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Old 10-15-2009, 06:57 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by NSFL View Post
I made an order with an American online store, they couldn't ship to me, so they refunded my money. But since the refund was USD and since the CAD went up between the time of the order and the refund, I ended up only get $72 back instead of $79. *Bashes head on desk*
You would have probably been screwed either way (although I guess more so in this case). For credit cards, the buy rate and sell rate is different in favour of the credit card company.

Within hours I bought an item at 1.08 and then had it refunded at 1.02 a few days ago. Lost $14.
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