Everything seems almost double what it should be in the UK.

2006-09-11 08:28:27

#26

Jammyc_53: Member; +5|6976|Newcastle-England

its only 45p for a mars bar here, and how come the £ is the highest value compared to all other currency's

2006-09-11 09:09:17

#27

Widjerd: I like sausage; +18|6959|Bristol UK

if my family sold our house for its value (£750-850,000) we could probably go to america and never have to work for the next 2 generations :\
overstated but you get the idea

2006-09-11 09:12:02

#28

brome: brap.; +244|7006|Accidental, TK

Jammyc_53 wrote:
its only 45p for a mars bar here, and how come the £ is the highest value compared to all other currency's

yea, im from london mate, but I go to norway a lot for no readily apparent reason
on another note: do you get ripped off so much in airports in other countries? everything is like 5zillion times the price in the supposedly "tax free" at Heathrow

2006-09-11 09:13:20

#29

Penetrator: Certified Twat; +296|6926|Bournemouth, South England

A decent whore costs far to much in UK. Might move to Africa, get a goat-wife!

2006-09-11 09:20:42

#30

blademaster: I'm moving to Brazil; +2,075|7064

you guys have so much gold from ransacking all the world or holding most of the world countries from like 1600's till like 1900's from, Britain held large portions of the world. Also you have the strongest currency in teh world.

2006-09-11 14:51:47

#31

Scorpion0x17: can detect anyone's visible post count...; +691|7184|Cambridge (UK)

CameronPoe wrote:
Knight`UK wrote:
Since when has it got stronger ?? as in verus the English Pound £1 = EUR 1.47 thats pretty weak tbh
I wasn't talking relative to the pound. I meant relative to the rest of the world.

The rest of the world means the dollar, and the euro is tied, to some extent, to the dollar. The dollar is also a weak currency.

2006-09-11 14:56:58

#32

USAFDude_1988: Will fly for food.; +120|6927|Daytona Beach, FL

mikeyb118 wrote:
I could give a lecture about the economics of why goods are cheaper in the US, but to make it short and very simple.
OIL

Last time I checked the UK has a large amount of oil resources as well. (North Sea)

2006-09-11 15:06:12

#33

Buckles: Cheeky Keen; +329|6975|Kent, UK

USAFDude_1988 wrote:
mikeyb118 wrote:
I could give a lecture about the economics of why goods are cheaper in the US, but to make it short and very simple.
OIL
Last time I checked the UK has a large amount of oil resources as well. (North Sea)

ha ha ha
pwnt!

anyway, one of the reasons goods are cheaper in the US because more goods are manufactured there than in the UK and also because the goods that the US DO import are imported in a far greater bulk than the UK do, so that effectively lowers the cost per item.

However, i believe i'm right in saying that the American economy is in recession?
whereas the brit economy is in a pretty good rate of inflation

2006-09-11 15:08:12

#34

USAFDude_1988: Will fly for food.; +120|6927|Daytona Beach, FL

^KoB^Buckles wrote:
USAFDude_1988 wrote:
mikeyb118 wrote:
I could give a lecture about the economics of why goods are cheaper in the US, but to make it short and very simple.
OIL
Last time I checked the UK has a large amount of oil resources as well. (North Sea)
ha ha ha
pwnt!

anyway, one of the reasons goods are cheaper in the US because more goods are manufactured there than in the UK and also because the goods that the US DO import are imported in a far greater bulk than the UK do, so that effectively lowers the cost per item.

However, i believe i'm right in saying that the American economy is in recession?
whereas the brit economy is in a pretty good rate of inflation

eh.. recession or not.. I like buying a new 1500 square foot house for $80,000.

EDIT: ..but I suppose that price depends on where u are in the US.

Last edited by USAFDude_1988 (2006-09-11 15:08:58)

2006-09-11 16:06:42

#35

uk-anubis-uk: Member; +21|6940

We are clearly one of the most expensive countries there is forking out about £2000 ($3,700) for a teenage boy to insure a car for a year! Females of the same age paying around half as much! i paid £15 to get a return train from North London to Central London at 6.30am today!!!! We are over charged for everything and every thing gets taxed heavily!
24% of our wage goes to tax! If you get a tax rebate it gets taxed what more can i say!!!??

2006-09-11 16:09:02

#36

Buckles: Cheeky Keen; +329|6975|Kent, UK

yeah, i don;t get the tax system.
part of the tax on your wages goes towards your state pension, however when you retire at 65 (in 50 years for a lot of people on this forum), you get taxed on your state pension as you get it

2006-09-11 16:10:11

#37

uk-anubis-uk: Member; +21|6940

Its about £150k-200k for a 3 bedroom house in north london!!! thats around $280k-$370k!!!!!

2006-09-11 16:12:03

#38

uk-anubis-uk: Member; +21|6940

^KoB^Buckles wrote:
yeah, i don;t get the tax system.
part of the tax on your wages goes towards your state pension, however when you retire at 65 (in 50 years for a lot of people on this forum), you get taxed on your state pension as you get it

They tax everything! Even inheritance! If you inherit a house from your parents/grandparents or whoever u have to pay a portion of the value of the house for taxes! Even tho they have just spent 25 years paying off the mortgage (which was taxed)!

2006-09-11 16:18:29

#39

ELITE-UK: Scratching my back; +170|6892|SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND

everythin is imported.....and the average household income is £30,000 - 45-55,000 dollors so high prices and obviously high taxation rates...i dont mind though...theres a war going on so it needs to be funded!!

2006-09-11 16:19:36

#40

Ryan: Member; +1,230|7262|Alberta, Canada

Dieselboy wrote:
Anyone know what the average price for Gas is in the US?

We currently pay on average £0.92 per litre here which is $1.71 per litre

In Canada here (Prairies), we paid about $1.09 a few weeks ago, but its slowly going down each day. It's 96.9 cents right now.

2006-09-11 16:29:39

#41

messfeeder: Member; +31|6946|Gotham

Coolbeano wrote:
Just one thing; you get paid a shitload less. Minimum wage runs from about US$3.52 to $4.63. In comparison to around over 5 dollars an hour.

Oh wait, 5 dollars an hour?
Minimum wage here is 4.63 US dollars... a DAY. Less than FIVE DOLLARS in a full DAY.

...If you're lucky, that is.

Oh damn. They're about to raise the min wage in Cali to over $8 an hour! wtf?

2006-09-12 08:49:55

#42

mikeyb118: Evil Overlord; +76|7017|S.C.

USAFDude_1988 wrote:
mikeyb118 wrote:
I could give a lecture about the economics of why goods are cheaper in the US, but to make it short and very simple.
OIL
Last time I checked the UK has a large amount of oil resources as well. (North Sea)

The North Sea reserves are running low and soon it will not be economically viable to drill.
Also oil is heavily taxed, at the beginning of the year Gordon Brown doubled the tax on north sea oil. This has in turn caused a decline in investment in north sea oil.

2006-09-12 09:07:55

#43

Loz: I reject your reality, and substitute my own!; +56|7096|Umm... Home?

Dieselboy wrote:
Anyone know what the average price for Gas is in the US?

We currently pay on average £0.92 per litre here which is $1.71 per litre

You're lucky petrol is only 92p, Cornwall its into £1's

2006-09-12 09:11:10

#44

jsnipy: ...; +3,277|6941|...

Isn't food (like fresh from market) cheaper in UK?

Just you.	9%	9% - 6
I've noticed it too.	65%	65% - 42
Never been to the UK.	25%	25% - 16
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mikeyb118 wrote:

^KoB^Buckles wrote:

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