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Old 07-31-2010, 04:26 PM   #38
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Originally Posted by Crowl View Post
Their numbers obviously don't take into account labour costs, but they probably have to overestimate component costs too since they can't be sure of the volume discounts that the hardware companies will have arranged.
Yes, that is what bothers me about their numbers. There is a huge difference in component/part cost depending on volume. Without that information, their numbers have no context. The NREs can't be incorporated without a volume estimate either.
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