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Re: [FTC]: EXPENSIVE!!!!
We're a 3rd year team, VRC this year. We started with the equivalent of 2 kits, 7 students last year. We added 3 students, so we bought a used eBay Vex kit to keep the kit:student ratio about 1:3. This year's expenses:
$130...eBay kit
$100...registration for 2 teams.
$0......Tournament fees (we went to a free event with good sponsorship)
$220...Replacement and upgrade parts
$450...Total for 10 students, or $45/student
No field or field pieces -- our autoloader is cardboard, and we made cubes out of styrofoam meat trays until the Welcome Kit arrived.
Alas, all that frugality for naught with a trip to Dallas breaking the bank.
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Last edited by ManicMechanic : 24-02-2009 at 23:43.
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