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		Animats on Oct 24, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Are Hearing Aids So Expensive? You go from 1000$ to 1500$ if you want a 2-year warranty. That's incredibly high. Even Best Buy's overpriced warranties aren't that expensive.

vbernat on Oct 24, 2017 [–]

This also includes 1 additional year of batteries (something worth 50-100$). But this may also be a signal they are not confident they are reliable enough?

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