Competitive Pricing?
Feb 04 2010
Retail Wrap >>

• Superfreakonmics, the best-selling book by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner (ISBN 978-0-06-088957-9) would cost you R225 at Loot.co.za, R289 at kalahari.net and R422 at Exclusive Books. If you lived in the US, you could purchase it at Amazon for $13.96, roughly R105. (Company websites).
• The cost of the cheapest one-way economy class flight from Cape Town to Joburg on the 9th of July 2010 (just before the World Cup final) is R769 on Kulula, R882 on SAA, R1263 on Mango, R2299 on 1Time and R4929 on BA. (Airline websites, 31 Jan 2010).
• At Europcar, a group C rental car (VW Polo, Toyota Corolla or similar) would cost you R743 for the weekend, February 6th to 8th. On the weekend of the World Cup finals (July 10th to 12th), the same car would cost you R1369. At Budget, the costs would be R600, for either weekend. (Company websites).
• The average price of electricity in South Africa is 33.14c per kWh (valid until March 2009). In the UK, it depends on the provider, the price plan and usage, but would be between 8.5p (R1.02) and 12p (R1.42) per kWh. (NERSA media statement 25 June 2009).

Source: www.eighty20.co.za, February 2010