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Originally Posted by Tristan Lall
If that assembly is available to the public in the same parts, you could acquire the desired part alone. If it is only sold as a whole, you may not prorate it. (Prorating only applies to bulk materials.)
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Tristan.... I actually think this applies to anything you buy in large quantities. Like ball bearings, for example. If you get a volume discount on these, you can use that price. Though as with aluminum, if you had to buy 25 bearings and you only used 5, you can't use the price for 25. I imagine this would even apply to assemblies/mechanisms if there was something like that that you needed a lot of and had a bulk discount. That paragraph of the rules says it applies to items purchased in bulk OR in large quantities, after all.