DW> I'm not sure how much N.Z. money is worth. The Canadian dollar is
 DW> about  90 cents, U.S., or 50 pence sterling. If we buy a can of
 DW> Coke from a  machine here, it usually costs about a dollar. On the
 DW> other hand, big,  2-litre bottles, only cost two or three dollars. 

whoa... down here in the south US, 20oz plastic reclosable bottles go for
~$1.20US... 2liter bottles vary... most are about the same price as the
20oz'ers... in my immediate area, coke and pepsi are alternating sales
weeks... one week, the 2liter stuff of one will be "normal" price
and the other will be 99cents... the next week will see them swap...

)\/(ark