Re: [Harp-L] Prices of Harmonicas

[bostonmoejo <bostonmoejo@xxxxxxx>]

That's inflation!!!

When I was a kid (let's say 50 years ago) my mother would send me to the store with a dollar to get a loaf of bread, a half gallon of milk and a pack of Lucky Strikes (yeah in those days they'd sell cigs to a seven year old kid.) I got to keep the change which was enough to buy a candy bar for my brother and myself (that's two candy bars at a nickel each) Now you're lucky to be able to find a frickin' candy bar for a buck.

That's inflation!!!

I think my father was making about $8k a year then as a USPS letter carrier.

I remember my great-grandfather telling me that when he was young my great-grandmother (she handled the money) would save up a dollar so as to be able to purchase a barrel of flour (clearly a money saving bulk purchase) when he was trying to instill in me the value of a dollar.

That's inflation!!!

When I was in high school my friends and I would pool our money to put gas in whoever's Dads car we had that night. A couple of bucks worth of gas would allow use to drive around all night and not return the car with an empty gas tank.

That's inflation!!!

The Gibson A-1 mandolin that I bought for $300 in the early 70s would set me back $1500-$1800 today.

That's inflation.

My advise: buy as many Marine Bands (or mandolins) today that you can afford.

Bo in Boston



In a message dated 03/19/10 10:43:54 Eastern Daylight Time, mfugazzi67@xxxxxxxxx writes:
$43 at the local store for a Marine Band.  Insane that just a couple of years ago they were half the price for the same thing! 



Mike Fugazzi 
Vocals/Harmonica 
http://playingtheharmonica.blogspot.com/ 

http://www.myspace.com/niterailband 
http://www.youtube.com/user/NiteRail 
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From: John Hegedus <johnhegedus@xxxxxxx> 
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx 
Sent: Fri, March 19, 2010 9:11:57 AM 
Subject: [Harp-L] Prices of Harmonicas 

It's crazy what harps cost these days. I could buy a nice Saxophone for what a set of harps cost. Sad but true...