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minus-squarembirth 🇬🇧@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoYep, back in the days the early bird price was $169 and MSRP was supposed to be $199. And now we’re looking at $225 pre-order price.
minus-squareJohnEdwa@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·1 month agoAdjusted for inflation, $199 in 2016 would be $267.85 today.
minus-squaresourhill@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoI mean, inflation is one thing. How much have wages gone up since then?
minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·1 month agoRelative to 2016-dollars, wages have gone down. But that’s not the watches’ fault.
Yep, back in the days the early bird price was $169 and MSRP was supposed to be $199. And now we’re looking at $225 pre-order price.
Adjusted for inflation, $199 in 2016 would be $267.85 today.
I mean, inflation is one thing. How much have wages gone up since then?
Relative to 2016-dollars, wages have gone down.
But that’s not the watches’ fault.