We should all know that the US dollar had a different worth than now.
Now what is the today's US Dollar worth compared to the Old one?

What kind of thread is this? Try to help people with their posts, not make bogus ones like this...I dont see it being too important that we know this, but if we really,really,should, reply back telling us all why.

i wanna know what it is!!!

I thought the 'meeting spot' forum was the place for useless posts, if so then why are you guys so irate about this thread.

BTW, are you talking about inflation? That is why a soda now costs $1+ where about ten years ago it only cost about $ .50

Ok, so threads like the ones everyone makes when they reach some high number of posts actually have a purpose. I was under the impression that threads like that were totally useless to anyone other than the one who made the post.

And about my analogy, I was not making a percentage comparison I was simply using that as an example of inflation which sounded more like what Palmboy was trying to ask about. The fact that it worked out to 10% has nothing to do with anything. That is just the local price of a soda from a vending machine now compared to ten years ago. I could have used another item and the difference may have been more or less.

For US dollar inflation, go to the inflation calculator.


Here's what I got:

"What costed $1.00 in 1800 would cost $10.00 in 2001.
Also, if you were to buy exactly the same products in 2001 and 1800,
they would cost you $1.00 and $0.10 respectively."


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^^^EXACTLY^^^
And soda still cost $.50 Storm. Thats for a 12oz can(standard). You can now get 24oz bottles for $1 Just a little bit of clarification:grinthumb

I dunno, but the dark side is asking me to start slaying these worthless, pointless threads like the armies of Rohan beheading Orcs.....

HELLO!!! This is a computing web site. Next you will all be posting asking for advice with girls and wanting to know the answers to your school terms papers.....

OVER MY HEAD BODY!

YOU DONT GET THE QUESTION!!!
o well,
conradguerrero answered it, thanks!

yeah i get the question...its just if u read what phant said, you'd understand this isnt the place...and most of us really WOULDNT care

i know I don't care anyway.

Where do you live? 12oz cans from a vending machine locally cost $1 and ten years ago(actually up until 5 or six years ago) they were $.50

In Hawaii, the prices vary on the location. For example:

branded 12oz sodas at school - $0.75

no brand 12oz at Costco - $0.50

branded 12oz at Lowe's lunch/break room - $0.55

branded 12oz at Lowe's contractor sales office - $0.60

and at Che Paul's, an expensive French restraunt, for a 12oz of coke in a fancy glass - $3.00

Yea, same here Conrad, at the student center at my college, branded 12oz sodas are only $.75 and the machines at Wal*Mart are $.65 I think. There are also a few businesses that I do work for which have prices like that in their breakrooms, but most of them are $1.

I think maybe the price of bread would have been better to use but I can't remember what bread cost 10 years ago.

Go ahead and argue with me all you want, but this is my $.02 and noone can change that

Well, in 10 years that would be 0,04$ then, so by then it will have changed Veh

i dont mean the price of items (look how quickly tech prices change... and its not always negative:rolleyes
i mean whats an old dollar worth to today's dollar...

Which old dollar? Considering that the value of a dollar changes from day to day, quite a lot can be called an "old dollar"...

Do you mean at the last printup?
Do you mean what was it worth before the civil war/WorldWar/WWII/whatever?