You Know You Are Old When

[Alan46]

Yep.

I did a short period of time working for a wholesale florist between jobs about 40 years ago. That was my introduction to markup. We'd buy a case of carnations packaged in bundles of 50. We'd get 50 for $7 and sell them to the florists for $15. They'd take the 50 and break them in to two 1 dozen bundles and sell each for $15 and have 1 spare flower to boot.

So 7 = 15 = 30 + a couple bucks for the single.

Don't get me started about the price of roses around Valentine's day.... although the busiest day for flowers was mother's day.

Back in the seventies I dated a girl who managed a furniture store. She told me they had a code for the 100% markup it was called Keystone! Any one else ever hear of that term?

 

[masseyrider]

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