PayPal payments with different currency than your local?

[Leifhackman]

Hi!

Is it possible to make PayPal payments with a different currency than that of the country of your rsidence?

In PayPal I have balance in both USD and EUR, I have changed USD to be my primary currency (default, whatever the term is) but it seems Steam still wants to charge me in Euros 1:1 to dollars. So, I lose with Steam converting the price 1:1 and also PayPal PayPal's even more horrible conversion rate when they change my USD to EUR. Why can't I just pay the game that is priced in USD with my USD, why can't I pay with USD? It is just about downloading the game from Steam, so there is no logistics or anything else that would explain different pricing.

Or is there something I don't understand about this payment thing?

[Wolfpig]

Originally posted by Leifhackman:

In PayPal I have balance in both USD and EUR, I have changed USD to be my primary currency (default, whatever the term is) but it seems Steam still wants to charge me in Euros 1:1 to dollars.

What you have set in PP does not matter for the vendor you buy at.
Steam will charge you in the currency of the country (or the currency they set it to) you reside in, everything else is out of their control.

[Chika Ogiue]

As said, you can use any currency you have in PayPal, but it will be converted at PayPal's rate to the currency the vendor is charging you in.