What can be got cheap in the US?

Bounty Hunter

i am currently planning a trip to the US of A and was wondering what type of things are much cheaper there than here because im sure i will be taking a lot back with me

Victor

A lot of consumer goods are cheaper likes clothes, CDs, electronics. Just make sure they are compatible here. Don't bring too much home in one go or Customs will get you.

xx

BEER!
Was in a bar in Chicago - you pay 10 dollars in at the door, but you can get pitchers of beer for a dollar a piece in the bar. Each pitcher was about 3 and a half pints. If you drank four of those, you were THE man! So basically, you could get hammered on about 14 dollars. The beer in off licences is really cheap too. Try a beer called Busch, its class, tastes like Miller but is waaaay cheaper. Oh yeah, meat is really cheap in the states too, but for some reason corn flakes are really expensive. ACtually, the more I think about it, healthy food is expensive over there, but the unhealthy things are cheap.
Oh yeah, guns are cheap too!
As are CD's.
Taxi's too.

Basically, a good night out in an american city won't cost a fraction of what it costs in the land of the rip-off, Dublin!

Redshift

I go over most years in September and I get lots of clothes and runners and stuff top branded stuff really cheap especially end of season. And beer is really cheap as well find a bar which does happy hours/evenings last time I was there I got a dollar a pint of bud, four of us went out and go pissed on about 50 dollars including some food and a taxi home. Try find that in Dublin.

Red

kaimera

DVD's.

I got a dozen or so at christmas and brought them home.
new releases under $20

daveg

Clothes Clothes and more clothes. I spent most of my Jan holiday in the outlet malls. I even bought Ralph Lauren beach towels for $30 each. Cheaper than dunnes Spent a fortune on clthes but so much cheaper than here. Examples:


Ralph Lauren shirts - US $30 - Ir €90
Ralph Lauren sweatshirts - US €45 - Ir €130
Levis Jeans - US €30 - IR €60
Nautica/Tommy/Ralph Lauren clacks - US $30 - IR €120

Mercury

Originally posted by Kaimera
DVD's.

I got a dozen or so at christmas and brought them home.
new releases under $20

You might want to bear in mind that they are region-encoded before you start shipping them home to your friends and family. At the very least you'll need to either be able to region-hack or mod-chip your DVD player, or be able to find a firmware upgrace for your DVD-ROM that will allow it to play multi-region DVD's.

cupthehand

I am going 2 in a few weeks
and I wanna know does anybody know is it cheaper to buy things such as aftershave,cigs...etc... in the duty free or wait till you get over there.
Anybody wanna help....?

Thorbar

Originally posted by xx

Basically, a good night out in an american city won't cost a fraction of what it costs in the land of the rip-off, Dublin!

Where was this? America is a big place and while you can get good value in some areas if you go to one of the big cities be prepared to fork out. I'm living in Boston at the moment and let me tell you if you decide to go out on the tear altogether without a bit of a warm up from the offy you're looking at spending 70 - 100 quid. Cheapest decent night out I've had so far was 12 pack of beer for $10 and a naggin of MacCormack's vodka for $2, then $20 quid into a night club and splitting a $15 taxi fare home 3 ways.

parasite

Originally posted by daveg
Clothes Clothes and more clothes. I spent most of my Jan holiday in the outlet malls. I even bought Ralph Lauren beach towels for $30 each. Cheaper than dunnes Spent a fortune on clthes but so much cheaper than here. Examples:


Ralph Lauren shirts - US $30 - Ir €90
Ralph Lauren sweatshirts - US €45 - Ir €130
Levis Jeans - US €30 - IR €60
Nautica/Tommy/Ralph Lauren clacks - US $30 - IR €120

but surely the joke's on you as you end up looking like a preppy GAP advert extra

Auburn

Originally posted by Thorbar
Where was this? America is a big place and while you can get good value in some areas if you go to one of the big cities be prepared to fork out. I'm living in Boston at the moment and let me tell you if you decide to go out on the tear altogether without a bit of a warm up from the offy you're looking at spending 70 - 100 quid. Cheapest decent night out I've had so far was 12 pack of beer for $10 and a naggin of MacCormack's vodka for $2, then $20 quid into a night club and splitting a $15 taxi fare home 3 ways.

Yeah I was on a holiday there last summer and I found that too. Cost of living in Boston is really high. They were charging something like $7-$8 for a packet of cigarettes! Although it's wierd, each different shop seemed to have their own prices for them. A local 7-11 (or one of those kinda stores) was selling them for about $4 something.

Sorry, slightly off topic.
Depends which part of America you're going to, I suppose:ninja:

kaimera

Originally posted by Mercury
You might want to bear in mind that they are region-encoded before you start shipping them home to your friends and family. At the very least you'll need to either be able to region-hack or mod-chip your DVD player, or be able to find a firmware upgrace for your DVD-ROM that will allow it to play multi-region DVD's.

ehh...I know and I went out n got a multi region dvd player.

Riamfada

women...... oh wait... sorry im thinking of Tallaghtfornia

SoundWave

you could probably get army gear pretty cheap over there at the moment.

Mac daddy

I was in new york at the of january, the cafe, and the restraunts, are very expensive to eat in.
But on the other hand the levi's shop had a huge sale on at the time, and you could pick up a pair of 501's for 9 dollars.
And in alot of the place's you cannot smoke either.:(

cujimmy

bullets and missiles judging by the carefree way they are being used in Iraq

Redshift

:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: Was wondering how long it would take.

suppafly

I didn't say were in the US u were going? If yur goin ta FL then yur sorted cuz there so many outlet stores there. I think in other places i'm sure they have loads of other discount places.

exiztone

CDR
you can buy a spindle of 100 Imation for a tennor

pfitz

got a minidisc in the states for €120 costs €300 in ireland

Doodee

LAPTOPS!!!!!

Bounty Hunter

Originally posted by suppafly
I didn't say were in the US u were going? If yur goin ta FL then yur sorted cuz there so many outlet stores there. I think in other places i'm sure they have loads of other discount places.

im going to philladelphia but america in general will do cos im not planning on going out that much
im visiting relatives

Victor

Originally posted by Mac daddy
I was in new york at the of january, the cafe, and the restraunts, are very expensive to eat in.

Services and products that involve a lot of personal service (restaurant in particular) and in prime locations are expensive. A sandwich in a NY café can cost $10. Part rent, part wages, part image.

Originally posted by Auburn
Yeah I was on a holiday there last summer and I found that too. Cost of living in Boston is really high. They were charging something like $7-$8 for a packet of cigarettes! Although it's wierd, each different shop seemed to have their own prices for them. A local 7-11 (or one of those kinda stores) was selling them for about $4 something.

In the USA, each state sets it's own tobacco duties, but the tobacco companies aren't allowed set recommended prices like here.

124124

MP3 CDPlayer for your car. Its way too cheap there ($120 vs €300)

rymus

Got a great Sony mini dv camcorder (a pal one at that) for about €900 over there, compared to €1999 over here.

I may go back at christmas to get a digital slr for about €1300 which comes in at €2600 over here..

very nice bargains

Bounty Hunter

*bump*going soon*bump*

StickyMcGinty

In my experience:

Samsung Video Recorder= $199 €399

Nike Airmax Tailwind (Very Shiny cool)= $59 €159

Psion Handheld Palm Pilot thing= $259 €499

Alcohol= $59 €115

Getting stung by customs for bringing too much back and having to pay tax on it= PRICELESS



There are somethings money cant buy, such as backhanders to the customs lads, so take it handy and dont get too much stuff