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Originally Posted by vicky_molokh
I'm counting the capital cost of purchase as the original investment (normalised at $150k, though in practice you get less for more human-like models and more for highly augmented ones).
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An outlay of $150k will cost you as a capital expenditure, on top of the interest you have to pay on that money.
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Originally Posted by vicky_molokh
I subtracted the Status 0 upkeep from the money a bioroid makes for its owner. I suspect many are kept at less than Status 0, though the savings are minimal compared to the overall monthly income.
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I'd be very surprised if you could keep it to just $600 a month, but even so it'd take you 66 months, not 50, at which point you'd have the bioroid/robot paid off and could begin paying for the capital expenditure.
Running the numbers given, I get a match-out at 24 years, with a final profit of $45k for the bioroid/robot before it stops functioning at 25 years.
That's a bad business choice.
The numbers I ran using 10% a year, compounded daily, give me $150k capital being worth $1,761,732.09 after 25 years.
The robot/bioroid, with profits also being compounded daily at 10% a year, being worth $1,806,859.28 after 25 years.
Due to initial capital risk outlay alone the bioroid/robot isn't worth it.