02-12-2013, 07:08 PM
(02-12-2013, 01:40 PM)John M0GLN Wrote: I've got an old receipt here showing that someone paid 9/6 plus 3/1 tax making a total of 12/7 for a PL84 on the 22/4/61
John
According to the inflation index at the link I posted above, that equates to £13.00 today.
I've attached a couple of adverts from Practical Wireless, Sept 1958. The prices need to be multiplied twenty times to get today's equivalent prices. So for example the much vaunted Mullard 5-10 amplifier(five valves, 10 Watts) still often talked about today, back then cost £10, would today equates to £200. Fully built, it was an additional £1.10s. 0d, which doesn't seem too bad but was the equivalent of an addition £30!
A Mullard 3-3 amplifier kit (three valves, three Watts) was £7.00 (Today, equal to £140) and an extra £1.00 (today £20) fully built.
Not such a bargain then eh, bearing in mind that a skilled tradesman would in 1958 earn maybe £10.00 - £12.00 a week?
Regards, David.
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