Originally Posted by northernbird

I also looked on Tesco website and chicken breasts are 9.26 GBP per kilo Did a few other searches and my general opinion is that fresh produce in some instances is as expensive in the UK. Where the UK is cheaper is processed stuff, convenience foods, bread and toiletries. If you have a trolley full of ready meals, biscuits, crisps then for sure you will be paying heaps more for less variety in Australia.

Originally Posted by Grayling

Vegetables and unprocessed food is also far more expensive here

Originally Posted by iamthecreaturefromuranus

How is the cost of a car in the UK relevant to my cost of living here?

Originally Posted by northernbird

Not on some of the items I looked at compared to what I pay here. I certainly don't pay the equivalent of 9.26 per kilo for chicken breast no any of the prices on meat quoted earlier in the thread. On the whole I reckon my shopping would be marginally more expensive here but not massively, based on my shopping habits.

Originally Posted by iamthecreaturefromuranus

Indeed. The only cost comparison I make now is converting my wages back into pounds and thinking, thanks to the current exchange rate, "I'm on ****ing HOW much !!?!?!?!"

Originally Posted by jimbo_d

Not much. I'm over in the UK right now and as far as I can see it's only bananas and beer that are cheaper, houses, gas, electricity and just about everything else are on the rise again. Good news though, seems like the economy is heading in the right direction and everyone is not quite so miserable any more.

Originally Posted by Grayling

Well I have recently been grocery shopping in England and was amazed at how much cheaper it is there.....and I don't buy processed food

Originally Posted by Loch Lomond

Provide proof. I have sold a few cars in Australia and never made money on them, despite the retoric that 2nd hand cars hold value.
If you have made money, help BE people out by advising which advertising forums you have used and how long it took to sell the cars.

Originally Posted by Loch Lomond

Provide proof. I have sold a few cars in Australia and never made money on them, despite the retoric that 2nd hand cars hold value.
If you have made money, help BE people out by advising which advertising forums you have used and how long it took to sell the cars.

Originally Posted by Fluid36

Houses on the rise? - don't think so buddy

Originally Posted by northernbird

Not on some of the items I looked at compared to what I pay here. I certainly don't pay the equivalent of 9.26 per kilo for chicken breast no any of the prices on meat quoted earlier in the thread. On the whole I reckon my shopping would be marginally more expensive here but not massively, based on my shopping habits.

Originally Posted by isgraham

London is but very slowly and if you forget inflation. If you include that they are dropping.

Originally Posted by Amazulu

Who the f**k are you?

You'll have to take my word for it scotch. If we had to provide 'proof' for everything we claim on BE, we would be having a merry old time.

Anyway, you didn't say the magic word.

Originally Posted by Fluid36

Did you ship them back to SA and sell them to the locals to make a profit?