Fleet Enemas Cheap

Dad just told me earlier today that when he first became familiar with the Fleet Enema they only cost 39c, there was no generic and no multi pack.

Sounds pretty amazing

Anybody else confirm or refute?

Dad just told me earlier today that when he first became familiar with Fleet enema they only cost 39c, there was no generic and no multi pack.

Sounds pretty amazing

Anybody else confirm or refute?

Just saw a fleet (mineral) for $3.89 at CVS. So, $0.39 in 1960 should be about $3.90 today. Based on an annual inflation rate of 3.74%.

Four packs on Amazon for $3.64! That’s about $0.90 each.

Saw some in a big grocery store for $1.69 recently.

I remember when a VW Beetle cost less than $1000. It's inflation and politicians printing gobs of money.

The inflation calculator says $1 in 1960 is about $10 today

So the government borrows money and pays it back with money of much lower value.

And then they tax you on fictional “Capital Gains”.

If the private sector played these games they'd go to the slammer for fraud. Madoff was a petty crook in comparison.

@Sean If the government borrows money that's a bond and yields interest income. Capital gains is a bit different. However I wouldn't call them fictional, they are real income that you can spend. That they are separated out, however, is entirely arbitrary.

If inflation really was 0 you'd see people angry that they weren't getting raises and worried that the economy wasn't “going up” enough. Within the limits of the current economic concepts managed inflation is highly convenient for most. Now, that isn't saying that “this is the best of all possible worlds,” but rather that an overhaul needs to be much more comprehensive than merely eliminating inflation

Sure, no problem believing they were thirty-nine cents 5, 6 decades ago, or whenever that was.

So sad that people waste money on Fleet type enemas and oral laxatives… when a simple combination syringe or a simple fountain syringe filled with water, salt and soap can do a better job than any of the above and it’s cheap! Plus, a large volume enema feels so much better! Wise up you … Big Pharma sure hopes you don’t

My Dad's first exposure to Fleet enemas would have been in either 1968 or 1969 when my notoriously doctor-shopping grandma would have had her first BE

At that point the Fleet enema would have been on the market for about 12 years and the Evac-Q-Kit for 5 or 6 years

In 1967 the VW Beetle could be had for $1700 as opposed to what my grandparents bought, a 1967 Plymouth Valiant 2-door slant-6 which was about $2000 the Dodge Dart with the same lack of options about $2200.

My Dad, back in the 1990s when he was working in the grocery store had a manager who would often remind him, " the VW Beetle cost $1700 drive away price. that was $1/pound, the same as what this store sold chuck steak that same year!

Plus, a large volume enema feels so much better!

Yes! Plus with some Ivory bar soap mixed in there's nothing to compare😄

The local Amish scratch and dent store has Fleet enemas for a dollar each.

There is a local store that sells overstocked or closeout merchandise. Often it comes from drug and department stores that have closed. Quite often, they have various enemas for 50 cents. Fleet brand as well as the common chain store brands are plentiful. While I seldom purchase these, I have come across fountain syringes, water bottles, Tiny Kit syringes, and bulb syringes on occasion. Some other medical supply stores, which seem to come and go, also sell disposable enema bags and buckets at pretty reasonable prices.