By Alvin Alexander. Last updated: June 4, 2016
After doing some shopping today, it really hit me how out-of-whack expensive some things are in the world today, especially when you put them in comparison to other products.
To that end, I compiled a short list of "liquid" items, and did the math (normalization) so we can compare everything at the same level -- in this case, the "one gallon" mark.
Here then are the costs of one gallon of various liquid items:
| Product | Price for 1 gallon |
|---|---|
| Printer cartridge toner (average) | $8,064.00 |
| Patron tequila | $260.00 |
| Children's Advil | $249.00 |
| Vick's Nyquil | $96.00 |
| An "okay" bottle of wine | $55.00 |
| Evian water | $27.00 |
| Tide laundry soap | $25.60 |
| A bottle of water from Whole Foods | $15.90 |
| Regular Starbucks coffee | $14.80 |
| Milk | $4.00 |
| Coca-Cola | $2.84 |
| Gasoline | $2.59 |
The research
Unfortunately I accidentally deleted most of my actual numbers, but off the top of my head, these are the values I can remember:
- I determined the printer cartridge toner cost from several online prices, and used an average of $63 per ounce.
- The last time I looked, Patron was $52 for 750 ml.
- I looked up the Advil and Nyquil prices online.
- For the "okay" bottle of wine I assumed a $10 bottle.
- I looked up the Evian online ... I've never actually had any.
- The Starbucks coffee assumed roughly $1.90 for a Grande coffee.
- Milk, gasoline, and Coca-cola prices came from recent purchases.
- The Coca-Cola price came from a recent 2-liter purchase.
Suggestions?
Do you know any liquids we should add to this list? If so, add them to the comments section below, and we'll update the table.
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