[Magdalen] Customer service

[Lynn Ronkainen]

Thanks for the info. My mom always resisted hearing aids because of the 
price and she knew so many other women her age or older who did also (who 
irritated her by continually asking people to repeat themselves, or feeling 
like others were being secretive only because they couldn't hear what was 
being said/going on).

I know it's expensive but I can't imagine not hearing, if/when the time 
comes.

Lynn, who is going to take the plunge soon  and order my glasses online - 
frames and lenses - it's a 50% or more savings for my fairly high end 
frames. The one's I've got now have lasted a very long time.



website: www.ichthysdesigns.com

When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not a 
single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me." 
attributed to Erma Bombeck
 "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk 
by Richard Rohr

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From: "Grace Cangialosi" <gracecan at gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2016 11:36 AM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Customer service

> $3600--slightly higher than the lowest ones at $3000.  Not covered by any 
> Medicare health plan.
>
>> On Sep 14, 2016, at 11:28 AM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com> 
>> wrote:
>>
>> What category of price were the hearing aids in to begin with Grace?
>> Lynn
>>
>>
>>
>> www.ichthysdesigns.com
>>
>> When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would 
>> not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything 
>> you gave me'. attributed to Erma Bombeck
>>
>>
>> On Sep 14, 2016, at 10:10 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> 
>> wrote:
>>
>> I've had my hearing aids for almost two years, and I continue to be 
>> amazed by the level of customer service provided by my audiologist.
>> First of all, they provide free batteries for the life of the hearing 
>> aids. They've checked in with me every six months to remind me that I can 
>> come in for a free cleaning or to tell me that I'm due for an annual 
>> hearing reevaluation. But Monday I was really blown away when they called 
>> to tell me that the warranty will expire in about three weeks. I expected 
>> the next sentence would offer to let me buy an extension to the 
>> warranty...
>> But no...they said if I want them to, they will send the aids in to the 
>> company so anything that might need to be repaired or replaced can be 
>> done under the warranty! During the week or so that that will take, I can 
>> use a loaner pair. They also mentioned that it's almost time for my 
>> reevaluation, so I could schedule that, as well. So I went this morning, 
>> had the eval and left the hearing aids. My hearing had not changed, and 
>> the loaner aids are one notch above mine, so the sound quality is 
>> noticeably better. Maybe when mine die, I'll try to upgrade a bit.
>> At any rate, I couldn't be happier with the whole situation.
>> Oh, there's another perk, as well. If you refer someone to them and they 
>> get hearing aids, you get $250, which you can apply as a credit toward 
>> something in the future or get as a check. I've referred three people so 
>> far--all very happy--and another friend is going in. If she also gets 
>> hearing aids, I will have recovered a third of the original cost!
>>
>> Nice to know there are small businesses still operating like this! And 
>> the only reason I knew about her was that my daughter met her at a 
>> Chamber of Commerce meeting about three years ago and was very 
>> impressed...
>>
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