Some of the most popular posts on this blog have been lists of what things cost here in the Philippines. In the past I have somewhat laboriously made lists. Boring to both me and to some readers. Today I’ll try scanning in some current ad circulars and we’ll see (by the number of visits the page gets) how popular the method might be,
The real estate images don’t have pricing. I just included this flier because it is typical of middle class homes being built here just outside metro Manila. Figure 1 to 6 million pesos all in, depending on the house and the options and you’ll be real close.
The supermarket listings are from our local SM Hypermart.
Remember you can click on the scans to get6 the full size and then use the Zoom feature of your browser (usually the <Control ++ > key combination) to magnify further.
Popularity: 36% [?]
Hi Dave,
Nice way to do it!
Another way for zooming is to hold the CTRL key and use your mouse wheel. I did try the zoom but it was not scanned at high enough level of resolution so when you zoom you cannot read the item names. Sorry!
Sorry John, and all. Something went awry with uploading the high res version of the files. Work in progress. Slow, man at work. Or should that read, “Slow man, at work.”?
Hi Dave – I always enjoy your articles on what things costs. Though I may have a preference for the lists, whatever format works for you is fine with me.
I may wind up going back to lists again afterall … doing it hte ‘easy way’ is provin g very difficult