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2slk:
Hhhhmmm, that's some pretty funny accounting. You guys must have worked at Enron. When you assign a value to something (say a 5$ video card), that may be what it is worth but not really what it cost you. If you bought that card new for 100$ and let it sit in a drawer for 3 years, it may only be worth 5$ now but it still cost you 100$. Consumer products generally depreciate in value over time and that depreciation comes right out of your pocket.

I always find it funny when people post the cost of their cabinets and put things like 'Computer.... free. I already had it'. Well, you paid for it at one point! Then again, I guess it keeps the women happy. 'Look honey, I spent 1000$ on this monstrosity but according to my calculations, it only really cost me 50 cents!' ;)

Mike:

--- Quote from: 2slk on June 17, 2003, 11:20:23 am --- Hhhhmmm, that's some pretty funny accounting. You guys must have worked at Enron. When you assign a value to something (say a 5$ video card), that may be what it is worth but not really what it cost you. If you bought that card new for 100$ and let it sit in a drawer for 3 years, it may only be worth 5$ now but it still cost you 100$. Consumer products generally depreciate in value over time and that depreciation comes right out of your pocket.

I always find it funny when people post the cost of their cabinets and put things like 'Computer.... free. I already had it'. Well, you paid for it at one point! Then again, I guess it keeps the women happy. 'Look honey, I spent 1000$ on this monstrosity but according to my calculations, it only really cost me 50 cents!' ;)

--- End quote ---
No that would be proper accounting. If I buy a printer for $1000, I'd credit a $1000 to my assets and debt my cash on hand by a $1000. Now this printer I bought I only planned on using 2 years. So thus I depreciate it at a rate of $500 a year. So at the end of 2 years it has no value in my assets. Now say I printed 5000 pages a year on it. So the first 2 years anything I printed on it would cost me 10 cents a page plus cost of paper and ink. After 2 years anything I print on it only cost me paper and ink. So now I increase my profit. I don't increase my assets because the printer still works. I've already depreciated the printer so now my cost just goes down on my print jobs. There is no new cost incurred as your suggesting. Using the printer now is essentially free.

Odonadon:
Yeah, well, anyway, here's a quick summary of my costs, if we're still interested in that :)

Old Stren cab - free
K6-2 450Mhz +mobo - free
128MB RAM - $30
Sound Card - $15
TV - $169
Monsoon Flat Speaker system w/ sub - $150
Buttons and Joysticks - $80
iPac - $45
ATI Radeon 7500 65MB - $80
Marquee - $25 ($45, but for some reason they refunded $20 to my credit card. I didn't ask)
Power supply - $30
Hard Drive - Already had
802.11g wireless card - $110
Various Home Depot screws/paint and such - $60
T-Molding - $25
Tinted Plexi - haven't bought yet, but estimated at $35

Profit:
Arcade Monitor - $70
Jail Break PCB - $5 (haven't sold yet)
Jail Break CP - $5 (haven't sold yet)

SubTotal: $769

Now, let's take into account the $460 Futureshop store credit I got due to an item exchange goof-up.

Total: $309

Holy crap. That's quite a bit more than I thought I spent on it. You never really know until you total it up. Hmmm... well, as far as my wife knows, it's $200 and not a penny more :)

Odonadon

Edit: Wow, I forgot some important stuff like iPac and Video card. And I'll throw in the awesome deal I got at the local electronics store :)

anthony691:
What condition is the origional 4 way in? I might want to buy it...

mccall:
Well, I'll join the parade:

Motherboard - $30
CPU (AMD AthlonXP 1700+) - $30
No case, mounted in cab
Power supply - $0 (had laying around)
1 gig DDR Ram - $0 after rebates
(That's right, thank you office depot and office max)
40 gig hard dive - $20 after rebates & coupon (Staples)
ATI Radeon 32 mb Svideo out - $20 eBay
Sound card - $0 (spare, bought when free after rebate)
28" TV - $0 (from family member)
(tuner doesn't work but Svideo input shows perfect picture)
Logitech Cordless Elite Duo - $0 after rebate & pricematch
(thank you Best Buy)
Logitech Z340 sub + 2 sats - $13 (Target clearance)

computer subtotal - $113

Betson 3" PS/2 TB - $50 (eBay)
mounting plate - $15 (Happs)
two XGaming 4/8 way joys + 20 buttons - $25 (eBay)
Ipac - $35 (eBay)
Wire & disconnects - $10 (Ratshack & Home Depot)

CP subtotal - $135

MDF, bolts, marquee light - $50 (Home Depot)
Marquee on Mylar - $25 (private individual)
coin door - $20 (eBay)
locks $5 - (eBay)
no overlay for CP yet
bezel is painted styrofoam for now (free)

Cab subtotal $100

Total $358

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