I envy those who are situated from other countries

Actually, Philippine commodities is not that high if we will refer to shoes, bags and clothes. As per my personal observation, these commodities are cheap in the Philippines except maybe for those imported ones due to high taxes that Philippine government is adding on the goods. I have been to different countries and the best place I have been to do shopping is HongKong and Dubai. But, what expensive there is the house rent. In Thailand, these goods are also not that expensive, maybe a little cheaper than the Philippines. In Europe, these goods are somewhat costly if you will convert them to Philippine peso, but food is cheap there. In the US, these goods are really cheap especially when they are on sale, but please take note that signature goods are always expensive. Electronic items are very cheap in the US. However in these countries, some services are expensive like beauty salon, massage, spa, etc. I lived in three different countries in the gulf region. Here, food is cheap, gasoline very cheap, water is more expensive. Cars are affordable even by an ordinary employee like me, but to get the driver's license is very expensive. I am living now in Oman and I buy my clothes in Dubai when I have the opportunity or in Manila, it's cheaper in Manila and has better quality. But for electronic items, it's much cheaper here in the gulf as tax is less. Commodities in the Philippines appears to be expensive because of the low salary given to Filipinos, lesser purchasing power. But if the Filipinos will get the salary we are earning here abroad, commodity prices will appear to be cheap because of higher purchasing power.

Hi again eLsMarie... I can tell you not to got envy to someone situated in other country. Like me, I'm here in Israel working as caregiver, everything here is gold in price. Very high cost of living and we need to work hard to earn for our family. Maybe your fooled by some pictures of every "kababayan" that only show the good things happened to them in abroad (buying shoes, bags, and all of the luxurious things). But the truth is we're not such like that. You need also to sweat to make money here in abroad so you can buy whatever you want. ( at least I'm talking about from my experience) The problem is the mentality of our love ones in the Philippines that once your in abroad, they think your already a millionaire and you have a dollar printing machine.

Hi eLsMarie, I think not always like what we see. It could be at your house a cheap goods, while the place is expensive. Remain grateful for everything we can. Thanks

Hi, really depends on where you are situated. There are certain countries where prices are really lower compared to other nation. But sometimes this is because, they are producing these products there. Transporting these products might not be hard or costly. There's really a lot of factors that affects the product's cost, not to add the demand for those.

When we buy things online we usually get it at a discounted rate because there is no transportation cost and various other factors involved. At the same time we get variety of things at the same price because they usually sell things with various promotions like combos.