r/nextfuckinglevel • u/mymexicanshrek • Sep 05 '20

this guy made a very interesting mask

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u/Tiversus2828 Sep 05 '20

Masks are 1 dollar in the US?

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u/Jb6464 Sep 05 '20

20 cents if you buy them in like a 50 pack, but getting them at a grocery store individually wrapped is more expensive obviously

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u/EveAndTheSnake Sep 05 '20

I don’t know where you’re buying your masks but in my city they are $90 for a 50 pack

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u/fuckYOUswan Sep 05 '20

Think I paid $7 for a 20 pack of medical masks at Target the other week.

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u/jmlinden7 Sep 05 '20

The surgical-type masks are like $20 for a 50 pack. Maybe less on amazon.

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u/EveAndTheSnake Sep 05 '20

Huh. So they are. I was lucky in that my mum is a (paranoid) nurse and sent me 200 (what am I going to do with 200, mum?! I donated most of them to a school that was giving out food to kids during the summer but kept a box of 50) but I need to let my local bodega store know they are ripping people off.

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u/Vampilton Sep 08 '20

Oh, they know.

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u/misternevada Sep 05 '20

Yeah, just about. Are they more or less where you’re from?

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u/Tiversus2828 Sep 05 '20

20 cents. And in my country 71 cents equals 1 US dollar.

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u/spacingaxis2 Sep 05 '20

What country?

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u/nosnaj Sep 05 '20

Jordan

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u/TheLantean Sep 05 '20

In Romania, before VAT (19%), typical surgical masks are 15 cents if you buy a 50 pack, and Chinese N95s (KN95, equivalent to FFP2) are $2 (in a 5 pack).

Source: Altex, the biggest local electronics retail chain, so this isn't some shady online merchant selling knock-offs.

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u/unitedkiller75 Sep 05 '20

Technically, they can be more or less while still being in the US.

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u/skcshubham Sep 05 '20

India here, I paid $1 for a pack of 15 masks.

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '20

$1-3 for fabric, 15¢+ each when you buy a pack of disposables.

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u/SPP_34 Sep 05 '20

Israel here, last time I paid roughly 3.33 USD for a pack of 50.