C\u00e2nd am plecat din Rom\u00e2nia \u00een Statele Unite, acum opt ani, a trebuit s\u0103 m\u0103 dezv\u0103\u0163 c\u00e2t mai repede s\u0103 convertesc toate pre\u0163urile americane \u00een lei rom\u00e2ne\u015fti, pentru c\u0103 nu a\u015f mai fi cump\u0103rat nimic. Comparat cu pre\u0163urile rom\u00e2ne\u015fti, cele americane p\u0103reau exorbitante. Tricourile, adida\u015fii, m\u00e2ncarea, papet\u0103ria, o mas\u0103 la restaurant erau mult mai scumpe dec\u00e2t \u00een Rom\u00e2nia. Cu timpul, am \u00eenv\u0103\u0163at, cum e normal, s\u0103 judec dolarul american ca pe o moned\u0103 \u00een sine \u015fi s\u0103 raportez costurile la salariu.<\/p>\n
Acum, \u00eens\u0103, se \u00eent\u00e2mpl\u0103 ceva incredibil: tr\u0103iesc acela\u015fi sentiment, dar \u00een sens invers! Comparate cu pre\u0163urile americane, alcoolul, electronicele, m\u00e2ncarea, hainele cost\u0103 aberant. Oi fi \u00eennebunit eu? Ce-i drept, \u00een ’99 tot ce cump\u0103rai \u00een Rom\u00e2nia era turcesc \u015fi\/sau de proast\u0103 calitate. Acum sunt chestii bune, multe de m\u0103rci cu care sunt obi\u015fnuit din State. Dar tocmai de aceea pot compara mere cu mere \u015fi nu-mi vine s\u0103-mi cred ochilor. De exemplu, Glenfiddich, un whisky care ne place nou\u0103, cost\u0103 cam $30 la majoritatea magazinelor din SUA, de\u015fi \u00eel po\u0163i g\u0103si uneori redus la $25. \u00cen Rom\u00e2nia nu l-am g\u0103sit nic\u0103ieri sub $40 (100 de lei), iar pre\u0163ul standard e mai aproape de $50. Un telefon cordless Panasonic mi\u015fto, cump\u0103rat \u00een America, cost\u0103 vreo $120 \u015fi are baz\u0103 \u015fi \u00eenc\u0103 doi sateli\u0163i. Aici am g\u0103sit la acela\u015fi pre\u0163 un model mai prost \u015fi cu un singur satelit (\u015fi, \u00een parantez\u0103, un Gic\u0103 de la reprezentan\u0163\u0103 a f\u0103cut \u015fi mi\u015fto de mine). De telefoane mobile \u015fi calculatoare nu mai zic, sunt cam cu 50% mai scumpe. Aici chiar nu g\u0103sesc alt\u0103 explica\u0163ie dec\u00e2t c\u0103 sunt destui fraieri care dau banul, c\u0103 doar toate-s f\u0103cute \u00een Taiwan \u015fi n-au motiv s\u0103 coste mai mult dec\u00e2t cele din State.<\/p>\n
Probabil o s\u0103 fac ce-am f\u0103cut acum opt ani: o s\u0103 renun\u0163 s\u0103 mai convertesc totul \u00een dolari \u015fi o s\u0103 socotesc \u00een lei… \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
C\u00e2nd am plecat din Rom\u00e2nia \u00een Statele Unite, acum opt ani, a trebuit s\u0103 m\u0103 dezv\u0103\u0163 c\u00e2t mai repede s\u0103 convertesc toate pre\u0163urile americane \u00een lei rom\u00e2ne\u015fti, pentru c\u0103 nu a\u015f mai fi cump\u0103rat nimic. Comparat cu pre\u0163urile rom\u00e2ne\u015fti, cele americane p\u0103reau exorbitante. Tricourile, adida\u015fii, m\u00e2ncarea, papet\u0103ria, o mas\u0103 la restaurant erau mult mai scumpe […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalin.francu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalin.francu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalin.francu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalin.francu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalin.francu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/catalin.francu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalin.francu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalin.francu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalin.francu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}