Where to buy CPAP in Canada?

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Re: Where to buy CPAP in Canada?

Post by romeCPAP » Fri Feb 20, 2015 5:10 pm

Pesser wrote:Has anyone in Canada tried this: http://www.reship.com/

I have not. I have heard it is good though.


If anyone is interested - I have been in touch with CpapClinic.ca and so far they have been great! Hoping to have my new CPAP soon

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Re: Where to buy CPAP in Canada?

Post by BlackSpinner » Fri Feb 20, 2015 9:42 pm

Pesser wrote:Has anyone in Canada tried this: http://www.reship.com/
I know an internet friend in Iceland uses something like that to get all sorts of stuff from the USA.

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Re: Where to buy CPAP in Canada?

Post by Pesser » Sat Feb 21, 2015 1:32 pm

lowe160 wrote:CPAP.com will not sell any product that is Resmed or Respironics.

I have been getting Resmed products from them and I am in Nova Scotia. Where did you get that BS?
Can you give me an exact link to the web-site you are using? I would like to buy from CPAP.com but can't. I've tried many times!!!!!!!!!!!! Of course as you can see from my profile I too am in Nova Scotia!!!!!

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Re: Where to buy CPAP in Canada?

Post by Pugsy » Sat Feb 21, 2015 1:53 pm

Pesser wrote: Can you give me an exact link to the web-site you are using? I would like to buy from CPAP.com but can't. I've tried many times!!!!!!!!!!!! Of course as you can see from my profile I too am in Nova Scotia!!!!!
CPAP.com can't SHIP Resmed or Respironics products outside the US. It's a restriction placed on them by ResMed and Respironics.
This wasn't always the case...used to be there were no restrictions but ResMed was first and Respironics joined them a couple of years ago. Same restrictions would apply if I wanted to buy a Resmed or Respironics product from an online retailer located in Canada...they can't ship to the US. It's part of the contract when an online retailer buys wholesale from the manufacturers...they have to agree to it or they can't buy the products to sell.

Cpap.com could still sell to you as long as they don't ship it outside the US...like if someone lived close to the border and had a mail drop on the US side...or if you knew someone in the US and had the items shipped to them and they sent the items along to you.

I think that secondwindcpap.com doesn't have this same restriction because they are more of a secondary market and don't buy directly from the manufacturer...at least that is what I think is going on because secondwindcpap.com sends ResMed and Respironics stuff all over the world.

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Re: Where to buy CPAP in Canada?

Post by Pesser » Sat Feb 21, 2015 5:33 pm

Pugsy wrote:
Pesser wrote: Can you give me an exact link to the web-site you are using? I would like to buy from CPAP.com but can't. I've tried many times!!!!!!!!!!!! Of course as you can see from my profile I too am in Nova Scotia!!!!!
CPAP.com can't SHIP Resmed or Respironics products outside the US. It's a restriction placed on them by ResMed and Respironics.
This wasn't always the case...used to be there were no restrictions but ResMed was first and Respironics joined them a couple of years ago. Same restrictions would apply if I wanted to buy a Resmed or Respironics product from an online retailer located in Canada...they can't ship to the US. It's part of the contract when an online retailer buys wholesale from the manufacturers...they have to agree to it or they can't buy the products to sell.

Cpap.com could still sell to you as long as they don't ship it outside the US...like if someone lived close to the border and had a mail drop on the US side...or if you knew someone in the US and had the items shipped to them and they sent the items along to you.

I think that secondwindcpap.com doesn't have this same restriction because they are more of a secondary market and don't buy directly from the manufacturer...at least that is what I think is going on because secondwindcpap.com sends ResMed and Respironics stuff all over the world.
Thanks for this; much appreciated.

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Re: Where to buy CPAP in Canada?

Post by romeCPAP » Tue Apr 07, 2015 7:04 am

For anyone curious, I went with cpapclinic.ca and saved a lot of money, got the machine within a few days, and it works great.

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Re: Where to buy CPAP in Canada?

Post by Julie » Tue Apr 07, 2015 7:47 am

Still $200 more than the U.S. price for my machine (see below).

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Re: Where to buy CPAP in Canada?

Post by romeCPAP » Tue Apr 07, 2015 10:06 am

Julie wrote:Still $200 more than the U.S. price for my machine (see below).
Exchange rate and risk of customs would be a killer

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Re: Where to buy CPAP in Canada?

Post by Julie » Tue Apr 07, 2015 10:14 am

Exactly, but e.g. Cpap.com sends things out with definitive labels saying Medical device (or equiv) so no customs or duty, etc. are incurred - things come by courier in a couple of days.

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Re: Where to buy CPAP in Canada?

Post by Hawthorne » Tue Apr 07, 2015 10:49 am

I second that positive statement about cpapclinic.ca for Canadians. I have not bought a machine from them yet but plenty of masks, mask parts, hoses, filters, etc. They ship fast and don't charge a lot of shipping.

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