What can you buy with one gig in your country? (Around The Globe Discussion)

[adoreonline]

In Malaysia, $5 gig =
2 or 3.5 usual Asian size portion meals
Or
30km uber ride
Or
Mac Donald’s for 2pax
Or
0.5 of slightly fancier meal (tgi fridays)

[silkroute]

Since the eggs and milk and groceries are taken care of, here’s the interesting stuff that you can buy for 4$ here :

A 1 hour ride in this glider.

[anjylina]

I can buy a whole week’s ration for $5.

I can buy a whole week’s ration for $5.

Really?

We, two friends can’t even have a good lunch with one gig.😦

[erinsaville]

Well $4 CAD… it’s usually about 3.99 + tax for a dozen eggs where I live.

however tax in canada depends on which province you are in. for example, here in quebec it is 15% tax on most goods and services, whereas in Alberta it’s only 5%

Hey there fellow Canuck!

[anjylina]

On 4/6/2017 at 9:51 AM, silkroute said:

A 1 hour ride in this glider.

WOW!

Here in Murree one can ride chairlift in $4 but that’s for 15 minutes.

[silkroute]

A 1 hour ride in this glider.

WOW!

Here in Murree one can ride chairlift in $4 but that’s for 15 minutes.

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That’s because the glider has no engine, motor, rotor blades or moving parts. It is flung into the air using a catapult mechanism and once in the air, it keeps gliding due to air currents.

It’s cheaper because it requires no fuel.

[fodelfernandez]

here in Argentina, with 1 gig = $4 = 60 pesos argentinos = 1 caffe latte ( coffee with milk) at Starbucks
or 2 small coffees at another cheaper bar.
I mean, almost nothing.

[rainny_writer]

here in Argentina, with 1 gig = $4 = 60 pesos argentinos = 1 caffe latte ( coffee with milk) at Starbucks

or 2 small coffees at another cheaper bar.

I mean, almost nothing.

That should be thanks to the overwhelming inflation rate in the country, I guess.😕

[deluxewriting]

I can buy a whole week’s ration for $5.

Really?

We, two friends can’t even have a good lunch with one gig.😦

Depends on what you want to eat and when you want it.

[lucycodex]

Depends on where you go, I live in America and the small produce place I buy food at I can get:

8 lbs potatoes
4 bell peppers
1 lb lentils
Several bananas.

All together.

Elsewhere I can buy enough coffee and creamer to last me the month. 5 burritos at Taco Bell, 2 shirts at a Thrift store, etc.

[williamz902]

In Mozambique $4 gets you about 3.5GB of Data.
$10 can get you 12GB of Data!

$4 is quite a lot when you buying stuff from the street markets - but doesn’t go far when you go to a proper supermarket here. Can buy about 1KG of prawns from the fisherman on the beach!

[saddu_writer]

In Pakistan you can pay water bill, Sui gas bill, each for $4. ( $1 = 100 Pkr )
And $4 is my pocket money for 5 days. :nerd:

[devilscutie]

Hello i’am in hungaria right now and i could actually have a nice little restaurant with a 5 $ gig or I could go to a pub and drink 2,5 to 5 litres of Beer. Depend on the pub i chose. I could also have 2/3 mc Donald’s menu.

[metshot1]

Switzerland here 🙂

1 Cup of coffee with tip.

[jeromedl]

I’m from the PHILIPPINES

And boy! hahaha 5$ is just 1 shampoo bottle (medium size)

or 1 small cake.
or 2 value meals from Jollibee 😊

[lunawolf61]

I’m from the UK.

$4 is enough to buy me 2-3 energy drinks… assuming it’s £1 a drink that is. Other than that, it doesn’t buy me a whole lot.

[theratypist]

On 4/13/2017 at 12:02 PM, wp_kid said:

4$ = 312 Bangladeshi Taka
4$ = 40 eggs
= ½ kg Beef
= 4 litter milk
= 18 rolls of toilet tissue.
= 1+ ½ pack Gold Leaf cigarette (20 sticks in each pack)
= ⅓ of my broad brand internet packeg

woah that’s a lot of things for a gig! Love how a lot of stuff are cheap there.

On 4/13/2017 at 12:07 PM, jeromedl said:

I’m from the PHILIPPINES

And boy! hahaha 5$ is just 1 shampoo bottle (medium size)
or 1 small cake.
or 2 value meals from Jollibee 😊

Haha, Hey Jerome! From the Philippines but I have family in the United States.

You are totally right on the shampoo, love how mentioned the size. 😆 Not a lot of people will acquaint to Jollibee though. So let’s say Mcdonalds, which is just like 3 chicken fillets or (2) 1 pc chicken meals I guess right?

But if you go really cheap, like the street food/hawker type it would definitely be a lot. Like maybe 10 sticks of tempura or something! 😃

[eoinfinnegan]

In Ireland, just 5 minutes walk from where Guinness is actually made you will need 2 gigs ($8/€7) to afford a pint of the black stuff. If I travel 100 miles away then I can buy it for a little more than a gig. In some countries I could get 2 pints of it for the price of a gig. Glad I don’t like the stuff!

[gig_freak]

In Ireland, just 5 minutes walk from where Guinness is actually made you will need 2 gigs ($8/€7) to afford a pint of the black stuff. If I travel 100 miles away then I can buy it for a little more than a gig. In some countries I could get 2 pints of it for the price of a gig. Glad I don’t like the stuff!

One pint of Guinness in my country is around $7 and only few restaraunts have it. If you buy it from the supermarket it’s around $2.5. But if you decide to drink another beer they are all cheap. Amstel is less than a dollar, Heineken is a dollar, local beers are around $0.80.

[jeromedl]

Haha, Hey Jerome! From the Philippines but I have family in the United States.

You are totally right on the shampoo, love how mentioned the size. 😆 Not a lot of people will acquaint to Jollibee though. So let’s say Mcdonalds, which is just like 3 chicken fillets or (2) 1 pc chicken meals I guess right?

But if you go really cheap, like the street food/hawker type it would definitely be a lot. Like maybe 10 sticks of tempura or something! 😃

So true!! hahah

Oh yeah McDonald’s! 😃

I actually didn’t know why I mentioned Jollibee hahaha

Yeah here, 5$ = 2pc chicken eice meal + upsize drink 🙂

Streetwise, 5$ is already a lot of course 😉

5$ is equal to:

1 week supply of shampoo (7 sachets)

1 week supply of toothpaste (2 twin sachets)

1 soap bar

10 instant noodles

HAHAHA. At least that’s based from my friends in college.

That’s their 1-week survival kit hahaha ^_^:joy:

[n4y33m]

101th post. don’t bother to read 😛

[christlik]

101th post. don’t bother to read 😛

I just did?

Advice noted…👏

[zeeshan_tirmizi]

Nayeem done with exams?

[n4y33m]

Nayeem done with exams?

Yeah! still waitin’ for some paperworks 😕

[deivys20071]

I´m from Venezuela 😃 emm… okay!

5$ = (Bs.20) venezuelan bolivar
*Mc’donalds = 5$
*Medium Pizza = 5$
19 hot dogs and 1 litter of CocaCola = 5$
1 kg of DogChow = 5$
T-shirt = 5$
memory ram = 5$

and more!! 😃 

On 4/26/2017 at 8:32 PM, nikavoice said:

🇺🇸 ~ Shop at a Dollar Tree or something! They sell everything $1 makeup, nail polish, snacks, pet supplies, household stuff, decorations, birthday cards, and other cool shit. The cards & mylar balloons are pretty nice!

ooh yeah!!! I want try!! lol

On 4/26/2017 at 8:42 PM, lucycodex said:

Depends on where you go, I live in America and the small produce place I buy food at I can get:

8 lbs potatoes
4 bell peppers
1 lb lentils
Several bananas.

All together.

Elsewhere I can buy enough coffee and creamer to last me the month. 5 burritos at Taco Bell, 2 shirts at a Thrift store, etc.

oh yeah and sandwich from SlackShoagies too 🙂