The Exchange….or PX?

[Rat187]

I signed up for an exchange account so anybody know whether I need a new ID card I think the last one I got was 33 years ago. And how do I stop the DM exchange emails I’ve unsubscribed for two weeks now. They just keep coming.

 

[crazymjb]

Honestly the pricing is rarely better, in fact typically worse, than local retailers. There is no sales tax though, so there is that.

 

[Rat187]

IIRC: A carton of Lucky Strikes cost me $1 MPC, when the PX or BX got'privatized' the prices rose 200%...So clearly capitalism on base is flawed

 

[Rockrivr1]

You have to have a Veteran Health Identification Card(VHIC) to get through the gate. It's how I go to a Navy Federal Credit Union physical bank.

 

[tuna]

Never found much discount at the BX / PX. Only thing I enjoy about going onto a base now is parking in an E9's "reserved" spot, because I still enjoy triggering them.

Yes, I walk on grass whenever possible, too.

 

[Skysoldier]

IIRC: A carton of Lucky Strikes cost me $1 MPC, when the PX or BX got'privatized' the prices rose 200%...So clearly capitalism on base is flawed

I smoked Lucky Strikes in Nam, but never had to buy them. I would save up all the menthols I got from C Rations. One menthol was worth three Lucky Strikes in trade to the black brothers!

 

[dgrantdoherty]

I smoked Lucky Strikes in Nam, but never had to buy them. I would save up all the menthols I got from C Rations. One menthol was worth three Lucky Strikes in trade the black guys!

Sounds like a good deal. Those menthols are nasty

 

[Rat187]

I smoked Lucky Strikes in Nam, but never had to buy them. I would save up all the menthols I got from C Rations. One menthol was worth three Lucky Strikes in trade to the black brothers!

That's a deal I'd take any...well @ $.99 MPC maybe not

How many Lucky's for a peaches and poundcake?

 

[Rat187]

I smoked Lucky Strikes in Nam, but never had to buy them. I would save up all the menthols I got from C Rations. One menthol was worth three Lucky Strikes in trade to the black brothers!

Begs the question, why did you switch?

 

[greencobra]

hey, were not kools the white mans menthol of choice?

@Rat187...go to costco and life is easier all around.

 

[Rat187]

hey, were not kools the white mans menthol of choice?

@Rat187...go to costco and life is easier all around.

Old school dude, Kool=fag
Cosco...I'm single and live alone, married w/kids sure

 

[Skysoldier]

I wonder what a carton of Marlboros would cost at the Kirtlsnd AFB exchange today?
I used to get them cheap on the Indian Pueblos, but the now charge the same as off reservation.

 

[In God We Trust]

Honestly the pricing is rarely better, in fact typically worse, than local retailers. There is no sales tax though, so there is that.

The PX is for booze and tobacco. Aside from that, high ticket items like TVs and such just to beat the tax.

 

[In God We Trust]

I wonder what a carton of Marlboros would cost at the Kirtlsnd AFB exchange today?
I used to get them cheap on the Indian Pueblos, but the now charge the same as off reservation.

Last I saw Marlboro was like $12 a pack. More than half of that has to be taxes.

Back in the 90’s I’d buy a couple cartons a week at Camp Edwards and sell them to the guys at work and the bar. I’d make about $2 a pack and they saved a decent amount also.

 

[Matt_SERE]

The PX is for booze and tobacco. Aside from that, high ticket items like TVs and such just to beat the tax.

What about batteries? They were a big 'ask' in the 80s.

 

[Rat187]

Ruby Queens: These ropes were like smoking a burning rubber tire

 

[Skysoldier]

Remember the Bong Son Bombers? A pack of Kools from the PX in trade would get you a plastic bag with ten joints. Each was about 1/2 in diameter and 6 inches long. By the time you had smoked half of one, they were so filled with resin you threw it away and lit another! The fire bases were littered with half smoked Bombers.
The Vietnamese loved menthols!

 

[Rat187]

Legend...

 

[n1oty]

The PX is for booze and tobacco. Aside from that, high ticket items like TVs and such just to beat the tax.

Back in 1979 in the PX on Camp Zukeran, Okinawa, Marlboro's were 21 cents per pack.

 

[Rat187]

Back in 1979 in the PX on Camp Zukeran, Okinawa, Marlboro's were 21 cents per pack.

900 mile due east and 12 years earlier they were .99 cents a carton or free in 5 pac's of C's

 

[timbo]

IIRC: A carton of Lucky Strikes cost me $1 MPC, when the PX or BX got'privatized' the prices rose 200%...So clearly capitalism on base is flawed

I smoked Marlboro's while I was in the Navy in the late 70's...$2 a carton with your chit (punch card). I think you were allowed 10 cartons a month and each time you bought a carton, they'd punch a hole in the chit. I can't imagine smoking 10 cartons a month.

 

[Rat187]

I smoked Marlboro's while I was in the Navy in the late 70's...$2 a carton with your chit (punch card). I think you were allowed 10 cartons a month and each time you bought a carton, they'd punch a hole in the chit. I can't imagine smoking 10 cartons a month.

No-one smoked 10 cartons a month even in a war zone. American cigarettes were a valuable commodity to be traded. Most of us were was too too busy and didn't care.