MOGS challenge

[Richt]

Yep I know, I appreciate that the wages are more than likely a lot less, but shall we do a price comparison thing? For once though MOG, you have to do the converting. How much would you pay for the following - (in English money)?

A Can of Diet Coke

A Brand new Audi TT

A Cinema / Theater Ticket

A months broadband internet connection

A 4 pack of top quality toilet rolls

A gallon petrol (gas)

A pair of Levi mens jeans

A titanium squash racquet

A large beer

A packet of salted peanuts


But remember MOG, you have to convert it into (£)

[Lady_Hawke]

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Can I play too if I convert it to american dollars and english pounds?!
Can I
Can I

[MotherOfGizmo]

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English money? Oh Rich, I am the worst at math in the world! You don't want me attempting to convert $$ it could be very dangerous!

[MotherOfGizmo]

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Hey Lady Hawke, you can do the conversion, I'll do the US $$ for my area


A Can of Diet Coke
From a machine anywhere from 35 Cents (at Walmart) to $1.00 Most places it would be .50 or .75 cents though.For example: On the 1st floor in this building they are 75 cents on the 2nd floor they are 50 cents!

A Brand new Audi TT
I have no idea -- this is out of my ballpark! Maybe $35,000 thousand?

A Cinema / Theater Ticket
I think at the regular theater about $8.50? But we have a second run theater where its only 5 bucks.

A months broadband internet connection
I know this one...we pay $39.95 (on special for 6 months) then it goes up to 49.95

A 4 pack of top quality toilet rolls
Hmm, I buy the 12 pack of double rolls and its around $7 dollars on sale usually.

A gallon petrol (gas)
It just jumped 30 cents a gallon so I paid $2.59.9 a gallon a couple of days ago

A pair of Levi mens jeans
On sale $29.95

A titanium squash racquet
LOL---no idea

A large beer
How big is large? In a bar a regular beer (12 ounce is around 3 -3.50 if its domestic, the imports can go as high as 6 bucks!) A twelve pack of 12 ounce Budweisers runs between 8 and 10 dollars depending on where you shop. A six pack of 16 ounce Buds costs 6.99

A packet of salted peanuts
Single serving? 50 or 75 cents.

[Lady_Hawke]

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Hey Lady Hawke, you can do the conversion, I'll do the US $$ for my area


A Can of Diet Coke
From a machine anywhere from 35 Cents (.19 gbp)(at Walmart) to $1.00 (.57 GBP) (Most places it would be .50 or .75 cents ( .28 or .42 GBP)though.For example: On the 1st floor in this building they are 75 cents (.42 GBP)on the 2nd floor they are 50 cents(.28 GBP)!

A Brand new Audi TT
I have no idea -- this is out of my ballpark! Maybe $35,000 thousand (19930GBP)?

A Cinema / Theater Ticket
I think at the regular theater about $8.50 (4.84 GBP)? But we have a second run theater where its only 5 bucks (2.84 GBP).

A months broadband internet connection
I know this one...we pay $39.95 (22.74 GBP) (on special for 6 months) then it goes up to 49.95 (28.44 GBP)

A 4 pack of top quality toilet rolls
Hmm, I buy the 12 pack of double rolls and its around $7 dollars (3.98 GBP) on sale usually.

A gallon petrol (gas)
It just jumped 30 cents a gallon so I paid $2.59.9 (1.47 GBP) a gallon a couple of days ago

A pair of Levi mens jeans
On sale $29.95 (17.05 GBP)

A titanium squash racquet
LOL---no idea (pip pip cheerio old chap haven't a clue, no no, haven't a clue)

A large beer
How big is large? In a bar a regular beer (12 ounce is around 3 -3.50 (1.70 - 1.99 GBP)if its domestic, the imports can go as high as 6 bucks!) A twelve pack of 12 ounce Budweisers runs between 8 (4.55 GBP)and 10 dollars (5.69 GBP)depending on where you shop. A six pack of 16 ounce Buds costs 6.99 (3.98 GBP)

A packet of salted peanuts
Single serving? 50 or 75 cents. (.28 or .42)

Hope I did it right! I'll have to look up the norwegian!

