Tee2 Strip price increase

bulkbiker

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Hi all

Just had a bit of a shock to find that the price of Tee2 blood glucose strips is now £9.99 for 50 ex vat!

Instead ordered a pack of 250 from Homehealth for the Gluco Navi. at £7.69 for 50.

When they arrive I'll run a parallel test for a few days to see how the two compare (I already had the meter from ages ago).

And report back here.
 
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Ryhia

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Yes, I went to order some Tee2 strips from Spirit Health and found the same thing, £9.99 for 50. As I also have a Sinocare Safe Accu monitor I have ordered strips for this instead, strips work out a little cheaper at £32.99 for 200. (Bulk discount) . To be honest I was seeing so much variance with the Tee2, I was thinking of changing back anyway.
 

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Looks like they have put all their prices up. I phoned them up as when I’d put my strips for my Caresens recently the total came to a lot more than I was expecting. I rang them up to ask them to deduct the VAT only to be told there was no VAT on my order but the prices had gone up!
 
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Looks like they have put all their prices up. I phoned them up as when I’d put my strips for my Caresens recently the total came to a lot more than I was expecting. I rang them up to ask them to deduct the VAT only to be told there was no VAT on my order but the prices had gone up!

Exactly the same here - assumed VAT had been added, but it hadn’t.
 
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Brexit, again?

I note the next Samsung Galaxy Watch is going to monitor blood glucose, so I am planning to ditch the Tee2 anyway later this year.
 

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Brexit, again?

I note the next Samsung Galaxy Watch is going to monitor blood glucose, so I am planning to ditch the Tee2 anyway later this year.
Any idea how much it will cost?
 

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There are rumours that the Apple Watch Series 7 out later this year might have blood glucose monitoring. Typical I recently got a Series 6. However if the O2 sensor and heart rate monitoring on the Series 6 are anything to go by, hopefully it’ll be accurate (but at a price!)
 

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No idea of price yet, but it's unlikely to be more than 6 months of a Libre...
 
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There are rumours that the Apple Watch Series 7 out later this year might have blood glucose monitoring. Typical I recently got a Series 6. However if the O2 sensor and heart rate monitoring on the Series 6 are anything to go by, hopefully it’ll be accurate (but at a price!)
I wonder how that would work, but sounds interesting. The heart rate monitor is pretty accurate but the o2 less so. Any device that helps improve monitoring is a great idea but I do worry about accuracy

@bulkbiker was there any info as to the price increase? Lots get blamed on it but wondering if the Brexit trade issues are the problem here? Could this roll out across more strips?
 

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I wonder how that would work, but sounds interesting. The heart rate monitor is pretty accurate but the o2 less so. Any device that helps improve monitoring is a great idea but I do worry about accuracy

@bulkbiker was there any info as to the price increase? Lots get blamed on it but wondering if the Brexit trade issues are the problem here? Could this roll out across more strips?
They just said that prices had been the same for ages (which is true) and that they needed to make some more money (honest at least) . The strips come from South Korea so doubt there's been any Brexit influence there.
 

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I note the next Samsung Galaxy Watch is going to monitor blood glucose, so I am planning to ditch the Tee2 anyway later this year.

Having just got a new phone I also note that Galaxy Health now syncs with my Tee 2 meter. So that's a definite yes imo.
 

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