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Wangja
Joined: 17 May 2004
Location: Seoul, Yongsan
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In Britain, especially the south, property.
This is the biggest cost one has. The other rip-offs, of which there are many, pale into insignificance. |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 7:10 pm Post subject: |
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In the UK....
....As the other Brits have rightly mentioned property, public transport, petrol (where is more expensive for petrol than UK? 93p-99p per litre. 1800won per litre. About 6840 won per gallon?!!  ).
Minor things that the UK have been ripping people off for years include batteries, shaving equipment, car parking, cigarettes. |
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Wrench
Joined: 07 Apr 2005
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| Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 7:37 pm Post subject: |
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Canada
Insurance
Gasoline (since we produce our own)
Restaurants
Cigarettes
Alcohol
Health care
UPS
Junk Food
Movies |
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thepeel
Joined: 08 Aug 2004
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| Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 8:03 pm Post subject: |
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| RACETRAITOR wrote: |
| Dev wrote: |
| Tiberious aka Sparkles wrote: |
| Dev, is your post supposed to be about Korea or Canada? Do they use won in Canada now? |
It's about the cost of things in your home country. Please convert whatever currency your country uses to Korean won. |
Good idea, but I don't have anything to add myself.
Movies in the big uglyplex back in Edmonton were up to 16 000 won for a matinee last time I was there.
Also, public transportation and taxis are outrageous. |
I was going to post about how you were wrong about ticket prices, and I surfed over to the silver city website I saw
Adults $13.95
Sr/Child $8.00
Tuesdays:
Adults $9.00
Sr/Child $8.00
Weekend Matinees:
Adults $11
Sr/Child $8
Weekday Matinees:
Adults $9.00
Sr/Child $8.00 * Last updated May 1, 2004
With the conversion to the won you aren't that far off. Jeepers! That is a huge ripoff. In Singapore they are 9$sing (1$sing = .61$USD).
On a slightly related note, I hate the way movies are priced. A huge film like MI3 costs 15$ and a low budget film like Borat costs 15$. Can you imagine if other markets priced like that?? |
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cj1976
Joined: 26 Oct 2005
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| Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 8:40 pm Post subject: |
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In England, a lot of things are expensive. Private dental treatment cost a fortune. I had a root canal and 2 fillings for 800 quid.
Beer is around 3 pounds a pint, ciggies weigh in at a fiver for 20, mobile phone rates are stupidly high and above all are property rates, so rent and mortgage payments are quite high too. |
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ajgeddes
Joined: 28 Apr 2004
Location: Yongsan
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| Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 8:52 pm Post subject: |
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| BJWD wrote: |
| RACETRAITOR wrote: |
| Movies in the big uglyplex back in Edmonton were up to 16 000 won for a matinee last time I was there. |
I was going to post about how you were wrong about ticket prices, and I surfed over to the silver city website I saw
Weekend Matinees:
Adults $11
Sr/Child $8
Weekday Matinees:
Adults $9.00
Sr/Child $8.00 * Last updated May 1, 2004
With the conversion to the won you aren't that far off. Jeepers! That is a huge ripoff. |
Actually, it is quite far off. $11CDN = 9,000 won. $9CDN = 7,400 won. So, 16,000 is quite far off from 9,000. However, maybe Edmonton is more expensive. |
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Beej
Joined: 05 Mar 2005
Location: Eungam Loop
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| Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 9:03 pm Post subject: |
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Breakfast cereal back home is crazy expensive for what it is. Inelesticity of demand at work. Cheap in Korea because Koreans can take it or leave it.
I also think its funny how shlagg wine back home: Boones, Gallo is sold as something exquisite and expensive here in Korea. |
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thepeel
Joined: 08 Aug 2004
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| Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 9:11 pm Post subject: |
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| ajgeddes wrote: |
| BJWD wrote: |
| RACETRAITOR wrote: |
| Movies in the big uglyplex back in Edmonton were up to 16 000 won for a matinee last time I was there. |
I was going to post about how you were wrong about ticket prices, and I surfed over to the silver city website I saw
Weekend Matinees:
Adults $11
Sr/Child $8
Weekday Matinees:
Adults $9.00
Sr/Child $8.00 * Last updated May 1, 2004
With the conversion to the won you aren't that far off. Jeepers! That is a huge ripoff. |
Actually, it is quite far off. $11CDN = 9,000 won. $9CDN = 7,400 won. So, 16,000 is quite far off from 9,000. However, maybe Edmonton is more expensive. |
Nah, those are the prices for Edmonton, but I just didn't want to break his balls over a couple bucks. And, they are from 2004. Additionally, I thought the exchange rate was opposite.. I've been out of Korea for half a year and apparently forgotten the CDN$ - Won rate. When I saw 11$ I thought 13-14,000 won. My mistake. |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 9:42 pm Post subject: |
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That's my major beef.
