@glucas: Bernafon + Costco =
… Bosco brand Hearing Devices … “When you’re cheap, but insist on the very best … Bosco”
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I’m not cheap, wear the Philips Hearlink aids and like them a lot, and am highly offended by this post!
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Cheap in meaning may be more offensive for Americans than Canadians or British. !!
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Another good thread getting derailed by off topic posts.
Moderation needed.
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Woah there, careful with your words. Bernafon engineers are not cheap. they are highly specialized people there, they cost Demant millions of dollars each year after trying to develop a solution, Did you know the Speech rescue was developed by Bernafon engineers, not oticon engineer…
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@Raudrive: I have already flagged my own post and referred it to the attention of @rasmus_braun . I will happily make any changes he indicates to me, or accept its deletion, should he decide that a bit of off-topic jocularity is inappropriate.
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@ssa : You are taking a play on words for fun far too seriously. I’m not looking to start a fight, for Pete’s sake!
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Oh I know 
Be mindful of the people who make solutions, if i were a employee of that company, i would be offended by this.
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I agree completely. The level of off topic posts on this forum is verging on making it useless.
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@ssa: Must be a pretty insecure place to work if that is the case. Anyway, if you’re serious about being offended, please feel free to flag my post for moderation.
I was told that a lot of Costco management and investors would like to get out of the hearing aid business. It is a lot of trouble and loses money.
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@Psych1: For whatever my expression of opinion is worth, I can see a faction of management and shareholders saying this. However, with the burgeoning “Silver Market” and the cost of health care devices heretofore produced by tightly held oligopolies, I’d put money into a whole spate of OTC health care products similar to HAs, but targeting sleep disorders, incontinence and ostomy hygiene, wheelchairs, walkers and motorized devices, etc.
Even if Costco had to spin off a whole new division, I believe that it could do a bang-up job servicing this market that local pharmacies currently exploit as cash cows.
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Agree that Costco could, and probably will, go big on OTC. But they will probably be sold in the department that also sells TVs and cartridges for printers.
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That’s a terrific idea! But even then, markets could be tricky. I’m with Kaiser. I bought a brand new, most current top of the line cpap machine for about three hundred bucks through them. I didn’t even realize what a good deal I got until later. (NOT the recalled Phillips!!). likewise, I receive steep discounts on masks and supplies through Kaiser, who can buy in bulk and drive for better prices from manufacturers. Recent legislation seems to have allowed for this last with other providers as well. So…everything is in flux, and its hard to see how things will shake out. OTC hearing aid market as well! I can see Costco going in that direction and abandoning their current sales–no need to hire and audi and all the rest in the emerging otc market.
Hey, have I mentioned that I grew up in Kirkland, Wa., home of the first Costco? I remember my mom talking about it. I was too busy with Jefferson Airplane and all the rest to notice. Too bad! I could be a retired executive (or clerk) by now! MIssed opportunity #3,0022.
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