[Richard Wallace]

Originally Posted by KenWittlief

... If you go to ten different SLA modeling shops they will all quote you a fabrication price based on the amount of material you are going to use. They are not going to quote you a price based on ten tons if your job only needs 4 ounces.

what logic is there to this? I can have SLA parts fabbed by someone else if I pay for the 4 ounces of material and the labor, but I cant have them fabbed by my own team members (sponsor employees) unless I put down the cost for ten tons?!

This suggestion is similar to the one Andy made back in #17 of this thread.

I really would like to use the SLA machine, but I don't want to twist a rule to do it. If, as Ken and Andy have suggested, I can determine a fair market value for parts made on Emerson's SLA machine and donated to 931, then that value is a valid alternative to the much higher material cost calculated using the pro rata rule.

5.3.4.4 Additional Parts - Cost Determination
The "cost" of each additional item is calculated based on the following criteria, as applicable:
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• 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. Also considered to be "fair market value" are the discounted prices offered to all teams by suppliers with established relations with FIRST.