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MikeCracknell
15th February 2011, 23:30
Then look at this receipt from the only seriously decent country in the world: Switzerland:

http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s221/MikeCracknell/Zurich%202011/1.jpg

£1 = CHF1,41 odd, so cheap meal there ;)

Oh, and check out this CHF49.400 ring in the window of a shop:

http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s221/MikeCracknell/Zurich%202011/exp.jpg

What a stunning place Switzerland is!
wolf_gsxr
15th February 2011, 23:37
you paid 30 quid for sum nuggets? are pigions a rare breed in switzerland?
LScottBell
15th February 2011, 23:41
you paid 30 quid for sum nuggets? are pigions a rare breed in switzerland?

Talking about man !

110% chicken mate :D

http://www.viewzone.com/mcnugget.jpg

Aha :afro:
MikeCracknell
15th February 2011, 23:41
you paid 30 quid for sum nuggets? are pigions a rare breed in switzerland?

Not quite £30 ;)

We were looking for a steak house, but everywhere was like £60 each :panic:

Was desparate for something to each, so just nipped in for a nibble ;)
Ryan
15th February 2011, 23:41
im still laughing that you go to a country with culture and still go mcrags...

Can take the pikey out of.........
L20VTS
15th February 2011, 23:43
What is that a serious price? What does that equate to in our money?
AXracing
15th February 2011, 23:43
Love Switzerland its a great place. I have been shot at less times there even though almost every one has a gun! Brilliant :y:
MikeCracknell
15th February 2011, 23:44
im still laughing that you go to a country with culture and still go mcrags...

Yeah, I actually totally agree with you there.

The main problem was time, we were only there 10 hours, and at this point we'd tried looking for a decently priced place. Time was against us, so we had to have something.

I paid £4,20 for a Coke and a Mars bar. Gotta love Switzerland!
MikeCracknell
15th February 2011, 23:46
£8,86 for the McChicken Meal and £7,87 for the Nugget meal.

So double what they are in this country (I think..?)
JamesR
15th February 2011, 23:46
£22 for 6 nuggets? Do my eyes deceive me :wacko:
L20VTS
15th February 2011, 23:47
Surely its relevant to what they earn over there though? Or is take away type food just silly expensive to stop them all being fat?
JRC1
15th February 2011, 23:47
Pretty sure Switzerland is one of, if not the most expensive countries in the world. Fuel is ridiculously pricey. Schumacher lives there, says it all really!
MikeCracknell
15th February 2011, 23:51
Surely its relevant to what they earn over there though? Or is take away type food just silly expensive to stop them all being fat?

I asked the guy who owned the 197 I spotted there about that. Yes they earn more, but they don't have as much left over. So the net effect is it is more expensive than here for residents.

Fuel was CHF1,74 per litre so £1,23 a litre!
JRC1
15th February 2011, 23:57
I asked the guy who owned the 197 I spotted there about that. Yes they earn more, but they don't have as much left over. So the net effect is it is more expensive than here for residents.

Fuel was CHF1,74 per litre so £1,23 a litre!

Is that it?! Swear it was so much more than that, like £2 plus a litre?! Maybe it has come down, unless i'm going mad lol
MikeCracknell
15th February 2011, 23:59
Is that it?! Swear it was so much more than that, like £2 plus a litre?! Maybe it has come down, unless i'm going mad lol

Yeah, the lad I spotted told me that :)
Hatcha
16th February 2011, 00:31
They dont pay tax though do they?
Thats why Lewis Hamilton moved there i think.

Good move if you're rich.
MikeCracknell
16th February 2011, 10:14
They dont pay tax though do they?
Thats why Lewis Hamilton moved there i think.

Good move if you're rich.

Yes and no.

VAT is 8%

You don't pay tax if you are a foreign national living there (but not a citizen). uite complicated, but after a certain length of time, you do have to pay tax!