Small shopping bill

[Robert]

Just thought I'd post a list of a few items I just brought at Multi-Centro. Not sure how these compare to USA prices?

I'll have to do this more often so people can see the prices here.

6 x chicken fillets - RD$67.55 (US$2.70)
Small cream cheese - RD$58.62 (US$2.34)
Oral B tooth brush - RD$60.84 (US$2.43)
4 x toilet rolls (soft) - RD$97.37 (US$3.89)
4 x Onions RD$25.39 (US$1.01)
Medium tube of Colgate - RD$42.95 (US$1.71)
Medium Scope mouth wash - RD$91.84 (US$3.67)
Small tub of butter - RD$24.95 (US$0.99)

Going to the bathroom is getting expensive!

[Ken]

[i]Going to the bathroom is getting expensive! [/b]

What are you buying, Robert, imported toilet paper? We buy a Dominican brand, Marcal, or something like that, single ply, 1000 sheet package of 4 (double normal roll), very good quality, for less than that.

[mondongo]

Don't forget that the average Dominican (not the average Sto Dgo Dominican) makes 10X less than the average American.

[andy a]

They wrap it around their hand several times until they get the desired thickness.

Don't know why the whole hand has to be wrapped.

Just more Dominican logic.

[Pib]

How would you know that? Have you been observing people in the bathroom while they are wiping their ****s?! Who funded your research?

[Chris]

If I had to live with the cheap single ply stuff, I'll also have to wrap my whole hand :-) Yuck!

[ArJay]

I guess that implies no restriction on flushing it. Hotels in some areas post signage explicitly prohibiting flushing the paper waste. That takes some getting used too. (gag) Looks like the big cities's sewage systems have got that going for it.

[mondongo]

Before goign to the Gulf, US troops are being told not to shake the Iraquis' left hand. Due to lack of toilet paper, some Iraquis take care of business with the left hand....than wash it as water becomes available...story is true....at least according to NPR.

[Amber]

YUKKKKK!!! MONDONGO! That can't be true! But that hand wrapping bit is true, the reason being that one-ply paper..hehehe
Actually, there are many ways to make living here cheaper. One can go to the local maket, for instance and save about 30% on the cost of most things. But for imported products, you've got to pay the price. If you can learn to kill a chicken, (trying not to gag here) you pay about four pesos less per pound. It's not worth it in my book, but anyone is welcome to try it. Seafood is also much cheaper at the marketplaces. Toiletries are another story. The best bet is to buy bulk.

[Tony C]

Originally posted by Robert
Just thought I'd post a list of a few items I just brought at Multi-Centro. Not sure how these compare to USA prices?

I'll have to do this more often so people can see the prices here.

6 x chicken fillets - RD$67.55 (US$2.70)
Small cream cheese - RD$58.62 (US$2.34)
Oral B tooth brush - RD$60.84 (US$2.43)
4 x toilet rolls (soft) - RD$97.37 (US$3.89)
4 x Onions RD$25.39 (US$1.01)
Medium tube of Colgate - RD$42.95 (US$1.71)
Medium Scope mouth wash - RD$91.84 (US$3.67)
Small tub of butter - RD$24.95 (US$0.99)

Going to the bathroom is getting expensive!

Of the stuff you listed only the Onions were cheaper than what they would cost in the US. Then again I don't know what size onions you purchased.