Foreign Transaction Fees

Some banks or credit card companies charge a Foreign Transaction Fee, also known as an International Service Assessment Fee, for purchases made through merchants located outside of the USA. As AbeBooks is a Canadian company, some banks apply this fee to purchases made by buyers located outside of Canada or to bookseller monthly fees charged by AbeBooks. Other banks use independent third party credit card processing companies that charge this fee.

Your financial institution could also be applying a similar cross-border assessment fee.

AbeBooks only charges the amount shown during the checkout and in our e-mail notifications.

We're collecting information about this fee from customer reports to try to lobby the companies to reverse the fees. We encourage you to contact your card-issuing bank to learn more about the fee or to file a complaint.

To find out more about these fees, the following links may be helpful:

http://www.travelfinances.com/Services/Foreign-Transaction-Fees-Explained.htm 

http://www.creditcards.com/credit-card-news/foreign-transaction-conversion-fees-1276.php