Re: Books were expensive.....?
"I was in Waterstones a week ago - £10 for a softback....
They were £4.99 in the early 90's...going on £7.99 later in the decade and early this century.
A tenner lifts it out of a mid casual purchase for me"
£5 in 1990 was worth the same as £10.43 in 2016 (so closer to £11 today given inflation still well over 2%). It's not a significant price drop, but complaining that they're no longer a casual purchase despite costing slightly less than they used to really doesn't make a lot of sense.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
