Posted on 01/17/2019 10:45:35 AM PST by Red Badger
Gillette overprices their disposable razors as well.
Fellow across the street has a sign in his yard for this.
Hey, a new source of mad money!
When I turned 65 and got on Medicare, I was told that if I wasn’t taking insulin, I was limited to 1/day. If taking insulin you are limited to 2/day.
Wal-Mart sells their ReliOn brand for $18/100. Much better price than the name brand strips.
Of course a much better approach would be to prevent the fake pricing in the first place, but the insurance industry depends on inflated retail pricing to get them customers. Much of the motivation for having overpriced health insurance, instead of true catastrophic insurance, is to get the discount on medical services.
Without insurance you pay the fake, $600 fee for your checkup. With insurance you pay nothing, and the insurance company pays $90. Of course the insurance company pockets your monthly premium for doing you that "favor".
I buy all my test strips on E-Bay and have for years. I always look for any deals for multiple boxes, especially if they are out of date ones. I usually buy at least 100 at a time and if I find the right deal 200 to 300.
Even if they are out of date they are still good for say 5 years. Lots of bargains out there if you look.
I’m 64. I don’t have diabetes and so I’m limited to 0 per day!.................
I was just in the grocery store yesterday and got blades. I buy the BIC blades for women, $2.89 for 12 and they work just fine and are cheap. A pack like that might last me for a 2 or three months. I refuse to pay the high prices for Gillette or other brands.
You’d think they’d look better with a donation center instead of buying them.
Is he buying for himself or for resale?..............
We Are Special!
That’s the beauty of the market.
The establishment would try to goad people into donating them. That’s fine if you want to, but not when they make you.
It’s similar to organs. I a proponent of being able to sell organs upon your death. Sort of like an added life insurance bonus to your family.
The establishment forces us to either keep them or donate them. Healthy organs have great value, why shouldn’t we be able to choose to keep them, donate them or sell them? It’s our property and should be ours to do with what we wish.
For a similar reason, I refuse to show my receipt when I’m leaving a store. Our legal system requires the prosecution to prove guilt, not the defendant to prove innocence. Forcing me to show my receipt is requiring me to prove that the product I purchase, legal title of which transferred to me the second I handed over payment is mine. Instead, it should be incumbent upon them to prove I stole it.
About 7 years ago I was told that my blood sugar levels made me a border line diabetic. So I bought one of those meters and strips and began testing blood sugar every day.
However I quickly observed that on days when levels were high (130+) I also noticed bottom of my feet had that tingling sensation. Who says diabetes has no symptoms? Soles of our feet give us the warning! Since then I rarely use those strips and have added 30 minutes on a treadmill every other day, and noore tingles!
I have been a type 1 since 1981. I have been testing on a regular basis since 1996 but never heard about this.
And the actual cost for a cup of coffee,$.15-.20 And the actual cost for a 12oz soda $.15-.20 And how much is the grey market markup on the test strips?
“Wal-Mart sells their ReliOn brand for $18/100. Much better price than the name brand strips.”
Exactly.
Had a diabetic kitten, raised him to adulthood and after 17 years he succumbed.
Used the ReliOn brand exclusively once I found out about the brand.
10,000 injections and 4,000 test strips add up over time.
Damn fine cat, I miss him dearly.
Best to you, FRiend.
In the future these strips will be wound around the inside of your computer watch and test STDs, HIV, and pregnancy. Test your pick-up on the way to his place.
Check your local paper classified ads, personals and any weekly ‘thrifty’ ad papers there may be.
I see ads for these all the time.....................
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