Exchange rates

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2000

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texte = Hi all,I'm starring a site that's based here in Canada, and needs to be able to offer shoppers the choice of shopping in Canadian or US dollars.The real issue is exchange rates. All pricing will likely be based on US wholesale costs (in $US), with the Canadian pricing based on a conversion rate calculation, which would of course be hidden from the customer. The thing is, do we log on every morning and set the exchange rate manually (global variable), or is there some authoritative site we could automatically extract this rate from (Visa, Royal Bank of Canada)?Or do people normally just set the exchange rate up as being essentially fixed (at a narrow margin) -- adjusted on a weekly basis, for example -- with a disclaimer which says 'you'll be charged whatever rate of exchange Visa's using today'?Or should everyone be shopping in $US? Even Canadians. That's obviously the easiest solution, but not the most desirable by a long shot...Regards,Christopher Mackay, Multimedia DeveloperTantramar Interactive, http://www.tantramar.com/506/364-1097 cell: 364-7659 fax: 536-2409-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

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Hi all,I'm starring a site that's based here in Canada, and needs to be able to offer shoppers the choice of shopping in Canadian or US dollars.The real issue is exchange rates. All pricing will likely be based on US wholesale costs (in $US), with the Canadian pricing based on a conversion rate calculation, which would of course be hidden from the customer. The thing is, do we log on every morning and set the exchange rate manually (global variable), or is there some authoritative site we could automatically extract this rate from (Visa, Royal Bank of Canada)?Or do people normally just set the exchange rate up as being essentially fixed (at a narrow margin) -- adjusted on a weekly basis, for example -- with a disclaimer which says 'you'll be charged whatever rate of exchange Visa's using today'?Or should everyone be shopping in $US? Even Canadians. That's obviously the easiest solution, but not the most desirable by a long shot...Regards,Christopher Mackay, Multimedia DeveloperTantramar Interactive, http://www.tantramar.com/506/364-1097 cell: 364-7659 fax: 536-2409-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Christopher Mackay

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