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Here's where that analogy falls apart: If your 10K computer fails, your vendor will fix it under the support contract for free. If the hospital-provided sling
by mdorazio 7y ago
Here's where that analogy falls apart: If your 10K computer fails, your vendor will fix it under the support contract for free. If the hospital-provided sling falls apart and you go back to the hospital, they'll charge you again. In most cases, the product is the same one you can get yourself elsewhere, and it still doesn't come with a guarantee.
- kube-system 7y agoWhile that is absolutely true, there is a level of confidence in knowing that the one from a hospital was sourced from a legitimate supplier and that it likely meets some level of quality control standards, legal standards, and supply chain controls. But this is more of a criticism of Amazon than anything, as those things would be true for a drugstore as much as it would be for a hospital.
- mdorazio 7y agoAgree on that - things sourced from Amazon are increasingly likely to be suspect quality these days.