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09-02-2011, 11:17 PM #1This is not my actual head.
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This post was about pricing from 1908, but should be helpful here:
Originally Posted by MickRussell
http://straightrazorpalace.com/hones...tml#post800156
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09-02-2011, 11:37 PM #2Senior Member
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Referring to it in terms I can understand, in 1968 I was finally old enough to buy a handgun. A Colt Government Model 45ACP full retail cost $135.00 in my local gun shop. A S&W model 19 4" blue, NIB 357 magnum was $120.00. Did a quick google for those now. Cheapest NIB Colt gov model is $850.
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09-02-2011, 11:43 PM #3Member
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More importantly, which one did you buy?
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09-03-2011, 12:20 AM #4Senior Member
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They didn't have any S&W Centennials?
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09-03-2011, 12:35 AM #5Senior Member
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I went for the Smith. Thirty five bucks difference was a lot of money back then. Originally Posted by AFDavis11
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09-03-2011, 01:00 AM #6Senior Member
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I work it out to be $15, but ymmv.
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09-03-2011, 01:33 AM #7Senior Member
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Mick, don't call me stupid in public ..... wait until we get home .... Originally Posted by MickRussell
I work it out to be $15, but ymmv.
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09-03-2011, 02:20 AM #8"Nah"
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Well I don't think I'm paying too much. 32 razors and counting (some in the mail) at an average price of $14.80 Canadian each, including any shipping I paid, is what I just calculated. Only a couple have serious flaws. Locally I've paid between $10 and $40 (for one marked $75).
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09-03-2011, 01:12 AM #9Senior Member
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Well, one fellow made sense by saying I should look at the average income.... So, if you look at it that way..Keeping in mind that all the following numbers are just puled off the internet with no real research behind them, just a quick google for "average incomes. In 1968 the median income was $8632,00..So at $120.00 for a pistol that is 1.39 percent of an annual income; compared to 2010 when the median is listed as around $46,000 (lots of differnt numbers listed, i just picked one for the sake of discussion). At $46k a $120 pistol would .26% of a person's income. So, that would mean we are actually getting more for our money. Originally Posted by JimmyHAD
Referring to it in terms I can understand, in 1968 I was finally old enough to buy a handgun. A Colt Government Model 45ACP full retail cost $135.00 in my local gun shop. A S&W model 19 4" blue, NIB 357 magnum was $120.00. Did a quick google for those now. Cheapest NIB Colt gov model is $850.
Now, lets figure out razors: 1905 average income was $400. average razor $1.50. That would be .375% of a person's income.
2010 average income $46,000. average razor, i don't know lets say a for a new one is around $120 (just for a median, I know they go for $65 - infinity).. So, the percent would be .26%...Still pretty good.....
Well, I guess I have no arguement when you look at it that way...I guess I have no excuses to not buy another razor!
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