View Poll Results: Do you find the cost of living in Oz vs UK
Much cheaper
0
0%
a bit cheaper
3
6.52%
about the same overall
9
19.57%
a bit more expensive
9
19.57%
much more expensive
25
54.35%
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Living Costs Oz vs UK
#737
Lost in BE Cyberspace
Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 14,040
Re: Living Costs Oz vs UK
We have an office in Manila and we do pay them a lot less. It only works though because we also have some expats up there, making decisions and ensuring that we get what we need out of them. Thing is, these expats probably cost a couple of $m to keep there, which kind of negates any cost savings. Without them though, it would be a disaster (one of the expats recently left and in the month or so that it took to replace him, you should have seen the shite that they sent us).
#738
BE Enthusiast
Joined: Sep 2008
Location: Perth.
Posts: 425
Re: Living Costs Oz vs UK
That was the cheapest insurance I could find at £600. It's not like i was deliberatly paying more. It was also the cheapest amongst friends.
My mate bought it off me and he is paying 50% more than I was.
I bought the Hilux to save money before we left to come to Australia. Sold the other cars. It almost halved my insurance (I was paying over £1000 before), better economy (24mpg), less maintenance (built like a tank), less chance of speeding fines.
Last edited by Bibbs; Oct 17th 2012 at 12:59 am.
#739
Re: Living Costs Oz vs UK
Whats your age, and what do you drive, where do you live? (I'm now in my mid 30's, have generally been driving modified low end Japanese sports cars ; MR2 Turbos, S2000 etc. and lived in the South East - good postcodes).
That was the cheapest insurance I could find at £600. It's not like i was deliberatly paying more. It was also the cheapest amongst friends.
My mate bought it off me and he is paying 50% more than I was.
I bought the Hilux to save money before we left to come to Australia. Sold the other cars. It almost halved my insurance (I was paying over £1000 before), better economy (24mpg), less maintenance (built like a tank), less chance of speeding fines.
That was the cheapest insurance I could find at £600. It's not like i was deliberatly paying more. It was also the cheapest amongst friends.
My mate bought it off me and he is paying 50% more than I was.
I bought the Hilux to save money before we left to come to Australia. Sold the other cars. It almost halved my insurance (I was paying over £1000 before), better economy (24mpg), less maintenance (built like a tank), less chance of speeding fines.