interesting sort-of-exploit in Currency

[jerseyjoe]

I'm working on a new store for my son's music. He's in Australia. Most sales will be in Oz. So I have the Currency default set for AU$ which are currently at roughly 1.3something $AU per $US.

In the process of setting this up in Currency, I'd set the $AU rate at 1.000. But I forgot to change the $US from 1.000 to the appropriate exchange rate.

As a result, visitors who leave the default alone will see and be charged $20AU for the CD, a common price there.

Shoppers who change the default currency to $US will be charged $20 in US currency as well. In other words, the US Sales would deliver higher revenue.

Of course, now the issue becomes, would US buyers pay $20US? Hmm, it may be a way of covering the added shipping cost to the US from AU.