How to change default currency

[expertschoice]

I am traveling overseas and all the sale listings show in the local currency. I need to view the listings in USD.  How do I change this to where, no matter what country I am traveling in, I always see the sales prices in USD?  Thank you!

[pburn]

Are you overseas right now? If so, try this:

How do I change the currency displayed in search?

1. Sign in to eBay so you can save your changes.
2. Search for an item.
3. In the upper right corner of the search results (pictured below), select "Customize" from the View dropdown menu.
4. In the pop-up window, check the "Convert prices to U.S. dollars" option.
5. Select the blue button labeled "Apply changes."

[pjcdn2005]

Do you mean that you want to look at other ebay sites and the see all the listings in search in $US?  As far as I know, that isn't possible. That customize to see listings in $US only works in you are searching on ebay.com. 

[woodland_gnome]

 Here on ebay.com in the US most of the listings will be denominated in USD (US Dollars, displayed by ebay.com as "US $"), and those that aren't will have an "approximate"* conversion to USD under the actual price/bid in the currency of the listing or, on some pages, INSTEAD OF the actual price (this is the default setting on search results and in My eBay, although lately some My eBay pages are showing a new format where the actual price in the actual currency is displayed below the "approximate" conversion--the opposite of how it is displayed on the Listing Page for the item). Be aware that any bid/offer you make must be in the currency of the listing and when you pay the seller must be paid the full price in the currency of the listing (PayPal and other payment methods will convert your currency to the currency of the listing, but see below).

On other country sites  you will likely find something similar but reversed: a higher percentage of listings in the local currency, e.g. in the UK GBP (Great Britain Pounds, displayed by ebay.co.uk as "£"), and some approximate* conversion display of those that aren't to GBP. Keep an eye on your address bar so you don't accidentally emigrate here again.


*Be aware the "approximate" in this case means ALWAYS too low: they are calculated using readily accessible "mid-market rate" quotes (an average of wholesale buy and sell rates of several large banks) while someone with funds in the approximately-converted-to currency (USD on ebay.com, GBP on ebay.co.uk) will have to pay someone their retail "buy rate" to pay the seller the correct price in the currency of listing; if PayPal does the conversion (and the new checkout popups on ebay.com seem to have done away with the ability to have PayPal bill your credit card in the currency of the listing, thus paying your credit card's possibly lower buy rate) its buy rate is 3% above mid-market at the time of payment (I think it calculates them once a day).

[7606dennis]

You are shown as being registered in the USA.  Why do you need to use a different currency?  If you are seeking to buy from a foreign seller, a conversion should be shown if you look at the item on the seller's home eBay site.

[easy223]

Doesn't work. My account is in Canada. When doing search on on ebay.com from Canada,  prices are in $US, but when I'm buying it switches to $CAD.  I don't want cheesy Ebay conversion rate, my credit card converts much better, but there is nothing I can do. Amazon.com has an option "show price in $US" in shopping cart, Ebay doesn't.

[kh-leslie]

Hi everyone,

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Thank you for understanding.