Things one can only buy/that are much cheaper in the US

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I feel like we have a thread about this already, but my rubbish search skills couldn't find it. Anyway, I'm off to the US for the first time in ages this week, and so far my shopping list reads:

ipod
melatonin
big jar of ibuprofen

What do you always bring back?

― toby (tsg20), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 08:52 (twenty-one years ago)

Carhartt clothing (if that is your thing)
electronic goods (japanese)
DVDs
CDs
Toys (great selection)
shoes (slightly cheaper but it is the selection that rocks)
Gor Tex apparel (about half price)

― lukey (Lukey G), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 08:55 (twenty-one years ago)

campbell's alphabet soup
Tang (if i can find it)

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 09:03 (twenty-one years ago)

*commences wondering, sleepily, wot things & stuff could be still cheeper in Latvia*

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 09:05 (twenty-one years ago)

petrol

― bulbs (bulbs), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 09:06 (twenty-one years ago)

I do love Carhartt.

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 09:08 (twenty-one years ago)

guns?

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 09:11 (twenty-one years ago)

almond m&ms
peanut butter m&ms

― koogs (koogs), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 09:18 (twenty-one years ago)

mountain dew

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 09:19 (twenty-one years ago)

The presidency.

BIT OF POLITICS THERE.

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 09:20 (twenty-one years ago)

good Dr Pepper
clams in clam juice

― sgs (sgs), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 09:20 (twenty-one years ago)

computer bits.

― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 09:21 (twenty-one years ago)

sweetarts - good root beer - noxzema - good maple syrup

― marianna, Tuesday, 19 October 2004 09:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Search: virtually anything

― Girolamo Savonarola, Tuesday, 19 October 2004 09:40 (twenty-one years ago)

i keep remembering more:

cedar "refresher" spray - jiffy peanut butter - oreos - sugar-free lemonade mix - makeup sponges - hair bands - jelly beans - CDs

things that i bring from london to america: fancy makeup/perfume - stuff from muji - luxury chocolates

― marianna, Tuesday, 19 October 2004 09:42 (twenty-one years ago)

does toby know that this is actually a requests list from us?

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 09:43 (twenty-one years ago)

ha!

― toby (tsg20), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 09:46 (twenty-one years ago)

(oreos you can get over here, i see them from time to time.)

― koogs (koogs), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 09:47 (twenty-one years ago)

me: "how come everyone's moving to london?"
geeta: "maybe they feel that living in america just isn't expensive enough. maybe they wanna get rid of a lot of money really quickly."

― Cynthia Nixon Now More Than Ever (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 09:48 (twenty-one years ago)

You can get Oreos in Exeter Sainsburys. I've bought them before and crushed them up to put on vanilla cheesecake.

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 09:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Karo syrup.

Actually I used to get this years ago at the Camden Safeway, but haven't found it since.

― sgs (sgs), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 09:52 (twenty-one years ago)

isn't the price of jeans and such exorbitant in europe?

― caitlin oh no (caitxa1), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 09:53 (twenty-one years ago)

oreos you can get over here, i see them from time to time.

- they are too expensive here -

― marianna, Tuesday, 19 October 2004 10:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Get them in Coffee Republic...

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 10:28 (twenty-one years ago)

isn't the price of jeans and such exorbitant in europe?

It's not that bad, these days. You can get an OK cheap pair for about £20. Even nice ones aren't too bad if you shop around. I just got some lovely CK ones in TK Maxx for £30.

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 10:32 (twenty-one years ago)

no, they are too expensive in coffee republic - imagine going to the usa and paying $1 for 4 digestive biscuits.

― marianna, Tuesday, 19 October 2004 10:33 (twenty-one years ago)

It would be a silly reason to go.

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 10:43 (twenty-one years ago)

and $3 for a cup of coffee isn't? 8)

― koogs (koogs), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 10:46 (twenty-one years ago)

What are you doing in Coffee Republic in the first place - go to the nearest pub forthwith!

― Serghei Daduismus (Dada), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 11:01 (twenty-one years ago)

Reese's Peanut butter cups and good cake mixes.

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 12:57 (twenty-one years ago)

Reese's Peanut butter cups are readily available in the UK and are cheap too

― Serghei Daduismus (Dada), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 12:58 (twenty-one years ago)

the only thing i can think of that's not cheaper in the US is books.

― jed_ (jed), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 13:01 (twenty-one years ago)

Life.

― Wooden (Wooden), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 13:15 (twenty-one years ago)

It's not that bad, these days. You can get an OK cheap pair for about £20.

So with the exchange rate, it's exactly the same price. I did not know that. Capital is the great equalizer.

― Lifted, or, the story is 'neath my ass (kenan), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 13:18 (twenty-one years ago)

that strands bookstore in NY is pretty cheap.

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 13:19 (twenty-one years ago)

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