Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/24

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Price of the 0-Series & Japanese Sex Dolls
From: "Tom Schofield" <tdschofield@email.msn.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 12:34:03 -0700
References: <de.a43642c.26fe9de9@aol.com> <012d01c025dd$9ca17140$e904c53f@pacbell.net>
 
OK you mathematicians out there -- average US CPI for 1924 was 17.2
referenced to 1983-84 being 100, and today we are at 172.7.  (US Bureau of
Labor Statistics).  (Ain't the internet great!)  Does that mean today's
Leica 0 is $250 in 1924 US dollars???  What did Leica 0, or first production
Leica cost??  (If Leica 0 was a prototype, it wouldn't have a 1924 price.)
Also, wasn't Germany having some nasty post WWI inflation then, worse than
US??

Tom
Procrastinating on a Sunday afternoon.

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Iisaka" <ken@iisaka.org>
> I wonder what the camera cost back in 20's in today's Marks.  I am willing
> to bet that these replicas are less expensive than the originals.
>
In reply to: Message from MGMcGough@aol.com ([Leica] Price of the 0-Series & Japanese Sex Dolls)
Message from "Ken Iisaka" <ken@iisaka.org> (Re: [Leica] Price of the 0-Series & Japanese Sex Dolls)