Have we ever seen a DCC scalp at 1%? In most cases you're paying the 2% + 4-5% DCC scalp. At least they're more generous. US issuers typically bill you the 3% regardless of whether or not Visa/MC performs the exchange.
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