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Televisions cost several months wages when they came out in the US the 1950s. Yet most families acquired them. The installment system- weekly, monthly- was the
by peter303 11y ago
Televisions cost several months wages when they came out in the US the 1950s. Yet most families acquired them. The installment system- weekly, monthly- was the way of buying expensive appliances before credit cards became common. I belive TVs spread around the wotld in a similar fashion. Now tablets.
- SixSigma 11y agonot if electricity was sporadic and there was no signal and when it was on, most of the stuff was in a language you didn't understand