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Checkout prices change after currency conversion, causing unexpected higher charges

Shoppers buying from foreign sites see higher final bills because the displayed price isn’t locked before exchange rates are applied, leading to surprise costs.

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• Does anything exist that locks in the price you see at checkout before the currency conversion hits? Ordered a jacket from a UK site last week, final charge came through almost 30 dollars higher than what the page showed me at checkout. My bank says it's just how the exchange rate gets applied after the fact, nothing I can dispute. I don't even buy from overseas sites that often, but between this…