[Richt]

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Prices in my area of England are in blue below

Hey Lady Hawke, you can do the conversion, I'll do the US $$ for my area


A Can of Diet Coke
From a machine anywhere from 35 Cents (at Walmart) to $1.00 Most places it would be .50 or .75 cents though.For example: On the 1st floor in this building they are 75 cents on the 2nd floor they are 50 cents! 36p

A Brand new Audi TT
I have no idea -- this is out of my ballpark! Maybe $35,000 thousand?

A Cinema / Theater Ticket
I think at the regular theater about $8.50? But we have a second run theater where its only 5 bucks. £4.50p

A months broadband internet connection
I know this one...we pay $39.95 (on special for 6 months) then it goes up to 49.95 £17.99p

A 4 pack of top quality toilet rolls
Hmm, I buy the 12 pack of double rolls and its around $7 dollars on sale usually. variable I always buy them in bulk but for 12 - £3

A gallon petrol (gas)
It just jumped 30 cents a gallon so I paid $2.59.9 a gallon a couple of days ago £4.05p

A pair of Levi mens jeans
On sale $29.95 £25 (ish)

A titanium squash racquet
LOL---no idea a decent one, £50

A large beer
How big is large? In a bar a regular beer (12 ounce is around 3 -3.50 if its domestic, the imports can go as high as 6 bucks!) A twelve pack of 12 ounce Budweisers runs between 8 and 10 dollars depending on where you shop. A six pack of 16 ounce Buds costs 6.99 A pint of Lager (your beer) £2.80

A packet of salted peanuts
Single serving? 50 or 75 cents. .50p

[MotherOfGizmo]

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So what do your prices translate to in $$ Rich? I don't think my keyboard even has one of those symbols for pounds!

[Richt]

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So what do your prices translate to in $$ Rich? I don't think my keyboard even has one of those symbols for pounds!

Its Lady Hawkes job to do the tranlsations.......

[MotherOfGizmo]

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Its Lady Hawkes job to do the tranlsations.......

Oh, O.k.

[Heidi3]

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this is cool and makes it clear how much more expensive it is here in Seattle then where you are..but our wages are higher as well ....funny huh same country and everything costs so much more here ...

Hey Lady Hawke, you can do the conversion, I'll do the US $$ for my area


A Can of Diet Coke
From a machine anywhere from 35 Cents (at Walmart) to $1.00 Most places it would be .50 or .75 cents though.For example: On the 1st floor in this building they are 75 cents on the 2nd floor they are 50 cents!


A Brand new Audi TT
I have no idea -- this is out of my ballpark! Maybe $35,000 thousand?

A Cinema / Theater Ticket
I think at the regular theater about $8.50? But we have a second run theater where its only 5 bucks.

A months broadband internet connection
I know this one...we pay $39.95 (on special for 6 months) then it goes up to 49.95

A 4 pack of top quality toilet rolls
Hmm, I buy the 12 pack of double rolls and its around $7 dollars on sale usually.

A gallon petrol (gas)
It just jumped 30 cents a gallon so I paid $2.59.9 a gallon a couple of days ago

A pair of Levi mens jeans
On sale $29.95

A titanium squash racquet
LOL---no idea

A large beer
How big is large? In a bar a regular beer (12 ounce is around 3 -3.50 if its domestic, the imports can go as high as 6 bucks!) A twelve pack of 12 ounce Budweisers runs between 8 and 10 dollars depending on where you shop. A six pack of 16 ounce Buds costs 6.99

A packet of salted peanuts
Single serving? 50 or 75 cents.

