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Originally Posted by Don Wright
This is INTERESTINGSTUFF...
They should not pass inspection.
From 5.3.4.4: "The fair market value of an item obtained at a discount or as a donation. Fair market value is that
price at which the item would be normally offered by the supplier to other customers."
For the parts that they used, and the fair market value based on the quantities used, the cost of the robot should have been:
LIGHTSTUFF: (5) * $300 = $1500
STRONGSTUFF: (4) * $300 = $1200
COOLSTUFF: (1) * $400 = $400
Other: $499
Total: $3599
From rule <R44>
"The total cost of all non-Kit items may not exceed $3,500.00 USD."
In my opinion, getting price discounts based on quantity buy buying in quantity but not using the quantity is getting around the rules.
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Close.. but they only used 39.25 sq inches of coolstuff (2.5 x 2.5x 3.14 x2), so 144 sq in at $400.00 is $2.77 per square in and 39.25 x 2.77 = $109.03 The total then is $3199 + $109.03 = $3308.03 under with a little to spare. I tend to agree that you should go with the non discount price. But If you are a team that builds two bots, or are buying in quantity for next year, a discount is a discount. Save the money but put the higher cost down as the "book" cost of the bot.