Cost in the "Good Ole Days"

[bannyc9]

Out of curiosity, what did a 100g tin of Frog Morton Cellar go for before they shut down and Ebayers hiked the price? I got into the hobby just right after they shut down...

 

[npod]

$15.98 from SPC

 

[Chasing Embers]

Yup

 

[doctorbob]

At both of my bricks and mortar, the 100g g tins were slightly north of $30 after tax.

 

[mso489]

Nothing increases price value like scarcity. Frog Morton Cellar was outstanding. Now it's sublime.

 

[newbroom]

Cost in the good old days:

$0.05 for a Snicker's or Hershey's bar

$0.10 for a bottle of CocaCola that you could get $.02 back for the bottle

$0.25 for a pack of Camels or Lucky's

$0.10 for a cup of coffee in a diner (often an airstream like or boxcar like bldg.)

$0.10 for Hostess Cupcakes, Moon Pies, SnowCups or RingDings

$0.05 for Juicy Fruit, Wrigley's Spearmint, or Beaman's chewing gum. (Chewing Gum!)

 

[derekflint]

.15 for a slice of pizza.........

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Yeh, I thought this was going to be classic "good ol days." Ha ha. For me that would go back further than one of the youngest tobacco companies. I remember looking for coins in the sofa to go buy a pack of cigarettes. ::

 

[jvnshr]

I don't know the good old days, but when I started pipe smoking in 2015 a tin of Dunhill EMP was $6.99, it is $10.65 now.

 

[mawnansmiff]

"$0.10 for Hostess Cupcakes, Moon Pies, SnowCups or RingDings
What on earth is a 'Moon Pie'?
Regards,
Jay.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Didn't we already cover this, Jay?

 

[bryguysc]

This does bring a question to my mind.

What did an ounce of tobacco cost in different time periods, and how does that compare to now, after inflation?

I may have an afternoon project!
Edit: I found a thread from here, about two years ago. Of course, JimInks had amazing details!

http://pipesmagazine.com/forums/topic/what-did-a-tin-of-tobacco-cost-10-and-20-years-ago

 

[jpmcwjr]

I think that you could buy a hogshead of tobacco for a pound and 12 shillings in 1831.

 

[bryguysc]

Quick analysis.

 

[bnichols23]

Balkan Sobranie; God, you're killin' me. I haven't smoked any of that for years. Fabulous stuff BITD....

 

[sablebrush52]

Balkan Sobranie; God, you're killin' me. I haven't smoked any of that for years. Fabulous stuff BITD....

The old stuff, yeah! Germain's puts out some roach killer they call Balkan Sobranie.
Gas early 1970's: 12¢ a gallon, 15¢ for hi-test.

Movie 1950's: 25¢ for a kid's matinee, candy was 6¢

Coffin nails: when I quit in '83 a pack was 75¢

Swordfish dinner at the Sea Lion restaurant in Malibu in the 1960's: $2.85

 

[slowroll]

Balkan Sobranie -- how I remember that. Recherchě du tobac Perdu...

 

[tbradsim1]

In the Fifties, diesel fuel for our shrimp boat, 15cents a gallon, cigs, 15 cents a pack, hourly min wage .75 cents, groceries for an 8 to 10 day shrimping trip, 100$ or under. Comeing in to dock we saved the select crabs to pay for the fuel, sold them for .50 cents a dozen. Cheap yes but you weren't making money. My Father hearing his buddies lament about the good Ole Days, would shake his head and say these are the good Ole Days.

 

[bnichols23]

Sable, I know the feeling on the gas & weeds, but I must have been dealing with sharks in the early 70's -- $.30-some a gallon, at least. I do remember gas wars when it got to $.19 back in the 60s where I was, though.
A funny: When I worked for Tinder Box in the 70s we sold Camel regulars for about $.42/pack. People from other stores in the mall would come in & give us a fiver for a pack. They didn't want the nails, just change. Unless it was somebody the boss & I knew & liked, we'd give them a pack & say "Nah, don't worry about it; you can pay me later."
Not one person ever took us up on it. :P

 

[mawnansmiff]

"Didn't we already cover this, Jay?"
Now you mention it yes Michael, I believe I asked the same question sometime ago......a chocolate covered biscuit a la wagonwheel?
Regards,
Jay.