E-Bay.

[simply_h]

Hello All,

Hope you are all well and in fine low sugar Health.

Well I just bought 100 Accu Chek test strips from e-Buy for £29.99 inc P&P.

So just thought I would post it on here.

I still thinks its wrong that us Type2 have to buy them ourselves, but needs must.

Anyway hope you all are having a nice day.

Cheers
Simply_h

 

[Patch]

It IS wrong that SOME T2's have to pay themselves. I don't pay, and never have.

Guess it's just one of those postcode things... :x

 

[hallii]

Try Lloyds chemists, I pay £12.50 for 50 Accuchek Compact strips, that is £15 less the VAT, you have to fill an exemption form in and then it's VAT free.

H

 

[carty]

Accu chek strips for nano are dearer than for compact ,dont know why perhaps I should see if accu chek will send me a compact meter.I also got 100 strips for £29.99 perhaps we used the same seller , its a a pretty good price at the moment some sellers want over £20 for 50 :evil:
CAROL

 

[Ka-Mon]

Who are these sellers? Are you sure they are legit or are they diabetics who sell on EBAY what they get for free at their GPs/Hospitals?

Somehow I don't think AccuChek will aloow strips to be sold on EBAY for less than half price, could they be fakes imported from another country?

I do use EBAY to buy some stuff but would never trust anyone selling such products. If they are fakes than you'll never know if they give you the correct BG readings.

 

[))Denise((]

I buy strips from ebay. When they arrive some do have the prescription label stickyness on them. These tend to be from people who are selling baby things as well (so presume they had gestational diabetes and no longer need them). Other sellers do seem to sell strips in quantity, so I presume they get them wholesale.

When you don't get them prescribed or don't get enough prescribed and are on a tight budget, then needs must and you get them from ebay. I tend to pay between £10 and £12 for 50 One Touch Ultra strips.

I entered the competition for a Bayer Contour on this site and got a meter, along with a letter telling me I didn't win, but here's one anyway .... It included 25 strips, so that's 25 I won't have to buy!

 

[Ka-Mon]

I buy strips from ebay. When they arrive some do have the prescription label stickyness on them. These tend to be from people who are selling baby things as well (so presume they had gestational diabetes and no longer need them).

Could be I suppose but could also be that it's a diabetic and sells his supplies to buy something else that he/she may be in (desperate) need. :wink:

Other sellers do seem to sell strips in quantity, so I presume they get them wholesale.

The NHS is the biggest organisation that buy in large quantities and (as far as I know/remember) the buying cost is around 50% of what the pharmacies sell them for. So for anyone to be able to sell at less then what it costs the NHS to buy them means that these individuals will have to buy heap loads more than the NHS in which case the NHS will save money by buying off them instead of the manufacturer.

In other words, no one pays less than the NHS does and to sell at these low prices they either have to be diabetics themselves who get them prescribed by their Doctors or if they sell in large quantities they must be fake.

When you don't get them prescribed or don't get enough prescribed and are on a tight budget, then needs must and you get them from ebay.

I agree, needs must, but knowing that they are either fakes or sold by scrupulous (diabetics) out to make a quick buck could be dangerous because I will never know if I can rely on the results or I will be supporting someone who is selling something that he/she really needs to take care of his/her diabetes. For me it's it's a moral thing and I have something against supporting organised crime. It'd be like buying DVD's at the boot sale.

I tend to pay between £10 and £12 for 50 One Touch Ultra strips.

No one can afford to sell at these prices unless they can buy them in cheaper than the NHS or get them free from their Doctors, it's just impossible.

I entered the competition for a Bayer Contour on this site and got a meter, along with a letter telling me I didn't win, but here's one anyway .... It included 25 strips, so that's 25 I won't have to buy!

Same here, I keep that one as a spare just in case my other breaks down.

 

[carty]

I buy on e-bay and have never had any problems my BGs are similar to what they were when I got strips on prescription the boxes are sealed and are exactly the same as the ones from the chemist I would like to take the moral high ground but my GP will no longer prescribe strips I am a pensioner and I want to test my BGs so that I can take control of my health .Which is better to buy strips at the chemist and pay twice as much so only test half the number of times that I can with strips from e-bay ?
CAROL

 

[Ka-Mon]

I buy on e-bay and have never had any problems my BGs are similar to what they were when I got strips on prescription the boxes are sealed and are exactly the same as the ones from the chemist I would like to take the moral high ground but my GP will no longer prescribe strips I am a pensioner and I want to test my BGs so that I can take control of my health .Which is better to buy strips at the chemist and pay twice as much so only test half the number of times that I can with strips from e-bay ?
CAROL

Let's hope that they develop the BG test without needles machines to give accurate results soon then the manufacturers can keep their over-priced strips.

