Cost of living... how much do you pay for...? (cinema, sales tax)

[Catbelle]

Let's write how much do we pay for the following items, I know prices can be different depending on the places or days but approximately, how much do you pay for...? specify city and country.

1 kg bananas:
1 subway ticket (one way)
1 litre milk
1kg salmon fish:
Man haircut:
Woman haircut:
Loaf of bread:
Ticket to cinema (1 seat):
One way bus ticket:
Pair of levis jeans:
Combo meal at McDonald:
Cup of coffee:
12 eggs:
Meal inexpensive restaurant:
Ticket to swimmingpool:
McDonalds menu combo:
Book mid size:
DVD film:
Pizza in a restaurant (1 person):
Can ok Coke (0,33l):
Can of beer (0,33l):
VAT (%):

You can add items if you want.

[Mac15]

Originally Posted by Catbelle

Let's write how much do we pay for the following items, I know prices can be different depending on the places or days but approximately, how much do you pay for...? specify city and country.

1 kg bananas: maybe £3.00
1 subway ticket (one way): I don't live in a city.
1 litre milk: £3.00
1kg salmon fish:£2.00
Man haircut:£15.00
Woman haircut:£20.00
Loaf of bread:£4.00
Ticket to cinema (1 seat): £4.50
One way bus ticket:£6.00 for a 10 mile journey
Pair of levis jeans:£100.00
Combo meal at McDonald: £3.00
Cup of coffee:£2.00
12 eggs:£4.00
Meal inexpensive restaurant:£12.00
Ticket to swimmingpool:£4.00
Book mid size: £8.00
DVD film: £6.00
Pizza in a restaurant (1 person):£5.00
Can ok Coke (0,33l): £1.50
Can of beer (0,33l): ?
VAT (%): 20%

You can add items if you want.

Ok I will fill in the quote. The country is NI.

[tarzan_taborda]

Guarda, small-sized town, Portugal

Originally Posted by Catbelle

Let's write how much do we pay for the following items, I know prices can be different depending on the places or days but approximately, how much do you pay for...? specify city and country.

1 kg bananas: 1€
1 subway ticket (one way) don't have it in my hometown, it's 1.40€ in Lisbon
1 litre milk 0.50€
1kg salmon fish: 8€
Man haircut: 6€
Loaf of bread: 0.1€ this type of bread http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MRAfoye5tA...00/carcaca.jpg
Ticket to cinema (1 seat): 6€
One way bus ticket: 0.5€ for 3 kms urban bus, Guarda-Lisbon is 15€ for 300kms
Pair of levis jeans: 80/100€
Cup of coffee: 0.5€ this type http://www.misadventureswithandi.com...7/Uma-Bica.jpg
12 eggs: 1.5€
Meal inexpensive restaurant: 5€
McDonalds menu combo: 5/6€
Book mid size: 15/20€
DVD film: 10/15€
Pizza in a restaurant (1 person): 5/7€
Can ok Coke (0,33l): 0.5/0.7€
Can of beer (0,33l):0.8/1€
VAT: 23% for most services

[pch1013]

San Francisco, California, USA. Prices are rounded off, obviously.

Originally Posted by Catbelle

1 kg bananas: $2
1 subway ticket (one way) also $2
1 litre milk $1
1kg salmon fish: about $20, plus or minus, depending on whether it's farmed or wild-caught etc.
Man haircut: $25-50 depending on how nice I want to look
Woman haircut: N/A, I'm not a woman
Loaf of bread: $3
Ticket to cinema (1 seat): $11 usually; matinees are cheaper, IMAX shows are more expensive
One way bus ticket: $2
Pair of levis jeans: $60
Combo meal at McDonald: N/A, I never eat there, gross!
Cup of coffee: $1.50 for 'normal' coffee, $4 for a fancy coffee drink
12 eggs: $3
Meal inexpensive restaurant: $15
Ticket to swimmingpool: no idea
McDonalds menu combo: see above
Book mid size: $20
DVD film: $30 (but who buys DVDs anymore?)
Pizza in a restaurant (1 person): $10
Can ok Coke (0,33l): about 50 cents, I guess (I never drink the stuff)
Can of beer (0,33l): $1 for the cheap stuff, $1.50 for something decent
VAT (%): sales tax (not quite the same as VAT) in San Francisco is 8.75%

You can add items if you want.

