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Stuart G

(38,427 posts) Wed Mar 27, 2024, 11:16 PM Mar 27

Has anything gone down drastically in price ?

Yes, here is one thing you haven't thought of as going down....The cost of a long distance phone call....

.................When I was young (by today's standards) cost from coast to coast...New York to Los Angleses was ..$10..a minute..
.....................Now, depending on what plan you have ...now ...30 cents a minute...The ten dollar a minute takes in the cost
of inflation........was maybe $2.00 a minute in the 50s..by today's money.....(you could buy a car for $2000....back in those days.
............................ My first car was a 71.. new stick shift Pontiac that cost about $2000.........................................
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..........................NOW ...MAYBE 25 TO 30 CENTS A MINUTE.. (today's money)..........long distance..coast to coast.

....................................drastic reduction in price from 2.00 a minute in 50s money to 25 Cents a minute in today's money[

....................OF COURSE MOST PEOPLE DON'T SEE IT THAT WAY....BUT IN REALITY IT IS A REAL DRASTIC REDUCTION IN PRICE

.................................................anything else that you can name?

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Has anything gone down drastically in price ? (Original Post) Stuart G Mar 27 OP

All of my long distance calls are included in the price of PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 27 #1

I rant a whole lot about cost of things.............inflation ...etc....etc...etc... Stuart G Mar 27 #4

So? Long distance calls are not one of those things PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 28 #11

This message was self-deleted by its author brush Mar 27 #2

??? niyad Mar 27 #3

Life has changed a lot....????? Stuart G Mar 27 #6

Televisions and some appliances nt spooky3 Mar 27 #5

.My first TV was a 19 inch and it cost in today"s money ...$1000...1969..(black & white TV) Stuart G Mar 27 #7

Boeing's stock SeanHG Mar 28 #8

The price of medical cannabis in Southern Florida is around 2/3 what it was two years ago Earth-shine Mar 28 #9

Computers over the decades LeftInTX Mar 28 #10

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,857 posts)

1. All of my long distance calls are included in the price of

Reply to Stuart G (Original post)

Wed Mar 27, 2024, 11:18 PM

Mar 27

my landline, and my cell phone. Yes, I do have both. Each one has a flat rate, and there's no additional charge for calls a long way away.

So there is no cost per minute and I cannot begin to imagine what you are ranting about.

Stuart G

(38,427 posts)

4. I rant a whole lot about cost of things.............inflation ...etc....etc...etc...

Reply to PoindexterOglethorpe (Reply #1)

Wed Mar 27, 2024, 11:25 PM

Mar 27

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,857 posts)

11. So? Long distance calls are not one of those things

Reply to Stuart G (Reply #4)

Thu Mar 28, 2024, 10:51 PM

Mar 28

that has increased. I'm old. I remember when long distance was a remarkably short distance from wherever a person lived. Now, and for the past two decades or thereabouts, I can call anywhere in the country for no extra charge.

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niyad

(113,305 posts)

3. ???

Reply to Stuart G (Original post)

Wed Mar 27, 2024, 11:24 PM

Mar 27

Stuart G

(38,427 posts)

6. Life has changed a lot....?????

Reply to niyad (Reply #3)

Wed Mar 27, 2024, 11:26 PM

Mar 27

spooky3

(34,452 posts)

5. Televisions and some appliances nt

Reply to Stuart G (Original post)

Wed Mar 27, 2024, 11:25 PM

Mar 27

Stuart G

(38,427 posts)

7. .My first TV was a 19 inch and it cost in today"s money ...$1000...1969..(black & white TV)

Reply to spooky3 (Reply #5)

Wed Mar 27, 2024, 11:29 PM

Mar 27

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Electronic Devices are much less than what they were 25 years ago.
Now, you can get a color TV for maybe.... $300.00

SeanHG

(13 posts)

8. Boeing's stock

Reply to Stuart G (Original post)

Thu Mar 28, 2024, 12:48 AM

Mar 28

Price?

Earth-shine

(4,012 posts)

9. The price of medical cannabis in Southern Florida is around 2/3 what it was two years ago

Reply to Stuart G (Original post)

Thu Mar 28, 2024, 04:49 AM

Mar 28

and the quality is up.

This is due solely to free market competition. There are many dispensaries around here vying for my business.

The prices of food items in our standard supermarkets Publix and Winn-Dixie is way up.

The prices of items in Aldi stores are far more reasonable. On a recent shopping trip, I noted that spinach was three times the price at Winn-D compared to Aldi.

LeftInTX

(25,332 posts)

10. Computers over the decades

Reply to Stuart G (Original post)

Thu Mar 28, 2024, 11:29 AM

Mar 28

Heck, I couldn't afford a portable computer (AKA laptop) until they came out with netbooks around 2009. My first netbook was an HP with Linux. I now own Chromebooks. I think there are also affordable lightweight Windows laptops today.

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