What Can You Buy For a Buck?

Monterrey, Mexico

2006-07-20T19:29:00.000-06:00

Martin Gonzales reports:

"For 1 Buck (11 pesos approx) you can buy:

- About ½ gallon of gasoline or
- RayBan glasses (Chinese copy) or
- 2 diet coke cans or
- 5 shredded beef tacos + 1 coke or
- 2 pineapples (raw)

But if you travel 600 miles to the south all things are cheaper, for 1 buck you can buy:

- 22 pineapples or
- 20 pounds of oranges"

Hey! There are some great deals in Mexico!

Somewhere in Germany

2006-07-19T10:42:00.000-06:00

According to Christian Zacke:

"At the moment, one buck is about 0.80 Euro. In Germany, you can buy half a liter of gasoline, or one liter of fresh milk, or a chocolate bar for 0.80 Euro."

Sounds like milk is cheaper in Germany than it is here!

Aurora, IN

2006-07-17T23:00:00.000-06:00

Sharon Norman reports:

"You can buy a pack of Wrigley's Extra chewing gum for 88 cents at Kroger (a local grocery store)."

Somewhere in England

2006-07-17T14:05:00.000-06:00

From Tom Stallard:

"At the current rate of exchange, $1 is 55 pence in GBP. That will buy you exactly two stamps, one first class and one second class, so you can send two letters to someone in the UK. You can't send a letter to someone back over there in the US, as this costs 72p, or $1.31.

When it comes to petrol (or gas, if you prefer) $5 will buy us exactly 0.773 US Gallons (94p per litre). You guys have it so cheap!"

Milwaukee, WI

2006-07-16T14:13:00.000-06:00

According to Jon Baas:

"At the moment, here in Milwaukee, you can buy three candy bars at the local (and largest) Pick 'N Save grocery store chain at 3/$.99. A loaf of white bread at the same grocery store can also be purchased for $0.99, as (can) a 20oz bottle of Squirt (popular soft drink)."

Albuquerque NM, USA

2006-07-15T13:03:00.000-06:00

So, I was thinking how little a US dollar would buy you these days. I mean, it used to be that a kid with a dollar was King among his peers. You could get like 20 candy bars for that! Not to mention a couple gallons of gas. Of course, I don't want to know what a kid is going to do with 2 gallons of gas but I digress...

Now I'm curious just what a dollar will buy these days in places around the world. What will a dollar buy you where you live? How about $5? $10? If you need a curency calculator, there is a link to one on the right. Let me know how much or how little you can get!

Here in Albuquerque, NM, for one dollar, I could buy a single bagel (89¢) or one candy bar (also 89¢) and that's about all she wrote. For a whopping $5, I could get 1.75 gallons of gas or a latte. Pretty fricken sad if you ask me.