At 6/2/2009 09:35, you wrote: > > What didn't go way up? > >The number of digits to the left of the decimal point in my checking account >balance hasn't gone up. I'm still waiting for all of that stimulus package >trickle-down money that our new president promised me. > >Jumping in price by 50% over the course of a few years seems kinda steep me. >I can't believe that either labor nor materials jumped by that much over >that timeframe.
Heck, even the "cheap" ham antennas aren't so cheap anymore: current AES price for a Comet GP9 is $220. I think that's about double what it was when it first became available. > Maybe it's the drop in the value of a US dollar? I think >US Dollar to Candadian Dollar conversion rate is close to 1:1 now. The main reason why I stopped using West Crystal. They didn't raise their prices, but they got too expensive. Bob NO6B
