Clarity,
Office 17622,
PO Box 6945,
London.
W1A 6US
United Kingdom
Phone/ Voicemail:
+44 (0)20 3287 3053 (UK)
+1 (561) 459-4758 (US).
Thanks, MuddyMac. This is exactly how I feel. Returning them should only give us more time to consider other potential options, but not prevent us from getting the same HAs should that be the conclusion of our search.I think this is saying that you need to let go of the urgency to make a decision right now, when you don’t feel like you have all the information you need to make a choice. If you return the free trial hearing aids, it does not mean you could not buy them at a later date after trying out other pairs, or after doing more research on the ones you had on trial.
The end of the year is the ultimate deadline, however considering the holiday period I need to communicate our decision in a handful of hours to allow all necessary steps to take place (payment, contracting, invoicing vs. product return).Is insurance involved? Is that why the end of the year is important, or is it something else? It sounds to me like you have 2 deadlines, the end of the year, and also 12 hours from now - is that right?
Mum likes the free trial HAs. If we were to run more trials she would not be able to compare them - but I would, in terms of her ability to hear in different situations. The fact that she would prefer to keep these ones is the main source of my dilemma - I don't want to cause her stress having her go back to a sub-optimal condition (one HA only, and a less performing one at that), albeit for a limited amount of time. On the other hand I really feel this would be a rushed decision.How do your mother and you feel about doing more trials?
Does you mother have a sense of how these compare to the ones she lost, and how did she feel about those? Or is it hard to tell? (I'm imagining a difference between comparing several dishes of vanilla ice cream at once when they're all in front of you, vs. having one today and another 2 weeks from now, and unless the difference is dramatic you might have trouble remembering.)
I'm aware of that, and it is another reason for the dilemma. The free trial is provided by the #1 HA company in my country - there do not seem to be comparable alternatives on the marketplace in terms of after sale assistance, which is critical for such purchases. Chances are we'd end up buying from them anyway, and likely at a higher price - but more consciously and based on clearer elements. That is... having the time to collect them, which is not a given.22's oracle says
'Beauty. Creating success.
Small harvest in having a direction to go.'
'Having a direction to go' might be important. That's Yi's response to not buying them, where you'd be forced to have a direction to go (keep trying). There's only 'small harvest' in that, not splendid good fortune.
This is the point. By now I sense we would not be aiming for something significantly different. I also know it would take time and work to look for other options - which I don't have. Still, I'd prefer not to take this decision hurriedly, knowing it will bind us for several years.Next reading, for keeping them, 40.4 to 7. You'll have gotten this done (7), you'll be released from grasping onto it as a task. There's truth and confidence here, which is nice.
40 also means there's no coercion. Maybe neither decision is wrong (but remember 22's small harvest).
I wonder if it just won't make very much difference, hearing-wise? So maybe decide on other criteria, like whether or not you want to keep looking. It's more time and work, but you might end up feeling better if you know you haven't missed anything.
Clarity,
Office 17622,
PO Box 6945,
London.
W1A 6US
United Kingdom
Phone/ Voicemail:
+44 (0)20 3287 3053 (UK)
+1 (561) 459-4758 (US).