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Latin America

Bacchus4.0

(6,837 posts) Thu Oct 2, 2014, 11:26 AM Oct 2014

Venezuela’s Surreal Prices . [View all]

http://finance.yahoo.com/photos/venezuela-s-surreal-prices-1412257767-slideshow/

A locally produced bath towel as photographed with an illustrative price tag of $136 in Caracas.

An aluminium pressure cooker as photographed with an illustrative price tag of $753 in Caracas.

A five-gallon bucket of house paint as photographed with an illustrative price tag of $528 in Caracas.

A hair dryer as photographed with an illustrative price tag of $697 in Caracas.

A 50 lb. (22.7 kg) bag of Purina Dog Chow as photographed with an illustrative price tag of $272 in Caracas.

A Big Mac as photographed with an illustrative price tag of $14.60 in Caracas.

An Adidas Adipure Crazy running shoe as photographed in a studio with an illustrative price tag of $1,198 in Caracas.

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Venezuela’s Surreal Prices . [View all] Bacchus4.0 Oct 2014 OP

Those aren't US dollars are they? nt 99th_Monkey Oct 2014 #1

yes they are n/t Bacchus4.0 Oct 2014 #2

It is the price in US dollars hack89 Oct 2014 #3

Well then, I guess I'll not be visiting there any time soon. nt 99th_Monkey Oct 2014 #4

Correct, they would only give you 6 to 10 Bs for a dollar. Don't use an ATM or a credit card Bacchus4.0 Oct 2014 #10

Highly misleading. The prices are converted to the blackmarket rate for dollars...12x the difference Fred Sanders Oct 2014 #5

Incorrect!! the prices would be those at the OFFICIAL rate of 6:1 $120 towel would be Bs 720 Bacchus4.0 Oct 2014 #6

I think Yahoo is wrong, what towel costs a quarter of your monthly wages anywhere? Get real. Fred Sanders Oct 2014 #7

Thats the point of the article chief n/t Bacchus4.0 Oct 2014 #8

The point of the article, as most on exteme RW Yahoo politics, is to mislead. Fred Sanders Oct 2014 #9

Go there an check yourself. The towel costs Bs 720. WHich is $120 at the official rate Bacchus4.0 Oct 2014 #11

You're a dangerous person, Bacchus Zorro Oct 2014 #14

don't get sucked into a conversation fred maximillian1974 Oct 2014 #12

Not really, many here like me and Zorro and MADem think the same Marksman_91 Oct 2014 #16

What do you think happens in countries with exploding inflation hack89 Oct 2014 #13

Dude, I'm from Venezuela! I go there every so often and have friends and family still there Marksman_91 Oct 2014 #15