GBP vs USD

guerillaeye · Post by **guerillaeye** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 10:24 pm

in USD
Beer: $7-10 for a 6er
Smokes: $5.35
Gas: about $3 / gallon
A Local Bar Cover Charge: $3-$7
Record: $10-$11 (+ship)
A Movie: $8

what do the same items cost in GBP's?

Just curious to see how the exchange rate of 2 to 1 stacks up in action. Feel free to add items as you see fit.

jim · Post by **jim** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 10:28 pm

Equivalent of $11 dollars for me to go to the cinema in Glasgow today and watch Das leben der anderen.

jim · Post by **jim** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 10:31 pm

And a sixer really depends on what kind of beer, and whether you mean bottles or cans etc. By record do you mean 12"?

guerillaeye · Post by **guerillaeye** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 10:34 pm

jim wrote:And a sixer really depends on what kind of beer, and whether you mean bottles or cans etc. By record do you mean 12"?

Bottles of Newcastle for example..

and a 10" or 12" .. its about the same. maybe the content/tracks will increase the price a bit.. but you should count on about $10-$11 per record (there are exceptions, but you get what im saying).

jim · Post by **jim** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 10:43 pm

Well you can't get newcy brown in 6ers as far as I know. Would cost you in excess of $12 to get six bottles from my local offlicence. I was wondering if you were meaning a record as in an album. 12" will usually cost $12-16 in my experience.

kidlogic · Post by **kidlogic** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 10:51 pm

Damn Jim! Thats a grip for a 12"!

Oh and I can get sixers of Newky's in bottles and cans out here in LA for $5-9...

The only thing out here that costs more than in Penn is movies and cover charges for clubs....

Movies are $11-$15 and Clubs are from $5-$20

guerillaeye · Post by **guerillaeye** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 10:56 pm

more examples from the UK.. I want to see whats what. It seems that the UK Pound is heavier but doesnt pull as much.

I pay $39/month for 3Mbps DSL, or 19.46 in GBP.. NEXT!

emcee child · Post by **emcee child** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 12:59 am

guerillaeye wrote:in USD
Beer: $7-10 for a 6er
Smokes: $5.35
Gas: about $3 / gallon
A Local Bar Cover Charge: $3-$7
Record: $10-$11 (+ship)
A Movie: $8

as I remember.. a 4pack (more common than a 6er) was about £5-8

movies was about £7or8

Gas was retardly expensive.. £4 per gallon or sumfing

club/bar was £3-10

Records was about £6-8

thomas · Post by **thomas** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 1:23 am

£4.50 for the flicks for a student ere, thats about 9 dollar.

average pint of standard (say carling or fosters) beer in the pubs is £2.30 up north. thats about $5.60

who give a shit, because ive just copped two pairs of trainers for £25 and £30 from USA, and about to buy bare clothes why the dollar is down...Brap Brap

thomas · Post by **thomas** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 1:29 am

Stupid idea anyway, no offence but you cant really compare things like this so easily.

firstly, you never just pay for somthing, you pay for the priviledge of buying it in a certain place. We also earn different amounts of money here, and UK is small, but still certain cities and towns are much more expensive than others, I can only imagian how this is in America.

anyway, its only 4.99 for a record, or at least it should always be.

theverdict · Post by **theverdict** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 3:04 pm

Dont buy 4.99 6ers here in the states. Usually it is outdated beer.

shonky · Post by **shonky** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 3:17 pm

guerillaeye wrote:in USD
Beer: $7-10 for a 6er
Smokes: $5.35
Gas: about $3 / gallon
A Local Bar Cover Charge: $3-$7
Record: $10-$11 (+ship)
A Movie: $8

what do the same items cost in GBP's?

Just curious to see how the exchange rate of 2 to 1 stacks up in action. Feel free to add items as you see fit.

Beer = £6 for six (fairly standard deal) ($12)
Smokes = £5 ($10) (most people I know smoke roll-ups though)
Gas = £4 ($8)
Local bar cover charge?? = most bars don't charge, clubs anything from free to £15 (or higher but I never pay over a tenner unless it's gonna be particularly good)
12"Record = £5-6 ($10-12)
Movie - haven't been in years but think it was about £6 ($12)

Mind you our minimum wage is (I think) about £5.50 p/hr, and yours is about the same in dollars from what I can remember (I may be wrong)

Looks like a really good place to go if I wanted to smoke and drink. How much is beer in bars there - a pint here's generally about £3 ($6) and bottles probably £2-3.50 (depending on venue)

theverdict · Post by **theverdict** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 3:28 pm

Shonky wrote:
guerillaeye wrote:in USD

Looks like a really good place to go if I wanted to smoke and drink. How much is beer in bars there - a pint here's generally about £3 ($6) and bottles probably £2-3.50 (depending on venue)

A pint here is about 2.75 or 5.00 depending on your choice of beer.
Smokes down here run anywhere between 2.50 to 4.75.
Thats prices in texas.
Bottled beer can run in range from 1.75 to 10.00(also depending on what you drink and prices of thet bar/pub)

marsyas · Post by **marsyas** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 7:20 pm

Shonky wrote:
Mind you our minimum wage is (I think) about £5.50 p/hr, and yours is about the same in dollars from what I can remember (I may be wrong)

its different from state to state.
her ein washington is one of the highest at 7.93 usd per hour.
which is roughtly 4 pounds per hour.

as an example texas is 5.15 usd per hour.

its all based on the cost of living, generally the southern states are cheaper to live on average.

thadudeabides · Post by **thadudeabides** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 7:36 pm

man, as an american student in London...the exchange is fucking me over.....12 dollars for cigs?!?! 6 buck for a beer?!?! 21 dollars for a movie....i cannot wait to spend US cash again.....

parson · Post by **parson** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 7:45 pm

i drink $2 quarts of highlife and $7 for 4 pints of guinness

Plush (the bar i dj at) has bottles for $2 (imports and domestic)

parson · Post by **parson** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 7:46 pm

i think a 6pack of newcastle at the grocery store is like 8 bucks

what is an offlicense btw?

kidlogic · Post by **kidlogic** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 7:52 pm

Parson wrote:i think a 6pack of newcastle at the grocery store is like 8 bucks

what is an offlicense btw?

thats about what it is here too...

and I was wondering the same thing, what exactly is an offlicense?

guerillaeye · Post by **guerillaeye** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 7:53 pm

Thomas wrote:Stupid idea anyway, no offence but you cant really compare things like this so easily.

firstly, you never just pay for somthing, you pay for the priviledge of buying it in a certain place. We also earn different amounts of money here, and UK is small, but still certain cities and towns are much more expensive than others, I can only imagian how this is in America.

anyway, its only 4.99 for a record, or at least it should always be.

nyc.. manhattan more precisely, is ridiculous... i dropped about $30 on a four-pack of Guinness and a pack of smokes. about two and a half hours west (pennsylvania) the same purchase is about $15.. so it is hard to compare.. i agree. but this thread was made to try and see what the average difference in purchasing power is between the two currencies... being as i have never been to the other side of the pond, i find it interesting and even enticing if nothing more.

pk- · Post by **pk-** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 7:56 pm

an off license is a liquor store. or normally a newsagents or mini supermarket and a liquor store combined.

$7 for 4 pints of guinness ... i think a 6pack of newcastle at the grocery store is like 8 bucks

i need to go to texas

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