What will $5 buy you? / myLot

Oxford, England

September 1, 2016 12:31am CST

I might be able to get coffee and cake and have change left in the garden centre. $5 is currently £3.80 in English money. I could buy a notebook. Coffee that is more expensive than my usual brand. Wierdly, I could and maybe will but a bag of compost, a couple of flower pots and some picnic wine goblets in blue and yellow from the £1 shop, but I will need to add 20p. I could buy 6 litres of milk in the village supermarket for 3.45 and bank the rest. What will it buy in your currency?

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Thelma

@thelme55 (76664)

• Germany

1 Sep 16

I don´t know how much is the currency of dollar in Philippines peso. Maybe I would be able to buy a sack of rice for that but I don´t spend my online earning here. It will stay in Paypal until I need it.

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Koalemos

@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

1 Sep 16

I do exactly the same and have not used any of the earnings yet.

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John Roberts

@JohnRoberts (109848)

• Los Angeles, California

1 Sep 16

We have stores called the 99 Cent Store and Dollar Tree where $5 can buy 5 food items or stationary and all sorts of products. Even books and DVDs.

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ELIAV AHARON

@ELIAVAHARON (2)

• Boulogne-Billancourt, France

1 Sep 16

right

Koalemos

@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

1 Sep 16

Obviously we are using the same currency, but to me it would represent 2 cups of coffee to take away from Greggs. A friend of mine sells newspapers in the city centre, so I often buy 2 coffees and have a chat with him.

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Koalemos

@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

2 Sep 16

@Jackalyn I usually just have the coffee, but I do like the doughnuts.

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Happy Lady and Freya the Catblog Cat

@Jackalyn (7559)

• Oxford, England

2 Sep 16

I like Greggs. They do an amazing donut that thankfully sells out quickly or I could eat several.

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Marlina

@marlina (154165)

• Canada

1 Sep 16

This money would not buy much here in terms of anything.

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Happy Lady and Freya the Catblog Cat

@Jackalyn (7559)

• Oxford, England

2 Sep 16

Where are you?

Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (310841)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

1 Sep 16

Two gallons of gas, fast food sandwich meal, a gallon of milk with change left over, but not enough for two gallons, a pound of fresh fruit or vegetables.

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@Jackalyn (7559)

• Oxford, England

2 Sep 16

I think petrol here comes in at £1.11 just now so gas or as we say, petrol is a good option. I could buy Subway but only the cheapest from Mcdonalds.

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Jessica

@missjessicadawn (3286)

• United States

2 Sep 16

5 dollars could buy me a new book in the clearance section of the book store. :-)

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@Jackalyn (7559)

• Oxford, England

2 Sep 16

It probably would biy me a remaindered book with a bit left over in a discount store. If it was £5 and not $5 I could get three for that.

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Your Highness Emperor Albert Whisker

@CaptAlbertWhisker (32540)

• Calgary, Alberta

1 Sep 16

Chicken, rice, fish and some veggies that can last for a week. 3rd world countries have low costs of living.

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Sky

@skysnap (20153)

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1 Sep 16

Lot of things can be done with the 5$.

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LK2018

@Letranknight2015 (51597)

• Philippines

1 Sep 16

IF it's converted to pesos? yeah, a lot at least a week if your not buying too much food, 5$ is actually enough for a week if your wise. I was able to survive 1$ a day once.

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@Jackalyn (7559)

• Oxford, England

2 Sep 16

This is an incredible contrast. I can see why certain countries can really benefit from places like MyLot.

Bishal Das

@vsaldas (91)

• Tezpur, India

2 Sep 16

If u convert $5 to INR than it almost 330 INR it means u could buy a Data pack of 4G one month plan, or TV reacherge of one month include all channels, or may be a full bag of cement, or samsung SD card... :)

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Macarrosel

@Macarrosel (7498)

• Philippines

2 Sep 16

$5 is 235 Pesos and I can buy 5 kilos of rice here.

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@acelawrites

@acelawrites (19273)

• Philippines

1 Sep 16

You can eat in a fastfood with that amount at the rate of $1: Php 46. There's still some change.

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LegTech

@rina110383 (24495)

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1 Sep 16

It can buy a simple waffle at IHOP.

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ELIAV AHARON

@ELIAVAHARON (2)

• Boulogne-Billancourt, France

1 Sep 16

all what do you need

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Manisha

@ms1864 (6886)

• Bangalore, India

1 Sep 16

In Indian currency? $5 = Rs 335 (approx.) so we can buy a bunch of stuff. Food (more in the form of groceries then from a restaurant), We can get a cappuccino for Rs60, Maybe one new top would come in that much. Stationary....makeup .....the list goes on.

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Jason Fernandes

@jazzyindian (492)

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1 Sep 16

that would be used for gasoline for my vehicle

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