wow......49 bucks.....thats a hell of a lot of money for back then. Then again there was no competition from discount mega stores and small shops could charge full list price.
@inkey2 No kidding! That's what I said when I saw that: "Forty-nine fifty? You could buy a CAR for that back then!" (Well ... to hear my male parental unit tell it, at least. "For a dollar, I could get the bus downtown, go see a movie — and not just ONE movie, but TWO movies, a newsreel, AND a cartoon — go to the ice cream parlour next door and get an ice cream cone with TWO scoops, ride the bus home, and — AND — still have a nickel left." ... I swear, sometimes, it's like talking to Mr Burns.)
@olivegreen85 yeah, I think the price of this watch back then had to do with a few things.....no competition from large discount chains and the fact that Bulova was a pretty good watch. I repair and collect vintage watches. Actually we could figure out what that would be in todays money.....a gallon of gas was roughly 25 cents back then..$1 = 4 gallons...so 4 x 49 = 196 gallons and even at $3 per gallon that would be $578........wow
wow......49 bucks.....thats a hell of a lot of money for back then. Then again there was no competition from discount mega stores and small shops could charge full list price.
inkey2 8 months ago
@inkey2 No kidding! That's what I said when I saw that: "Forty-nine fifty? You could buy a CAR for that back then!" (Well ... to hear my male parental unit tell it, at least. "For a dollar, I could get the bus downtown, go see a movie — and not just ONE movie, but TWO movies, a newsreel, AND a cartoon — go to the ice cream parlour next door and get an ice cream cone with TWO scoops, ride the bus home, and — AND — still have a nickel left." ... I swear, sometimes, it's like talking to Mr Burns.)
olivegreen85 6 months ago
@olivegreen85 yeah, I think the price of this watch back then had to do with a few things.....no competition from large discount chains and the fact that Bulova was a pretty good watch. I repair and collect vintage watches. Actually we could figure out what that would be in todays money.....a gallon of gas was roughly 25 cents back then..$1 = 4 gallons...so 4 x 49 = 196 gallons and even at $3 per gallon that would be $578........wow
inkey2 6 months ago
@inkey2 It was about $500 back then. Use an inflation calculator. That's really not that bad considering I just bought a Bulova for $300
kowalski989 2 months ago
@kowalski989 the Bulova you bought...is it an original Bulova (mechanical, wind up) or a new incarnation of bulova?
inkey2 2 months ago