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Posted: 8/27/2004 4:28:15 PM EDT

In 1978 paid $600 on a Betamax player.

In 1980 paid $1,000 on a Apple II computer.

In 1985 paid $900 on a Laserdisc player.

In 1987 paid $1,000 on a Digital Audio Tape recorder.

And this month paid $2,000 on a preban Colt Sporter.

Posted: 8/27/2004 4:29:45 PM EDT

[#1]

Quoted:
In 1978 paid $600 on a Betamax player.

In 1980 paid $1,000 on a Apple II computer.

In 1985 paid $900 on a Laserdisc player.

In 1987 paid $1,000 on a Digital Audio Tape recorder.

And this month paid $2,000 on a preban Colt Sporter.

Hey! You'd better watch it. And it was $1050.

Posted: 8/27/2004 4:30:09 PM EDT

[#2]

Thank God I passed on that 3DO videogame system. What was that, like $900?

Posted: 8/27/2004 4:30:59 PM EDT

[#3]

Lol... paid $650 for a pre-ban complete lower 3 weeks ago... and happy I did :)

Down with the CT AWB! Until then, I'l have to take it up the... nose.

- BUCC_Guy

Posted: 8/27/2004 4:31:25 PM EDT

[#4]

DAT recorders are VERY high end pecies of equipment.
They are just better suited for A recording studio that in the home.

Posted: 8/27/2004 4:31:31 PM EDT

[#5]

Well, I'd much rather be the guy who paid $1100 for a RDIAS in 1996.

(oh wait, I did...)

Posted: 8/27/2004 4:32:47 PM EDT

[#6]

Quoted:
Thank God I passed on that 3DO videogame system. What was that, like $900?

Back off...I had A 3Do.
But I paid only $50 for it.
My Neo-Geo on the outher hand...

Posted: 8/27/2004 4:33:26 PM EDT

[#7]

Quoted:
In 1978 paid $600 on a Betamax player. I bought three, each still finction.

In 1980 paid $1,000 on a Apple II computer.

In 1985 paid $900 on a Laserdisc player.I have three, each still function.

In 1987 paid $1,000 on a Digital Audio Tape recorder.

And this month paid $2,000 on a preban Colt Sporter.

Just sold one of your customers a preban, hmmm??

If it were not for 'the poor S.O.B's' the economy would be far worse than it is this day.

Posted: 8/27/2004 4:33:48 PM EDT

[#8]

In 1980 paid the 200 dollar tax on 100 Colt receivers. Thats a million bucks now baby.

Posted: 8/27/2004 4:36:00 PM EDT

[#9]

I bought a bunch of LaBelle teflon coated mags for $35.00 each.
Does that qualify?

Posted: 8/27/2004 4:43:06 PM EDT

[#10]

250$ for a VCR late 80's, that was cheap.

Posted: 8/27/2004 4:49:16 PM EDT

[#11]

My sister worked at RCA in Indianapolis back in the 80's. She bought us each a laser disc player. The discs, she bought on employee discount when new ones were released for $10 each. I had a huge laser disc collection.

Blues Brothers was on every Sunday morning for many years.

Posted: 8/27/2004 4:50:57 PM EDT

[#12]

I have a friend who paid about $1100 for a VCR in the early 80s.

Posted: 8/27/2004 4:55:04 PM EDT

[#13]

Sometimes the price isn't as indicitave as what you do withit. The question is did you enjoy your thousand dollar Betamax, or Apple IIe, so much that you "feel" you got your monies worth? IN 1997 I paid fifteen hundred for a P2 300 computer, today that machine is worth about twelve cents, but for the years I used it and enjoyed it, I have no complaints.

Posted: 8/27/2004 4:59:30 PM EDT

[#14]

I remember when I was a kid in the early 80's when a VHS movie cost over $80 bucks.

Watched my mother save up over several months to buy one of them.

Chris

Posted: 8/27/2004 5:01:48 PM EDT

[#15]

Some people just don't get it, the ban is over.

Now quit trying to sell used oly rifles for $1200

Posted: 8/27/2004 5:16:07 PM EDT

[#16]

Quoted:
DAT recorders are VERY high end pecies of equipment.
They are just better suited for A recording studio that in the home.

Didn't stop me though did it.

Posted: 8/27/2004 5:28:31 PM EDT

[#17]

Its all relevant.

In 15-20 years, iPods will be like little walkman radios today, cheap $20 items.

Posted: 8/27/2004 5:35:30 PM EDT

[#18]

Quoted:
Its all relevant.

In 15-20 years, iPods will be like little walkman radios today, cheap $20 items.

I give it 3 years

Posted: 8/27/2004 5:38:31 PM EDT

[#19]

Quoted:
Quoted:
In 1978 paid $600 on a Betamax player. I bought three, each still finction.

In 1980 paid $1,000 on a Apple II computer.

In 1985 paid $900 on a Laserdisc player.I have three, each still function.

In 1987 paid $1,000 on a Digital Audio Tape recorder.

And this month paid $2,000 on a preban Colt Sporter.
Just sold one of your customers a preban, hmmm??

If it were not for 'the poor S.O.B's' the economy would be far worse than it is this day.

Nah I'd never do that unless a customer specifically requested a preban. I have advised most people who inquired in the last few months to wait for the sunset.

Posted: 8/27/2004 5:39:10 PM EDT

[#20]

How'd it feel selling it?

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