I'm curious - Does myLot pay foreign members in US currency or the equivelent ?
By barehugs
@barehugs (8973)
Canada
August 10, 2010 7:35pm CST
My myLot payment this month came to $10.68 Canadian. This could be the equivalent of $10.00 US, as the Canadian Dollar is continually fluctuating against the US Dollar. In Canada $10.00 is not much money. If you took $10.00 Canadian, to a Grocery Store in Canada you could buy a small roast of beef, or a few green vegetables, and a basket of fresh fruit. What will the myLot payout buy in your country? How much food can you buy with the myLot payout where you live?
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@damned_dle (3942)
• Philippines
11 Aug 10
Well mylot is more like a past time than a job. And yes 10 bucks is not big, even here in the Philippines. But it is better than nothing. With $10 here you can buy 2 pcs of roasted chicken. I'd say not bad. 
@dorisday1971 (5657)
• Philippines
11 Aug 10
the $10 can even buy 15 kilos of rice and that 15 kilos can be consumed in more than 15 days at times.. (we are only three in the family by the way)........ Not bad after all.......
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
11 Aug 10
hi oldchem you sound about like me in the US ten dollars would get a small roast an onion, some carrots, and maybe a potato and one green pepper, as why I dont know green bell peppers coast a mint here in Ca and we grow the darned things,not me, but Ca on the produce farms.ten bucks now days in Ca where so much veggies are grown commercially things are so expensive now days. just got a telemarketer phone call and the ring made me jump a foot, this geek was all set to sell me an air conditioning unit and I had to spoil his fun. I said, sorry but this is a room in a retirement center and we have air conditioning here already.poor guy could not make a sale. lol lol
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
11 Aug 10
MyLot pays in dollars and then it lands in your Paypal account in the currency that you have chosen,
Here in Italy we use €uros but I prefer to have my Paypal in dollara because I don't withdraw any funds for offline purposes.
$10 is €7.62 and would buy just about the same amount of food as you suggest. It would not be enough to go and eat a pizza - that costs around €11 to eat in the pizzeria.
It would buy 7 real Italian gelatos though 
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
12 Aug 10
"Gelato" is Italian for 'ice-cream'.
It seems that there is a chain of ice-cream stores that sell or make their own brand and go under the name of 'gelato' but they have very little similarity with the real thing 
Therefore I could enlighten 7 people as to whatthe real thing tastes like 
Therefore I could enlighten 7 people as to whatthe real thing tastes like @Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
11 Aug 10
hi barehugs here in the US in Ca ten dollars does not get you much maybe six dollar roast, a two dollar on sale loaf of wholegrain bread and two dollars of some fresh veggie. I am now here in Gold Crest retirement center but I buy snacking stuff for my diabetes and ten dollars now days
does not go far. I think California is one of the most expensive states in the the US. luckily my payout is triple the ten so it all goes to pay my internet bill which is why I love to mylot a lot.
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
10 Oct 10
hi barehugs it makes my day as since the Garden Grove school system who was financing our programs here for senior citizens had their funds cut way back there is not much offered any more so my c omputer and my lot do it for me. thanks much for the best response.
@o0jopak0o (6394)
• Philippines
11 Aug 10
well it pays with us currency. and with 10 dollars you could watch 2 movies in the most cheapest but decent theaters here in the philippines or 25 hours of nonstop gaming in a computer shop.
its not that big but at least you get something.
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
11 Aug 10
That calculation is very low 
$10 = €7.62
http://www.xe.com/ucc/convert.cgi?Amount=10&From=USD&To=EUR
$10 = €7.62
http://www.xe.com/ucc/convert.cgi?Amount=10&From=USD&To=EUR1 person likes this
I was WONDERING about that! Thanks for the clarification,mys!
@Chiang_Mai_boy (3882)
• Thailand
11 Aug 10
In Thai Baht ten dollars is enough to eat 15 meals out at inexpensive restaurants. At the fresh market enough food to eat for a week.
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@dorisday1971 (5657)
• Philippines
11 Aug 10
The $10 I get from this site have helped me in many ways......
I usually withdraw them after three payments, that means when my money is more than $30 and that is around P1,500. That could be a big money and can even buy a week grocery supply.
But for the past two months, I have saved my Mylot and other online earnings for my foreign trip . Just an extra pocket money.
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@ladym33 (10979)
• United States
15 Aug 10
I believe you will be paid the same as an American member would, however because paypal is an American company you will likely be charged some sort of free from them. Probably not very much but I do know that pay pal does take some kind of fee for paying people from other countries. It varies by country though so I don't know what it would be for Canada. $10.00 is not much in the United States either, just enough to pay for one person to go to the movies, and not even get a drink.
@sulynsi (2671)
• Canada
11 Aug 10
you make an interesting point, barehugs, because to those of us in Canada or US, 10 bucks seems hardly worth the time.
however, for some folks, depending on the country in which they live, it may mean the difference between eating and not eating
its kind of nice to think that friends around the world may really benefit from mylot
you've made my day!
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@princejhaizee (279)
• Philippines
11 Aug 10
if I will $10.00, its equivalent is Php.450.00. This money can buy 5 kilos of rice. For us like Filipino, $ 10.00 is a big value because Philippines suffering poverty like now, and we know that we are in recession period. But i do believe that Philippines is very rich country, we just need to learn how to use, cultivate, enhance every wealth that the Philippines has.
@thepankajnegi (492)
• India
11 Aug 10
In my country with 10 $ I can buy enough food for me ..yes it will be enough to spend one whole day ...:) :)
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@Professor2010 (20162)
• India
23 Oct 10
Hello i am from India, my lot pays me via paypal in US dollars only, one such $ is approximately 45 indian ruppes. Due to my busy schedule i never reach my 10 dollrs pay out every month..
Here in my place in India a 100 rupee note can buy any one of the following, 1.8 liters of petrol for my scooter, 500 grams of chicken, 400 grams of goat meat, 2 kilograms of fresh cauliflower, 2 kilograms of white scented rice, 8 kilograms of potato, 4 kilograms of onion, 2 bottles of 1 liters coke, or a plane non-vegetarian meal in a road side hotel, if you are hungry..
Thanks for sharing.
Professor. .
