Thanks to inflation, what cost just a buck in 2000 would cost $1.27 today. Happily, the price of some products has not kept up with that inflation; and in some cases, they are even cheaper today than ten years ago. What can you buy today that gets you more bang for your buck? WalletPop uncovered some of these treasures and teamed up with Mint.com to present this infographic on the top items on our list. See below for the raw data from the 20 most unusual items that cost less today:
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- 401(k)
- 911
- Afghanistan
- Airlines
- America
- Asia
- Assets
- Attorney
- Auction
- Auto
- Bailout
- Banking
- Bankruptcy
- Benefits
- Bill
- Bonuses
- BP
- Bribes
- Budget
- Business
- Cable
- Card
- Cell Phone
- CEO
- Change
- Chapter 11
- Charity
- Children
- China
- Chrysler
- Closing
- Coal Miner
- collapse
- College
- Computer
- Congress
- Conrtact
- Corporate
- Credit
- Deals
- Deaths
- Debt
- Deductions
- Defense
- Democrats
- Discrimination
- Dividends
- Doctor
- Double Standard
- Drop
- Drugs
- E-Commerce
- Economy
- Education
- Electric
- employment
- environment
- Europe
- ExxonMobil
- Factory
- Failing
- Family
- Farming business
- FBI
- FCC
- FDIC
- Federal Reserve
- Fee
- FHA
- Financial
- Fishing
- Food And Drug Administration
- Food And Drug Admnistration
- Food.
- Ford
- Foreclosure
- Fraud
- Futures
- Gains
- Gambling
- Games
- Gas or Oil
- Global
- GMC
- Gold
- Government
- GPS
- Green
- Gulf
- Health
- Holiday
- Home
- Hurricand
- Illegally
- Inflation
- Insurance
- Internet
- Investigation
- Investors
- Iran
- IRS
- Italian
- Japan
- Jobs
- Judge
- Kickbacks
- Labor Department
- Lawsuit
- Layoffs
- Leak
- Legal
- Libya
- Limits
- Loans
- Lose
- Losing Interest
- Manufacturing
- Marifuana
- Marijuana
- Market
- Medicare
- memorabilia
- merchandising
- Merge
- Minimum Wage
- Mom
- Money
- Mortagage
- Natural
- Network
- Newspaper
- Nissan
- On line
- Pay Back
- Phone
- Post Office
- Power
- Powerless
- President
- Prices Go Up And Down
- Prisons
- Products Recall
- Professional
- Profit
- Quality
- Rant
- Recall
- Reccession
- Recovery
- Refineries
- Reform
- Refund
- Rehire
- Remove
- Repay
- Republicans
- Rescue
- Restaurant
- Retail
- Retire
- Revenues
- Rich
- Rises
- Safety
- Safty
- Sale
- Savings
- Scheme
- School
- Security
- Senate
- Shoplifters
- Sick
- Social Security
- Solar
- Sony
- South Korea
- Speed
- Spending
- States
- Stimulus
- Stocks
- Strike
- Stupid
- Sue
- Super Bowl
- Supply
- Takeover
- Tax
- Tax Returns
- Teacher
- Technology
- Television
- Toy
- Toyota
- Trading
- Travel
- Treasury
- Troops
- Uncategorized
- Unemployment
- Unrest
- Vacant
- Veto
- Victims
- Wall Street
- Weather
- White House
- Wireless
- Wrongdoing