I was paying USD$4.00 for used and USD$5.00 for NOS from Meshna in 1979. Inflation went wild starting in 1973 with the oil embargo and sudden rise in energy prices. I had gotten board with two tubes from Poly-Paks around 1977 for I believe USD$8.00. It was a lot of money for a guy with a paper route. By 1979 I had a summer job between 11th and 12th grade so was earning more money.
On Tuesday, November 5, 2024 at 9:56:19 PM UTC-5 Shaun Merrigan wrote: > [image: IMG_4471.jpeg]The Internet Archive has a nice collection of > historical Fair Radio catalogs: > > https://archive.org/details/fair-radio-sales > > In the 1972 catalog, I found an offer of B7971 tubes for USD $2.95 each or > 10 for USD $25. This is about USD $22 and USD $190 respectively. > > Shaun M > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/0be5ef86-5b57-4fa9-9f74-42b667f96907n%40googlegroups.com.
