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06-08-2007, 03:31 PM
| | Junior Member | | Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 1
| | | Used Minimed 508
I have a new pump and no longer need the 508, any suggestions on how to get it to someone that may need it ?
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06-08-2007, 05:26 PM
|  | Senior Member | | Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Manassas, in the Old Dominion
Posts: 6,539
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Originally Posted by Mike88  I have a new pump and no longer need the 508, any suggestions on how to get it to someone that may need it ?
Thanks | Your new pump company should offer to take it from you, and if they are like Smiths Medical, they should credit you for it.
However, and I say this all the time, I miss my 508. If I had to do it over, I would keep mine the next time around.
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06-08-2007, 05:48 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Northern California
Posts: 7,408
| | | I kept mine too Duck. I am going to take it with me to Mexico as a backup. It seems like a waste, but bottom line is it is pretty ancient. Good for an emergency. |
06-09-2007, 12:45 AM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Bellevue, WA
Posts: 649
| | | It might depend on the pump model, but if you want to transfer it to someone else, you should contact Minimed. They can recertify it and send it to the other person if they're approved, for a fee.
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Dx T2 3/2005
Correctly dx T1 (LADA) 11/2006
MM 522 w/NovoLog since 1/07
Previously on Actos, Starlix, Metformin ER, Lantus
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06-09-2007, 08:57 AM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Orlando, FL
Posts: 7,846
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Originally Posted by lilituc They can recertify it and send it to the other person if they're approved, for a fee. | I believe it's 500$...
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06-09-2007, 09:05 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: NC
Posts: 7,297
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Originally Posted by Cyborg I believe it's 500$... | It's either $300 or $500. I had someone who was gonna give me a 508 but my endo wouldn't prescribe it. He felt I needed a newer model (nothing lower than a 512). 
__________________  Rest In Peace Jack- 5/1/08. You may be gone from us but you will never be forgotten. Our love goes with you.
Pumping ain't easy but it's well worth the effort to me.
I am a person. I WILL NOT allow myself to be defined by a number!!!!
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06-09-2007, 09:17 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Mid-West
Posts: 7,257
| | | Last I checked (& this was in 2003), it was around $495 to transfer a warranty into someone else's name, and the warranty is only good for the duration that the original owner had it for.
__________________ ALL my love, Carwy & Best wishes for a healthy new beginning! 
Saying prayers for him & all our friends, every day.
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"Someone must speak for them. I do not see a delegation for the four footed. I see no seat for eagles. We forget and we consider ourselves superior, but we are after all a mere part of the Creation."
--Oren Lyons, ONONDAGA
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Pumps & Meters Used:
MM506,7,8,11 & 12, Cozmo, Animas 1200 & 1250 Many
A1C: 6.4
Type I 26yrs, pumping 12
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06-10-2007, 03:23 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Western Australia
Posts: 315
| | | I would keep it. I have my old 507c as a backup for my animas IR1200, and it has come in handy several times. I have offered the 507c to a couple of friends with diabetes, in the case that they wanted to try pumping, but no takers so far. Otherwise you could donate it to a hospital. I know the hospital that I go takes donations of pumps for patients who are unable to purchase their own.
__________________ Type 1 since 1998
Minimed 507c from 2001- 2005
Animas IR1200 from 2005
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06-14-2007, 02:44 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Alabama
Posts: 31
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Originally Posted by Mike88 I have a new pump and no longer need the 508, any suggestions on how to get it to someone that may need it ?
Thanks | Hello, I was diagnosed with type 1 about a year ago and my endocronolgist wants to start using the pump, the only problem is I don't have any insurance so the cost will be totally out of pocket and I can't affoard it. If any one can help me out I would greartly appriecate it. |
06-15-2007, 11:56 PM
|  | Senior Member | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MIdwest, USA
Posts: 1,067
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Originally Posted by trishagarth94 Hello, I was diagnosed with type 1 about a year ago and my endocronolgist wants to start using the pump, the only problem is I don't have any insurance so the cost will be totally out of pocket and I can't affoard it. If any one can help me out I would greartly appriecate it. | Beware, the cost of pump supplies will eat you alive! |
09-02-2007, 10:09 PM
| | Junior Member | | Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 53
| | | I really would love to have your old 508. I have been searching like crazy for a pump. Especially an affordable one. May I buy it from you? Is it a good pump to start with?
Please let me know.
Thanks
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T1, born in March/1974 , diagnosed 11/01/06 , Lispro 3 times a day(6 Units avg.) , Lantus before sleep (15 Units)
A1C 6.9 - Feb 2007
A1C 6.1 - June 2007
A1C 6.0 - Feb 2008
A1C 5.8 - May 2008
A1C 6.4 - Nov 2008
Precision Xtra and Ultra Smart
Dexcom CGSM
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09-02-2007, 10:29 PM
| | Senior Member | | Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Manassas, in the Old Dominion
Posts: 6,539
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Originally Posted by daryop I really would love to have your old 508. I have been searching like crazy for a pump. Especially an affordable one. May I buy it from you? Is it a good pump to start with?
Please let me know.
Thanks | If you can't find one here, Google can be your friend. Hint Hint.
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09-03-2007, 01:00 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Northern California
Posts: 7,408
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