David "Queen of 'It Can't Be Done'" Eduardo wrote:
"dave" wrote in message
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D Peter Maus wrote:
$149 was 2 weeks pay in 1948.

After deductions, about $37 was a minimum wage weekly net pay in 1960 when
the minimum was something like $1.10.

Or about $149 a month, net.




Irrelevant. Affordability is not price. Nearly everything in the home
was 2 weeks pay. You simply saved up, and you bought it. Or you put it
on layaway.

If a DXer was buying at retail, purchase was based on commitment more
than price. If he/she wanted it bad enough, price was only a factor in
the speed of the purchase. Not the ultimate acquisition.

And if he/she was not buying at retail, cost wasn't a factor.

The hardware was there. It was available. It was manufactured by the
thousands. It was sold by the thousands. It was purchased by the thousands.

How much it cost in relation to the prevailing wage, was of academic
interest only.