Pipe and tobacco prices past to present day

[asteroid1]

From the 1962 owl shop catalog:
2oz Balkan Sobranie mixture $0.85

1 Stanwell sandblast $12.50

tobacco price relative to pipe *14
From cupojoes.com 25/09/2011
2oz Balkan Sasieni Pipe Tobacco $10

1 Stanwell sandblast $100

tobacco price relative to pipe *10

 

[romeowood]

2 oz Balkan Sobranie 1962 vintage $400+ :lol:

 

[ace57]

That's unreal, wish it was still that way but then We make more now too.

 

[pstlpkr]

Things have changed...

I used to buy a pound of 1Q for $8.50.

 

[judcole]

According to this link a factory worker with 3 dependents took home less than $100 a week in 1962. Weren't smoking Balkan Sobranie on that income!

 

[markw4mms]

That's unreal, wish it was still that way but then We make more now too.

Yeah, I hear you on that... I can remember buying premium gasoline (the good leaded 100 octane stuff) for $.35 a gallon, those were good days. Yes, we do make more now than then, but there are so many other things that we feel we can't live without that takes money out of our pockets. Back in '62, no one had to pay a cellphone, internet,cable/satellite bill either. So in the end, we may make more, but I do feel that it doesn't go as far as money did back then.

 

[lonestar]

I recall a study that compared income to the cost of bread and gasoline in different time periods.

The point being, bread and gasoline are two things that most everyone buys, and how much could you buy with your salary.

The result was, you made much less, but the money you made would buy lots more of those two essentials in the past.

 

[markw4mms]

I recall a study that compared income to the cost of bread and gasoline in different time periods.

The point being, bread and gasoline are two things that most everyone buys, and how much could you buy with your salary.

The result was, you made much less, but the money you made would buy lots more of those two essentials in the past.

My sentiments, exactly!