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The last thing you bought?
- Thread starter Mr Allen
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I bought a bag full of old tools for $1 about a month ago that had a broken vintage Sears Craftsman 1/4 inch drive in it.
Last week, I bought a Craftsman screwdriver that was shot for another dollar.
Today, I did my broken tool exchange at a Sears store where I replaced several trashed out screwdrivers and the junk 32 tooth ratchet.
The very superior 82 tooth replacement ratchet I got for it retails at $25.99.
The screwdriver had a $7.78 price tag on it.
All told, I got a $31.77 return on investment on the $2 I laid on the barrel head
The "scam" wins again
Last week, I bought a Craftsman screwdriver that was shot for another dollar.
Today, I did my broken tool exchange at a Sears store where I replaced several trashed out screwdrivers and the junk 32 tooth ratchet.
The very superior 82 tooth replacement ratchet I got for it retails at $25.99.
The screwdriver had a $7.78 price tag on it.
All told, I got a $31.77 return on investment on the $2 I laid on the barrel head
The "scam" wins again
GrownupGirl
Tempermental Artist
I've got some fabric for a bed for 18-inch dolls that I've been working on, and a Dreamworks Trolls placemat.
A 1967 Motor's parts and labor rate manual.
This manual covers my 1966 Chevrolet Caprice which shows a labor only price for removing and replacing the V-8 engine assembly including the transfer of accessories to the tune $61.60.
The standard dealership labor rate was 7 USD per hour at that point in time.
You would be hard pressed to find a Chevrolet dealer who had a labor rate under $100/ hour today.
The parts prices are precious, some looking rather expensive, while others for mere pennies.
For example, a new OEM starter motor assembly for $47.83 or the brushes to repair one for $.29.
In other words, $47.83 in 1967 is equivalent in purchasing power to $362.14 in 2018, a difference of $314.31 over 51 years.
A new OEM starter for a 2018 Chevrolet truck V-8 will only set you back about $144.17.
A set of OEM 1966 Chevrolet brushes today will set you back $12.12
as opposed to the inflation adjusted price of $2.20/ $.29
My how times have changed the numbers
Once a pistonhead, always a pistonhead
This manual covers my 1966 Chevrolet Caprice which shows a labor only price for removing and replacing the V-8 engine assembly including the transfer of accessories to the tune $61.60.
The standard dealership labor rate was 7 USD per hour at that point in time.
You would be hard pressed to find a Chevrolet dealer who had a labor rate under $100/ hour today.
The parts prices are precious, some looking rather expensive, while others for mere pennies.
For example, a new OEM starter motor assembly for $47.83 or the brushes to repair one for $.29.
In other words, $47.83 in 1967 is equivalent in purchasing power to $362.14 in 2018, a difference of $314.31 over 51 years.
A new OEM starter for a 2018 Chevrolet truck V-8 will only set you back about $144.17.
A set of OEM 1966 Chevrolet brushes today will set you back $12.12
as opposed to the inflation adjusted price of $2.20/ $.29
My how times have changed the numbers
Once a pistonhead, always a pistonhead
Kyou Nukui
music is amazing
Eggs, because they go on the top next to the bread, but after the bread, so I put them on the conveyor belt last. 
Get an Automatic, then you don't have to do the gears.
GrownupGirl
Tempermental Artist
Today I went to the flea Market and got a couple of Pop Funko figures of Boris and Natasha from Rocky and Bullwinkle. Then I went shopping in the nearby stores and got a couple of gift cards to some restaurant chains and the movies for my brother and his wife for Christmas, a LOL Suprise doll capsule, a stuffed animal from a thrift store, and some hot dogs and sausages for groceries this week.
Then I went shopping in the nearby stores and got a couple of gift cards to some restaurant chains and the movies for my brother and his wife for Christmas, a LOL Suprise doll capsule, a stuffed animal from a thrift store, and some hot dogs and sausages for groceries this week.
Purchased this job today. Got a good deal. Drove 70 miles each way through heavy rain and wind to get home before the blizzard started. Remembered after the blizzard started that there was probably water in the pump, so I had to go out and deliver them to their new home before it froze. The job part will be installing the vent, and the water, electric, and drain lines.
LadyBird84
Well-Known Member
Tickets to the Lion King musical.
I really want to see that if it ever comes out of London's West End.
GrownupGirl
Tempermental Artist
A Christmas stocking shaped like a mermaid's tail with those flippable sequins on it.
Homer Simpson doughnut-flavored Tic Tacs.
A large Kinder's Surprise Egg with a Smurf figure inside it.
And some boring old groceries such as milk, cheese, toilet paper, canned mushrooms, canned peas and carrots. And cookies.
Homer Simpson doughnut-flavored Tic Tacs.
A large Kinder's Surprise Egg with a Smurf figure inside it.
And some boring old groceries such as milk, cheese, toilet paper, canned mushrooms, canned peas and carrots. And cookies.
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