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Old 04-23-2007, 01:25 PM
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Originally Posted by or8ital
Someone already posted it was like a $.23 difference. So if everyone that touches it add 5% and it changed hands 5 times then that is like
$.29 more.

Again, I wasnt looking for that level of detail. Was just trying to understand the history of it.
No, you have to take that $.23 percentage from overall manufacturing costs and multiply that each step as well. So it's exponential from the first step...uh I think we are getting off on a tangent, but the final affect is significant.
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