On Wednesday, 30 January 2019 at 22:36:55 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote:
> It's a big issue to penny-pinchers who can't stand the idea of paying a cent extra for something -- because usually the exchange rate offered by credit cards isn't as good as what you could get if you converted the currency yourself at an exchange.

Hypothetically speaking, how would one take that cash from a currency exchange and get it into the hands of the conference organizers, without paying at least as much as the credit card fees? The early bird special is already ~$70 USD cheaper (vs. paying in cash at the door, if that's even an option)

On Wednesday, 30 January 2019 at 07:59:44 UTC, Russel Winder wrote:
>
> Pricing a UK DConf in US $ is the fastest way of ensuring UK people do not sign up.

You can now pay with GBP via an additional PayPal link. The GBP value of £322.70 is derived via the HMRC January 2019 average exchange rate of 1.2634. On Feb 1, I'll update to the Feb 2019 average of 1.3062, so it will be ten pounds cheaper at £312.36. (And as of the past few days the ALT + Numpad 0163 key combo will be forever burned in my brain). I've updated the fee table at the top of the page to show both USD and GBP amounts.

I've also updated the old USD PayPal form, as it was outdated. Both forms now use PayPal's more modern system, which gets you one-click log in, the modern confirmation page, and a nice visual distinction between the two buttons.

Please let me know if there are any issues.

https://dconf.org/2019/registration.html

On Thursday, 31 January 2019 at 05:55:45 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:
> On Wednesday, 30 January 2019 at 07:59:44 UTC, Russel Winder wrote:
>>
>> Pricing a UK DConf in US $ is the fastest way of ensuring UK people do not sign up.
>
> You can now pay with GBP via an additional PayPal link. The GBP value of £322.70 is derived via the HMRC January 2019 average exchange rate of 1.2634. On Feb 1, I'll update to the Feb 2019 average of 1.3062, so it will be ten pounds cheaper at £312.36. (And as of the past few days the ALT + Numpad 0163 key combo will be forever burned in my brain). I've updated the fee table at the top of the page to show both USD and GBP amounts.
>
> I've also updated the old USD PayPal form, as it was outdated. Both forms now use PayPal's more modern system, which gets you one-click log in, the modern confirmation page, and a nice visual distinction between the two buttons.
>
> Please let me know if there are any issues.
>
> https://dconf.org/2019/registration.html

Appears to be a typo in the pricing table under Registration header:

Second last row just shows "Registration Fee" with no indication of the currency and the last row is listed as "Registration Fee (USD)" but all values are prefixed with £ (ALT Numpad 0163, just in case you forgot what £ really means! :D


bye,
Norm

On Thursday, 31 January 2019 at 06:38:24 UTC, Norm wrote:

> Second last row just shows "Registration Fee" with no indication of the currency and the last row is listed as "Registration Fee (USD)" but all values are prefixed with £ (ALT Numpad 0163, just in case you forgot what £ really means! :D
>

Thanks!

On 1/31/19 12:55 AM, Mike Parker wrote:
> On Wednesday, 30 January 2019 at 07:59:44 UTC, Russel Winder wrote:
>>
>> Pricing a UK DConf in US $ is the fastest way of ensuring UK people do not sign up.
> 
> You can now pay with GBP via an additional PayPal link. The GBP value of £322.70 is derived via the HMRC January 2019 average exchange rate of 1.2634. On Feb 1, I'll update to the Feb 2019 average of 1.3062, so it will be ten pounds cheaper at £312.36. (And as of the past few days the ALT + Numpad 0163 key combo will be forever burned in my brain). I've updated the fee table at the top of the page to show both USD and GBP amounts.
> 
> I've also updated the old USD PayPal form, as it was outdated. Both forms now use PayPal's more modern system, which gets you one-click log in, the modern confirmation page, and a nice visual distinction between the two buttons.
> 
> Please let me know if there are any issues.
> 
> https://dconf.org/2019/registration.html

Thanks, Mike!

On Thursday, 31 January 2019 at 01:05:54 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
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> Many credit cards (in the US at least) advertise 0% foreign transaction fees.

I can say it's true outside of the US as well, at least some places (Most places in Europe will at the very least offer this.)

On Thursday, 31 January 2019 at 05:55:45 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:
> On Wednesday, 30 January 2019 at 07:59:44 UTC, Russel Winder wrote:
>>
>> Pricing a UK DConf in US $ is the fastest way of ensuring UK people do not sign up.
>
> You can now pay with GBP via an additional PayPal link. The GBP value of £322.70 is derived via the HMRC January 2019 average exchange rate of 1.2634. On Feb 1, I'll update to the Feb 2019 average of 1.3062, so it will be ten pounds cheaper at £312.36. (And as of the past few days the ALT + Numpad 0163 key combo will be forever burned in my brain). I've updated the fee table at the top of the page to show both USD and GBP amounts.
>
> I've also updated the old USD PayPal form, as it was outdated. Both forms now use PayPal's more modern system, which gets you one-click log in, the modern confirmation page, and a nice visual distinction between the two buttons.
>
> Please let me know if there are any issues.
>
> https://dconf.org/2019/registration.html

FWIW even PayPal offers a built-in conversion option (with slightly higher conversion rates).
Here's an example of what it shows when you would pay with a GBP credit card (or bank account):

https://imgur.com/a/aKUibD2


Also: When DConf was 3x in Germany, no EUR option was provided and that worked fine for everyone too ;-)

On Thursday, 31 January 2019 at 11:54:57 UTC, Seb wrote:

> FWIW even PayPal offers a built-in conversion option (with slightly higher conversion rates).
> Here's an example of what it shows when you would pay with a GBP credit card (or bank account):
>
> https://imgur.com/a/aKUibD2

Didn’t know that! I kind of like the fixed monthly rate better, though. PayPal’s rate can fluctuate a few times every day.

On Wednesday, 30 January 2019 at 07:59:44 UTC, Russel Winder wrote:
>
> Pricing a UK DConf in US $ is the fastest way of ensuring UK people do not sign up.

Are you talking about the actual ability to make the transaction, or are you talking about the "sticker shock" of a person in the UK seeing a number that looks much higher than they would be willing to pay, because they are thinking in pounds?