LIST OF GOODS:
-CAN OF COKE (12 OZ = 355 ML) $0.84 to $1.26 depending where you get it, $3-4 for a 6pack in supermarkets I think
-GASOLINE - PREMIUM (1 GALLON = 3,78 LTS) $4.10
-BIG MAC (NOT THE COMBO) $3.22 last time i bought a big mac I bought 2 and it came to NZD9.20 I think
-BOTTLE OF MILK - AVERAGE (1 GALLON = 3,78 LTS) 1 & 2 Litre bottles here. $3.96/gallon at 1L bottle price, $2.64/gallon at 2L bottle price
-CINEMA TICKET (AVERAGE) $10.50 adult, $8.40 student, $5.60 child/senior citizen, specials on some days
-NEW PC VIDEOGAME (AVERAGE) $70
-BROADBAND INTERNET ACCESS SERVICE (2,5-10 GB MONTHLY) I pay $58.10 per month for a landline + internet (4megabit cable, 10GB download cap) Landline is $21 of that
-CELL PHONE PLAN (UNLIMITED FREE MINUTES MONTHLY) Unlimited minutes is WAY fucking expensive. I pay $42/month for 20 minutes national, 90 internation, 600 SMSs and 10 MMSs
-CABLE TV (AVERAGE MONTHLY PLAN INCLUDING THE BASIC AND PREMIUM CHANNELS) $49/month for landline + cable, landline is $21 of that. There is a satellite TV service also, provided by Sky. Costs are similar.
Comms in New Zealand suck a fat hairy donkey dick. Not because of tech, but because of greedy companies. We have a near-monopoly situation with big players trying to keep the little ones out, thus reducing competition. Telecom is starting to go ahead with ADSL2+, so telstra (yes you aussies, we have them here to, but they're the "good guys" on this side of the ditch
) are simply flicking their cable speeds up to a max of 25 meg to compete. Telstra own a cable network which covers 10-15% of urban NZ. Add in that we're sparsely populated for our size; about the same as England & Ireland but with only 4 million people, and companies just don't like investing in infrastructure.
Other stuff:
A crap dozen beers: $6.30-$8.40 (better than budweiser
)
An average dozen: $8.40-$11.20
A good dozen: $10.50-$14
An average bottle of vodka (1L/33.8Oz): $24.50
A 700ml (23.6Oz) of 42 Below (the vodka in my sig): $35 - this stuff is fucking top shelf, I shit you not! If you can try it I recommend manuka honey flavour
A decent bottle of wine: $7-$17.5 - you can get some REALLY good cheap wines here. My favourites are Savignon Blanc for whites, and Merlot for reds. The french, I am told, despise us for our quality without history
Dinner tonight: (cheeseburgers, making for others, Trailerpark boys theme
)
8-pack of burger buns: $1.75
8-pack of burger patties (beef): $4.20, about 1kg/2.2pd worth
3 onions: $0.56
Tonight's booze:
10-pack of McKenna bourbon & cola premixes: $14
15-pack of Macs Gold (in my sig): $14 (mates rates
), normally $17.5 - this is a fucking nice lager, goes well with anything!
Last edited by Pubic (2007-06-15 09:14:43)
