[AGL] $5, $10 & $12.50 then and now

[Michael Eisenstadt]

Greetings from Amazon.com.

We are writing to confirm that we have processed your refund in the
amount of $25.00 for your Order #002-2479758-2201010 from softandfluffy.

This refund is for the following item(s):

    Item: Standard Classic White Goose Down Feather Pillow, Set of two
pillows 26 OZ Filled each pillow
    Reason for refund: Customer return

life on the front lines: Chinese down pillows delivered free from Amazon 2
of them normal size for
$12.50 each. it turned out that the cotton cover was polished cotten and
CRINKLED when you laid down your head on it. so back in the cardboard box.
Amazon provides free US postage to return it;
you print the label out with your printer.

this cant go on. when my father ran away to sea in 1916 his freighter docked
in a Spanish port. The bumboats offered the sailors go to town hats for $10
american. My father was shocked as he had seen the same hats at Macy's for
$5 american. True story, i've got the postcard to his newly minted
brother-in-law, Harry of that date saying yes he had bought the bottle of
French brandy he had been tasked to (by Harry). Uncle Harry was a bookie
with a bad brother named Lemons who died in the gang wars. I saw this guy
once as a young child. He was a small guy with his face set in a permanent
scowl hence his nickhame. Harry evolved from pool hall proprietor to a
bowling alley proprietor. He bought a derelict movie theater in Borough Park
Brooklyn, had 10 maple alleys installed and revarnished them yearly. It was
there I learnt the first of my useless set of competencies: setting pins.
Brunswick invented the automatic pin setter and wiped out the profession.