[dotsamantha]

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New York City is ridiculous, I'll do red for NYC and convert it

A Can of Diet Coke
From a machine anywhere from 35 Cents (at Walmart) to $1.00 Most places it would be .50 or .75 cents though.For example: On the 1st floor in this building they are 75 cents on the 2nd floor they are 50 cents! 36p $.75 = 43p

A Brand new Audi TT
I have no idea -- this is out of my ballpark! Maybe $35,000 thousand? $43,000 = 25,500 British pounds

A Cinema / Theater Ticket
I think at the regular theater about $8.50? But we have a second run theater where its only 5 bucks. £4.50p $9.50 = 5.40

A months broadband internet connection
I know this one...we pay $39.95 (on special for 6 months) then it goes up to 49.95 £17.99p $29.95 for the 1st six months when you insall it yourself, then $44.95, they also run deals when you get digital cable and voice over IP at the same time = 17.12 to 25.70

A 4 pack of top quality toilet rolls
Hmm, I buy the 12 pack of double rolls and its around $7 dollars on sale usually. variable I always buy them in bulk but for 12 - £3 $4.00 = 2.29

A gallon petrol (gas)
It just jumped 30 cents a gallon so I paid $2.59.9 a gallon a couple of days ago £4.05p $2.60 for regular, $2.80 for premium = 1.49, 1.60

A pair of Levi mens jeans
On sale $29.95 £25 (ish) original levi's 501 jeans for men $46.00 = 26.00

A titanium squash racquet
LOL---no idea a decent one, £50 $85 = 48.60

A large beer
How big is large? In a bar a regular beer (12 ounce is around 3 -3.50 if its domestic, the imports can go as high as 6 bucks!) A twelve pack of 12 ounce Budweisers runs between 8 and 10 dollars depending on where you shop. A six pack of 16 ounce Buds costs 6.99 A pint of Lager (your beer) £2.80 A pint of domestic $2.50 to $5.00, import $4.00 to $8.00 = 1.43 to 4.58

A packet of salted peanuts
Single serving? 50 or 75 cents. .50p $1.00 = .57

[MotherOfGizmo]

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WOW, 45 bucks for Levi's? Ours are normally around 35 but they put them on sale all the time for $29.95...obviously we only shop sales!

NYC's gas is now less than ours! Ours was up to 2.64 this morning! They said it will continue to rise until it gets up to a little over 3 dollars a gallon! You can drive by the same gas station 3 or 4 times a day and the price will be higher every time you pass! Unbelievable!

Hey, your beer, broadband and T.P. are all cheaper than ours! And those are necessities! I live in the "country" too!

[Richt]

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New York seems to be much the same price as England in a number of things. But then "weekend shopping breaks" to NYC from England are quite common, so I suppose thats got something to do with it. Your stores jumping on the band wagon and all that to get the most out of tourists.

Shame that your petrol is almost half our price though.

[sadie147]

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A pair of men's 501 levis on the sears website here is $74.99 Cdn 68.00 approx us. or 39.30 gbp. those are red tab levis though..we can get the lower Orange tab for at least half the price i think.

I haven't been to a movie in a while, but I'm pretty sure it's about $12.50 to get in: 10.75 usd or 6.15 gbp

24 bottles of beer at the beer store is around 36.00: 30.90 usd or 17.70 gbp
i think it may have gone up recently though

Internet...wow MOG you pay alot! I pay 45.00 cdn for mine. about 38. usd!

Can of coke: usually in a machine their $1 cdn or .85 us or .50 gbp

Gas: this takes a couple of conversions for me. Rich, we pay by the litre (as i'm sure you do) it's arount .91 cdn per litre which is .45 gbp. Per gallon that is 3.41 cdn or about 2.95 us i think, that's for regular.

I do think our wages are higher than some of the states too which probably justifies alot of the difference.

[Richt]

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Gas: this takes a couple of conversions for me. Rich, we pay by the litre (as i'm sure you do) it's arount .91 cdn per litre which is .45 gbp. Per gallon that is 3.41 cdn or about 2.95 us i think, that's for regular.

Yes, we pay buy the litre aswell (He ll me and you even spell it properly "litre")

I just multiplied our litre price by 4.54 (which I believe is the number of litres to a gallon).

Rich