Prices are almost double of Dubai !!!
My family recently moved from Dubai & we find everything about 30-40% more expensive for similar items including vegetable, grocery etc. Traders are making hefty margins as the competition is very less. Think consumer protection department needs to reduce traders margins !!! With low gas & fuel prices - products should be cheaper !!! With 60% sal hike not sure where inflation will move to.
but here the salaries are more than dubai's salaries!
If you calculate good you saving here more than dubai, why!! Electicety, the cost in dubai is AED 1000-1350 here is QR 150-250 petrol is AED 1,72 QR 0.80 so you saving more than the half, parking AED 3 per hour here is free, evry month minimum one trafic violation AED 500, plus Rent tax 5% to the dubai manisipalitySO ONLY BECOUSE UR NOT IN DUBAI YOU SAVING NOW EVRY MONTH MORE THAN QR 3000, so what the meat is more with 30% from Dubai!!! GOOD LUCK.
So, where we can find good pricess in Doha ?????
Yes u r right......the same diaper packet which is for 36 AED....is for46QR.......In doha...thats way too more.....than dubai.....
no one told u b4 moving to doha tat the cost of living is more???...:))
Yes I to agree that prices of all items from very basic stuff to cars are more expensive here when compared to either Dubai or Saudi. The main point we need to observe here is that it is not retailors like Almeera,Lulu or Carrefour who are making margins but they are retailing all most all items on cost to cost to attract customers.
The main reason is that the distributors increase their cost every year giving reasons one or another and also principals add their logistics cost of moving goods from Dubai or saudi to Qatar, I know the reason as I am working in retail.
we also feel the pinch as customers we need to buy all our daily needs here.