Re: Types of numerals
| From: | Andreas Johansson <andjo@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, January 6, 2006, 22:05 |
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Quoting Carsten Becker <carbeck@...>:
> Andreas Johansson wrote:
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> > Here, they set prices so that you get values like 299.50
> > SEK incl value added
> > tax. Prices are normally given inclusive of VAT;
> > exceptions include more
> > expensive household electronics.
>
> When I've been to Sweden in summer 2002 (Linköping area with
> obligatory trips to Malmö, Stockholm and Gothenburg), I saw
> prices like e.g. 23.59 SEK at petrol station's shops -- not
> the petrol price, but the price of things such as beer or
> ice cream or bread or whatever you can get in such shops.
I think they've largely stopped with ridiculous prices now - at least, checking
thru the various receipts in my wallet, I can't find any price that isn't a
multiple of 10 öre (=0.10 SEK).
> In
> fact, the only coins they have in Sweden are 1 Krona and 50
> Öre.
Actually, we do have 10 SEK and 5 SEK coins too. In order to mystify foreigners,
the 10 SEK ones have a smaller diameter than the 1 SEK ones (but are thicker).
> You don't even get back your 50 Öre often.
Hm. That does not agree with my experience.
Andreas