One dollar from myLot is quite a bit in India

Bananas are $0.59 per pound here, so I could get almost two pounds for $1. I could buy a bag of reduced produce from the grocery store for $0.98. What's in them varies from day to day. Today they had bags of either 3 bell peppers or 4 yellow onions. A few days ago I got 4 pomegranates in one bag, and yesterday they had bags that were overflowing with tomatoes. At regular price, I could usually get a pound of apples; we have several types that are usually on sale for $0.99 per pound. When the sales are good, it can buy a pound of chicken thighs or drumsticks. I can't buy a loaf of good bread for $1, but the cheapest store brand is often on sale for that price. Milk is over $1 for all of the sizes except the very smallest, which I think is 12 ounces. The pickup charge for all of the local taxi companies is at least $2, so no rides here. Several of my orchid plants cost only $1. They were marked down at the grocery store because their pots were broken or the blossoms were past their prime. The normal price for those would be $9 each. There's a chain of stores here called Dollar Tree that's famous for having nothing that costs more than $1. They sell all sorts of things, from cleaning products to dishes, coloring books and seasonal items like flower leis and grass skirts. I like to visit there for little trinkets for the kids--I found cute boxes and snow globes to give them for Valentine's day, and a lot of the items in their Easter baskets this year came from there. The last time we went as a family, the kids demanded that I buy them shovel and rake toys so they could help with the garden.

That's a good point. One dollar at the moment equates to 68 pence, which is exactly right for 1 kg of bananas! (same as you). But funnily enough it would only buy about half a loaf of cheap bread, or not quite 2 pints of milk.

Wow! Really? In India? Two loaves of bread? A kilo of bananas? 2 Liters of milk? Sorry for repeating those. It's just a bit unbelievable in my place. With a dollar we can probably buy one loaf of bread. With one dollar it's impossible to buy a kilo of banana. Less than a kilo is possible. It couldn't buy even a liter of milk.

You sure can buy a lot more with a dollar than we can here in Canada.

our dollar sure goes way further'n other countries than here'n u.s. soil. hmmm, what can one buy fer a dollar?? nothin' suitable fer human consumption 'nless they've avocados'n sale fer $.69.

With a dollar I can only buy one kilo of rice, or A liter of gasoline.

This is a small amount in countries such as Britain or the USA. Here I would need 5 dollars to buy a coffee or a loaf of bread. A 500 ml carton of milk would cost about $2. This is why most UK and USA members consider the interaction more worthwhile than the earnings.

With one dollar I can buy one egg, a kilo of sugar, 1 liter of milk, 1 kilo of flour, not one coffee at a bar because it costs the double.

I see that @Fleura has given you the details of what it could buy in England. However 5km ride in a taxi would set you back about the equivalent of 7 or 8 dollars. (I've been away all week with no internet, so I haven't intentionally been ignoring you. Trying to catch up now.)

I can buy some shampoo at Walmart for under a dollar.

I am from India also...so it goes same for me as for you...but if I am going to buy something with that 1$ it might be a second hand novel because I can get it for 50-60 bucks....

What do I tell you about what I could buy? You already know the rates. I will just tell you I am going to buy myself Ice cream and chocolates!

So all in all, $1 goes a long way nomatter where you are

Hi Always smiling. That is very interesting to know. I would gather that this site benefits you greatly. Personally, I would guess that a dollar saved is a dollar earned.

If we shop the clearance items in the grocery, or sometimes even in clothes at Wal Mart we might find something good for a dollar or less. An avocado is often 98 cents. People in other countries can often buy more with our US dollars than we can.

I can only buy one loaf of bread. We do have a very cool store where everything is $1. I love that store

Here in Dallas a dollar can pay for about an hour of parking at a meter so for that reason a dollar is a lot. Between having coins to park and not. The consequences of parking without paying the meter can be very steep.

1.5 litres of milk or Ice creame or one meals

Maybe half kilo of fish

This is good to know,$1 from my lot should buy me 1 apple,apart from that l really dont know what it can buy, nothing really because we pay for a cup of coffee about $4.50 in McDonalds.Well 1 month here being active everyday for 2 hours will not buy me a pizza in a restaurant.