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Originally Posted by Vette Jockey
I do not know about '72, but, in '68 it was $0.35, with an occasional gas war that took it down to $0.28. A skilled factory worker was making around $3.99. If you were a white shirt, businesses did not allow any other color, and were making your age, you were living the dream! In other words, Playboy Magazine expressed if you were 30, you should be making $30,000

There were no credit cards like Visa, etc. , as I recall. B of A card came out later.

And thiis was in So Cal.
I remember that my dad had American Express and Diners Club in the 1960s, but he rarely used them except for business. Many restaurants accepted them, but I don't recall department stores and other retail merchants using them much. I do remember my dad using "counter checks" occasionally.
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