Coen said:
Packard said:
My wallet, which is over 30 years old, and all the seams are holding, has outlasted the manufacturer’s embossed name on the inside flap.
But when I checked many years ago, they were out of business. Perhaps being on Rodeo Drive precipitated their demise. I paid $80.00 back the. According to the Consumer Price Index, that’s $171.93 today. But still, a good value.
But you never know in advance how long something will last.
And for those in the current Eurozone... the maximum banknote size might have increased, not fitting their pre-Euro mini-sized wallet. For the Dutch guilder the max bill height increased from 76 to 82 mm.
Another argument against buying two wallets at a time.
Question: Have you ever met or heard of a man buying two wallets at a time? If your first wallet lasted just 3 years, would you know where you stashed the spare?
An amusing sidebar:
When Obama was running for President, one of his campaign promises was to outlaw plastic grocery bags.
At that time, I had just gotten a new retriever pup, and I used those bags (new, not re-used) to clean up after him.
With the source of new cleanup bags being threatened, I calculated how many bags I would need for an estimated 13 year lifespan. I purchased 15,000 bags.
Of course, Obama never made good on his promise to ban plastic grocery bags, and I felt pretty stupid having 15,000 of them in my garage.
The dog passed 4 years ago. I still have around 1,500 left (a box and a half). At least I knew where I stashed those spares. I guarantee the spare wallet would remain in some obscure safe place for it, not to be found when my current wallet disintegrated.
