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Originally Posted by Gregor
They're not free parts. FIRST Choice is part of the KOP. Since there are so many teams now, suppliers can't offer one of everything to every team, for example compressors. Everyone used to get a compressor, but now they're in FIRST Choice, and only the teams who want a compressor try and get one. It's still part of FRC that we pay for, they're not just free toys that we can play with that might be useful.
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I respectfully disagree. I am pretty sure few, if any, paid their entry fee in order to get FIRST choice parts and are totally depending on them to build their robot. My point was that if we keep complaining about the unfortunate circumstances that are taking place, we might as well just pay for the compressors, because people are doing their best to get the parts to you free of charge. And yes, i am aware that we pay shipping charges, which we should...unless that is part of the registration fees also. I still consider them free or bonus parts. I did not pay $13,000 in registration fees to depend on FIRST choice parts, but I do appreciate the effort that is taking place to make them available.
It is not my intent to start a flame war here. If you would like to discuss this in more detail, please feel free to send me a pm.
Tia,
Mr. B