German Shopping Cooperative (Zurich)

Life Hacking
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Hey Mustachians,

I’m looking for people from Zurich (Zug & Luzern) area who’d like to drive with me to Germany once a month for shopping and split the gas cost (and optimally switch cars every trip).

Anyone interested?

  • Yes
  • No
  • Maybe

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PS. Ping @Julianek, @Bojack

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Nice Idea!
If you don’t have a car you can go to Jestetten by train btw.

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I normally go to Lidl/Aldi in Laufenburg or Weil am Rhein (when I’m collecting people from Basel airport), but I’m generally open to alternatives. :slight_smile:

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Same, I am interested but I do not have a car. Regarding transportation, if we share costs going by car should be much cheaper than train.

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It’s fine. We can go with my car. I just hoped there will be somebody’s else car to exploit as well. :stuck_out_tongue:

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heyall,
i’d also be interested to go once at least. i am not the big-buyer (especially i buy few meat) but just to check it out and hang out with the zurich-crew of mustachians i’d join :wink:

i dont have a car, but mobility or even europcar (ETH special tariff) would be available through me. any estimate what’s the cost of going by private car ?
the mobility calculator gives the following rsults for 100km (2x50 for zurich-jestetten) and 5 hours (just a wild guess)
comib: CHF 95
minivan: CHF 115
divided by 4-5 is some 20-30 CHF pp, to be saved on a € 300 purchase… hmmmm i will never ever buy stuff for more than CHF 60 at a time^^

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Welcome in the club @nugget.

In my case the cost would be:

  • Laufenburg Lidl
    2 * 56 km * (8L/100km) * 1.69 CHF = 15 CHF (15/3 = 5 CHF per person)
  • Jestetten Lidl
    2 * 35 km * * (8L/100km) * 1.69 CHF = 9.5 CHF (9.5/3 = 3.16 CHF per person)

Methodology:
[ both ways * distance * my average burning (without aircondition) * cost of gas ]

Average burning is according to my own experience, but reports in the Internet says the same. I have a Skoda Octavia Kombi II 1.8 TSI 160KM 118kW.

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Ok, let’s figure out when we can have the first round:

  • July 21st
  • July 28th
  • August 4th
  • August 11th
  • August 18th
  • August 25th

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Sorry to rain on your parade, but I’ll add my two cents about shopping abroad.
I did a couple of times in my early years in Switzerland. Lousy times these were.

There’s something uniquely luxurious in being able to do your weekly shopping in 30 minutes in a familiar, well organized Migros, not having to wait more than 2 minutes in queue, and not overspending because “I bought more since I’ve already done the commute”. This is especially valid for you people with kids. Such a huge waste of time and so little return.

I’ve even grown to appreciate limited choice (1-2 articles per type) in Swiss supermarkets. It only makes my shopping more efficient!

You spend 400 CHF/month on groceries already. How much can you realistically save?

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Well, even if I save 20 chf, it’s also opportunity to meet Mustachians and socialize, so it’s not a problem for me. I’d suspect though I’ll save more if we’ll start doing it regularly and split costs.

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I’d rather just socialize without wasting time in traffic and lines. You guys wont be the only ones doing the Saturday chore …

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There are no traffic and lines. At least that’s my experience and I’m already doing it for a year every two months. If it made me miserable, I wouldn’t ask people to join me. I’m not crazy.

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I see the point of @glina on this. I’ve been to Singen (that’s probably the best place to go from Zurich). Sure, it is cheaper there, but you’re wasting so much time. Also, I find it that the things that sell at the biggest premium in Switzerland are the things that spoil the fastest: fruit, meat. You can’t stack up on these things. Plus, you’re already shopping in Lidl, so the difference is even smaller than it would be for me.

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Then you guys can join us for the fun of spending time with us. :grin:

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If we combine that with a beer drinking session then I could even be convinced that it’s indeed in purpose of saving money.
P.S. I’m not driving :slight_smile:

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Ok, @Julianek, @nugget, according to the poll the first term that works for all of us is August 18th. Where and at what time should I collect you in Zurich? Can you guys figure out one place that won’t be far from the high way ring?

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MP sent. Let’s figure out the details in private :slight_smile:

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So we did the trip today and it was fun. We plan another one in November if anyone is interested.

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Yep it was good. For those interested I will soon upload a description of german prices vs swiss prices :smiley:

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Let me know when you go to german IKEA with a rented truck. Just compared some prices and finally ordered in switzerland. :roll_eyes: