Peach Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 Mr Harvey responded, saying he wasn't a whinger and just wanted to protect the whole retail sector, not only his business. Opening an offshore company to undercut Australian businesses is going to do nothing "to protect the whole retail sector". Really don't see how becoming part of the problem is doing anything to fix it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harpodom Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 I'd be perfectly happy to buy more online from Australian retailers if they actually had a decent website. As it is, most of them tell you to phone or visit the store for prices! Do you realise how difficult it is to start up and operate an Internet retail business when you're stuck in a 1970's time warp? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peach Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 Personally, I'm 90% happy to pay higher prices. Driving them down in Australia will result it poorer conditions for workers and a race to the bottom. Those prices are baked in to the better standard of living we were all hoping for when we made the move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Ropey HOFF Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 it feels very surreal indeed being told this country isn't expensive by people who don't actually live here!:biglaugh: Not to mention, those who live in Australia who tell us its cheaper to live in the uk, durrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh. Change the record Dom, it just causes aggro having silly digs at folk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bensdad Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 Got a job about 2:1 compared to pre uk recession wage. However it is approx 2:5 at the moment due to drop in wages in uk at moment. Just bought new car at current uk exchange rate it is approx 4,000 gbp cheaper than uk equivalent. Admittedly some stuff seems expensive but when you look at wage increase I think it's not a lot of difference to living in a major uk city for most items. Lack of competition for niche items puts the price up IMHO. Loving Fremantle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harpodom Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 Not to mention, those who live in Australia who tell us its cheaper to live in the uk, durrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh. Change the record Dom, it just causes aggro having silly digs at folk. Ok dude, I'm sorry. I admit it. I don't know what I'm talking about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johndoe Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 Ok dude, I'm sorry. I admit it. I don't know what I'm talking about At last! :tongue: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harpodom Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 No seriously JD. I've just been lying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest51810 Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 whoahh less of the bitchin, its xmas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harpodom Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 whoahh less of the bitchin, its xmas! is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest51810 Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 tut you know what i mean, nearly xmas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harpodom Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 tut you know what i mean, nearly xmas! Is it?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest51810 Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 :mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritChickx Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 Can't wait to have some real cadbury chocolate in a few days time. Pauls mum sent over some cadbury stars and of course it had melted so we put it in the fridge and ate it as one block. MMMM is all I can say! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Ropey HOFF Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 Has the Grinche gone to bed yet. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritChickx Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 Cal I read your post on pauls fb status and it did make me chuckle! Was it a dig lmao. Oh yes real sausages and bacon too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mw291073 Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 Wow! I have trawled through this thread and have to say it has really put me off going to Aus! Quite disheartening really! I was going to go around Aug 2012. Don't plan on living there forever, just for a year or two. Want to live in either Melbourne or Sydney. I have no problems with visa's etc. Can just start working with no dramas. I currently work in IT Networking and earn around 30k in Southern England. I'm in a flat share and save quite good money. Going by what most people are saying so far in this thread, I will be worse off in Aus for saving money than staying in UK. If I stay in a flatshare in either Melbourne or Sydney and work as a Network Engineer, will I really be worse off than I am now??? If I'm going to be worse-off then I'll seriously reconsider moving out there! Merry Christmas all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest51810 Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 dont let it put you off too much, just do as much research as you can. Would you want to do a flat share over there too? that should save you a lot of money there too. Others on here will be able to give you advice on cost of living etc and how to save money Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harpodom Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 Has the Grinche gone to bed yet. lol Yeah, but I'm up again now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peach Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 I'm in a flat share and save quite good money. Going by what most people are saying so far in this thread, I will be worse off in Aus for saving money than staying in UK. To be honest, if your intention is to come to Australia build a nest-egg and then return to the UK a wealthier man you should maybe have a rethink. You can certainly enjoy a decent standard of living, but anything you save here will be divided by around by 1.5 when you convert it back into GBP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paisleylass Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 Absolutely, at the moment the $AU translates very nicely back to sterling. We don't intend to go back, but we are stuck with a UK mortgage for the foreseeable. Any money I earn can be sent back as we can live on just hubby's salary here, and it'd be worth so much more in the UK, so much that the rotten mortgage could be paid off a LOT faster, saving several £k interest. But I need to get a job first of course! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritChickx Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 good luck finding a job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 I'm sorry, but I think it's totally ridiculous to compare using a salary-based conversion. So for example, my salary is now 3.75 times what I was earning in the UK, if you just do a straight numerical division and ignoring the currency (you're suggesting that the average for this figure is about 2.2). If you take into account the current exchange rate I'm now earning 2.4 times my UK salary. So if I bought something in the UK that cost 1% of my salary, it does not mean I am happy to spend 1% of my salary here on the same item. If I was happy about that, it would mean that I would be satisfied by having the same standard of living as I had in the UK and having the same proportion of spare money each month. However I did not come here to have the same standard of living, I came here to earn more money and save more money. I don't want to spend $10k on a crap second hand car. I don't want to pay at least $75 each when we go out for dinner, and I don't like paying $100 a month for my phone and broadband! As it is, we are saving more than we ever could in the UK, but we are also spending a lot more on day to day essentials. But just because we're saving more, doesn't mean Australia isn't a rip-off. It just means we earn a hell of a lot more here, and the exchange rate is in our favour when it comes to sending money back for the mortgage and student loans etc. Now there you have it. Hard evidence of an actual rip-off. Someone is not only charging 3.75 times what they did in the UK for providing the same service but they're actually willing to admit to it on a public forum!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heyyu Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 after doing a com parison shop on tescos on line i can't see much difference in prices to oz the cheaper items i found are of a lessor weight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozziepom Posted December 26, 2011 Author Share Posted December 26, 2011 after doing a com parison shop on tescos on line i can't see much difference in prices to oz the cheaper items i found are of a lessor weight Hmm, that sounded odd to me so I thought I'd do a quick check for simplicity using own band and just the absolute staples, I found this... Product Tesco Coles Bread £1.05(800g) $2.29(700g) :elvis: Milk £1.18 (2.27L) $2 (2L) Eggs £2.50 (12/ Free rg) $4.00(12 Free rg So in $'s at todays exchange rate (1.53) Bread - Tesco $1.60 or 40% more expensive in Aus (for a 12% smaller quantity here in Aus) Milk - Tesco $1.80 or 10% more in Aus (10% smaller qty in Aus) Eggs - $3.82 or 5% more in Aus. Of course the exchange rate makes a huge difference but new arrivals are bringing pounds so will find it expensive to start, provided they get a well paid job over here once self sufficient the cost of living is manageable. Those with savings in £'s will find they buy less than in the UK for a variety of goods, but at least house prices in Australia have been falling and look to continue doing so for the foreseeable future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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