I save things. In some circles I might be known as a pack rat. I’d rather be referred to as a “keeper of important things.” In my container that has snaps, hooks & eyes and other closures is an old card that used to have snaps snapped to it.
I did a search in Bing for “calculate percentage increase” and got a formula that gave me a price increase of 1661.54%. That’s One Thousand Six Hundred plus percent increase! That can’t be right! Anyone out there who knows their math? Let me know if that percentage is right.
Actually, I got the snaps from JoAnn on sale and only paid half-price $1.14. And using the same formula to calculate the percentage it was only a 776%+ increase. Such a deal …
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1,661.54% more than the old price of 13 cents is correct. Remember that 100% = 1. 2.29 divided by .13 is 17.64154.
My guess is that snaps were bought at Penneys in 1960s. I started sewing in the early 70s and don't remember prices that low.
Thank you, Susan for letting me know that the percentage was correct. But I'm not thankful that things have increased in price at that high of a rate. I know my salary didn't! LOL
And you are probably right about the snaps from Penneys coming from the '60's. I knew it had to be sometime between 1961 and 1972.
You are so right!
A quick check in my studio revealed a card of 8 buttons for 29 cents!
evoraffn
I don't think of us as 'pack rats'...my hubby and I just live by the saying 'waste not, want not'. I have some old spools of 50 wt cotton threat for 19 cents. The buttonhole twist was more expensive @ 20 cents. And the spools are made of wood. Don't you just love those 'keepers'.
Robbie, I also have a few of the wooden spools. My grandchildren have been fascinated by the fact that thread once came on wooden spools.
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