The price of beer!
Jul 5th 2007 | 10:30 pm
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The price of beer!
I like a few beers in the evening and i've made about 6 visits now to different off licences and the price to me is phenomenal.
A 6 pack of 375ml tooheys is $14.50 is, roughly at the current rate thats £6.17!
God I miss my 4 pack Carling 500ml cans at £2.50!
Considering australia earnings are meant to be less then the UK i expected booze to be less.
Chris
A 6 pack of 375ml tooheys is $14.50 is, roughly at the current rate thats £6.17!
God I miss my 4 pack Carling 500ml cans at £2.50!
Considering australia earnings are meant to be less then the UK i expected booze to be less.
Chris
Jul 5th 2007 | 10:35 pm
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Re: The price of beer!
I like a few beers in the evening and i've made about 6 visits now to different off licences and the price to me is phenomenal.
A 6 pack of 375ml tooheys is $14.50 is, roughly at the current rate thats £6.17!
God I miss my 4 pack Carling 500ml cans at £2.50!
Considering australia earnings are meant to be less then the UK i expected booze to be less.
Chris
A 6 pack of 375ml tooheys is $14.50 is, roughly at the current rate thats £6.17!
God I miss my 4 pack Carling 500ml cans at £2.50!
Considering australia earnings are meant to be less then the UK i expected booze to be less.
Chris
Jul 5th 2007 | 10:37 pm
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From: The Magic Roundabout
Re: The price of beer!
I like a few beers in the evening and i've made about 6 visits now to different off licences and the price to me is phenomenal.
A 6 pack of 375ml tooheys is $14.50 is, roughly at the current rate thats £6.17!
God I miss my 4 pack Carling 500ml cans at £2.50!
Considering australia earnings are meant to be less then the UK i expected booze to be less.
Chris
A 6 pack of 375ml tooheys is $14.50 is, roughly at the current rate thats £6.17!
God I miss my 4 pack Carling 500ml cans at £2.50!
Considering australia earnings are meant to be less then the UK i expected booze to be less.
Chris
Go to your local Dan Murphy's store www.danmurphys.com.au and checkout the prices there.
Jul 5th 2007 | 10:40 pm
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Re: The price of beer!
I like a few beers in the evening and i've made about 6 visits now to different off licences and the price to me is phenomenal.
A 6 pack of 375ml tooheys is $14.50 is, roughly at the current rate thats £6.17!
God I miss my 4 pack Carling 500ml cans at £2.50!
Considering australia earnings are meant to be less then the UK i expected booze to be less.
Chris
A 6 pack of 375ml tooheys is $14.50 is, roughly at the current rate thats £6.17!
God I miss my 4 pack Carling 500ml cans at £2.50!
Considering australia earnings are meant to be less then the UK i expected booze to be less.
Chris
Jul 5th 2007 | 11:10 pm
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From: Melbourne
Re: The price of beer!
I like a few beers in the evening and i've made about 6 visits now to different off licences and the price to me is phenomenal.
A 6 pack of 375ml tooheys is $14.50 is, roughly at the current rate thats £6.17!
God I miss my 4 pack Carling 500ml cans at £2.50!
Considering australia earnings are meant to be less then the UK i expected booze to be less.
Chris
A 6 pack of 375ml tooheys is $14.50 is, roughly at the current rate thats £6.17!
God I miss my 4 pack Carling 500ml cans at £2.50!
Considering australia earnings are meant to be less then the UK i expected booze to be less.
Chris
Ps we have the same birthday
Jul 5th 2007 | 11:12 pm
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Re: The price of beer!
This is very distressing news. I might have to cancel the visa 
Jul 5th 2007 | 11:13 pm
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Re: The price of beer!
Now you know why QLDer's drink XXXX.....cheap as chips but tastes like Koala piss.....cheaper by the slab too!!
Jul 6th 2007 | 12:28 am
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Re: The price of beer!
Obviously when we had guests around I would.... pour it into more expensive looking bottles
JTL
Jul 6th 2007 | 12:37 am
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Re: The price of beer!
