The Price is Right

And our next item up for bid is a box of Cinnamon Toast Crunch Breakfast Cereal.   

Whoever can guess the actual retail price without going over wins! Let’s start the bidding with you…

Here is a list of the outrageously good and outrageously bad prices we have found here in India.   And yes, I am ashamed to say, we bought every item on this list.  If the stickers were in American dollars, they definitely would not have been purchased.   It sure teaches us to travel with a calculator. 

Paul Mitchell Tea Tree Conditioner                      $31.11                 (1400 rupees)

Haagen Dazs ice cream (1 pint)                            $12.78                (575 rupees)

Honey Bunches of Oats Cereal                             $6.11                  (275 rupees)

20 stems of cut orchids                                          $8.88                  (400 rupees)

Half-dozen small bananas                                      $0.44                   (20 rupees)

1 L of milk (about 1 quart)                                     $1.00                   (45 rupees)

Pepsi 600 mL                                                         $0.56                   (25 rupees)

Cheap domestic wine                                             $12.00                 (540 rupees)

1 L of OJ (about 1 quart)                                        $1.89                   (85 rupees)

500 mL Gatorade (about 2 cups)                            $0.78                   (35 rupees)

WHOLE pineapple                                                 $1.22                   (55 rupees)

Box of tissues                                                         $6.00                    (270 rupees)

Whey protein powder (2 lb bottle)                        $52.11                  (2345 rupees)

Johnnie Walker Black Label 750 mL                 $77.78        (3500 rupees)           

Basil (three meals worth of pesto)                        $0.89                   (40 rupees)

Bottle of water (1 L)                                             $0.38                   (17 rupees)

Electric toothbrush                                                $12.78                 (575 rupees)

6 pack of granola bars                                           $5.00                    (225 rupees)

Jar of oats (maybe like a small Quaker Oats)       $2.44                   (110 rupees)

Trident gum                                                           $2.11                   (95 rupees)

HP printer ink                                                        $17.56                  (790 rupees)

1 upscale haircut (for men)                                    $13.33                 (600 rupees)

1 haircut, where our driver goes:                           $0.56                   (25 rupees)

From a store similar to Target:

Bath towel                                                  $6.89                   (310 rupees)

Hand towel                                                 $1.91                   (86 rupees)

Washcloth                                                   $1.29                   (58 rupees)

Small decorative pillow                              $1.76                   (79 rupees)

Women’s shirts (kurtas)                 $4.91 to $15.98     (221 to 719 rupees)

Cable TV (for 1 year)                                             $148.89              (6700 rupees)

Vitamins, 1 month                                                $1.50                   (67.30 rupees)

Peanut butter                                                            $4.67                  (210 rupees)

Car wash, every day (one month)                           $11.11                  (500 rupees)

Gillette deodorant                                                    $3.31                   (149 rupees)

Gillette shaving cream                                            $4.67                  (210 rupees)

Contact lens solution (off brand)                            $3.33                  (150 rupees)

And the actual retail price of the box of Cinnamon Toast Crunch Breakfast Cereal is  $12.00 (540 rupees)! 

PS I’d like to thank my husband for the idea for this particular story.