Can this be true

In this survey it says that the average teenager leaves the house with with 655 pounds sterling in clothes and gadgets.

some how i can not see a parent paying 33PS for a wallet that is supposed to contain 49PS in cash or 72PS for a watch, have the average family got money to burn.:confused

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-clothes-gadgets-average-teenager-street.html

 

Bill, if the key word is *average* then it's unlikely. They would have to come, from an above *average* income earning family. At least in India - and I'd think the UK as well.

 

I must be living in the past.
I accept the fashion thing but teens start at 13 and to have such a lot of cash and expensive accessories watch/wallet at thirteen i find unusual.

I know the thing about phones is true as all the kids over here have them from about 9.

Only last night on TV there was another article about cancer and mobile phones,how dangerous it is for young kids.

Am i in a time warp as i thought this all happened years ago?

 

how much is that in usd?

 

i figured it out... seems a little high in dollars, but not too far off really. $100 watch isnt really that bad. $50 wallet is retarded though.

 

Right now it's @ 982.31 USD from

http://www.xe.com/ucc/convert.cgi

 

Actually http://www.xe.com/ucc/

 

Jeans and, as said, the wallet are a bit overpriced, but the rest is 'prolly pretty right, i.m.o.

When I was a kid, I was lucky if I was waring 15 quid worth of clothes, and that's it, to go out. Not even a watch, eh.

 

i have a $450 dollar smartphone, $200 MP3 player, $50 watch, $60 shoes, $30-$40 clothes
Thats $790-800

 

I don't have a phone, MP3 Player, or a watch. I have $10 shoes and $20 clothes. One could say I'm cheap. :-D

 

You also have to remember that the cost of living for the majority of things is pretty much double what it is in the US.

So in the US you would pay $5 for a Mickey D combo....in the UK it is the same price but in Pounds Sterling. Convert that in to US dollars and it's near enough double - $10.

So a teenager with a cell phone worth 200 Pounds is actually worth $400. Add an iPod at 250 Pounds, a pair of jeans, Nikes, shirt and jacket, wallet, watch and some cash for spending and it could easily add up to 600 Pounds or $1200.

 

I'm definitely below the average teenager then! Unless I'm going to a lecture or something then there's £700 in my bag

 

WOW! They charge a lot more per lecture nowadays than when I was a student

 

I guess we know whose bag to snoop through if we ever go to Watford. Uni - Portsmouth