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Gasoline (since we produce our own)
Cigarettes
Alcohol |
These are all heavily taxed. If you want the free health care, you gotta pay some how.
The postal system sucks too. Slow and expensive compared to the US. I loved the American "media/book" rate. Mail a book from one coast to another for under $2 and it gets there in two days flat. |
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Dev
Joined: 18 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 10:37 pm Post subject: |
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In Canada, the post office absolutely sucks. They charge people ($3.75) 4000 won for their smallest packing box and ($1.75) 1500 won for people to send a bloody postcard overseas. If Koreans come to Canada and want to send 10 postcards to friends over here, they'll have to pay 20,000 won. Welcome to Canada! 
Since I am complaining about the gov., let me share one more beef (in point form).
Mail Order Shopping Limit before duty is charged.
Korea = $125 USD
Canada = $13 USD ($15 Canadian Dollars) WTF are you going to buy online for $13?
Bastards! 
Just curious, but what are the limits in other English speaking countries? |
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Wrench
Joined: 07 Apr 2005
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| Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 10:59 pm Post subject: |
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One thing I loved about Canada even more so about America
Choices. I can have some 
But seriously insurance is a fracking rip..
Paying 3,200,000 won for a car that wasn't worth more then 3,000,000
was retarded to boot it was only PLPD coverage. |
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daskalos
Joined: 19 May 2006
Location: The Road to Ithaca
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| Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 6:23 am Post subject: |
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| Cell phones in America are a total rip off. This will no doubt shock many on this board (it still shocks me), but in America, when someone calls you, you pay for the call. (So does the person calling you.) What a racket. |
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Hollywoodaction
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 4:34 pm Post subject: |
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| RACETRAITOR wrote: |
| Moldy Rutabaga wrote: |
My gosh-- what isn't a rip-off in Canada?
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Well judging by Drew345 we got lucky on health care, even if you do have to wait a couple extra hours. |
Considering the fact that the Canadian government takes most a worker's income for life, universal healthcare isn't that great of a deal.
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Hollywoodaction
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 4:36 pm Post subject: |
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| Dev wrote: |
In Canada, the post office absolutely sucks. They charge people ($3.75) 4000 won for their smallest packing box and ($1.75) 1500 won for people to send a bloody postcard overseas. If Koreans come to Canada and want to send 10 postcards to friends over here, they'll have to pay 20,000 won. Welcome to Canada!
Since I am complaining about the gov., let me share one more beef (in point form).
Mail Order Shopping Limit before duty is charged.
Korea = $125 USD
Canada = $13 USD ($15 Canadian Dollars) WTF are you going to buy online for $13?
Bastards!
Just curious, but what are the limits in other English speaking countries? |
Which is why I never by anything on Ebay from a Canadian seller. |
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Beej
Joined: 05 Mar 2005
Location: Eungam Loop
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| Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 4:56 pm Post subject: |
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| Hollywoodaction wrote: |
| Dev wrote: |
In Canada, the post office absolutely sucks. They charge people ($3.75) 4000 won for their smallest packing box and ($1.75) 1500 won for people to send a bloody postcard overseas. If Koreans come to Canada and want to send 10 postcards to friends over here, they'll have to pay 20,000 won. Welcome to Canada!
Since I am complaining about the gov., let me share one more beef (in point form).
Mail Order Shopping Limit before duty is charged.
Korea = $125 USD
Canada = $13 USD ($15 Canadian Dollars) WTF are you going to buy online for $13?
Bastards!
Just curious, but what are the limits in other English speaking countries? |
Which is why I never by anything on Ebay from a Canadian seller. |
For now, there is no internet tax in the USA. You may have to pay state sales tax if you are in the same state as the store ships from. |
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