Topic: What does stuff cost in your part of the world.

[ttr400]

Just wondering what the price of goods are in your part of the world. Or for the USA in your State.
I am in South Africa. Prices have been converted to USA $'s at today's exchange rate of ZAR 8.13 to the $.

I have kept the weights etc metric. 

1 litre 93 unleaded petrol(gas) $1.17
1 litre 95 unleaded petrol(gas) $1.19
Loaf brown sliced bread $0.95
2 litre full cream milk $1.99
410g tin baked beans $0.69
6 large eggs $0.77
500g lean beef mince $2.70
#1 meal Mcdonalds $2.95 (big mac,fries,coke)
20 smokes $2.51
Spraypaint frame $36.90
Spraypaint swingarm $18.45
Spraypaint tank and side covers(1 colour) $92.25
Polish clutch cover $6.15
Hardchrome pair fork tubes and grind to size $95.00
Chrome rear fender $24.60
Chrome ex header(cb400F) $170.00
Zinc plating per KG +- $6.00
Manual machining(lathe) per Hr $31.00
Note: Petrol/gas price is set by the Government, same price at all stations.

So lets see your prices for the above sample list.

Kevin

[AHuff]

Gas 1 Gallon 93 premium about $4 bucks
Bread anywhere from $1 to around $7 depending on how fancy your taste buds are.
Milk about $4-5 a gallon
Eggs $2-3 per dozen
#1 McD's is around $5 if i remember right.
Cigs vary by brand $1-5 per pack

Can't help on the paint without knowing brand, number of cans, etc. Never had anything polished or hard chromed, had quite a bit show chromed though.

I usually start around $25 an hour for machining (manual lathe, manual mill, CNC lathe or mill) depending on what you want done, less for friends alot more if you are a PITA.

[BobbyR]

I am moving to South Africa. Here in NY a gallon of gas is about $3.80-90.
Pack of 20 Smokes is $6.10 best price. If you sneak across the border tnearby the State of Pennsylvania,  it would be $4.00.
Forget about chroming since there are few chromers around.
If you want to spray your own frame and swingarm you could do it for $20.00 with can spray paint.
For painting a tank it could be several hundred for customm or a hundred for one color.

Each State is different and they tax certain items differently. In some States the cost of labor and rent is much cheaper, so the prices can be lower. So, you will find widely varying prices stated here.  The US is not one thing.

[Glenn Stauffer]

Southeastern PA...

1 Gallon of Unleaded Regular - $3.49 (about $0.92/litre)
organic whole-grain bread $4/loaf
1 Gallon of Raw whole milk (purchased at the farm): $3-$4 or $0.79-$1.05/liter
1 dozen pastured eggs purchased at the farm: $4
1lb grass fed ground beef - $6

[mattcb350f]

I am moving to South Africa.

Me too.

Petrol here in Ontario is about $1.29/Litre and was about $1.39/litre a few days ago.

The last time I got a Bic Mac meal (#1) it was about $8-9 w/tax.

Pretty much everything on you list ttr is much more expensive here in Canada.

 Matt.

[rhos1355]

Why anybody would want to move to a 3rd world country like SA just defeats me. 30-40% unemployment, highest murder rate in the world (sorry, Columbia doesn't have up to date data on this one), rampant corruption, incompetent government, car-jackings are a daily occurence, you live as prisoners in your own home behind 12 foot walls topped with razorwire.

[andy750]

Why anybody would want to move to a 3rd world country like SA just defeats me. 30-40% unemployment, highest murder rate in the world (sorry, Columbia doesn't have up to date data on this one), rampant corruption, incompetent government, car-jackings are a daily occurence, you live as prisoners in your own home behind 12 foot walls topped with razorwire.

Ok but apart from this...why wouldnt you move there?  ....they have nice scenery 

[ttr400]

rhos is correct apart from the 12 foot walls, more like 6 foot.
Saw a sky news doc the other day which stated that SA is the most dangerous country in the world.....second only to a war zone.!! 50 murders a day etc etc etc.
Although, it's not all bad.
There are some very clever people down here and quite a few inventions have come out of the country, these days though it is getting worse.
Unfortunatly I can't get a green card for the states.

Kevin

[rhos1355]

Why anybody would want to move to a 3rd world country like SA just defeats me. 30-40% unemployment, highest murder rate in the world (sorry, Columbia doesn't have up to date data on this one), rampant corruption, incompetent government, car-jackings are a daily occurence, you live as prisoners in your own home behind 12 foot walls topped with razorwire.

Ok but apart from this...why wouldnt you move there?  ....they have nice scenery 

Yeah, I can imagine it now: the last thing you see whilst your lifeblood pumps out of yuor slit throat 'cos some drug crazed local wanted your Nissan Micra, is a beautiful sunset view of the Table Mountain.

