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Graham_Devon wrote: »Thats great.
But again you are not comparing like with like. You are comparing the height of technology in those days, with the basic (well, redundant) technology of these days.
Really don't see the point in comparing a video recorder with how much it costs today and saying it was worse then. There will always be expensive new technology.
Would you really expect to pay the eqivalent of £63 a month (min 12month contract) to rent a modern high spec Blue Ray player
In the past many people used to rent the TV because they couldn't afford to buy one, how many do that now ?'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher0 -
Would you really expect to pay the eqivalent of £63 a month (min 12month contract) to rent a modern high spec Blue Ray player
In the past many people used to rent the TV because they couldn't afford to buy one, how many do that now ?
Would you expect to pay £24.99 now for broadband, and then pay for all your usage on top?
No. But I used to pay that for dial up and then pay for all my telephone call usage while using it.
It's exactly the same argument.
Things change.0 -
Graham_Devon wrote: »Would you expect to pay £24.99 now for broadband, and then pay for all your usage on top?
No. But I used to pay that for dial up and then pay for all my telephone call usage while using it.
It's exactly the same argument.
Things change.
Things change, and get better/cheaper. Exactly my point. BTW I have 12 months unlimited with O2 for free then, only £7.50 :beer: Oh you remind me of another, a mate at work had two teenage daughters and Telephone bills over £400 a quarter (he used to go spare :eek:). Now you can have free evening an weekend for around £36 and free Anytime for not much more.'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher0 -
agree with above. I think there's a point that the makeup of outgoings change over time. As 'luxury goods', holidays and particularly food (esp meat) have got cheaper, they have ended up taking up a smaller percentage of salaries imo. This has meant a larger percentage of salary became available to go towards assets and the debt to service themPrefer girls to money0
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the_ash_and_the_oak wrote: »agree with above. I think there's a point that the makeup of outgoings change over time. As 'luxury goods', holidays and particularly food (esp meat) have got cheaper, they have ended up taking up a smaller percentage of salaries imo. This has meant a larger percentage of salary became available to go towards assets and the debt to service them
The thing with cheaper meat: do we spend less on meat, or do we just eat more of it? 0 -
lostinrates wrote: »The thing with cheaper meat: do we spend less on meat, or do we just eat more of it?
we eat more of it. bit of a bugbear of mine. think the increasingly meat-intensive diets of the post-war western nations is a terrible development on a number of levels tbhPrefer girls to money0 -
the_ash_and_the_oak wrote: »we eat more of it. bit of a bugbear of mine. think the increasingly meat-intensive diets of the post-war western nations is a terrible development on a number of levels tbh
Me too. A confirmed meat eater and aspiring large scale small holder/small scale farmer: we eat the best meat we can afford...infrequently. Much to our birds' relief!:D0
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