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It's official - Australians are ripped off for the same products; Last time I raised this, property investors went spare
Topic Started: 28 Jul 2017, 09:41 AM (2,124 Views)
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newjez
30 Jul 2017, 05:53 AM
Strawberries do taste crap in Oz though. Big and tasteless.

But then why eat strawberries when you can eat passion fruit?
Strawberries may well taste crap in oz, but it doesn't change the fact Golly was demonstrably wrong on pricing and won't admit he made a mistake.

We had a passionfruit vine at the last place I lived. Not good pollinators so a lot of work in hand pollinating. Freeze the passion fruit in ice cube trays and then add your preferred liquor - delicious.

I'm off to Bunnings to get a plant.
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zaph
30 Jul 2017, 09:42 AM
Strawberries may well taste crap in oz, but it doesn't change the fact Golly was demonstrably wrong on pricing and won't admit he made a mistake.

We had a passionfruit vine at the last place I lived. Not good pollinators so a lot of work in hand pollinating. Freeze the passion fruit in ice cube trays and then add your preferred liquor - delicious.

I'm off to Bunnings to get a plant.
I made a mistake, I meant to give the example raspberries not strawberries.

I remember gobbling them (strawberries) down in London thinking "I would pay $35 a kilo for these in Australia".

Same with the raspberries, I was thinking:

"God, if only our raspberries tasted like these aud$8 a kilo English raspberries, I would pay $35 a kilo back home...ffs Australians are dumb eating strawberries as crunchy as apples are meant to be, and apples as floury as... a box of flour".



Edited by Ex BP Golly, 30 Jul 2017, 10:26 AM.
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Ex BP Golly
30 Jul 2017, 10:01 AM
I made a mistake,
The internet thanks you for your admission.
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Ex BP Golly
30 Jul 2017, 10:01 AM
I made a mistake, I meant to give the example raspberries not strawberries.

I remember gobbling them (strawberries) down in London thinking "I would pay $35 a kilo for these in Australia".

Same with the raspberries, I was thinking:

"God, if only our raspberries tasted like these aud$8 a kilo English raspberries, I would pay $35 a kilo back home...ffs Australians are dumb eating strawberries as crunchy as apples are meant to be, and apples as floury as... a box of flour".


Yeah because australia has the perfect cilmate all over for growing raspberries, compared to say the UK where the things grow like a weed :re:
hidflect
30 Jul 2017, 09:18 AM
That's why foreign companies call Australia "Treasure Island". A Spanish co-worker told me how his wife bought a dress from a run-out sale in the UK before emigrating here. A year later she's in the shops and sees.. exactly the same dress touted at the latest fashion arrival. Higher price of course. Or how about game software you buy online? 30% more if you buy it through the web portal because your address is "Oz". Scam.
You've never got anything but some bullshit story about a mate of a mate do you
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hidflect
30 Jul 2017, 09:18 AM
That's why foreign companies call Australia "Treasure Island". A Spanish co-worker told me how his wife bought a dress from a run-out sale in the UK before emigrating here. A year later she's in the shops and sees.. exactly the same dress touted at the latest fashion arrival. Higher price of course. Or how about game software you buy online? 30% more if you buy it through the web portal because your address is "Oz". Scam.
Bought a camera when in Perth last year for two thirds the price I would have paid in the UK. Generally electronic items seem cheaper, and new cars are often cheaper.
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newjez
30 Jul 2017, 11:56 AM
Bought a camera when in Perth last year for two thirds the price I would have paid in the UK. Generally electronic items seem cheaper, and new cars are often cheaper.
We are pretty comparable to similar countries. If you want to live in a war zone or a 3rd world country, yeah it'll be cheaper.
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Ex BP Golly
30 Jul 2017, 10:01 AM
I made a mistake

good, you are conceeding.

still doesnt make up for calling me awful names when i spoke nothing but the whole truth

ill be waiting for my apology, thou thats unlikely given the vicousness of bears like you

Cheers
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30 Jul 2017, 04:25 PM
We are pretty comparable to similar countries. If you want to live in a war zone or a 3rd world country, yeah it'll be cheaper.
Perth is way more expensive than the UK for general groceries and DIY products. Mainly due to the two supermarket cartel. Although supermarket competition has now arrived, it will take a bit of time for a price war to drive costs down and bring them on a par with UK prices.

The DIY/ Home improvement market is pretty much a Bunnings monopoly in WA. I like Bunnings, best DIY shop on the planet but they charge like a wounded bull.

I see that Bunnings have taken over Homebase in the UK and have converted a few stores already. They should do OK, but they have stiff competition from the likes of Wickes, B&Q, Build Center and all of the big builders merchants like Jewsons and Travis Perkins. Meanwhile, over here, nobody seems able to challenge Bunnings.


Matthew, 30 Jan 2016, 09:21 AM Your simplistic view is so flawed it is not worth debating. The current oversupply will be swallowed in 12 months. By the time dumb shits like you realise this prices will already be :?: rising.
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Jimbo
30 Jul 2017, 07:02 PM
Perth is way more expensive than the UK for general groceries and DIY products. Mainly due to the two supermarket cartel. Although supermarket competition has now arrived, it will take a bit of time for a price war to drive costs down and bring them on a par with UK prices.

The DIY/ Home improvement market is pretty much a Bunnings monopoly in WA. I like Bunnings, best DIY shop on the planet but they charge like a wounded bull.

I see that Bunnings have taken over Homebase in the UK and have converted a few stores already. They should do OK, but they have stiff competition from the likes of Wickes, B&Q, Build Center and all of the big builders merchants like Jewsons and Travis Perkins. Meanwhile, over here, nobody seems able to challenge Bunnings.

Our wages are much higher and with the fall in the pound we are probably about equal. Food price index's show us to be similar to the uk, singapore, hong kong and other developed nations who are safe and peaceful.

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30 Jul 2017, 07:46 PM
Our wages are much higher and with the fall in the pound we are probably about equal.
You can't use currency exchange rates to gauge the cost of living between two countries (unless you earn in one economy and spend in the other).

If I were doing the same job in the UK, my weekly food shop (as a proportion of weekly spending) would be considerably lower than it is here.

I'm pretty sure that most people in WA know this to be the case. Perth has a well deserved reputation for being an expensive place to live. It's why the likes of Aldi and Lidl are trying to crack the Coles/Woolies duopoly.

Shit dolly, you should be cheering for this. If the cost of living drops by 10%, that will mean more money available for buying houses.
Edited by Jimbo, 30 Jul 2017, 08:18 PM.
Matthew, 30 Jan 2016, 09:21 AM Your simplistic view is so flawed it is not worth debating. The current oversupply will be swallowed in 12 months. By the time dumb shits like you realise this prices will already be :?: rising.
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