Cold Drink Fee

Jul 4, 2011

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This is quite possibly going to be my shortest blog post ever but I’ve saved this photo for months just to show you! It was the most peculiar thing I randomly noticed for the first time in all my years of traveling to Jamaica. The “cold drink fee”.

Apparently when you buy a cold drink in a supermarket or corner store in Jamaica you get charged $5.00 jmd for the luxury of having it cold! I guess someone has to pay the bill for having the refrigerator plugged in! Oh and if you really want the conversion on that it’s equal to roughly six cents USD.

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7 responses to “Cold Drink Fee”

Mel

July 5, 2011

yes! hahaha, had to use the public washroom at one of Ochi’s busiest shopping centers once and had to pay a lady $10 JMD who was sitting outside on a lawn chair to use the toilet paper she was holding!!! I never got a receipt like you though!! Soooo odd! Cold drinks and toilet paper, serious luxuries in Jamaica!

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1. JC
  
  July 5, 2011
  
  LOL Mel I know right! all the bars I’ve been to in Jamaica keep the toilet paper behind the bar and you have to ask for it.
  
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Janet

July 5, 2011

That is normal practice in Jamaica…..ALL cold drinks cost more than the shelf ones…..its a contribution towards their electricity bill….as if we don’t pay enough for our own as it is…..!

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1. JC
  
  July 6, 2011
  
  Yep that’s exactly what I said in the post. I should have charged people to come in my house too and pay my JPS bill.
  
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Dyana

July 12, 2011

Funny thing is, the only store I ever saw this extra fee was the same one you shopped at!! 🙂

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Jamaipanese

August 2, 2011

hmm, interesting, never paid such a fee. I know of a fee for glass bottles but this is new. I will investigate!

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1. JC
  
  August 6, 2011
  
  I don’t know if it’s every store but it’s definitely one or two in Ochi that have it. Strange!
  
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