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Fleet · 08-14-2007, 07:32 PM

I happen to save a lot of items. Among them some supermarket receipts from the 1980s.
Here is a scan of two from Ralphs Market.
One from Feb. 9, 1983 (oddly, exactly 12 years after the 1971 Sylmar earthquake).
And one from Apr. 1, 1983.

60 cents for greeting cards!

Ireneparalegal · 08-14-2007, 07:47 PM

I noticed the 5 Coors.

Damn, the memories you brought back!!!!!!

Happen to have any gas receipts?

I would like to see how gas USED to be cheap. Even then people griped! If they only remember how it used to be.

PZelda · 08-14-2007, 08:01 PM

Wow, what a trip down memory lane! I remember when receipts looked like that. And holy crap... look at the price on the Coors.

I have a receipt from when my family and I went to Disney World in January of 1990. I uploaded it here... I might be able to locate it quickly enough.

Janice · 08-14-2007, 08:02 PM

Wow, those prices are really something? Just $1.19 for 10 lbs of spuds. We'll never see those days again. I read once that with inflation, everything is double the price in 20 years.

Does Ralph's Market still exist, Tony?

Fleet · 08-14-2007, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Janice

Wow, those prices are really something? Just $1.19 for 10 lbs of spuds. We'll never see those days again. I read once that with inflation, everything is double the price in 20 years.

Does Ralph's Market still exist, Tony?

Yes, Ralph's is still around. There is a huge one in the shopping area in the foothills of Porter Ranch.

Fleet · 08-14-2007, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Ireneparalegal

I noticed the 5 Coors.

That was for my dad. He liked Coors. I always stuck with soft drinks.

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Happen to have any gas receipts?

I would like to see how gas USED to be cheap. Even then people griped! If they only remember how it used to be.

I usually pay cash for gasonline, but I do have a photo I took of an intersection in the mid-1980s which shows a gas station with a price of .85 cents for regular.

I remember when my mom complained that it cost $7.00 to fill the 26-gallon gas tank of her '69 Cadillac. That was in the '70s.

Ireneparalegal · 08-14-2007, 08:10 PM

OMG look at the receipt on the right, towards the top it says LIKE COLA!!!

I remember that brand!!!

Also, look at the price for avocados on the same receipt: 3 for 99 cents! Nowadays it is usually 99 cents EACH...and that is for the SMALL AVOCADOS.

Ireneparalegal · 08-14-2007, 08:12 PM

Here is LIKE Cola. The unsuccesful brand by the 7-up company. God, the memories!!!!!

Fleet · 08-14-2007, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Ireneparalegal

Here is LIKE Cola. The unsuccesful brand by the 7-up company. God, the memories!!!!!

I remember it, too. It didn't last too long, did it?

Ireneparalegal · 08-14-2007, 08:32 PM

I think the Northridge quake lasted longer than that soda.

Fleet · 08-14-2007, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Ireneparalegal

I think the Northridge quake lasted longer than that soda.

Yeah, I didn't think it lasted for long. I should have saved some cans.

But, just before Coke changed to "New Coke" in 1985, I saved a six-pack (unopened) of Coke; I think it's from 1984 but I would have to check.

Ireneparalegal · 08-15-2007, 12:00 AM

I too saved a six-pack of that "new Coke".

But when we moved (way back when) the cans got damaged and I figured it wouldn't be worth anything anymore in the future.

PZelda · 08-15-2007, 12:50 AM

North Dakota celebrated its centennial in 1989. Coca-Cola came out with three commemorative designs that they printed on 10oz glass bottles and were sold only in ND, beginning in 1988. I think I have two of the bottles, which has the same design on them...

This is the first example, altho I don't have bottles with that design.

This is the 2nd example, and that is the design that I own. Mine are also unopened.

The final example.

Fleet · 08-15-2007, 01:00 AM

I should have saved some bottled Coke.

But I think I have some empty ones, again from the '80s.

dawsongirl · 08-15-2007, 01:20 AM

The price for an 8-pk of Kleenex was the price one box is now.

