PUB Hearing (Surprisingly cheap prices)

I’ve just looked at the Aus website, the prices listed are for 1 hearing aid, not 2 if I’m reading this correct. If I was to buy a pair I’m still looking at $5K a pair. While that’s a tad cheaper but not a lot cheaper.

Personally I’d be very wary of buying online and only to find they are only talking about 1 hearing aid not a pair.

Good luck.

Doesn’t sound exceptionally cheap- these guys are on sale for around 2.233 Aus$ in neighboring France- fitting included. And perhaps they reimburse the 21% VAT. Maybe worth a trip?

Audeo Infinio Sphere I90 R - Laboratoires Unisson12

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Interesting. I was merely translating what the ad says. My hearing loss was first detected when I lived in France. My doctor referred me to an audiologist who conducted a hearing test. He then gave me a prescription to be taken to any hearing aid retailer. This still the system in France as far as I know.

To buy two fitted in Australia is $8200 to buy two unfitted from PUB hearing is $5000, I wouldnt call $3200 a 'Tad" Sure you still need to get them fitted.

Specsavers were selling them around the 6k mark. Hearingsavers about the same with audiologist fitting.

@ynneBBenny said:

Sure you still need to get them fitted.

And every visit for an adjustment, something has broken, to get it serviced as the aids won’t work. It’s going to cost money. By the end of your warranty the $$$ will have mounted up.

Also consider that you will only have 1 year international warranty rather than the 3-4 Australian warranty. If your aids fail under warranty you’ll have to post them back to Ireland (presumably tracked). Most aud clinics won’t touch them due to the risk of any mishap during postage.

This is what I have seen Phonak Infinio Sphere Audeo I90-R hearing aid - Discounted at HEARING SAVERS19

@Louie said:

If your aids fail under warranty you’ll have to post them back to Ireland (presumably tracked)

Not quite true, local manufacturers will honour the warranty no need to ship them back, thank god for DIY!

@tenkan said:

local manufacturers will honour the warranty

I’d need a bit more convincing than that honestly. I don’t think there’s anything in Australian consumer law that would make them do it. They might do it out of good will. Good will might apply if you had to move from Ireland to Australia for work reasons. Would it apply if you were the smartarse who undercut their actual customers (the local audiologists) by buying from a cheap supplier in another country? There’s a $5000 investment riding on the outcome of that question.

Na mate, I’ve done it a number of times, you don’t actually think their gonna ask for proof for why you need anything done do you? The reason they call this a “international” warranty is just that, doesn’t matter where you are in the world, honestly they don’t care about this, out of warranty you just pay the standard rates for whatever needs doing, again I’ve done it many times, there’s nothing “smartarse” about saving thousands of dollars by buying elsewhere, the manufacturers don’t give a hoot about the “local” clinic, they let Costco sell and basically destroy the local clinic who can’t possibly compete!

Actually no, most firms will not accept goods of unknown origin here (in the U.K.). You only have ‘consumer rights’ in a premises when you have actually purchased the goods there irrespective of brand. The Consumer Rights Act 2015 specifically states that (for the purchase of goods) the contract of sale exists between the vendor and the (first) purchaser. All rights therein are derived from that contract.

You can’t just buy a JVC Tv from Amazon and rock up to a local Currys to get it fixed under warranty, even if it has a 5year international warranty. If a local distributor decides to assist you here, they’re either doing it out of a sense of charity, charging you for it or seeing you as a potential future sale.