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Old Aug 19, 2023 | 12:36 pm
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cowtool
Company Representative, Cowtool
 
Join Date: Jul 2023
Location: San Francisco
Posts: 221
Originally Posted by doctornature
Love your tool, cow. <3



worth every penny buddy
I appreciate it.

For the record though, if you're going to use a US credit card, it's probably better for everyone if you contribute in USD. The reason I have a CAD option is that obviously most users are in Canada, and Canadian cards tend to have relatively high forex fees. I get charged something like 1%. And I'd rather have 1% go to Stripe than 3% to your bank.

While 1% isn't a lot, I doubt anyone would rather have that go to Stripe than to cowtool

As an example with real numbers, if you sent $10 CAD right now, I would probably receive around $7.30 USD, and your US card would be charged around $7.37. Or you could just send $7.37 USD, and cowtool would get the extra 7 cents, at no additional cost to you.

(But again, if you're using a Canadian card that charges a forex fee, use the CAD option)
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