Well, it's just a shame to milk so many people who so badly need something as precious as hearing. I'll be there some day. I have lost a LOT of hearing.

What baffles me is how they seem to be so HUGELY inflated. It's a free market, I don't know why someone hasn't come in and done it. Look at one some time. I swear, looks like less than $100 of circuitry.

Also, both my mom's and my brother's... I think there was a 3-year period of where they will repair it, as in, a warranty. I'm sure they factor that in an rightly so. But still... three grand each?

After that period, you're on your own. If there is a way to buy extended, I'd do it. Because both of them have had trouble with theirs beyond the 3-year period.

Something as precious as hearing, it's just a shame. That is a LOT of money. And BTW, neither of them claim they work very well.