How prices have changed.

A friend of mine who was on a bomber crew over Japan in 1944/45, told
us how after that he sold major appliances for Gimbels in Philly.

He said that a Kelvinator model, the first one to have side by side
doors for freezer and fridge, sold for 399 dollars in 1945. Isn't
that interesting. You can buy a refridgerator for the same price now,
I think, and a side by side for probably not much more.


An ad was accidentally printed once in the Philly newspaper that said
the price was $3.99, and a potential customer came in insisting on
buying it at that price, but he wouln't sell it to him.