7 Things That Are Much Cheaper Now Than They Used To Be

History Facts ^ | 06/26/2024

[moovova]

Buggy whips?

[MortMan]

Life - in every US city.

[Buttons12]

My first computer was a Windows 98. I was too young to remember but the elders told me it was over $2k.

[Billthedrill]

TVs and the like are free these days. You just have to wait for a riot.

[Scrambler Bob]

Dollar Bills.

Worth less, anyway.

[xoxox]

came here to post this.

[xoxox]

actually, was just going to say, “the dollar.”

[Kartographer]

Life
Self-Respect
Dignity

[T.B. Yoits]

Pornography and sex. These hoes are throwing it around like birdseed.

[Dr. Sivana]

In 1941, an average flight from Los Angeles to Boston would have cost more than $5,000 in today’s money (and taken an excruciating 15 hours); now, a nonstop, one-way flight from Los Angeles to Boston commonly costs around $300 and takes about six hours. And an average domestic round-trip airfare is about $400 in the U.S

Besides the fact that 1941 was picked as the flight year instead of 1961, after jets were in use, and the industry was more mature, a flight from LA to Boston then would be more like a 1st class flight niw, only you would be surrounded by well dressed, proper people. First Class flights cost a LOT morethan $400

[Dr. Sivana]

They left out long distance calls

The toys from Remco and Marx back then were MUCH cooler (at least for boys) than anything today.

[nwrep]

Beautiful cursive handwriting.

[PUGACHEV]

The drop in the price of aluminum is interesting. It went from $500 a pound to $1.17, and yet the aluminum industry is worth exponentially more today that when it was a precious metal. It makes you wonder what would happen if a cheap source of gold were discovered. Yes, the unit price of the metal would drop tremendously, but because, like aluminum it has so many uses, the commercialization of cheap gold would lead to even greater wealth.

[Robert DeLong]

Maybe because people are buying less of these items now, as their money goes to basics. When the good times are rolling, they can add to the retail price. As people pull back to necessities as their priory, then they have to cut their margin of profit to stay afloat.

Supply & demand is the reason. They have too much supply, and not enough demand.

[DownInFlames]

Air. Not by much.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: Air. Not by much.

There used to be a time when I could get FREE AIR for my tires at the gas stations. Not anymore.

[kaktuskid]

Washing machines, along with over “energy-saving” appliances...are pieces of junk nowadays. Filled with inferior plastic parts, mostly Chinese, only lasting a couple of years.I would gladly pay more for a washer if it was built to 1970s standards.

The same with toys..along with being made with slave labor.

[I want the USA back]

How wonderful. I feel so much better now. The out-of-control rise in prices is just an illusion, and biden is making life so wonderful for us all.

< / s >

[Will88]

Shortly after the first Compaq “portable” computers came out (1982), my employer bought one for me. Of course, it was heavy enough that I had lean to the opposite side when carrying it to counterbalance.

They were in demand and there was some price gouging, but the cost was $6,400.00.