[SuncheKim]

1 kg bananas: $1-$2
1 subway ticket (one way): $2.50
3.78 liter milk: $3.60
Man haircut: $12-$15
Woman haircut: $12 - $18
Loaf of bread: $0.50
Ticket to cinema (1 seat): $11
One way bus ticket: $2.50
Pair of levis jeans: $25 or less
Combo meal at McDonald: $7.50
Cup of coffee: $1 or less
12 eggs: $1.50
Meal inexpensive restaurant: $8 - $16
McDonalds menu combo: $7.50
Pizza in a restaurant (1 person): $6
Can ok Coke (0,35 l): $0.70
VAT (%): 7% (none on clothes/shoes/grocery food)

[Davy-040]

the Netherlands

1 kg bananas: €1.80
1 litre milk: €1
1kg salmon fish: €18
Man haircut: €15
Woman haircut: €30
Loaf of bread: €2
Ticket to cinema (1 seat): €10 (+€2.50 for IMAX or 3D)
Pair of levis jeans: €80
Combo meal at McDonald: €6
Cup of coffee: €2
12 eggs: €1.70
Meal inexpensive restaurant: €8
Ticket to swimmingpool: €14
Book mid size: €20
DVD film: €20 (new release), gets €2 cheaper each year after.
Pizza in a restaurant (1 person): €8
Can ok Coke (0,33l): €0.55
Can of beer (0,33l): €0.60
VAT (%): 21%

[viribusunitis]

Originally Posted by Catbelle

1 kg bananas (San Lucar): 1.99€
1 subway ticket (one way): 2.10€ (1 year: 365€)
1 litre milk: 1.25€
1kg salmon fish: No idea
Man haircut: 10€ - 30€
Woman haircut: no idea
Loaf of bread: 1.19€ (1kg)
Ticket to cinema (1 seat): 12€ (X-Men, 20:15, seats in the back)
One way bus ticket: 2.10€ (same tickets as for the metro system)
Pair of levis jeans: 90€ (Levis 501)
Combo meal at McDonald: 6.75€ (Big Mac with fries and Coke)
Cup of coffee: 3.50€ ("Melange" at a proper Viennese coffee house)
12 eggs: 1.99€ (barn eggs)
Meal inexpensive restaurant: 5.90€ (lunch special: soup + main dish), 8.00€ (dinner, just a main)
Ticket to swimmingpool: 5€
Book mid size: 10€ (paperback)
DVD film: 13€
Pizza in a restaurant (1 person): 4.50€ - 15€ (1 full pizza)
Can ok Coke (0,33l): 0.75€
Can of beer (0,33l): 0.65€ (6x0.5l=4.08€)
VAT (%): 10% for groceries

I took the prices from the online shop of billa.at, which isn't a discounter like Hofer/Aldi, but a pretty standard supermarket.

[Ariete]

1 kg bananas: 1.70€
1 subway ticket (one way) 2.20€
1 litre milk: 1.10€
1kg salmon fish: 8-18€, rainbow trout ~10€
Man haircut: 15-30€
Woman haircut: ???
Loaf of bread: 1.50-2€
Ticket to cinema (1 seat): 7-16€
One way bus ticket: 2.50€ (after 1 July 3.00€, but valid for 2 hours and within 6 muncipalities)
Pair of levis jeans: ???
Combo meal at McDonald: Big Mac meal 6.70€
Cup of coffee: 1.50-3€
12 eggs: 1.80€
Meal inexpensive restaurant: 8-20€
Ticket to swimmingpool: 7€
Book mid size: 6-25€
DVD film: 15-17€
Pizza in a restaurant (1 person): 5-11€
Can ok Coke (0,33l): 0.80-1.00€
Can of beer (0,33l): 0.80-1.20€
VAT (%): 10%/14%/24%

Finns are persistent bargain-hunters, and stores have often things like salmon, coffee and beer at special discounts just to attract people to their mall. (But also for example pizza/kebab joints have sometimes very reasonable offers.)
You're also supposed to have serial tickets to everything, so for example a 10-time pass for the swimming pools costs 40€, and in public transport you might save 50% having a monthly card. And also like 9 pizzas or haircuts and the 10th for free etc.
The big range in cinemas is because different days and time of the day have different prices. For example it's 7€ at Tuesday 15:00, while 16€ on Saturday at 22:00.

List prices are sometimes very hard to define in Finland, as for example fish, meat, coffee, some vegetables, coke, beer and so on may swing up to 50% from week to week. I would never pay 18€ for a kg of salmon. If I can't find a single discount offer, I'll wait. Maybe it's only 11€ next week.

[Mac15]

Who seriously pays £10 for a cinema ticket? Sometimes its £2 here

[dunno what to put here]

1 kg bananas: £1.00 / €1.24
1 litre milk: £0.44 / €0.97
1kg salmon fish: £18.75 / €23.28
Man haircut: £30 / €37
Loaf of bread: £1.45 / €1.80
Ticket to cinema (1 seat): £8 / €10
One way bus ticket: £2.26 / €2.81
Pair of levis jeans: £70 / €87
Combo meal at McDonald: £4 / €5
Cup of coffee: Gross
12 eggs: £1.95 / €2.42
Meal inexpensive restaurant: £6 / €7 for a main from Harvester
Ticket to swimming pool: ???
McDonalds menu combo:
£4.29
Book mid size: £7.49 / €9.30
DVD film: £7-10 / €9-12.. maybe? Depends really
Pizza in a restaurant (1 person): £7.55 / €9.37 from Pizza Express for Margarita Pizza.
Can of Coke (0,33l): £0.40 / €0.50
Can of beer (0,33l): Gross
VAT: 20%

These are just tough estimates based on one or two examples.