Well, some people (expats?) have brought up the topic of prices and it being cheap here. Well in 2002, it was cheap, that simple. just was. Now with inflation etc., the prices are higher, the packages smaller. also since ive been here longer, im more aware of things not being as cheap as i thought at first.
Let me bring up a small example of an every day item you buy in a pharmacy or supermarket. I bought 2 bottles of Listerine in aug. in usa. on sale, 1-liter bottles, 2 for $7 (lets call it 20 pesos). i think the 2 bottles will last me until my next trip in 2007. Im barely down to the halfway mark on the 1st one.
For those of you who want to check prices back home (E. coast usa for me), take a look at these 3 sites. Each week we get flyers in the mail, like you do here. You can see the ones for CVS and Rite Aid online and flip through each page.
here they are:
1. http://www.riteaid.com/stores/weekly_ad/ (i click blue, for my area)
2. http://cvs.shoplocal.com/cvs/default.aspx?action=nuep&AdRef=link00
for CVS, they ask for a zipcode. you can use 21048 for where my family lives if you cant think of another one.
3. Super Fresh supermarket, a pretty nice one. again, use the zipcode 21157, as they ask for one. its the location im familiar with. then you can see their Weekly special flyer.
http://www.superfreshfood.com/weekly_specials.asp
Well, this is all just for comparison purposes. its not just the Listerine that would cost me alot more here. I dropped over 50 pesos yesterday at Farmacity without even trying.
After looking at the flyers, tell us, what do you think?
Side Note: For those of you adjusting to the "easy" metric system here in Argentina, a liter of beer is actually 970 grams, and a half a liter is actually 330 grams and so it goes. so much for easy.
During my latest trip back home, i found lots of deals and sales there and each time i return the boxes and tubes and bottles seem to have grown. i actually have to re-adjust to bags being full and sizes being so big. That sounds like a "dig" but its really an observation.
Let me bring up a small example of an every day item you buy in a pharmacy or supermarket. I bought 2 bottles of Listerine in aug. in usa. on sale, 1-liter bottles, 2 for $7 (lets call it 20 pesos). i think the 2 bottles will last me until my next trip in 2007. Im barely down to the halfway mark on the 1st one.
For those of you who want to check prices back home (E. coast usa for me), take a look at these 3 sites. Each week we get flyers in the mail, like you do here. You can see the ones for CVS and Rite Aid online and flip through each page.
here they are:
1. http://www.riteaid.com/stores/weekly_ad/ (i click blue, for my area)
2. http://cvs.shoplocal.com/cvs/default.aspx?action=nuep&AdRef=link00
for CVS, they ask for a zipcode. you can use 21048 for where my family lives if you cant think of another one.
3. Super Fresh supermarket, a pretty nice one. again, use the zipcode 21157, as they ask for one. its the location im familiar with. then you can see their Weekly special flyer.
http://www.superfreshfood.com/weekly_specials.asp
Well, this is all just for comparison purposes. its not just the Listerine that would cost me alot more here. I dropped over 50 pesos yesterday at Farmacity without even trying.
After looking at the flyers, tell us, what do you think?
Side Note: For those of you adjusting to the "easy" metric system here in Argentina, a liter of beer is actually 970 grams, and a half a liter is actually 330 grams and so it goes. so much for easy.
During my latest trip back home, i found lots of deals and sales there and each time i return the boxes and tubes and bottles seem to have grown. i actually have to re-adjust to bags being full and sizes being so big. That sounds like a "dig" but its really an observation.