I worked in a retail camera store in 1965 & the Pentax Spotmatic w/50/1.4 &
case sold for $307.00...what would that convert to in todays dollars? Must
be a web site with that type info somewhere.
jfd
At 08:13 PM 07/22/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>On Sun, 22 Jul 2001 17:23:52 -0700, Bruce Dayton wrote:
>
> >One thing to keep in mind here is back when things were made with such high
> >quality, the cost of labor versus materials was different. Labor was quite
> >cheap and materials were more expensive. The opposite is true now. I
> >recall in the computer industry when a floppy disk drive cost $150 dollars
> >and labor rates to repair and align heads was $25/hours. Now a new drive
> >costs $10 and labor is $100/hr. That type of problem drives us towards a
> >throw away mentality. The cost of disposal hasn't been noticed yet. I
> >believe that corporations are looking mostly at cost and competition when
> >they build and design products.
>
>I agree. I just think it's sad....
>
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>
>
>Later,
>Gary
>
>
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