My New Cost of Living & Cost of Shopping Calculators

[SteveNetWriter]

Hi Guys,
Who wants to have a go with the two new toys on my website ?
One of the main questions many people ask is "Will I earn enough in NZ to survive ?".
Well, these two toys may help answer that question.

Cost of Shopping Calculator:
If you're lazy, just click on 'low'/'med'/'high' at the bottom, and click on 'calculate total'.
That will tell you how much your shopping bill would be in NZ.
You can change the numbers to suite your tastes.

Cost of Living Calculator:
Again, for the lazy, click on 'low'/'med'/'high' at the bottom.
Before you click on 'calculate total', you have to clear either the rent or mortgage line. Otherwise you'll be billed for both !

I suggest you just play around for a bit to understand what all the buttons do, before you spend too much time fine tuning it to your tastes.

I've tried to find reasonable numbers for the 'quick buttons'.
I'd love to hear from those in NZ who can see if the answers match what they actually spend.
The shopping quantities are based on what we think we buy each week.
That's 2 adults and two young kids.

Have fun.

Cheers

Steve

[Milliemoo]

Ahhhhhhh that's what you've been up to! :icon_biggrin:

Just tried it out.... very good. The problem I have with calculaters like these, is that if I don't like the result I change the figures to suit, which kinda defeats the purpose! :icon_eek: icon_exclaim.gif

I think we'll just have to adapt to what ever income we change to....that said it would be nice to have the $156,000 income which I 'need'. hohoho

Milliemoo :icon_wink:

[SteveNetWriter]

Hi Milliemoo,
Yep, maybe this week I'll get some sleep :icon_rolleyes: :icon_biggrin:

Is that a subtle way of asking for a raise :icon_razz: :icon_biggrin:

You should have seen the first version.
I made a few mistakes, and I needed to earn $178,000/year on the low setting :icon_eek: icon_exclaim.gif :icon_eek: icon_exclaim.gif

What's 'slightly' worrying is that the average wage is something like $20,000/year :icon_sad:
Of course we all know the trouble with averages.

Cheers

Steve