[nagdu] $150: Then & now

Julie J. jlcrane at alltel.net
Tue Mar 3 19:45:02 UTC 2009


Tracy,

Oops!  1927 was a typo.  I should have caught that.  thanks! Here's the 
revised info:

In 2006, $150.00 from 1929 is worth:
 $1,765.32
using the Consumer Price Index


Julie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 11:42 AM
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
>>
>>
>>> 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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