Diabetic Test supplies... the Giant Rip Off.

[dimakoi]

I'm missing an integral part of My diabetic Test Regime - the control solution. You can't really test your blood sugars if you don't use it as you can't know if your meter or the test strips are defective otherwise. In other words, the meters are useless without the weekly control test

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I need to run some errands

[capplor]

Shall I check if the control solution is available around the Denver area & mail you the stuff?

[duncanmac]

Planned obsolescence -- gotta love it.

As I mentioned on the phone, a lot of items seem to be subject to this kind of behavior applied by manufacturers and retailers, including (my examples) buses, cars, and electric razors for men.

Why buses? There was apparently a time when buses would be built to last up to 30 years. However, the US federal government passed a law in the 70s that assumed that regular buses would have to be retired after 15 years of use. Ergo, no supplier of buses will make a bus that lasts longer. Even trolleybuses are affected by this; the original Brill buses lasted up to 40 years in Vancouver and San Francisco, but their successors in Vancouver lasted barely 20 years.