Well that kind of thinking has really set me up for trouble in Denmark.
Yes, Denmark is ridiculously expensive. That is a fact.
However, I just had a reality check about how this "paying with coins = bargain" can really get you!
We drove to Germany today to go grocery shopping (AKA: to make a beer/soda run) and just before we crossed the border, we stopped at a Shell Gas Station to fill up. I went inside to buy us each a soda... knowing full well that there was a chance that I was going to have to walk across the street to the McDonald's because I bet Mads that the Shell station would NOT have ICE... and sure enough, they did not!
So I went across the street---ordered 2 cokes (with EXTRA ice because in DK you only get 3 pieces! LOL), paid for them with some coins in my wallet and then walked back across the street to the Shell station where Mads was finishing up.
Then it hit me.
I asked Mads to guess what I just paid for the 2 cokes.
Of course he guessed right IN KRONER (42) and then I said, "DO YOU REALIZED THAT I JUST PAID OVER EIGHT U.S. DOLLARS FOR 2 COKES AT MCDONALDS?!!!"
Seriously. I have done it before, but never really thought about it because "it's just coins"......
WOW.
So be careful.
Those coins will get you every time!
6 comments:
Couldn't you wait and buy it in good old Germany?? It's much cheaper!!! :)
3 pieces of ice? That's barely a mouthful.
OMG!!!! Lol such a reality check sometimes for sure :) i just saw a 20 pack of soda at a grocery store here for over 20 dollars...ON SALE. i was rather disgusted.
right now here i have been checking the prices on EVERYTHING. i mean EVERYTHING. i think adjusting to prices here is difficult because i have no job, so my money perception is still based on what i made in the US...and it's kind of kicking my butt.
I paid six bucks for three sodas at a gas station in California, thought it was a rip off, and had to remind myself of soda prices in Norway. Sure enough, the gas station we stopped at for a late night pit-stop on our way home was running a "deal": 60 kroner for two 1,5 liter sodas. D'oh!
Super Best had an American section a year ago (in Jutland). The weirdest thing was a small jar or American peanut butter (can't remember the brand, but just ordinary stuff) for 70 kroner! I reckon that works out at over $13! Oh yeah, and a can of coke in our local petrol station for 20 kroner (nearly $4)! Unbelievable. But like I always say, they have to triple the prices to make up for all the loss of trade due to their short opening times!
That's one thing I don't miss :-) I'm lovin' my 59 cent jumbo fountain soda from Road Ranger. Come visit me and I'll buy you and Mads all the jumbo sodas you want!
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