Things to think about...
#16
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Yes. Here's the board from my "local" when I'm in London: (Note I'm only interested in the real ale. I can drink overpriced poncy craft keg here :-)!)
Last edited by Atlantic Xpat; Mar 2nd 2018 at 12:39 pm.
#17
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Yes. Here's the board from my "local" when I'm in London: (Note I'm only interested in the real ale. I can drink overpriced poncy craft keg here :-)!)
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#21
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Yes, the Wooly sells beer. My holding the view that London is a better place to drink beer doesn't preclude me drinking beer here.
#22
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Looking on line at the M&S site for chino style trousers and polo shirt for the sort of thing I used to buy there, I find the £ prices are the same or even slightly higher than the $ price I 'd pay here.
I know from previously wandering through Sears clothing department prices were much more and Mark's work wearhouse is bloody expensive, but comparing like for like for my smart/casual Canada's cheaper.
#23
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I'm not sure if we have a different idea of smart/casual or what.
Looking on line at the M&S site for chino style trousers and polo shirt for the sort of thing I used to buy there, I find the £ prices are the same or even slightly higher than the $ price I 'd pay here.
I know from previously wandering through Sears clothing department prices were much more and Mark's work wearhouse is bloody expensive, but comparing like for like for my smart/casual Canada's cheaper.
Looking on line at the M&S site for chino style trousers and polo shirt for the sort of thing I used to buy there, I find the £ prices are the same or even slightly higher than the $ price I 'd pay here.
I know from previously wandering through Sears clothing department prices were much more and Mark's work wearhouse is bloody expensive, but comparing like for like for my smart/casual Canada's cheaper.
#25
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Of course the HST has to be added but that's still cheaper.
Small town/city Canada doesn't offer much in the way of clothing shopping. One can buy online but thats a faff when it doesn't fit.
I loved my Cotton Traders stuff.
#26
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Surely if money was an issue you wouldn't be shopping at M&S in the first place? You'd go to somewhere like Primark or Matalan where you can get perfectly acceptable chinos and a polo shirt for a tenner?
#27
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But I was trying to compare like for like and for me the places I bought from in Bristol were/are more expensive than the equivalent product I buy here.
#28
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Is comparing prices on exchange rates only applicable if one's salary is Canada is the same as one's salary in the UK after applying the exchange rate?
I doubt that there are many here that are only earning 1.7 times their UK salary (sterling) in Canadian dollars and, as such, the relevant comparison is to calculate what their salary in Canada could afford them to purchase if that salary was converted into sterling.
I doubt that there are many here that are only earning 1.7 times their UK salary (sterling) in Canadian dollars and, as such, the relevant comparison is to calculate what their salary in Canada could afford them to purchase if that salary was converted into sterling.
#29
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Is comparing prices on exchange rates only applicable if one's salary is Canada is the same as one's salary in the UK after applying the exchange rate?
I doubt that there are many here that are only earning 1.7 times their UK salary (sterling) in Canadian dollars and, as such, the relevant comparison is to calculate what their salary in Canada could afford them to purchase if that salary was converted into sterling.
I doubt that there are many here that are only earning 1.7 times their UK salary (sterling) in Canadian dollars and, as such, the relevant comparison is to calculate what their salary in Canada could afford them to purchase if that salary was converted into sterling.