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Originally Posted by will1978
You're right. It's confusing for me, too. For example, a spectacle in my place is about 100 euros, but in Finland, it can be 300 to 350 euros, ( 65 Degrees North - News and views from Oulu - Rent a New Pair of Glasses?), which means, along with some travel discount, buying a spectacle in Finland costs the same for a spectacle in Thailand and a trip to Thailand. The ridiculous part is, the producing cost of a spectacle is only about 10 euros.
I can guess the high price of food in Finland might be transportation, high fuel price and the fact that Finland depends on food import. But how about every thing else? |
well it's all about economical develompment.... theorically, a country with an advanced, complex economy has more expensive costs (and prices) than the so called third world economies....
just for the record... I bought my actual pair of prescription glasses in Italy and costed exactly that: 300 euros... so not to far from prices here... in some other things I agree living costs in Finland are pretty high and non exactly corresponding to local salary average...