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Obtaining PayPal USD balance in cash
Posted: Thu Feb 13 2020 9:18am
by pabenny
I've got $100 or so in US Dollars in my PayPal account and will be travelling to the USA next month.
Clearly I could transfer to a UK bank account (converting to GBP) and then buy USD but that incurs two lots of margin.
Anyone know of a way of withdrawing the USD balance in cash that avoids multiple fees?
As an alternative, is PayPal usable for in-person transactions?
Re: Obtaining PayPal USD balance in cash
Posted: Thu Feb 13 2020 9:51am
by macliam
There's a prince in Nigeria who will happily sort out that problem for you.......
Other than that, I can't help....
Re: Obtaining PayPal USD balance in cash
Posted: Thu Feb 13 2020 10:01am
by pabenny
I thought they only dealt in millions?
Re: Obtaining PayPal USD balance in cash
Posted: Thu Feb 13 2020 10:13am
by macliam
pabenny wrote: ↑Thu Feb 13 2020 10:01am
I thought they only dealt in millions?
Every little helps...... just send him your bank details
Re: Obtaining PayPal USD balance in cash
Posted: Thu Feb 13 2020 11:53am
by sanity clause
pabenny wrote: ↑Thu Feb 13 2020 9:18am
I've got $100 or so in US Dollars in my PayPal account and will be travelling to the USA next month.
Clearly I could transfer to a UK bank account (converting to GBP) and then buy USD but that incurs two lots of margin.
Anyone know of a way of withdrawing the USD balance in cash that avoids multiple fees?
As an alternative, is PayPal usable for in-person transactions?
I've used paypal for person-to-person transactions in Europe, but was charged a transaction fee.
No fees for UK transactions.
Perhaps use paypal to pay for something whilst in the USA?
Re: Obtaining PayPal USD balance in cash
Posted: Thu Feb 13 2020 1:13pm
by pabenny
I didn't mean person to person transactions. I was thinking of payment in store rather than online.
Re: Obtaining PayPal USD balance in cash
Posted: Thu Feb 13 2020 1:34pm
by BeautifulSunshine
eBay US - buy something and have it delivered to your door.
Re: Obtaining PayPal USD balance in cash
Posted: Thu Feb 13 2020 3:18pm
by rayf
pabenny wrote: ↑Thu Feb 13 2020 9:18am
I've got $100 or so in US Dollars in my PayPal account and will be travelling to the USA next month.
Clearly I could transfer to a UK bank account (converting to GBP) and then buy USD but that incurs two lots of margin.
Anyone know of a way of withdrawing the USD balance in cash that avoids multiple fees?
Why not buy something in the US (ebay/amazon etc.) and have delivered to your hotel (or wherever you're gonna stay)?
Maybe something small that you can carry home easily.
Re: Obtaining PayPal USD balance in cash
Posted: Thu Feb 13 2020 3:24pm
by Richard Frost
Re: Obtaining PayPal USD balance in cash
Posted: Thu Feb 13 2020 3:53pm
by pabenny
Thanks all.
Good suggestion to make an online purchase for local delivery. As it's a fairly short visit, I don't think I'd want to rely on it arriving in the right period.