Bass Day Europe, June 1st 2025

[Sibob]

5 hours ago, Byo said:

Janek just posted the below on his YouTube channel.

 

They have managed to secure a venue in North London, in Dalston, on the 1st of June.

 

Tickets on sale, I bought mine just now and with the exchange from US to GBP it comes to around £35.

 

 

 

 

 

See you all there!

 

Si

[kevin_lindsay]

Yay - Bass Day Europe refund is now in my account  = £47

Purchase cost of the ticket for the Ian Allison & Janek Gwizdala event = £39.

 

I've now got enough left over for the price of a London pint of beer! Hahaha 

[BabyBlueSound]

18 minutes ago, kevin_lindsay said:

Yay - Bass Day Europe refund is now in my account  = £47

Purchase cost of the ticket for the Ian Allison & Janek Gwizdala event = £39.

 

I've now got enough left over for the price of a London pint of beer! Hahaha 

That's a pretty bad USD conversion rate, be careful if you ever spend more in another currency with that card!

 

I got only £34.45 deducted, more than 10% difference...

[kevin_lindsay]

Good deal - you've now got more money to buy some Crisps!! Hahaha 

 

I paid for the Janek / Ian ticket via PayPal as I didn't want to use my usual bank card. Looks like PP do pretty awful conversion rates (as you mentioned above). 

Edited 19 hours ago by kevin_lindsay

[BabyBlueSound]

15 minutes ago, kevin_lindsay said:

Good deal - you've now got more money to buy some Crisps!! Hahaha 

 

I paid for the Janek / Ian ticket via PayPal as I didn't want to use my usual bank card. Looks like PP do pretty awful conversion rates (as you mentioned above). 

The very business model of PP is to scam out some sizeable pocket change from all parties involved.

 

Google "Honey browser extension scandal", owned by PP... literally everyone involved lost money, except PP.

 

Sorry, I am a very passionate PP hater. 😁

[Stub Mandrel]

3 hours ago, BabyBlueSound said:

The very business model of PP is to scam out some sizeable pocket change from all parties involved.

 

Google "Honey browser extension scandal", owned by PP... literally everyone involved lost money, except PP.

 

Sorry, I am a very passionate PP hater. 😁

 

On the other hand, I save around £30 a month by using PayPal business to pay international suppliers, they get paid instantly instead of after potentially weeks (or moths in the case of Australia (where normal payments fail more often than succeed) or America (where many people have banks that don't accept international payments(!))

[BabyBlueSound]

26 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said:

 

On the other hand, I save around £30 a month by using PayPal business to pay international suppliers, they get paid instantly instead of after potentially weeks (or moths in the case of Australia (where normal payments fail more often than succeed) or America (where many people have banks that don't accept international payments(!))

 

Don't quote me on THIS as I only have 2nd hand experience and I myself have never used international options (only some of my buds), but for that purpose there should be other similar solutions that are also instant and save you more money on fees & conversions. Also, I am going crazy offtopic here, sorry 😅 Scammy conversion fees trigger me.

[kevin_lindsay]

Just checked my transaction for the Bass Bash ticket - it was actually £35 something I was charged, not the £38 that i quoted earlier. 

 

Only 5 weeks until the get-together happens 

[tauzero]

7 hours ago, Stub Mandrel said:

On the other hand, I save around £30 a month by using PayPal business to pay international suppliers, they get paid instantly instead of after potentially weeks (or moths in the case of Australia (where normal payments fail more often than succeed) or America (where many people have banks that don't accept international payments(!))

 

What's the conversion rate between moths and Australian dollars?

[Stub Mandrel]

11 hours ago, BabyBlueSound said:

 

Don't quote me on THIS as I only have 2nd hand experience and I myself have never used international options (only some of my buds), but for that purpose there should be other similar solutions that are also instant and save you more money on fees & conversions. Also, I am going crazy offtopic here, sorry 😅 Scammy conversion fees trigger me.

 

I pay no fees. The recipient takes a tiny % hit.