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LakeSuperiorView

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5. Good thing, if it doesn't cost $40 for a 2 inch Zipstitch...

Reply to Equinox Moon (Original post)

Fri Dec 7, 2018, 10:49 AM

Dec 2018

Subject line was written before Google searching to find that it is $30 for 1.5 inches of wound closure...

So I was exactly right in my estimation of how overpriced it is. There would be a profit margin at $5, but the medical industry is so over blown in gouging the masses that even simple things cost 8 times what they should. Every ad for medications on TV that I have ever checked are between $500 and $3000 a month.

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Great invention for any first-aid kit. [View all] Equinox Moon Dec 2018 OP

That is pretty clever! Siwsan Dec 2018 #1

Good skill to have. Equinox Moon Dec 2018 #2

He was a high school football coach, so he got lots of practice! Siwsan Dec 2018 #3

Pretty damn clever. marble falls Dec 2018 #4

Good thing, if it doesn't cost $40 for a 2 inch Zipstitch... LakeSuperiorView Dec 2018 #5

Agreed it is way over-priced. It won't be long before we see lower cost ones follow. Equinox Moon Dec 2018 #6

$10 for a pack of three would be a good price. LakeSuperiorView Dec 2018 #7

How many would it take to close the gaps in Trump's magnanimity? populistdriven Dec 2018 #15

I don't know that that they make zip ties with that kind of tensile strength... LakeSuperiorView Dec 2018 #16

This message was self-deleted by its author JudyM Dec 2018 #8

Great idea, but... jmbar2 Dec 2018 #9

Stop the bleeding with pressure and some time. Equinox Moon Dec 2018 #12

Thanks - the more you know... jmbar2 Dec 2018 #13

Another problem is that a wound large enough to require this device Danascot Dec 2018 #10

Although Zipstitch is cool, I also wondered how it's that much of an improvement over duct Nay Dec 2018 #14

Yea, I was gonna say. Haven't they heard of duct tape? Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2018 #17

Fascinating! Thanks for this info. nt Hekate Dec 2018 #11