I like a few beers in the evening and i've made about 6 visits now to different off licences and the price to me is phenomenal.
A 6 pack of 375ml tooheys is $14.50 is, roughly at the current rate thats £6.17!
God I miss my 4 pack Carling 500ml cans at £2.50!
Considering australia earnings are meant to be less then the UK i expected booze to be less.
Chris
A 6 pack of 375ml tooheys is $14.50 is, roughly at the current rate thats £6.17!
God I miss my 4 pack Carling 500ml cans at £2.50!
Considering australia earnings are meant to be less then the UK i expected booze to be less.
Chris
It's meaningless.
A lot of people will earn more in dollars than they do in pounds. So it follows that the unit price of many things would be higher than they would inthe UK.
Look at it from there - my 85k is almost 3 times my UK salary yet many things in unit terms are only 1.5 to twice as expensive.
Look at how many hours you would need to buy something and then you might get a true comparison.
Jul 6th 2007 | 12:42 am
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Re: The price of beer!
You can't convert.
It's meaningless.
A lot of people will earn more in dollars than they do in pounds. So it follows that the unit price of many things would be higher than they would inthe UK.
Look at it from there - my 85k is almost 3 times my UK salary yet many things in unit terms are only 1.5 to twice as expensive.
Look at how many hours you would need to buy something and then you might get a true comparison.
It's meaningless.
A lot of people will earn more in dollars than they do in pounds. So it follows that the unit price of many things would be higher than they would inthe UK.
Look at it from there - my 85k is almost 3 times my UK salary yet many things in unit terms are only 1.5 to twice as expensive.
Look at how many hours you would need to buy something and then you might get a true comparison.
The Big Mac Index
JTL
Last edited by JackTheLad; Jul 6th 2007 at 12:44 am.
Jul 6th 2007 | 12:43 am
#12
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From: Melbourne
Re: The price of beer!
You can't convert.
It's meaningless.
A lot of people will earn more in dollars than they do in pounds. So it follows that the unit price of many things would be higher than they would inthe UK.
Look at it from there - my 85k is almost 3 times my UK salary yet many things in unit terms are only 1.5 to twice as expensive.
Look at how many hours you would need to buy something and then you might get a true comparison.
It's meaningless.
A lot of people will earn more in dollars than they do in pounds. So it follows that the unit price of many things would be higher than they would inthe UK.
Look at it from there - my 85k is almost 3 times my UK salary yet many things in unit terms are only 1.5 to twice as expensive.
Look at how many hours you would need to buy something and then you might get a true comparison.
Jul 6th 2007 | 12:51 am
#13
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Posts: 1,316
From: Sydney
Re: The price of beer!
Yeah drinks - wine (bottled wine) and beer is more expensive to buy in bottle shops - mainly due to tax. It's very odd that you can buy Oz/NZ wine cheaper in Tesco in Cleveland than you can anywhere in Oz.
But there's an upside - generally buying drinks in pubs is much, much cheaper. And we're pretty central Sydney. Had a couple of beers at lunch time today with my boss (!) - $7.20 for 2 schooners. That's about £1.50 each drink...
Graham
But there's an upside - generally buying drinks in pubs is much, much cheaper. And we're pretty central Sydney. Had a couple of beers at lunch time today with my boss (!) - $7.20 for 2 schooners. That's about £1.50 each drink...
Graham
Jul 6th 2007 | 1:10 am
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Re: The price of beer!
I like a few beers in the evening and i've made about 6 visits now to different off licences and the price to me is phenomenal.
A 6 pack of 375ml tooheys is $14.50 is, roughly at the current rate thats £6.17!
God I miss my 4 pack Carling 500ml cans at £2.50!
Considering australia earnings are meant to be less then the UK i expected booze to be less.
Chris
A 6 pack of 375ml tooheys is $14.50 is, roughly at the current rate thats £6.17!
God I miss my 4 pack Carling 500ml cans at £2.50!
Considering australia earnings are meant to be less then the UK i expected booze to be less.
Chris
Jul 6th 2007 | 1:13 am
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Re: The price of beer!
