We've never had it this good, than We Do today.
While Googling around trying to find a TRC-467 manual to help a recent commenter asking a question, a link popped up about an old 1977 issue of 'Popular Electronics' magazine in the PDF format that listed that exact radio. Here's the link :
Yep, it showed the TRC-467 all right, including its price back then of $119.95. Sounds about right to my recollection. Then, out of curiosity, I plugged in the year 1977 and $119.95 into this inflation calculator and hit calculate :
https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/
To my utter shock, $119.95 in 1977 equals $628.79 in today's money.
Can you imagine dropping about 630 dollars on an AM-only radio today?
We truly are living the dream today with dirt-cheap CB radios. So quit your bitching about how expensive CB radios are today...
Posted Feb 17, 2025, 8:55 AM UTC