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[ROY AVERY]

 remember when.JPG   59.57K   2 downloadsWas it ever cheaper than this?

Edited by ROY AVERY, 19 September 2012 - 04:29 AM.

[Harry P.]

Was what ever cheaper?

[ROY AVERY]

Sorry Harry.......look again

[bigphoto]

I remember .15 cents!

[tabsscale1]

I Have some bottles that say 10 cents on them

[Art Anderson]

IIRC, Testors PLA enamels in the square1/4 oz bottles hit the market about 1957, at the outrageous price of 5-cents.

Art

[Harry P.]

Everything used to be cheaper! Except electronics. TVs, DVD players, phones, etc. are actually coming down in price over time. The first VCR I bought was $850. In the end they were selling for $100 or less.

Oh, and Model T's. They got cheaper and cheaper as the years went on.

[cobraman]

I remember back to the .15 price. Those days are long gone and never to return.

[slusher]

Now its 1.49 at hobby lobby. l can't remember how much it was in the early 70's when l was a kid..

[Harry P.]

Now its 1.49 at hobby lobby. l can't remember how much it was in the early 70's when l was a kid..

You know, when you think about it... a buck and a half for one quarter of an ounce of paint is a huge ripoff. $6 for an ounce of plain old enamel paint? That's $198 a quart! That's $800 a gallon!!!

Yeesh... talk about making a fair profit...

[Deathgoblin]

I just miss model kits being available for what I got for my allowance. I used to get $10 and that would usually buy a kit and maybe leave a dollar or two.

[jeffs396]

Everything used to be cheaper! Except electronics. TVs, DVD players, phones, etc. are actually coming down in price over time. The first VCR I bought was $850. In the end they were selling for $100 or less.

Oh, and Model T's. They got cheaper and cheaper as the years went on.

Airfare is much less expensive than years ago too, not even considering inflation

Sure wish I wouldn't have gotten into aviation

[Art Anderson]

You know, when you think about it... a buck and a half for one quarter of an ounce of paint is a huge ripoff. $6 for an ounce of plain old enamel paint? That's $198 a quart! That's $800 a gallon!!!

Yeesh... talk about making a fair profit...

Actually Harry,

It's NOT the paint that is expensive--the glass bottle is probably a good 80% or more of that price. In addition, don't forget the weight of glass bottles--a carton of a dozen Testors square bottles is a pretty high density item (speaking as one who over a period of nearlyh 30 years handled thousands of bottles of Testors paints.)

Art

[Harry P.]

Actually Harry,

It's NOT the paint that is expensive--the glass bottle is probably a good 80% or more of that price. In addition, don't forget the weight of glass bottles--a carton of a dozen Testors square bottles is a pretty high density item (speaking as one who over a period of nearlyh 30 years handled thousands of bottles of Testors paints.)

Art

Ok... so using your numbers, the cost of the paint in the bottle is only about 30¢ (20% of $1.49).

That works out to "only" $1.20 an ounce, or $38.40 a quart, or $150 a gallon.

[2002p51]

My local Hobby Lobby charges $3.79 for those 1/2 ounce bottles of Model Master paint!

[Tom Setzer]

They Were 5 cents when I first bought them!

[G Holding]

OK I was 21 .....once, a long time ago.

Now lemme check pricing....A quart of HOK Shimirin Black Pearl is $76.95 at Coast Airbrush...(300+gal)

So If Testors is ONLY $150 a gallon, seems to be priced about right, although Duplacolor qts are less

than $30.

And whats the retail markup on that paint...100% ? How long does it take to rotate stock ?

Nuff said. Cost is a part of life.....

[Mercman]

Paint was a dime, also glue. Paint brushes were 5 cents, and kits cost from 39 cents - two bucks. Spray paints were 59 cents.

Edited by Mercman, 19 September 2012 - 12:20 PM.

[MAGNUM4342]

You are askin alot guy...I don't even remember what I had for breakfast this morning...I gotta quit sniffing my ten cent glue tube!

[Craig Irwin]

I can remember Testors at 10 cents, and Patra was just 5 cents, and my budget was tight enough that I had to buy the Patra paints, which were in plastic bottles not glass.