Advice: Client Asking Me To Change Currency To His Country's

[crocdragon89.livejournal.com]

So, I recently had a client asking me to send a money request in his currency, I think so he wouldn't get charged the fees? Is this proper? Or is it more proper for me to accept his request and do it? I only accept USD, and that is in my TOS. Technically, I would still be getting payment in my currency, but only AFTER I change it back to USD, which would in turn take out a chunk of what the client paid me. So am I in the wrong for not wanting to convert the money to his country's? I'm not certain, and that's why I would like some advice on what I should do.

EDIT 4/9/14: I want to clarify that yes, all of my transactions are done through Paypal. And thank you all very much for the advice! This has helped me out a ton, and I will let the client know that from now on when he goes to commission me, if he does, the currency must be USD only! 

Comments

[thera nightwolf (from livejournal.com)]

I have a question as well relating to this.

What is the general opinion on artists that charge in a foreign currency purely for profit? I know 10€ is more than 10$ for example..

[teekchan.livejournal.com]

If someone had their prices listed as $10 and then asked to send 10 pounds or Euros, I's day no, because that's not okay. If I sent $10 equivalent in the other currency, it's fine. If all of they're prices are listed in the currency, then that's fine. Who am I (or anyone else for that matter) to say they're only doing it for 'more money'?

[thera nightwolf (from livejournal.com)]

That's what I meant though. I heard of one artist in Canada, with other Canadian customers, but charging in USD because it got an extra 15$. :/

[teekchan.livejournal.com]

Are their prices listed in dollar amounts though? I'm Canadian and I charge USD.

My prices are listed in dollars.

People can change what they want. But if someone says the order is ten dollars, but expects you to pay ten pounds/euros then NO, that's not okay.

[demonofdreams.livejournal.com]

I live in Southeast Asia and use Singaporean Dollar (SGD), but my commissions are in GBP because 1. more profit and 2. unfortunately given the circumstances I need to use an overseas bank account to access Paypal as it won't accept my country's banks. So I charge in GBP since I'm using a UK bank account to make things easier. It's not always about profit, although it's a main reason.

On the other hand, if the artist is asking for a currency not listed in their prices, that's really not okay.