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Re: What's going in your Withholding Allowance?

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Originally Posted by dlavery View Post
Kim -

The referenced question asked specifically about spare batteries. It did not say anything about batteries plus leads plus connectors. There is no contradiction here (and before anyone starts yelling "hey, all batteries are used with leads and connectors, so of course that was implied!" remember that all batteries should be shipped without the leads/connectors installed; so the answer does not make any assumptions about what was implied - only what was asked).


-dave


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Dave,

If you are stating that the correct interpretation to the battery question is that the battery is without leads, you imply that a battery with leads is different and therefore does count toward the 40 lbs.

Yes, it is true that a shipped battery does not have leads on it, however, a shipped battery means nothing to this discussion about what is being carried into the event. I can't remember my team ever bringing in a battery without leads on it.

I would assume that the GDC does not intend for batteries with leads to count toward a teams 40lbs of stuff, however, most of my assumptions this year have been proven wrong in the Q&A. I guess I will have to wait and see on this one.

-Eric
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