Is there ever a case in which an item not useful for research is useful for anything but selling?

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I've noticed several items which are marked as useless for research. Should I just sell these right away, or is there ever a case in which one of them might be useful?

Items include broken flight computers, alien food, entertainment, stasis pods, etc.

Not completely unrelated: http://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/87482/what-alien-bits-should-i-sell — badp, Dec 29 '12 at 19:10

score 5 · Accepted Answer · edited May 14 '13 at 20:28

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These items have absolutely no uses beside selling them, so feel free to sell those broken flight computers and alien entertainment centers as soon as possible.

edited May 14 '13 at 20:28

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I can also confirm I've played over 200 hours, on all difficulties, and never been asked for a 'useless' item – Laurence Dec 31 '12 at 07:47

score 4 · Answer 2 · edited May 14 '13 at 21:29

Selling immediately is the best solution for all of these. Think of them as supplementary income.

Note that working flight computers and power sources can be used for research/construction as well as having higher monetary value. This makes EMP cannons on your interceptors a good idea. Similarly, it's best to have fights outside UFOs and be less liberal with overwatch usage inside UFOs (in case they don't hit).

Earlier in the game, even things w/ research value like corpses and Elerium are also fair game for getting extra cash for satellites or other critical infrastructure. The only things I just about never sell are alloys and weapon fragments (useful for researching and constructing weapons/armor).

Is there ever a case in which an item not useful for research is useful for anything but selling?

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