I don't actually know what the stats are on how many people who use pregnancy tests are "heavy users" (i.e. people trying to get pregnant every month) vs "one-time users" (people trying NOT to get pregnant having a pregnancy scare)
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But the latter group is a substantial market, and they would have no use for a 50-pack of tests however cheap it was, and even if they're quite poor, $7 for a 2-pack (which is all they really need) is not all that much money In return for peace of mind
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Arthur Chu Retweeted foone
Yeah so looking this over this is just really thoughtless and condescending The reusable reader has no use case The whole use case of the disposable digital reader is the "terrified teenage girl" scenario or similarhttps://twitter.com/Foone/status/1301741893852696576?s=19 …
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I mean pregnancy tests specifically are not my lane or my area of expertise or whatever But single use disposable shit in general actually does usually exist for a good reason and people tend to constantly use disposability for cheap dunks without thinking it through
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Like if you actually think about it at all telling the average person in desperate need of a pregnancy test at the drugstore that for the same money they could get a reusable reader with a pack of FIFTY pregnancy tests is incredibly fucking stupid
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Replying to @arthur_affect
I mean I wish I had. Even without issues trying you might do two a month (because you jump the gun and test early, then second thoughts) for like 2-7 months.
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Replying to @mkees1
Okay but my point kind of was (correct me if I'm off base) that people who are TTC and getting tested regularly are more likely to just buy the regular test strips
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Replying to @arthur_affect
Of my sorta pregnancy group really only if they been trying for more then six months did they bulk buy strips. I literally didn't know the reusable readers existed. There are a bunch of little things I learned being pregnant I didn't know before actually.
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Replying to @mkees1
Well, just for clarification, were you buying the regular strips where you look at it and see if there's two lines or the electronic digital ones
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Replying to @arthur_affect
Oh I didn't bulk buy since I always assumed the next month would do it. Plus didn't take too long. So whatever digital was available.
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Yeah I mean the OP I'm critiquing here is going off on how the single use digital tests are a huge ripoff because it's $7 each time but I think the number of people for whom this is a serious budget problem is likely pretty low
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Replying to @arthur_affect @mkees1
I'm not gonna say the manufacturers aren't trying to profiteer but there's a lot of people for whom that's a small price compared to the consequences of a false negative
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Replying to @arthur_affect
Well the reusable seem smart to have at least one per friend group. Esp with the social anxiety of going to get a test and someone seeing you, yada yada. Hopefully I remember when my kid is older and I can buy one and a pack to have in the house just in case she or friends need
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