Laundry detergent

Item: Laundry detergent, 4kg
Brand: OMO
Price: AED 23.90
Date of Purchase/Survey: 19/12/2007
Place of Sale: Carrefour, Mall of the Emirates

Powdered milk

Item: Powdered milk, Milupa 3, 900g
Brand: Milupa
Price: AED 42.50
Date of Purchase/Survey: 19/12/2007
Place of Sale: Carrefour, Mall of the Emirates

Powdered milk

Item: Powdered milk, Milupa 3, 400g
Brand: Milupa
Price: AED 18.25
Date of Purchase/Survey: 06/06/2007
Place of Sale: Carrefour, Mall of the Emirates

A fair amount of savings compared to Spinneys.

Rice

Item: Basmati Rice, 10kg
Brand: Lehar
Price: AED 39.50
Date of Purchase/Survey: 06/06/2007
Place of Sale: Carrefour, Mall of the Emirates

Rice

Item: Basmati Rice, 5kg
Brand: Mughal
Price: AED 17.50
Date of Purchase/Survey: 15/05/2007
Place of Sale: Carrefour, Mall of the Emirates

Rice

Item: Basmati Rice, 5kg
Brand: Green Valley
Price: AED 17.20
Date of Purchase/Survey: 15/05/2007
Place of Sale: Carrefour, Mall of the Emirates

Chicken

Item: Chicken wings, 900g
Brand: Sadia
Price: AED 11.00
Date of Purchase/Survey: 14/05/2007
Place of Sale: Spinneys, Umm Suqeim

Chicken

Item: Chicken breast, 450g
Brand: Sadia
Price: AED 10.50
Date of Purchase/Survey: 14/05/2007
Place of Sale: Spinneys, Umm Suqeim

Paper towels

Item: Paper towels, pack of 4
Brand: Home Choice
Price: AED 8.25
Date of Purchase/Survey: 10/05/2007
Place of Sale: Spinneys, Umm Suqeim

Toothpaste

Item: Toothpaste, 125ml
Brand: Colgate (Maximum Cavity Protection, Extra Mint)
Price: AED 4.75
Date of Purchase/Survey: 07/05/2007
Place of Sale: Spinneys, Umm Suqeim

Chicken

Item: Chicken drumsticks, 900g
Brand: Sadia
Price: AED 12.25
Date of Purchase/Survey: 07/05/2007
Place of Sale: Spinneys, Umm Suqeim

Note: Looks like chicken is cheaper in Carrefour. This is the same brand, same type, same weight, but it's ~11% more expensive. It'll start to make a difference when you buy more than just a few packs.

Powdered milk

Item: Powdered milk, Milupa 3, 400g
Brand: Milupa
Price: AED 21.75
Date of Purchase/Survey: 05/05/2007
Place of Sale: Spinneys, Umm Suqeim

CD-R

Item: CD-R, 700MB, 52x, pack of 10
Brand: Imation
Price: AED 11.90
Date of Purchase/Survey: 03/05/2007
Place of Sale: Carrefour, Mall of the Emirates

AV equipment

Item: Camera tripod, RT-1000
Brand: Giottos
Price: AED 85.00
Date of Purchase/Survey: 03/05/2007
Place of Sale: Fotofun Color Lab (Kodak), Mall of the Emirates

Video tape

Item: Mini DV video tape, 60 min, pack of 3
Brand: Sony
Price: AED 50.00
Date of Purchase/Survey: 03/05/2007
Place of Sale: Fotofun Color Lab (Kodak), Mall of the Emirates

Note: It's AV related.

Chicken

Item: Chicken drumsticks, 900g
Brand: Sadia
Price: AED 11.00
Date of Purchase/Survey: 26/04/2007
Place of Sale: Carrefour, Mall of the Emirates

Rice

Item: Basmati Rice, 5kg
Brand: Lehar
Price: AED 19.95
Date of Purchase/Survey: 24/04/2007
Place of Sale: Carrefour, Mall of the Emirates

Introduction - PriceWatch

Welcome to PriceWatch Dubai!

I've started this blog to keep track of prices in Dubai, U.A.E. People are always saying that the cost of living in Dubai is high. After living here for 4 months plus, I can see why people say that. Still, not everything is expensive here.

So, to help compare apples to apples, I've decided to keep track of prices for goods in Dubai. I may even add in services. This is mainly going to track my own shopping, but not always.

I figure this will also be a handy way to track inflation (if I stay here long enough to notice), and whether a sale really is a sale.

I hope this blog will be useful to others and not just myself.

Edit (29/12/2008): Old blog deleted. All posts merged with current blog.

Time to play catch up

It's been a long time since I posted anything. Too long. And I don't have an excuse for it. I just didn't set aside the time for blogging.

My last post was on 16 Aug 2006, about the Dell battery recall. A lot has happened since then. The biggest change of all is that I'm now in Dubai. I'm sort of settled in, and ready to start posting again.

Still, there were a few updates I wanted to post before this, and I've even drafted some posts already. So I'll be posting some "new" posts, backdated to the time I want to post them. Each of those posts will be time-stamped 9pm exact. Once I've caught up, I'll post new stuff. Hopefully playing catch up doesn't take too long.