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Is the cheap label actually cheaper?
Unit price comparison does not reflect lifetime cost. A label with a ten-year battery and one replaced every three years produce completely different cost curves across ten thousand units — and that difference never appears in the quotation. Compare two scenarios year by year.
Expensive label, long battery is cheaper over its life
Over 5 years the difference is 843.300 ₺ — that is %14.
Cheap label, short battery
- Label unit price: 258 ₺
- Battery life: 3 years · battery not replaceable
- Initial investment: 3.232.000 ₺
- Subsequent years: 3.551.311 ₺
- 5-year total: 6.783.311 ₺
- Per label per year: 150,7 ₺
Expensive label, long battery
- Label unit price: 413 ₺
- Battery life: 8 years · battery replaceable
- Initial investment: 4.627.000 ₺
- Subsequent years: 1.313.011 ₺
- 5-year total: 5.940.011 ₺
- Per label per year: 132,0 ₺
Cost year by year
Year 0 includes hardware, accessories, installation and the first licence. Later years carry the licence with its increase plus failure and attrition replacements; the year the battery expires shows a bulk renewal.
| Year | Cheap label, short battery | Cumulative | Expensive label, long battery | Cumulative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year 0 | 3.232.000 ₺ | 3.232.000 ₺ | 4.627.000 ₺ | 4.627.000 ₺ |
| Year 1 | 223.880 ₺ | 3.455.880 ₺ | 244.805 ₺ | 4.871.805 ₺ |
| Year 2 | 271.143 ₺ | 3.727.023 ₺ | 292.068 ₺ | 5.163.873 ₺ |
| Year 3 | 2.652.221 ₺ Renewal | 6.379.243 ₺ | 351.146 ₺ | 5.515.018 ₺ |
| Year 4 | 404.068 ₺ | 6.783.311 ₺ | 424.993 ₺ | 5.940.011 ₺ |
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How the model works
The model is in nominal lira: it makes no inflation or exchange-rate forecast. The annual increase applies only to contracted items such as licence and support, where a real contract clause exists; forecasting hardware against a future exchange rate would cost the tool its credibility. The default label unit price comes from the median of the standard band in the price index.
This calculation covers 9.000 labels over 5 years.