Liberty Elbow Replacement Price Disparity

oakmont · Post by **oakmont** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 12:40 pm

So the elbow on my liberty developed a small crack in it preventing it from holding on to the mask frame assembly. I googled and saw this little piece of plastic was 34.95 on most sites but found one where it was only 13.95 on mysleepapnea.com

has anyone used mysleepapnea.com before?

I cant believe the price gouging from suppliers for a tiny piece of plastic. If it cost 75 cents to manufacture I'd be amazed but to sell it for 35 bucks is absolutlely disgusting.

OldLincoln · Post by **OldLincoln** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 2:17 pm

I have not done business with them, but their website construction and pages of policies indicate they are most likely not a fake. Also, getting a $14 item is not the same as $1400 so it might be worth the experience.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 11:55 am

Ah ha! But what will they charge for shipping and handling? It probably weighs 2oz, and the charge will be 7.99. I just hate the S&H add ons.

Wulfman · Post by **Wulfman** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 12:16 pm

Something seems a little weird with this. The price of the complete mask on that site is $40 more than on CPAP.COM.

Be sure you're comparing "apples to apples".

Den

urickmic · Post by **urickmic** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 1:20 pm

I too had a failure with the elbow on my liberty mask after looking over the split plastic piece i thought to my self how can i rig this so it will stay put on my mask so i dont need to spend $35 for a replacement i simply assembled it as normal and took a plastic cable tie and snugged it around the broken flange it works very well with one exception it cannot be removed without cutting the cable tie off
i have had mind like this for months now without any problems
when i do buy a replacment i will add this simple fix before it can reak again
hope this works for you and saves you some $
Urickmic

skjansen · Post by **skjansen** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 3:26 pm

I bought my Liberty thru cpap.com and when my elbow broke I just called them. They told me that mask has a two year warranty and if I would pay to send it back, they would replace the part.

If you have failure with the mask you should call your provider and ask about the warranty before you purchase anything. You may be covered!!