Monday, July 9, 2012

$15?!

That's outrageous!  I won't PAY it.



I got nothing so I scanned a Sears catalog from 1908.  $15 for a pocket hammerless.  Sheesh.  And $.90 per magazine...

I was LOOKING for old typewriters.  Hmph.
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6 comments:

  1. jon spencerJuly 9, 2012 at 8:51 AM

    That $15 is about $350 in todays money.
    So it looks like things have stayed about the same.

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  2. Bubblehead Les.July 9, 2012 at 9:42 AM

    Yeah, but that $15 dollars could have been paid with One GOLD Coin, and you could have gotten SILVER in Change. Nowadays, we pay with NEGATIVE $15 TRILLION Dollar Paper IOUs from the Federale Gooberment.

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  3. TamJuly 9, 2012 at 4:28 PM

    You used to be able to buy a brand-new Colt's Peacemaker for a shiny $20 gold coin.

    Nowadays you still can. ;)

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  4. Old NFOJuly 9, 2012 at 8:42 PM

    Tam beat me to it, kinda sorta... It would actually take about THREE $20 gold coins for a Peacemaker today (if it was a gen 1)...

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  5. TamJuly 10, 2012 at 1:18 PM

    Old NFO,

    Well, I meant an ounce of gold for a new Peacemaker. :o

    (Although I suppose you can get a new Colt's for a bit less than MSRP...)

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  6. Roberta XJuly 16, 2012 at 11:50 AM

    And Federal felonies sold for only 75¢!

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