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Re: Things that are cheaper in the UK vs Canada?
Originally Posted by dbd33
(Post 12204614)
Maple Syrup. Council Tax.
As for 'Council Tax', at my last house in the UK it was a fraction of the $6000 that I pay here in a 'standard' single family home. The highest Band H Council Tax in the UK anywhere is less than $6000 in today's money. Even for a huge mega-mansion. |
Re: Things that are cheaper in the UK vs Canada?
Originally Posted by Howefamily
(Post 12204725)
Do they have caramel macciattos in the UK? I wonder what it costs? I pay about $4.95 plus tax here for one, so $5.69. For it to be cheaper it would have to be less than £3.55
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Re: Things that are cheaper in the UK vs Canada?
Originally Posted by cheeky_monkey
(Post 12204705)
Starbucks is cheaper in the UK
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Re: Things that are cheaper in the UK vs Canada?
Originally Posted by withabix
(Post 12204740)
Real good quality maple syrup (as against fake 'table syrup') actually appears to be the same price or less in the UK.
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Re: Things that are cheaper in the UK vs Canada?
Originally Posted by dbd33
(Post 12204753)
I'm surprised it's even made in the UK, I wouldn't have thought it was reliably cold enough.
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Re: Things that are cheaper in the UK vs Canada?
Originally Posted by dbd33
(Post 12204023)
Mine's been falling steadily, it's under $500/month now. It's still my largest automotive cost though. The commuter car goes 30,000 miles a year. That's $100/week in petrol, $100/week in servicing and whatnot + the insurance.
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Re: Things that are cheaper in the UK vs Canada?
Originally Posted by withabix
(Post 12204894)
:p the Canadian stuff is cheaper in the U.K....
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Re: Things that are cheaper in the UK vs Canada?
Originally Posted by dbd33
(Post 12204897)
They don't export the real, sold on the side of the road by weird religionists, stuff. It's got no preservatives, no lot control, no verifiable manufacturing history. It just sits there next to the "$3/pint, no Sunday sale" sign. It'd have to be a factory version to be sold abroad.
Do they insist you try it at the side of the road, then you wake up 3 hours later with your hands tied together with banjo strings and your pants around your ankles with no weird religionists in sight... Or was that just my experience..? |
Re: Things that are cheaper in the UK vs Canada?
Originally Posted by Shakyuk
(Post 12205106)
Do they insist
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Re: Things that are cheaper in the UK vs Canada?
Originally Posted by dbd33
(Post 12204592)
I'm having some camembert right now and just nibbled on some goat gouda. I just don't get the complaint about the supply of cheese; what cheese can you not get?
A more on-topic question: how long will it take for TTIP to feed through to getting decent cheese at an affordable price? I can certainly get some fine cheeses here - but they are outrageously expensive, and as I understand it, that's to do with protectionist tariffs which I wonder may have to be reviewed as part of TTIP. Wasn't this one of the sticking points for Quebec? (IIRC, it's their domestic cheese makers that were getting particularly antsy about this). |
Re: Things that are cheaper in the UK vs Canada?
Originally Posted by bgpz
(Post 12205345)
That wasn't my question. I've highlighted the bit you seemed to have skimmed over in bold below :)
A more on-topic question: how long will it take for TTIP to feed through to getting decent cheese at an affordable price? I can certainly get some fine cheeses here - but they are outrageously expensive, and as I understand it, that's to do with protectionist tariffs which I wonder may have to be reviewed as part of TTIP. Wasn't this one of the sticking points for Quebec? (IIRC, it's their domestic cheese makers that were getting particularly antsy about this). I have a few friends who were in the dairy industry and have had to either change completely the use of their land or supplement their income some other way due to the big supermarkets grinding the prices down to an unsustainable level for them. One told me that a gallon of milk was bought from the farmer for a mere 15p, reducing their income to not be able to cover costs... |
Re: Things that are cheaper in the UK vs Canada?
TTIP? CETA surely?
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Re: Things that are cheaper in the UK vs Canada?
Originally Posted by bgpz
(Post 12205345)
That wasn't my question. I've highlighted the bit you seemed to have skimmed over in bold below :)
A more on-topic question: how long will it take for TTIP to feed through to getting decent cheese at an affordable price? I can certainly get some fine cheeses here - but they are outrageously expensive, and as I understand it, that's to do with protectionist tariffs which I wonder may have to be reviewed as part of TTIP. Wasn't this one of the sticking points for Quebec? (IIRC, it's their domestic cheese makers that were getting particularly antsy about this). The cheese problem, as I see it, is not the cost but that there's only the St Lawrence market at which to buy it. I do pass a cheese shop on the way there but, for the difference in price on the few cheeses they have, I could take a limo to the market and back. If you're not able to go to the market, obviously not a problem from Hamilton, but certainly one from Manitoba or Saskatchewan, you're buggered. |
Re: Things that are cheaper in the UK vs Canada?
Originally Posted by bgpz
(Post 12205345)
A more on-topic question: how long will it take for TTIP to feed through to getting decent cheese at an affordable price?
Agriculture (commodities that are not the smoking type) is a capital intensive, low return industry. Many folks seem to believe, ag products should be cheap. Often those who have no clue what goes into producing the food they expect to find in the grocery store. Think you'll be in for a long wait for TTIP to impact Canada! |
Re: Things that are cheaper in the UK vs Canada?
Originally Posted by dbd33
(Post 12205373)
It may be that I've assimilated but fifty bucks a fortnight doesn't seem an awful lot to spend on cheese and that gets a pound and a half of raclette, two 4" camemberts, a pound of seven year white cheddar, a piece of whatever looks interesting this week and lots of PC or Balderson's extra old cheddar for cooking with. That's less than half what it costs to have a glass of plonk a couple of nights a week.
The cheese problem, as I see it, is not the cost but that there's only the St Lawrence market at which to buy it. I do pass a cheese shop on the way there but, for the difference in price on the few cheeses they have, I could take a limo to the market and back. If you're not able to go to the market, obviously not a problem from Hamilton, but certainly one from Manitoba or Saskatchewan, you're buggered. |
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