First update.

[Guest guest30038]

Some meat was more but that was dependant on where you bought it.

 

Only some meat? You mean that there was cheaper meat in the Uk than here? I spent 31 days there and didn't find one instance of cheaper meat. Where was your lucky find?

 

[Guest guest36187]

I used a realistic 2:1 exchange

 

A realistic exchnage rate is `what it is today` which is about $1.61 to the pound. Much more realistic that 2:1.

2:1 is your opinion whereas 1.61:1 is fact

 

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[Guest chris955]

Fair enough, in that case everything in the UK was very cheap then :laugh:

[Parley]

The exchange rate has been at these levels for months so I don't see how anyone can regard it an anomoly.

No sign of it changing from these levels so calcs should be based on approx £1 = $1.60 or $1.65 at the most.

[Guest chris955]

For the sake of any comparison it has to refer to relative spending power of your earnings that is why a 2:1 exchange rate is more accurate.

[Parley]

Rather than confusing the issue, I would compare prices based on current exchange rate, and see how that compares.

As a subsequent point, you could then make a statement about wages.

 

I'm flying to Europe tomorrow for a holiday, using money earned in Aus so UK wages are irrelevant to me.

I;m just interested in prices based on the current exchange rate.

[Guest chris955]

Can I just add that I didn't see any 'sink hole' estates, wasn't offered any drugs and wasn't a victim of crime. I must admit I felt a little cheated :laugh:

[Guest chris955]

While I think about it, one thing I found expensive in the UK were iPads. My wife bought me one when I was away and it was much cheaper, it was a super special but ordinarily they are still cheaper. I don't really know why.