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Imran Jewelers manufactures and sells a gold bracelet for $450.00.

Direct materials	$	130
Direct labor		84
Manufacturing overhead		36
Unit product cost	$	350

The members of a wedding party have approached Imperial Jewelers about buying 26 of these gold bracelets for the discounted price of $400.00 each. The members of the wedding party would like special filigree applied to the bracelets that would require Imperial Jewelers to buy a special tool for $480 and that would increase the direct materials cost per bracelet by $4. The special tool would have no other use once the special order is completed.

To analyze this special order opportunity, Imperial Jewelers has determined that all of its manufacturing overhead is fixed and unaffected by variations in how much jewelry is produced in any given period. The company also believes that accepting this order would have no effect on its ability to produce and sell jewelry to other customers. Furthermore, the company could fulfill the wedding partys order using its existing manufacturing capacity.

Required:

1. What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of accepting the special order from the wedding party?