[nagdu] $150: Then & now

Tue Mar 3 18:00:33 UTC 2009

Probably not much. 
I'm curious though, given the large amount the $150 was back in 1929,
why has SeeingEye not upped their fee for obtaining a dog? 
Paying off that $150 would have been a lot harder in 1929 then it would
today. 
Why were the early graduates of the program set to a more difficult
standard? 

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Tracy Carcione
Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 12:42 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] $150: Then & now

Interesting.  But shouldn't it be 1929-2009?  Maybe makes no real
difference, but 1927 was in a boom period, and 1929, when it ended, was
the beginning of the great depression.  Rather like 2006 and 2009.
Don't know how much inflation-deflation would take place in 2 years,
though.
Tracy

> A quick visit with Google presents the following findings:
> In 2006, $150.00 from 1927 is worth:
> $1,740.93
> using the
> Consumer Price Index
>
> I couldn't find any data to compare to 2009 figures in the short time 
> I looked, but this would be very close.
>
> HTH
> Julie
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Marion & Martin" <swampfox1833 at verizon.net>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 7:06 AM
> Subject: [nagdu] $150: Then & now
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>
>> Dear All,
>>    As is typical on this list, topics tend to repeat themselves. Some

>> time ago there was a discussion of the $150 fee charged by The Seeing

>> Eye.
>> this
>> fee has been charged since early in its history. I did a check on 
>> what the value of $150  was then (and I don't remember what year I 
>> used for
>> "then")
>> and now. I sent the result to the list, so someone could look in the 
>> archives for the exact amount. I remember it was more than $2000!
>>
>> Fraternally,
>> Marion
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Margo and Elmo" <margo.downey at verizon.net>
>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 1:24 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] O&M, Ownership, & Leader
>>
>>
>>> what do you mean by charging a feee for ownership.  Seeing eye 
>>> requires that we pay a fee for our dogs.  it is a small fee and I 
>>> like that we pay something.  We also aren't supposed to ask anyone 
>>> for help to pay this fee. They tqake installment payments so this 
>>> fee could be paid by anyone.
>>> It's $150 for new students; $50 for retrains.  I personally like the

>>> fact that my dog isn't given to me totally free. yes, the fee is 
>>> very, very small compared to the training costs and all that but I 
>>> like the principle of it.
>>>
>>> margo and Elmo
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Nicole B. Torcolini" <ntorcolini at wavecable.com>
>>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog
Users"
>>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 11:57 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] O&M, Ownership, & Leader
>>>
>>>
>>>>I don't know if there is a time limit, but sometimes dogs that get 
>>>>returned  do get placed again. At GDB, they ask if you prefer not to

>>>>have a dog  that  has been returned. I know a lady who had two 
>>>>shepherds in a row that  had  been returned, and they were perfectly

>>>>fine dogs.
>>>>
>>>> Also, are there any other schools that charge a fee for ownership? 
>>>> I don't really like that idea.
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Ron Davidson" <fuzzy_1 at cox.net>
>>>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog
Users"
>>>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 6:21 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] O&M, Ownership, & Leader
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I was told that once a dog is returned it is retired or adopted out

>>>> and they do not retrain and match with another student. As far as 
>>>> ownership I don't see what the big deal is if the school retains 
>>>> ownership for a year or two years. If they feel you are abusing or 
>>>> not taking care of the dog I would want them to take it. I have 
>>>> known too many people get the dog and don't follow the feeding 
>>>> guidelines and feed table scraps etc and it ruins the dogs 
>>>> digestive system and they will go for food left on floors of 
>>>> restraunts etc. To me all that does is ruin a good working dog and 
>>>> make the rest of us look bad. The school I went to kept ownership 
>>>> for two years and it was no big deal to me but everyone is 
>>>> different. I also was told  that Seeing eye gives ownership upon 
>>>> graduation when you pay a fee of 150.00 and this came from one of 
>>>> their field reps. I don't know what Leader dog does I went to
>>>> Guiding Eyes and was very pleased with them and their follow-up.
If
>>>> I
>>>> have
>>>> a problem I gave them a call and we solved it over the phone or a 
>>>> field trainer would come down if serious enough. I know everyone 
>>>> has their own preference of schools just like me and this is just 
>>>> my opinion.
>>>>
>>>>
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