And one more limitation, the Costco KS9s are limited to 1 bluetooth pairing.
But for many, none of these limitations are significant compared to being able to access the hearing management of one of the higher end devices out there, for less than half the price. And the Costco service and trial period are hard to beat too.
I am glad to hear that there are other people out there that understand that the audiologist puts his pants on one leg at a time just like I do. I have bought HAs off ebay many times. I buy them for $20, used, high dollar HAs, NOT amplifiers. And by doing so I can test many. to see what I want. I WILL NOT PAY $4000-$6000 for a set of HAs. I have a set of very fancy ones with programmer and programs. I have some amplifiers as well. I will always do my own programming. I get tired of being told “You cant do that”. Being told I couldnt do that resulted in my becoming a race car driver, a pilot, Ham Radio operator, Licensed Gun Dealer, an actor, a poet, a writer,…and the list goes on. You can do anything you set your mind to. You can put a quart of piss in a pint jar if you want to bad enough. But sometimes you may decide you dont want to bad enough. That is your choice.
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Please try to remember this is a public forum and kids read this.
Thanks
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What did I say??? You seem to be very sensitive! I was told that by my father when I was 10 years old and it has stood by me for 73 years All children should hear it!!!
If you could tell me how a quart of any liquid can fit into a pint, I’m all ears. Otherwise for 63 of your 73 years people have been referring to “Crazy Jim” behind your back.
OK I’ll bite. what’s the user name of the Cypriot who sold you the M90s for 2.5k?
If I wanted to bad enough I could put a quart of “urine” (thats for the sunday school teacher) in a quart jar. If I told you how then you would never develop the gumption to find out by yourself. But maybe you dont want to bad enough. Thats ok. There are things I dont want to do bad enough…like maybe go to the south pole…??? If I wasnt called crazy jim every day, I have wasted my day
BTW I am 83, that wisdom wasnt imparted until I was 10, thus didnt help me through the first 10 years.
What’s with the trolls here?
The Costco sentiment I agree with. I’d covered the Bluetooth limitation with the mention of the Marvel 2.0 software.
Being able to tweak them myself with Target and a NoahLink Wireless, though, was equally important. I got as far as I could with the Costco fitter. And with appointments being so hard to get there, it became clear I had to go it on my own. Having tweaked my own America Hears aids for years, and being an audio engineer, it was a no brainer using Target to get exactly what I wanted.
I bought from hearinghealthcenter on eBay. As it turns out it was $2799 for a pair of new Audeo Marvel m90R’s. And if you do a search, you’ll find at least three sellers that offer them for $3000 or less a pair or singly for $1500. If I hadn’t found them on eBay, I simply wouldn’t have had hearing aids as $9000 and up is way more than I could manage.
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My bad. I’ll stop with the trolling. Apologies to all.
Odd how posters here who claim they buy HA’s on eBay keep escalating the actual cost of retail hearing aids. First they cost $4000 a pair, then $6000 a a pair and Tim_Stewart now claims a pair of aids cost $9000 plus. Next week two hearing aids (retail) might just cost $12,000 and continue to climb. But rest assured you’lll find exactly what you want on eBay since the consumer to consumer online corporation is not regulated by any government agency nor the FDA for hearing aid quality assurance. And as we know most if not all items sold on eBay are used, with no warranty offered, with made up seller names.
Do the FDA govern hearing aid quality assurance? Not sure they do. But anyway, it doesn’t sound like you are keen on buying hearing aids from eBay. Do you know the “actual cost of retail hearing aids”?
Regarding prices, you’re right, they seem to be all over the place. My audiologist was wanting to change $6500 for M90 RTs. She discounted to $5500 and won’t budge from that. But she offers min 2 visits a year and the manufacturers warranty is a full three years. I just have to decide if that is worth the price of 2x of the same aids bought via https://www.wholesalehearing.co.uk, a well-established business in London run by three audiologists. Their warranty is effectively an international one, lasting a year, and other than programming from your audiogram, they offer 30 day returns and that is it. For $3000. Free market and choices.
[EDIT: A pair of Phonak Audeo M90 RICs cost £1800 or $2400. Combined with a $250/y REM, tuning and maintenance contract with my local audiologist and I am happy.]
Suggest you read post “Don’t be shy about getting price quotes”. Seems a lot of HA dealers throw out high prices hoping a buyer will bite the first time. Well if you call around and get competing price quotes for the HA you want - you’ll find prices vary from dealer to dealer. And when I say vary - I’m talking thousands of dollars.
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Well yes, 9000 a pair is what is quoted locally. I paid under 3000 for a pair. They were new from Phonak and are registered and under new warranty which has been verified by Phonak. The seller I bought from is registered with Phonak. Don’t think the FDA really cares what country you buy hearing aids from…
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Somehow, I figured it really wasn’t the end for you.
I gave you the link right here on this site that listed them at just under $6,000 a pair. My very limited experience with HA purchase has shown that prices do vary widely, depending on what the seller is bundling.
So if you knew this, then why the sarcastic remark that it’s “odd”. You apparently already know the reason the prices are all over the place.
I will say this though, at least you were being a little helpful on that one.
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Anyone who has bought from an online store use their HSA account to purchase? I am new to these accounts and have a healthy balance but I’m not sure whether a supplier has to be “eligible” or just the item I purchase.
I think it’s the device, not the supplier, but there are a lot of variants of HSA accounts so I’d encourage reading the details about yours. And yes, I’ve used my HSA account to purchase assorted medical supplies. For me it was just like making any other withdrawal from the bank and I didn’t need any documentation to file my taxes, but I did save receipts.
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I tried, and could not. I submitted a request for a cash-out of the amount I needed to make the purchase. If/when I get a tax bill for the cash-out, I’ve got the receipt handy to show it was used to purchase HA that should have been eligible.