 

[))Denise((]

Its up to each individual what they decide to do about strips. I know my GP won't prescribe me as many as I want. The ones I have bought are all originals and not fakes. You can look at the profile of sellers and see that they sell quite a lot of strips and they can't possibly be selling their excess that they get free on prescription.

 

[Ka-Mon]

Its up to each individual what they decide to do about strips.

Of course it is, I just won't by from EBAY for reasons that they could be fakes or are sold by diabetics who are supposed to be using them to control their own BG levels. Because I don't know any of them personally I just can't help thinking that they might be selling them to finance other addictions, if they have any that is of course.

It's just a moral thing for me.

I know my GP won't prescribe me as many as I want. The ones I have bought are all originals and not fakes. You can look at the profile of sellers and see that they sell quite a lot of strips and they can't possibly be selling their excess that they get free on prescription.

Ok, as far as I can remember reading somewhere that the NHS pays something like £14 for a box of 50, so where do the EBAY sellers buy them from in order to sell it so cheaply when the NHS gets them for more than they are selling them for?

Unless I know exactly where they are getting them from and can be sure that they are the real deal I can't help but think of "Fake Britain".

 

[bowell]

Before i had all my other heath problems , first three years i had to find all mine from ebay
I Never had a dud lot

Normally found 6<>8 regular people selling off there excess NHS strips and lancets
I used them most of the time

I just had a ponder and found Accu chek compact 50 strips going for £9.50 inc postage
on ebay will be someones excess NHS strips
look at ebay Item number: 180680877310 ... 100 strips 1 bid £4.99 so far :?:
or Item number: 260802608709 £6.99


there are plenty of UK online pharmacy sell via ebay as well

If you wish to be Snow White and are still short on cash then try
The GlucoRx blood glucose it meter sells for £4.90 inc vat
you can get the GlucoRx strips 50 for £11.49 inc vat

If you send them a VAT exempt form will knock the vat off for you as well

May help some of you that are dry on strips

http://www.glucorx.co.uk/glucorx.html

I Now have as many strips as i need on script

 

[borofergie]

Of course it is, I just won't by from EBAY for reasons that they could be fakes

Really? Have you ever heard any report of fake strips? The strips for every machine that I have ever seen are sophisticated. If some "fake strip" manufacturer were to go to all the expense of tooling up, the counterfeits that they'd produce would be instantly detectable, because they'd never work when you stuck them into the machine. With "seller disputes", negative ratings and no repeat business, how would anyone ever justify the production costs?

I suppose that it is (just about) conceivable that the ebay strips might be from a "defective" batch, but unless you have any evidence, then this is just idle speculation.

 

[Ka-Mon]

If you wish to be Snow White

Will I get 7 dwarf ladies if my wish is to be a male version of Snow White? :lol:

and are still short on cash

Do you mean in a kind of similar situation this and most/some EU countries are at the moment?

 

[Ka-Mon]

Of course it is, I just won't by from EBAY for reasons that they could be fakes

Really? Have you ever heard any report of fake strips? The strips for every machine that I have ever seen are sophisticated. If some "fake strip" manufacturer were to go to all the expense of tooling up, the counterfeits that they'd produce would be instantly detectable, because they'd never work when you stuck them into the machine. With "seller disputes", negative ratings and no repeat business, how would anyone ever justify the production costs?

I suppose that it is (just about) conceivable that the ebay strips might be from a "defective" batch, but unless you have any evidence, then this is just idle speculation.

Try googling "fake blood glucose testing strips", you'll get "About 838,000 results (0.16 seconds) ".


and here's a link to a report from last year, second on google's list: http://www.siasat.com/english/news/caught-selling-fake-blood-sugar-testing-strips

If they can produce almost undetectable counterfeit money than they can produce test strips that will "work" in the machines but will most definitely give a false reading. It is not a big secret how blood glucose is made conductive so that it's resistance can be measured by the machine, the problem is to get the right mixture to give the correct result. The more sophisticated the technology gets so do the forgers and they too have access and can purchase sophisticated machinery to produce exact copies of [almost] what ever they want to.

