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I never saw any "Single?" signs, but I do wonder about all the signs I see around here offering cash for diabetic test strips... I'm guessing those are given ou

I never saw any "Single?" signs, but I do wonder about all the signs I see around here offering cash for diabetic test strips... I'm guessing those are given out free by some program and then sold, but don't you kind of need those if you are getting them?

woodruffw 8y ago
You also need your blood plasma, but I have plenty of friends who sold theirs in college for some extra money. Economic privation makes people do sad things.
- Double_a_92 8y ago
  "Donating" blood (plasma) seems like a reasonable thing to do.
ALittleLight 8y ago
My assumption with the diabetic strips is that well insured people can get large quantities from their doctors at the expense of the insurance provider and then sell them for a profit for cash. Alternatively, people in the medical supply supply chain likely have good sources for large amounts of test strips they could offload at a profit. This is purely my guess having seen the same signs and wondered the same things.
- russdill 8y ago
  Could also be a ploy to get diabetics in the door for some other sales program.
- dwighttk 8y ago
  These signs don't seem to be marketing to well insured people or people in the medical supply chain... Unless they are just driving through my neighborhood for some reason.