I need to pay an eBay seller who has a personal PayPal account only. This means he cannot accept credit card funded payments. So instead, I funded my own account using a bank transfer from my own bankaccount. Supposedly, this is totally free.

This was the first time I ever did this. The result is totally incomprehensible. Both my bankaccount and my PayPal account are held in Euro. Still, the transaction lists two currency conversions, one from EUR to USD and then back again to EUR.

Stiil there is no loss in these transactions. But after adding EUR 121,- to my account, my account only shows a balance of EUR 115,02. No explanation whatsoever where the rest is!

Obviously, I still cannot pay the seller, unless I choose credit card as the funding.

Has anyone seen this before? What's the explanation? I asked PayPal too, but received no answer.

Pim