Here's a little funny story of the trick I played on my brother on his birthday last year.

I just bought myself one of those all-in-one scanner/photo copier and printer ink jet printers for 40 quid and as it was his birthday I scanned and printed £20 notes ONE sided only knowing full well that it is illegal to print both sides. When he open his card he looked at the notes and said "You don't have to give me money" and stuck it in his pocket. It wasn't until about ten minutes later I told him to have a good look at them on both sides that he realised he had been had, he then played the same trick on his son and gave the notes to him as his "pocket money".

So, all they really need are a good printer and another machine to "produce" the strips which together probably does not cost a great deal of money to purchase.

Anyway, as I said, it's up to each individual person to buy from ebay or not, I personally will not.

 

[borofergie]

and here's a link to a report from last year, second on google's list: http://www.siasat.com/english/news/caught-selling-fake-blood-sugar-testing-strips

Oh well that's different then, if it's in an Indian Local Newspaper it must be true...

If I google "fake squirrel testicles" it comes back with 3.3million hits. Haven't seen many of those on ebay either.

 

[bowell]

be a male version of Snow White? :lol:

More of a Doubting Thomas I reckon
NHS ones could also be fake its happened with other drugs :shock:

Do you mean in a kind of similar situation this and most/some EU countries are at the moment?

Na !
The OAPs and the likes of me stuck on state hand outs for the Disabled prob be cut by the Condems
and the poor sods that have been made redundant

Can Honestly say never had a dud batch in three years all from ebay

If you have the test fluid for your meter can alway test them ? NO!

Sultan Bazar police

So what part of Berkshire was that in :lol:

Bob

 

[Ka-Mon]

and here's a link to a report from last year, second on google's list: http://www.siasat.com/english/news/caught-selling-fake-blood-sugar-testing-strips

Oh well that's different then, if it's in an Indian Local Newspaper it must be true...

If I google "fake squirrel testicles" it comes back with 3.3million hits. Haven't seen many of those on ebay either.

I assume that you didn't do a google search than?

Maybe I should have posted this link, note the name of the website please:

Please also note that the last sentence in the quote says "world wide" not just in India or China.

But maybe because it's not about "fake squirrel testicles" it might not be true either.

http://www.diabetes.co.uk/news/2011/Apr ... 58608.html

Global US healthcare firm Johnson and Johnson (J&J) has found more fake versions of its diabetes test strips in India, it has emerged. The company has been investigating these fake products for some time in a bid to stop their being made and sold illegally.

Police in India have already arrested three men in the New Delhi area in connection with the counterfeit products, which have been manufactured to look like J&J’s OneTouch Ultra blood glucose test strips, although they are missing certain features, including the OneTouch trademark printed on the strips.

It is thought the counterfeit strips are made in China and then put into false packaging in India; the company has already uncovered fake strips in the US, seizing thousands of the strips while working with law enforcement agencies there and around the world to bring criminal convictions against those involved.

 

[Ka-Mon]

be a male version of Snow White? :lol:

More of a Doubting Thomas I reckon

Do I still get the dwarf ladies though? :lol:

NHS ones could also be fake its happened with other drugs :shock:

Well, there you go, if the experts can be fooled what chance do the rest of us have to tell the fake ones from the real thing?

Do you mean in a kind of similar situation this and most/some EU countries are at the moment?

Na !
The OAPs and the likes of me stuck on state hand outs for the Disabled prob be cut by the Condems
and the poor sods that have been made redundant

Can Honestly say never had a dud batch in three years all from ebay

If you have the test fluid for your meter can alway test them ? NO!

Mate, you go ahead and buy them at will, all I'm saying is that I won't.

Sultan Bazar police

So what part of Berkshire was that in :lol:

Bob

About two streets down and to the left just past the "we sell anything fake" shop. :lol:

 

[bowell]

I get all mine prescribed free now 8)

Others that do Not ,if wish to test will need to find a supply that fits there Pocket

Ebay is one option many on here have and do use with no problems reported ?

with ebay look at the feed back if it 100% well worth a punt
if the ones you get do not work ask for refund and or report seller to ebay
if you have used pay pal you can also get your money back and report seller

So if i had 50 over next month put them up on ebay how are they suddenly fake :roll:
Not saying i do that as Dist nurse orders all my Meds and equipment in each month for me

Ka-Mon extension of forum name do you pay for yours ? or like the very few of us T2s have them prescribed
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Bob