$2500 is for 2 hearing aids. Maintenance is not usually needed but Costco does it. Costco membership is $55 or so and you get a cash rewards American express card. I agree that buying stuff at Costco does not make sense for retired couples like me and my wife, but the hearing aids are worth the membership price. We get gasoline there also, usually cheaper than anywhere else. We have Costco’s within 20 miles.
For us it’s nearly a 2 hr round trip. We live in the boonies.
We use Discover on everything.
The style I’ll need cost a lot more that $2500 per Costco prices I looked at them. We get gas at Kroger’s using gas points. I buy a lot of gift cards because we have 6 grands and 5 gg grands for BD and Christmas. If we travel or eat out. Right now they are 4 times the point value. We usually have at least a $1 of a gal for a tank. Hubby fills my car from a 5 gal can, then fills both his car and the can. We usually save about $24 that way.