08-14-2007, 07:32 PM	#1
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08-14-2007, 07:47 PM	#2
Ireneparalegal LEGAL SPICE ;) Forum Legend Join Date: Jul 25, 2005 Location: OXNARD, CA - WHERE THE DALLAS COWBOYS TRAIN & PRACTICE Posts: 38,691	I noticed the 5 Coors. Damn, the memories you brought back!!!!!! Happen to have any gas receipts? I would like to see how gas USED to be cheap. Even then people griped! If they only remember how it used to be.
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08-14-2007, 08:01 PM	#3
PZelda Two Valeries! <3 Forum Addict Join Date: Jul 15, 2002 Location: I'm STILL missing NYC. :( Posts: 78,223	Wow, what a trip down memory lane! I remember when receipts looked like that. And holy crap... look at the price on the Coors. I have a receipt from when my family and I went to Disney World in January of 1990. I uploaded it here... I might be able to locate it quickly enough.
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08-14-2007, 08:02 PM	#4
Janice Retired Admin - Hollywood Swingin' Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 03, 2001 Location: Beantown Posts: 36,388	Those were the days, my friend... Wow, those prices are really something? Just $1.19 for 10 lbs of spuds. We'll never see those days again. I read once that with inflation, everything is double the price in 20 years. Does Ralph's Market still exist, Tony?

08-14-2007, 08:12 PM	#8
Ireneparalegal LEGAL SPICE ;) Forum Legend Join Date: Jul 25, 2005 Location: OXNARD, CA - WHERE THE DALLAS COWBOYS TRAIN & PRACTICE Posts: 38,691	Here is LIKE Cola. The unsuccesful brand by the 7-up company. God, the memories!!!!! Attached Images

08-14-2007, 08:10 PM	#7
Ireneparalegal LEGAL SPICE ;) Forum Legend Join Date: Jul 25, 2005 Location: OXNARD, CA - WHERE THE DALLAS COWBOYS TRAIN & PRACTICE Posts: 38,691	OMG look at the receipt on the right, towards the top it says LIKE COLA!!! I remember that brand!!! Also, look at the price for avocados on the same receipt: 3 for 99 cents! Nowadays it is usually 99 cents EACH...and that is for the SMALL AVOCADOS.

08-14-2007, 08:32 PM	#10
Ireneparalegal LEGAL SPICE ;) Forum Legend Join Date: Jul 25, 2005 Location: OXNARD, CA - WHERE THE DALLAS COWBOYS TRAIN & PRACTICE Posts: 38,691	I think the Northridge quake lasted longer than that soda.

08-15-2007, 12:00 AM	#12
Ireneparalegal LEGAL SPICE ;) Forum Legend Join Date: Jul 25, 2005 Location: OXNARD, CA - WHERE THE DALLAS COWBOYS TRAIN & PRACTICE Posts: 38,691	I too saved a six-pack of that "new Coke". But when we moved (way back when) the cans got damaged and I figured it wouldn't be worth anything anymore in the future.

08-15-2007, 12:50 AM	#13
PZelda Two Valeries! <3 Forum Addict Join Date: Jul 15, 2002 Location: I'm STILL missing NYC. :( Posts: 78,223	North Dakota celebrated its centennial in 1989. Coca-Cola came out with three commemorative designs that they printed on 10oz glass bottles and were sold only in ND, beginning in 1988. I think I have two of the bottles, which has the same design on them... This is the first example, altho I don't have bottles with that design. This is the 2nd example, and that is the design that I own. Mine are also unopened. The final example.

08-15-2007, 01:00 AM	#14
Fleet Mansions, limousines & H-ween Forum Star Join Date: Jan 06, 2002 Location: Northridge/Porter Ranch, California Posts: 15,625	I should have saved some bottled Coke. But I think I have some empty ones, again from the '80s.

08-15-2007, 01:20 AM	#15
dawsongirl Member Forum Icon Join Date: Jan 04, 2001 Posts: 53,140	The price for an 8-pk of Kleenex was the price one box is now.