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re: Items and services that most people pay for today, but not in the 70s and early 80s
Posted on 11/6/25 at 7:36 pm to LSUTANGERINE
Posted on 11/6/25 at 7:36 pm to LSUTANGERINE
Eating out at restaurants. That was a treat that was only had every couple of months and special occasions.
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Posted on 11/6/25 at 7:36 pm to LSUTANGERINE
Water and air at full service gas stations.
Posted on 11/6/25 at 7:39 pm to LSUTANGERINE
Oil changes on your vehicle
Posted on 11/6/25 at 8:11 pm to LSUTANGERINE
Power windows, power locks, etc on vehicles. You could get a barebone full size truck for under 6k in 1980.
Home alarm monitoring service.
I remember having the online service Prodigy as a kid, think it was in the 80s.
Home alarm monitoring service.
I remember having the online service Prodigy as a kid, think it was in the 80s.
Posted on 11/6/25 at 8:16 pm to LSUTANGERINE
Water
Posted on 11/6/25 at 8:39 pm to Topisawtiger
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Air, at a service station.
Ironically the one thing that was common to pay for then that you don’t now is a public restroom. Used to be common to charge a nickel or dime to use a service station bathroom
Posted on 11/6/25 at 8:47 pm to LSUTANGERINE
You will own nothing and like it !
Posted on 11/6/25 at 9:57 pm to Topisawtiger
About a year ago I stopped at a small store here in our town to get air. Put a quarter in the machine and nothing. Well, frick. Put another quarter in - same result. Went inside to tell them the machine ripped me off. They asked how much I put in, so I said 50 cents. They said “ Dude, it’s like 2 dollars”. What the frick ?
Posted on 11/7/25 at 3:00 am to LSUTANGERINE
Bottled water. And basically just filtered tap water. The American consumer is stupid.
Posted on 11/7/25 at 7:27 am to LSUTANGERINE
Bottled water! Never thought that would be a big thing.
Posted on 11/7/25 at 7:41 am to LSUTANGERINE
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Mostly things that were not around back then and are today and that most people pay for.
Wow!
And people burning whale oil didn't pay for electricity
Posted on 11/7/25 at 7:43 am to LSUTANGERINE
We had cable TV in the 70’s… 
Posted on 11/7/25 at 7:45 am to GeauxtigersMs36
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Oil change
There were oil changing places, they were called “service stations”… Just didn’t have the in and out oil changing places.
Posted on 11/7/25 at 7:48 am to LSUTANGERINE
Not sure about "most" people using these, but everyone that does pays for them.
Services such as Door Dash and Shipt.
Services such as Door Dash and Shipt.
Posted on 11/7/25 at 7:49 am to Gold Member
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An album in the 80s was around $8 which is like $20 today.
True and new cds can be $25 and records $40.
Streaming is cheaper than buying physical media.
Posted on 11/7/25 at 7:50 am to LSUTANGERINE
Paying people to pick up dog poop out of their yard. I'll never understand that.
Posted on 11/7/25 at 9:53 am to LSUTANGERINE
someone to change your oil
someone to wash your car
someone to cut your grass
I saw a kid advertising to put up Christmas lights yesterday....pretty good idea actually b/c kids don't get hired to cut grass as much as they did when I was young. and I don't like putting up seasonal decorations. OR I don't like putting them up, and then my wife looking at them and having all sorts of changes
someone to wash your car
someone to cut your grass
I saw a kid advertising to put up Christmas lights yesterday....pretty good idea actually b/c kids don't get hired to cut grass as much as they did when I was young. and I don't like putting up seasonal decorations. OR I don't like putting them up, and then my wife looking at them and having all sorts of changes
Posted on 11/7/25 at 9:57 am to L1C4
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Paying people to pick up dog poop out of their yard. I'll never understand that.
I can't get the economics to work in my head. There can't be THAT much dog shite to pick up.
Posted on 11/7/25 at 10:12 am to Topisawtiger
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Air, at a service station.
There's a gas station near me that has free air. All of the others charge $2-3.
There is always a line of crappy cars at the free air station. And guess what? After they get their free air they go into the store and buy a bunch of snacks, tobacco, lottery tickets and $10 on pump four.
The guy who charges for air made two bucks.
The guy who gave it away for free made twenty.
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