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Screaming Lord Byron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-14-04 12:44 PM
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How much is a can of something from your local vending machine?
Just wanted to see how uniform prices are in various states, provinces, countries etc. In my office it's $1 (Cdn)

Yeah. I am that bored.

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Worst Username Ever Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-14-04 12:45 PM
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1. My office subsidized it
Edited on Tue Sep-14-04 01:02 PM by shylock1579
It is 25 cents a can. Like I need motivation to drink more of the stuff.

Now it's fiddy cent
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mrboba1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-14-04 12:46 PM
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2. $US 0.65
for name brand stuff
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-14-04 12:47 PM
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3. $1.25.
My apartment building has a vending machine in the laundry room. It's $1.25 for a can of whatever.
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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-14-04 12:49 PM
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Damn!
How much is a load of laundry? Three-fiddy?
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-14-04 12:50 PM
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10. $1.50 for washing, $1.50 for drying.
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Mistress Quickly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-14-04 12:47 PM
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4. $.50 Coke products eom
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Magrittes Pipe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-14-04 12:48 PM
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5. $1.20 US for a 20-ouncer.
That's $17.96 Canadian.
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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-14-04 12:48 PM
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6. 55 cents.
Which is about on par with $1.00 (Cdn).

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Screaming Lord Byron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-14-04 12:51 PM
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12. The exchange rate as of today is $1 Cdn = 77 cents US.
It flashes on the TV above my desk every five minutes, so by this point, it's drummed into my head.
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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-14-04 12:56 PM
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14. Maybe your money would be worth more
If you didn't use such pretty-colored ink on it. I got some stares at a bank in TO when I exclaimed "Hey everybody! Look at the pretty money!"

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Screaming Lord Byron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-14-04 01:01 PM
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16. Yeah, we have to subsidize the fancy designs and shit. Look!
It's Gene Wilder!


and Barbara Bush!


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Magrittes Pipe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-14-04 01:39 PM
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25. Canadian money will remain worthless...
...until it features nude pictures of Maggie Trudeau.

There. I said it.
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Screaming Lord Byron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-14-04 01:42 PM
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27. You are obsessed with Maggie Trudeau.
Why? Is she your mom? :shrug:
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-14-04 01:02 PM
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17. I love the look of their money.
It's just nice looking currency.

So much more pleasing than our ugly, monochromatic paper currency.
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msturgis524 Donating Member (297 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-14-04 12:48 PM
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7. .50 Office used to subsidize it to .25
Had to tighten the belts a little.
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Worst Username Ever Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-14-04 01:02 PM
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18. Whoa baby, look who's here
Edited on Tue Sep-14-04 01:17 PM by shylock1579
I am sitting about 20 feet from you. I was wondering how long it would take you to sign up!
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msturgis524 Donating Member (297 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-14-04 01:37 PM
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24. Thanks for introducing me to DU
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-14-04 12:48 PM
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8. $0.60 for 12oz. cans, $1.00 for 20oz. bottles.
Edited on Tue Sep-14-04 12:51 PM by GOPisEvil
Coca-Cola products only, of course. :eyes:
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eyesroll Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-14-04 12:49 PM
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9. It's relatively cheap in my office...
Soda, 40 cents; juice, 55 cents.
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Lavender Brown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-14-04 12:50 PM
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11. $1.25 for Coke
and I spent $2.00 on Skittles when I was stuck in hospital waiting room a few weeks ago. Outrageous!
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Beware the Beast Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-14-04 12:53 PM
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13. 60 cents for pop.
45 cents (ripoff) for Wrigley's gum, .75 for Pop Tarts (another ripoff).
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-14-04 12:58 PM
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15. 50 cents n/t
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LynzM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-14-04 01:09 PM
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19. Where I used to work...
It was 1.00 for the 20 oz., 1.25 if you wanted juice instead of soda. Indiana... Moving to Connecticut soon, where the prices seem to be more like 1.20-1.30 for the same thing :(
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Tom Kitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-14-04 01:11 PM
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20. sixty cents
and you get four choices...
Coca-Cola, Pepsi Cola, Diet Coke and (get this)...the label says Seven-Up but it gives you Sprite.
It's a really boring vending machine.
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Droopy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-14-04 01:14 PM
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21. 65 cents for a can of pop at my work place
I do a lot of traveling so I stop in a lot of rest areas. Those that have vending machines are generaly higher in price than what you'd find elsewhere. They usually run 75 cents for a can of pop, $1.25 for a 20 oz. bottle, and 75 cents for a candy bar.
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LisaLynne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-14-04 01:16 PM
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22. $1.35
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-14-04 01:25 PM
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23. 12oz cans = R$ 2 = US$ 0.68 (nt)
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cmf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-14-04 01:40 PM
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26. Silly, they don't sell cans of soda anymore
It's all 20 oz bottles now, going for $1.25 a pop.
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