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VerbingWeirdsWords OP t1_iy5nimj wrote

Reply to comment by SeattleHikeBike in Remington Letter-Riter typewriter, purchased in 1958 for $83.41 (which would be $860.11 today) by VerbingWeirdsWords

I had no idea it would have been such a BIG ticket item ...

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BannedStanned t1_iy6aweh wrote

Technology is a continually deflationary industry. The first color TV's sold at retail in 1955 cost $12,000, adjusted for inflation to modern money.

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VerbingWeirdsWords OP t1_iy6bn7c wrote

Ya, fair. I would have figured that this was the kind of thing that would be relatively widely accessible, but at that price, it's definitely a bigger purchase than I realized!

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