(FREE) $40 Cash Back Offer When Buying Abbott FreeStyle Blood Glucose Meters, Meter Costs $40

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  CuteBirdy on 02/07/2012 - 15:17

  +1

  Link doesn't work, no order website.

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    siawkia on 02/07/2012 - 15:25

    It's in store only, you can check on the website for store locations

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  rjb on 02/07/2012 - 15:19

  Its available at most stores that stock this product !

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  aaronaldo on 02/07/2012 - 15:27

  Do you need to pay a fortune for test strips like other meters on the market?

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    siawkia on 02/07/2012 - 15:33

    In the box it has 10 strips.
    I asked the pharmacist, it sells about $58 for 100 strips, but using Medicare, you can get rebate, not sure how much though.
    At least you can get 10 tests before deciding to buy more strips.

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      aaronaldo on 02/07/2012 - 15:52

      So looks like a similar deal as to other meters. Still, can't beat a free meter! I don't think you get a rebate from Medicare but instead from the diabetes society if you are a member.

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        jennkei on 02/07/2012 - 16:26

        Freestyle Lite is kinda plasticky and I don't really like the shape of the strip, but no coding and amount of blood needed is really quite small.

        The strips are all priced roughly similarly. >.> Price may vary, though, for the lancets for your lancing device, which are not subsidised. (The needle to poke your finger with.) But you CAN get a Medicare rebate for strips if your doctor writes you a script.

        Copy pasta from the last time this was raised, for a pack of 100 strips -

        Buy over the counter: (Chemist Warehouse, just a reference) $52.69
        General patient with script: $35.40
        General patient (NDSS): $15.20

        Concession (health care card etc) with script: $5.80
        Health care card (NDSS): $2.40
        Pension/DVA (NDSS): $1.20

        The National Diabetes Services Scheme (NDSS) is free to join for people diagnosed with diabetes who have a Medicare card. More info on NDSS here - http://www.ndss.com.au/en/Register/

        NDSS items (including these strips) are also covered under the safety net, so if your family spends more than $1363.30 on Medicare prescriptions in a year (general), or more than $348 (60 scripts, with concession card), the price goes down.

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  jahnks on 02/07/2012 - 16:28

  +1

  This is pretty common. These deals always occur, because the money is made on the strips not on the meter itself.

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  Postulative on 02/07/2012 - 19:47

  There was a similar deal a couple of days ago, with similar comments about these using the "printer" pricing model of sell the hardware cheap and make money on the consumables.

  I can't say having an Abbott checking my blood-sugar levels is really something I want to consider too deeply.

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    Wally on 02/07/2012 - 22:50

    Couldn't be worse than an Emerson

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  JakDac on 03/07/2012 - 18:05

  Got one pharmacy did NOT have rebate form can this be done online or does someone have scan of form ?

  Take,
  Jak Dac