Priceless

[BobbyR]

Why anybody would want to move to a 3rd world country like SA just defeats me. 30-40% unemployment, highest murder rate in the world (sorry, Columbia doesn't have up to date data on this one), rampant corruption, incompetent government, car-jackings are a daily occurence, you live as prisoners in your own home behind 12 foot walls topped with razorwire.

Ok but apart from this...why wouldnt you move there?  ....they have nice scenery 

Yeah, I can imagine it now: the last thing you see whilst your lifeblood pumps out of yuor slit throat 'cos some drug crazed local wanted your Nissan Micra, is a beautiful sunset view of the Table Mountain.

Priceless

What a bunch of Nancies. You just carry an M-16 or AK-47, and a Glock or two and you will be fine. We Yanks know how to deal with such things.   

[winnipeg550guy]

 Unleaded Regular gas $1.43/litre cdn. = $1.32us/litre  which I think works out to a bit over $5.00us/gallon.
 
 All I do know is when our dollar was nearly equal it would cost me $77.00cdn to fill up out mini van here in Winnipeg and down in Minnesota it was only about $52.00cdn when I traveled to Duluth.

 pack of 25 cigs I think are 10-12 bucks

 Bloody 6 Pack o beer nearly $10

 4/litres of 1%Milk $4.00-$5.45

[Sam Green Racing]

For the rip off taxed to the hilt UK, add 0 and move the decimal point

Sam

[texaninseattle]

Unfortunatly I can't get a green card for the states.

Kevin

try canada...they let anyone in

[Bob Wessner]

For the rip off taxed to the hilt UK, add 0 and move the decimal point

Sam

But the healthcare is free, right?

[74cb750]

well in New Hampshire cigarettes are $3,80/pack
at the local store here in Vermont, $675/pack

gasoline= $3.79/gallon

plating? haven't been able to find one in the area   

i heard the prostitues in south africa are cheaper than in rhw USA 

peace,
michel

[fuzzybutt]

gallon of unleaded regular is 3.99, premium is around 4.49 or so. loaf of sliced bread is around 1.39. 6 pack of guinness bottles is 7.99

[BobbyR]

well in New Hampshire cigarettes are $3,80/pack
at the local store here in Vermont, $675/pack

gasoline= $3.79/gallon

plating? haven't been able to find one in the area   

i heard the prostitues in south africa are cheaper than in rhw USA 

peace,
michel

Man, when I go through New Hampshire the bumper is dragging. Wine, Booze and Tax free clothes.

[Sam Green Racing]

For the rip off taxed to the hilt UK, add 0 and move the decimal point

Sam

But the healthcare is free, right?

Yes Bob, if you want to wait in a big queue only emergencies get dealt with on the spot, if you're suffering with something you have to suffer in the queue. You only get to jump the queue if you are at deaths door.
I'm lucky in that my employer pays for my private health care.

Sam.

[oldbiker]

Hi Bob, health care is free (mostly) I had a triple by-pass and a valve replaced in my heart in 2001 and it didn't cost me a penny but my first symptoms of angina were about 1985. You figure it out.
95 octane petrol is about £1.15 a litre ($2.27), a loaf of sliced bread is about the same and taxes in general are crippling anybody on less than about $75,000 a year.
My wife and I manage on a third of that because we don't smoke or drink or gamble, and because we worked hard to pay off our mortgage when we were younger.
By the way, this democratic government is putting up the annual raod tax on our 2002 1.6 litre saloon car to $800 from next year. They don't want any ordinary folk to drive a car but to use public transport at about $1 a mile.
This is not meant as a complaining message as we live fairly well but if we were young again we would move to America where hard work is rewarded.

[SteveD CB500F]

if we were young again we would move to America where hard work is rewarded.

Ten years ago I'd have agreed with you.

Now, I'd go to (rural) France.

[boatsdickson]

Joplin Missouri - Middle of the US

Gas regular $3.59 gallon
    premium $3.69 gallon
    racing 117 octane $6.50 gallon
Camel filters about $4.00 a pack - not sure, only buy cartons
Milk $3.80 gallon

Gettin laid off monday mornin while having a better job starting next monday........... priceless

[Buber]

hehe, you lucky people in cheapie land... check this:
http://www.see-search.com/business/fuelandpetrolpriceseurope.htm
Although it's made be Britons, so the currency used is illegible... What is a pence anyway??? 
Wait, this one is better:
http://www.aaroadwatch.ie/eupetrolprices/

[SteveD CB500F]

http://www.see-search.com/business/fuelandpetrolpriceseurope.htm

That one's about 2 years out of date!

[Buber]

Yep, noticed it too late.... But the one below is from July, so pretty recent. And, well there goes the reality... 1,5 euro per liter...

[rhos1355]

What a bunch of Nancies. You just carry an M-16 or AK-47, and a Glock or two and you will be fine. We Yanks know how to deal with such things.   

Yeah, just like you knew how to deal with them in Vietnam, Somalia and Beirut?

just joshing ya Bobby, but, yup I guess that's one way of staying alive.