Buying items internationally online - how do I do this?

[angela in ohio]

I want to buy something from a site in the Netherlands. The cost is in Euros. Is there a way to pay them in Euros, without disclosing my credit card information to a company outside the U.S.? I've already emailed them to see if they have a distributor in the U.S., but I am not hopeful of that, as I have googled like crazy and found nothing. I know shipping is going to be crazy, but this is a special gift.

Surely somewhere on the internet there is a service to do this...

TIA!!

[Kathleen in VA]

Do you have paypal? I bought an emagazine subscription from Australia and I paid through paypal. Paypal has a feature where it automatically changes the currency to the right one (there's a word for that but I can't think of it now). Don't know other than that.

[Snickerdoodle]

I think more or less you don't need to worry about using your CC. The conversion is done automatically. I pm'd you...

[abbeyej]

Personally, I'd just order it. I've ordered from a number of different countries in Europe using my credit card, and never had a problem. (Of course, our CC information was stolen when we used a gas station in Indiana once...)

There are ways to create "temporary credit card numbers" as well -- basically, one-time use numbers, but they go to your regular Visa account. I've done it a long time ago, but no longer remember the details. You could Google, however...

But if it were me, I'd just order.

[In The Great White North]

I have used my cc on Amazon.de and at several gas stations in Germany and Switzerland without a problem.

If you are concerned about it, call your cc bank and tell them you are making a one-time charge to the Netherlands, the approximate dollar amount, and they should not authorize any others.

Our bank also calls us to verify any unusual charges (weird locations and/or types of stores).

PayPal definitely exists in Europe (and ebay) - you could see if the company takes PayPal.

[angela in ohio]

Okay, I will give it a shot with the CC, if I can't just use Paypal. We bank at a small credit union, and they keep an eye on things, so I'll let them know.

Now to see if I can figure out how to order in a foreign language, LOL...

Thanks!!