Re: [Harp-L] Re:First Marine Band Prices

[Joe and Cass Leone <leone@xxxxxxxx>]

On Jul 18, 2009, at 3:02 PM, Mike Rogers wrote:

> Warren Bee wrote:
> > I used to take the train from Long Island into the city and head  
> > to Time
> > Square (1973ish time frame) This was music store paradise with  
> > Manny's being
> > the "mecca" . There was store on West 43rd called terminal music.  
> > The guy
> > would sell me 3 marine bands for 10 bucks and change. Ahhhh, the  
> > good ol'
> > days :-)
> >
> > WB
> I remember buying some Marine bands at Manny's, in 1972.  they were  
> $2.50 apiece.
>
> bullfrog
> _
That was a good price, and less than they were selling for. But then  
Manny was probably Jewish. I always found them to be honest. One day  
the church ran out of candles and the nun sent me to 'Ole Man Marx's'  
store. He had 3 boxes. He charged me 5c a candle for the first 2  
boxes, and 6c for the third box because he said that the 3rd box was  
new stock at the new price.

That's the way people were back then. They were real people. Nowadays  
they IMMEDIATELY charge you the new price even if the stock is from  
the old price.

smo-joe