As I'm writing this post, I realize there's a LOT of differences between countries. Also remembering the stories I heard last night from a friend who traveled to US, having a lot of trouble doing his laundry, lmao. Almost ends up without his clothes.
[citation][nom]mobrocket[/nom]Brazil is laughing at us, as we pay $4 a gallon for gas[/citation]
We pay per liters, not per gallons. We use the International System, which measures distance in meters, volume in cubic meters or liters (1/1000 m³) and mass in kilograms. So:
As of 20/12/12
1 US gallon = 3.78541178 liter
That makes it roughly $1,06/liter.
1 U.S. dollar = 2.06319994 Brazil reais
So 1 liter in US costs around 2,20 BRL. I pay R$2,68/Liter.
So we're not really laughing at that price, not really. Theres a few other countries in South America though, where gasoline only costs around 0,20 dollars, I think it was French Guiana or something. What a ripoff, huh.
What really costs us a lot less is electricity, for obvious reasons. Can't remember how much I paid last month per kW tho.
[citation][nom]heffeque[/nom]"Ive had a friend come from the US with toilet paper in her bag - I mean, come on"Your friend wasn't far off... although there's toilet paper, you CAN'T through it on the toilet because they get clogged. You have to through it in a garbage can specifically for that (kind'a like the garbage for women's menstrual stuff).
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I dont understand why your post has been thumbed down. You're correct. Most of our toilets aren't made for throwing paper at it, altough I can do that in my house without a problem. My city also has a water treatment plant able to support it (dont ask why I even bother checking). It's something that is changing, I guess.
Totally agree on the part about the infrastructure on a city that receives so many tourists. It's expected, actually, but not all places are like that. Florianopolis is actually a nice place to visit and to live aswell!
And as already pointed out, we do not have earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis or stuff like that. We do have floods inside our metropolis, tho. Look at what's happening right now at São Paulo. Everytime it rains a tiny bit more than usual, theres people with water over their beds...
[citation][nom]Teramedia[/nom]@heffeque: That toilet paper disposal problem is not unique to Brazil. I think it's more a matter of how the system-wide plumbing and water treatment infrastructure was designed, in conjunction with what the local environment can handle. Greece, for one, has places where you have to put the used toilet paper in a special can. And I'm not picking on Greece - I'm just saying that sewer and septic systems that can handle TP are not everywhere.@Zeh and BrasilPerson: Thank you for the perspective. I doubt a lot of us would have known about the price differences in such detail, or about the background on that company for that matter. If the trademark was registered in 2000 for Brazil, then indeed Apple has no right to it whatsoever in that country. Their problem. Based on what you said in total, it sounds like this company is trademark squatting. I can't say as I blame them, as long as consumers aren't hurt by their actions.[/citation]
Fact is, I believe some people might be hurt by the practice. It might happen if an online retailer sells it a low price, without a photo of the actual product. There will always be someone dumb enough to think its the real deal...
I would never, ever, buy something like that. I'd even avoid any products at all from Gradient. Just imagine if GM was to sell a 80hp car called 'Ferr4ri' or something. Heck, that'd be funny.
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