I would like to find out the real value of currencies in different countries - not the exchange rate. So here’s list list of basic stuff most people would buy. Just add the price you pay and your location.
£.1.50-£2.20
£4.50-£5.50 ?
£0.20-£1.80
£1.75
5 £2.75
£. £0.85 ?
im in the UK and we get taxed to f**k :mad:
Maby this might help not sure though :
That’s true, however, you do get something in return for that, like good free medical service and good schools, etc. You must see what happens to our tax money, here in South Africa…
My aim is to see what stuff costs in different countries, regardless of foreign exchange rates.
yea true…i dont mind, but i wish they would make it a little easier for people who are trying to get a good education and who are trying to work…i cant complain though really when i look at the other parts of the world… :no:
I’m with Daniels prices, save for two corrections:
Litre of milk (well, 2 pints) is under a pound. You can get six pints (3.4L) for about £1.60.
Petrol (gas) is about 90p a litre.
Oh, and beer varies hugely. The right place and you can get a pint (imperial pint, not us) for £1. It easily goes up to £3 when places can get away with it.
Finland
one euro € is 1.30 dollars $, so just multiply those numbers by 1.3 for dollars.
I got scammed once in Kenya with counterfeit $US. So when I sailed back to the states from Cape Town in '98 I converted everything I had into Swiss Francs (you know what a hassle that was with SA’s exchange regulations!). Anyhow, at P&P in CT all the food for 90 days (ships stores, no fresh produce) cost me just short of 700 ff. 200 gal of diesel cost 1700 ff.
In Brazil the same 90 days food cost me 380 ff and diesel cost 1200 ff. In Trinidad I didn’t need to restock for a full 90 days but both food and fuel was more expensive than Brazil and cheaper by far than SA. In Curacao food cost about the same as SA but diesel was about the same price as Brazil.
In the states prices of everything you listed (except maybe the big mac) varies so much from state to state it’s useless listing, and beer here is not worth paying for.
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Thank God, since '98, the value of our currency have improved and stabilised quite a bit. Around R7 = $1.
When I was a kid, our currency was actually stronger than the US$…
On a side note, am I the only one who finds it’s scary that McDonalds big mac burgers are as globally ubiquitous as everything else on that list?
Scary, but true. Some people have jokingly suggested that foreign currencies should be evaluated against a McDonalds burger, rather than the old gold standard.
IN THE US of frikin A (in NYC to be exact)
Damn you still pay $3 a gallon for gas, it’s been down to $1.95 for a few weeks here, in MN. Everything else costs the same here.
Brazil
1-$1(in fact from 1 to 3)
2-$3
3-$1
4-$1,5
5-$1.19
6-$11(for the number 1)
7-$2,50(1 liter of gasoline)