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JK
Joined: Feb 24, 2005
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From: S. Africa - JOZI
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On 2005-10-24 22:06:56, KID777 wrote:
@786KBR . Did u see dat fone at a place caled 'the good guys', (the one near near the food court) cause those guys always got fones b4 their official release, i rememba a frend getin his 7610 from der b4 it was even known in sa. Freaky place.
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Its the shop next to standard bank... and I saw it with my own eyes..!:P |
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brix25
Joined: Aug 20, 2003
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From: Cape Town, South Africa
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Another excellent one is www.bidorbuy.co.za our version of eBay only without the hassles of PayPal...like I said before, because we're in darkest Africa PayPal doesn't offer support due to some Nigerian scammers.
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Kryptik
Joined: Jun 24, 2005
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From: Port Elizabeth, S.Africa
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lol @ darkest Africa! We're ahead of the game when compared to some places like Singapore. Been comparing prices with a buddy over there, using the Big Mac Method :-) Our gprs prices are seriously low in comparison to theirs...
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brix25
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How does the Big Mac conversion work? In a simple comparison of GPRS rates South Africa and India comes out on top.
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Kryptik
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It's something i read about in a newspaper once. Financial analysts use the Big Mac scale to compare/illustrate prices. The cost of a Big Mac from McDonald's rarely varies, and its value remains constant relative to the price index of consumer goods in the majority of countries, etc etc. Thus we compared how many Big Macs one could buy with the same amount of money used to buy bundled gprs, out-of-bundle, etc. Same applies to handsets, accessories. It's quite amazing how little it costs here and in India.
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brix25
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This afternoon I was attending a press briefing at Tuynhuys when our president danced like a ballroom dancer when questioned by the press around issues of spying following reports that the NIA had spied on Saki Macozoma.
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Rhino8
Joined: Jan 07, 2005
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From: South Africa (Bloemfontein)
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this may be a little of topic now, but since this is a mobile discussion forum for south africa, i am delighted to inform you that fantasticwap(my very own wapsite) just managed to aquire free mms (txt only) to all vodacom sa subscribers....
ARSENAL : Samsung Galaxy SII
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Kryptik
Joined: Jun 24, 2005
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From: Port Elizabeth, S.Africa
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You guys check what Uncle Trevor had to announce re- relaxation of exchange controls?
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Falcon786
Joined: Sep 09, 2005
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From: Vereeniging-South Africa
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hey kryp.about that big mac method,what if our big macs are more expensive relative to other items here!it's not uncommon that SA consumer's get taken for a ride...
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BlueQuill
Joined: Jul 29, 2005
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From: India
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You guys welcome outsiders here?
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amawanqa
Joined: May 08, 2004
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From: Hornchurch UK & East London SA
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@ BlueQuill,
Of course we do. 
Welcome to the SA thread. Where are you from?
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Kryptik
Joined: Jun 24, 2005
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From: Port Elizabeth, S.Africa
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BlueQuill, Esato's late nite philosopher,  to the thread buddy.
@Falcon, check out http://www.economist.com/markets/bigmac/about.cfm for a clearer picture of what i meant. I do agree with you on the point that we get trashed over here... check out the USA thread, see what they're paying for fuel. And that's per gallon!!!
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BlueQuill
Joined: Jul 29, 2005
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From: India
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Thankyou fellow esatorians. I am from India. @kryptik, you from SA? I always assumed you were from India. And btw, thanks for the adjective (philosopher).
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Kryptik
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From: Port Elizabeth, S.Africa
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Nope, born and bred in South Africa, bhai. But i can cook the strongest chicken curry you've ever tasted  I taught Language for a couple of years at a predominantly Indian school, so i've become an honorary Indian So what do you do, buddy? If you've been scanning the last few posts you'll notice Brix mentioned that India and SA are amongst the countries with the lowest gprs rates world-wide.
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BlueQuill
Joined: Jul 29, 2005
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I am a power engineer, work in a thermal power plant. @kryptik , nice study you have going on there. Especially the method that you used seems very interesting. In india, gprs is just about starting to grow, hence as a market policy, the rates are very low. However, in some of our bigger cities, the rates are higher. Still, i assume, we are way behind europe and america when it comes to technology.
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