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Title: Rip off Britain?
Post by: WINI on May 24, 2015, 09:45 AM
So how come Ame unitron repops are £25+ a pair here, when I've seen the Aussies selling at $25 a pair? Bearing in mind it's nearly $2 to the £, that's half the price.

So what gives?
Title: Re: Rip off Britain?
Post by: Bob_Acid on May 24, 2015, 10:59 AM
Yeah it winds me up too, it's the same in the states  something selling there for $300 is £300 here.
Title: Re: Rip off Britain?
Post by: griff on May 24, 2015, 01:23 PM
Yeah but at least we don't have to put up with their shitty weather, absurd property prices and cost of living

:teef:
Title: Re: Rip off Britain?
Post by: NORTY40 on May 24, 2015, 01:46 PM
Yeah but at least we don't have to put up with their shitty weather, absurd property prices and cost of living

:teef:

 :LolLolLolLol:   and the quality of their roads aswell  :D
Title: Re: Rip off Britain?
Post by: Devilock on May 24, 2015, 02:00 PM
It's all relative...???
Title: Re: Rip off Britain?
Post by: griff on May 24, 2015, 02:03 PM
It's all relative...???

Yes it is

The cost in Oz, relative to that of the UK is about half  :daumenhoch:

Our spiders can't kill you though
Title: Re: Rip off Britain?
Post by: chubby on May 24, 2015, 07:23 PM
Put strongbow up 2p too the robbing cnuts  "nono"
if it carries on I'm joining Lilly Allen & fookin emigrating  :teef:
Can't fookin stick her though  :knuppel2:
Title: Re: Rip off Britain?
Post by: Mikku on May 25, 2015, 06:50 AM
How much is it for a pint now - for example, a normal pint of bitter?
Title: Re: Rip off Britain?
Post by: chubby on May 25, 2015, 08:54 AM
How much is it for a pint now - for example, a normal pint of bitter?

All depends where you go bud. Would say the average around here is £3 ish , but can get a pint for £1.99 in places  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Rip off Britain?
Post by: Jono on May 26, 2015, 01:14 AM
tetleys bitter £1.80 in my bar!!
Title: Re: Rip off Britain?
Post by: bobbbbsy on May 26, 2015, 01:52 AM
they mug us off is why .
Title: Re: Rip off Britain?
Post by: griff on May 26, 2015, 07:41 AM
tetleys bitter £1.80 in my bar!!

has that poor woman woken up yet Jono?
Title: Re: Rip off Britain?
Post by: WINI on May 27, 2015, 08:26 AM
With the exception of fuel, the Aussies pay way more than us for most things, which is why I thought it strange that the Ames were half the price we are paying. Is the manufacturer setting different prices for different regions, or are our outlets making a massive mark up?
Title: Re: Rip off Britain?
Post by: griff on May 27, 2015, 10:08 AM
a lot of Americans just don't understand the concept of different currencies being worth different amounts
Title: Re: Rip off Britain?
Post by: Devilock on May 27, 2015, 12:16 PM
Who gives a shit? !!

Just listen to Over The Hills & Far Away by Led Zeppelin & you'll feel better.
Title: Re: Rip off Britain?
Post by: Mikku on June 01, 2015, 03:23 AM
How much is it for a pint now - for example, a normal pint of bitter?

All depends where you go bud. Would say the average around here is £3 ish , but can get a pint for £1.99 in places  :daumenhoch:

Cheers! I remember it being somewhere between 2 and 3 squid a pint when I was last back 4 years, so no big changes there. By way of comparison a beer over here (Japan) costs an average of 500Yen (about £2.60) though the glasses are usually smaller than a pint and come with a beer head of an inch or more!! Things can get a lot more expensive in Tokyo, but then I guess that's the same for London. All this is making me thirsty! :D
Title: Re: Rip off Britain?
Post by: MartyC on June 01, 2015, 01:42 PM
I went out for a beer Friday night in Perth CBD and paid $14aud for a pint of Heineken , that's about £7 a pint.  There's plenty more expensive items so getting cheap A'MES is fine with me  :LolLolLolLol:
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