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I was reading an old industry catalog from the 80s and the price for a basic nylon loop per yard floored me.
It was $4.95, which is less than a tenth of what I pay for materials now. Anyone else got a surprising find from the old days of the trade?
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charlescraig1mo agoMost Upvoted
Honestly, my buddy was cleaning out his dad's garage and found an invoice for a full sheet of 3/4 inch plywood from 1985. Tbh, it was marked nineteen dollars and change. He just stood there staring at it, then sent me a picture because he knew I'd lose my mind. Ngl, we both had a good laugh about how that same sheet would be over a hundred bucks today, easy. It's wild to see the numbers on paper like that.
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ivanscott1mo ago
Tell me about it. I found a hardware store receipt from my grandpa's toolbox (from like 1978) for a box of wood screws. It was ninety-nine cents. The exact same box is twelve bucks now. It makes you wonder what stuff will cost in another forty years, which is kind of a scary thought.
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the_diana1mo ago
This stuff hits home every time I'm at the grocery store. The shrinkflation and price jumps on basic things feel like a quiet tax on just existing. Seeing those old receipts makes the whole trend feel way more real and less like just complaining. It's not just materials, it's everything, and that's the part that gets under my skin.
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