++ ATOT official NEF thread part IV ++

[busydude]

Are you talking about a cleaning or root planing? I'm pretty sure a root planing is substantially more.

No. The dental college gives pretty heavy discounts to students. Normal cleaning they do it for free.. as the students need guinea pigs to work on(supervised by a dentists of course). I am pretty sure.. deep cleaning is $65.

 

[Locut0s]

Are you guys saying regular scaling/deep cleaning costs up to $1500 in the US without insurance!?

 

[IndyColtsFan]

No. The dental college is pretty heavy discounts to students. Normal cleaning they do it for free.. as the students need guinea pigs to work on(supervised by a dentists of course). I am pretty sure.. deep cleaning is $65.

Wow, that's a great deal if you need it.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

I hate people who advertise something for sale and then they disappear and don't respond to your PMs.

 

[busydude]

ICF.. next time you need to spend $1k on anything health related(non-emergency).. take a 2-3 week vacation and go to a developing country.

You can have a nice vacation and get some misc stuff done. You can visit.. Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, India, Bangladesh, South Africa, etc..

 

[Locut0s]

I hate people who advertise something for sale and then they disappear and don't respond to your PMs.

Agreed. If it's sold they should update their listing saying so. Or PM you back saying so.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Agreed. If it's sold they should update their listing saying so. Or PM you back saying so.

If this guy eventually responds, I'm not so sure I want to go through with the deal because it seems he disappeared the first time he posted this for a couple of weeks.

 

[Locut0s]

ICF.. next time you need to spend $1k on anything health related(non-emergency).. take a 2-3 week vacation and go to a developing country.

You can have a nice vacation and get some misc stuff done. You can visit.. Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, India, Bangladesh, South Africa, etc..

I think the quality of the work and safety standards very a lot across those countries though. Would want to do a fair amount of research before doing this.

 

[busydude]

If this guy eventuall responds, I'm not so sure I want to go through with the deal because it seems he disappeared the first time he posted this for a couple of weeks.

Don't bother.. just lie to him that you already purchased the said item from a different seller/website.

 

[Locut0s]

If this guy eventuall responds, I'm not so sure I want to go through with the deal because it seems he disappeared the first time he posted this for a couple of weeks.

Red flag that there might potentially be other problems with the transaction down the road?

 

[IndyColtsFan]

I also messaged a second guy about another part he was offering to part with. No response from him either. Grrrr.

 

[Locut0s]

Aside from my now jobless position and other life problems. At least I'm no longer extremely anxious all the time.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Don't bother.. just lie to him that you already purchased the said item from a different seller/website.

I don't know -- he allegedly has an Amiga 3000 in mint condition with extras. I PMed him asking him if he had pictures and if he had removed the battery from the motherboard. That was early yesterday morning and he has been to the site since then but did not respond.

 

[Locut0s]

I don't know -- he allegedly has an Amiga 3000 in mint condition with extras. I PMed him asking him if he had pictures and if he had removed the battery from the motherboard. That was early yesterday morning and he has been to the site since then but did not respond.

Mint condition powerbook:

 

[busydude]

I think the quality of the work and safety standards very a lot across those countries though. Would want to do a fair amount of research before doing this.

Yeah.. you should do some research, but I am pretty sure there are hospitals/clinics that conform to international standards. For example, I had my eyes tested in a very decent hospital in a posh locality. It just cost me $4 for the test. Dental is extremely cheap.. it costs $10-$15 to fill a cavity.

 

[Locut0s]

Do you guys download music still? If so what sources do you use? I've got some good torrent sources for TV shows but nothing for music.

 

[Rubycon]

That's mint condition alright...hit with a spearmint.

 

[busydude]

Even medicines are pretty cheap too. I once read an article in techcrunch where they interviewed a guy who runs a company that ships medicines to the US from India at 80% discount(IIRC). An American and an Indian started that venture.. let me dig up that link.

 

[sdifox]

Cell phones are not toxic, just blend them and breathe the smoke too!
Why do you think the latest OS is called Ice Cream Sandwich. hmmm

right... all the heavy metal in it is good for you.

 

[busydude]

Do you guys download music still?

Nop. I only purchase or use pandora/last.fm.

 

[nageov3t]

Are you guys saying regular scaling/deep cleaning costs up to $1500 in the US without insurance!?

I had 2 root cleanings with anestesia last year... wasn't covered by insurance, I think each one ended up costing me $200.

 

[Locut0s]

Yeah.. you should do some research, but I am pretty sure there are hospitals/clinics that conform to international standards. For example, I had my eyes tested in a very decent hospital in a posh locality. It just cost me $4 for the test. Dental is extremely cheap.. it costs $10-$15 to fill a cavity.

Oh I don't doubt you can have good work done for cheap. The education standards for medical school overseas is also much higher than people in the US like to think. Many doctors have difficulty getting into the US and Canadian systems cause they find they need to be recertified by a system that doesn't work with their foreign degrees (some of this is understandable but some of it is paranoia and maybe even a little racism). It's not unusual for them to find that they were trained just as well if not better overseas. BUT you have to be careful also to avoid this kind of dental visit :

I saw some pretty shady looking medical businesses when in China.

 

[busydude]

I saw some pretty shady looking medical businesses when in China.

LOL.. yeah the advantage of living there is that.. you can do pretty much anything to earn a living.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

norf

 

[Rubycon]

right... all the heavy metal in it is good for you.

Heavy metal is good. Real heavy metal not the crap these kids listen to today.

People think they are doing the right thing by dropping off their unwanted electronics to so called "recycling centers". The stuff is sent overseas to the far east where it is "processed" by slave child labor with no regulations on personal protection, safety, etc. D: