Over charged for Oticon Intent?

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I was charged,I believe, for my Oticon Intent 1. I was naive and believed the dealer when he said $6K for a pair. Now I am finding folks who got same aids for $2500/pair. I’ve already got a care credit setup up. Is there Anything I can do? Happening at Hearing Life

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$2500/pair seems like the more unusual price to me.

But if you are within your trial period you can return them and if you are not you can’t.

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Iirc there are different levels for oticon aids - so $2500 could be entry level

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That’s what I was thinking, but she still paid too much for the Intent 1. Zip hearing wants about $4,800 a pair.

I hope Oticon updates the software to enable Auracast.

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I started at Hearihg Life in Watchung a few years ago and was turned off by their $6,000 price. Hearing Life is the Oticon retail outlet. I also was not impressed with the audiologist who had graduated from school a couple of months earlier. My next step was to return my new aids and call ZipHearing (check their website). Zip works through local audiologist and provides the same services as HearLife for around $4,800 for a pair of Intent 1’s. My other suggestion is to check Costco. They have hearing aides made by the same companies as those you would get from any audiologists for about $1,600 for a pair and they give you a six month return period. The Costco aids are rebranded for Costco because the manufacturers don’t want them to appear to be direct competitors with other audiologists. Good luck.

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Are they the same Oticon Intent ( the intent comes in different technology levels ). $2500 sounds like the price of their lowest tech level .
I’ve seen prices like these on the internet that do not include the services of an audiologist ( for the premium intent)

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About a dozen years ago i purchased my first set of aids from a local audiologist for $5k. Then when i needed new aids i went to Costco. Now i just purchased my 2nd set from Costco and very pleased to be paying well under $2k a set.

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I can find them for $1,999/pair online. Does that mean the service will be good or they know what they are doing? You could always find a clinic that offer unbundled services for adjustments or go DIY.

However, most clinics have high overhead.

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$2K/pair is probably below invoice for most audiology practices in the US. Perhaps they import them?

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$750 for one new intent in eBay :slight_smile: . The non-audiology market is getting better for DIYs

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