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<p>[QUOTE="bercrystal, post: 346244, member: 88"]Hospital OR's would, & probably still do, court surgeons like you would not believe. It would happen all the time, a new surgeon would show up & he would get all kinds of fancy new "toys". He would eventually move on for one reason or another & the hospital would be stuck with this set of instruments that they had spent thousands of dollars on that no one else used.</p><p><br /></p><p>My guess is that most larger hospitals or clinics have someone on staff who lists their unused equipment/instrumentation on ebay nowadays & if they don't they are crazy. </p><p><br /></p><p>Like I said earlier I was asked to sell 2 OR beds back in 2005. They were the manual pump-up type & they were being replaced by electric models. The beds went to a some place down in Mexico. We shipped them as far as some city along the Texas border (Laredo I think) & they were going to drive up there to retrieve them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Everyone was happy. The surgery center was rid of them because they had no place to store them. They got some money for the beds & the place in Mexico was probably thrilled to have them.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also got a commission for handling the whole deal. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie83" alt=":smug:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie83" alt=":smug:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie83" alt=":smug:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bercrystal, post: 346244, member: 88"]Hospital OR's would, & probably still do, court surgeons like you would not believe. It would happen all the time, a new surgeon would show up & he would get all kinds of fancy new "toys". He would eventually move on for one reason or another & the hospital would be stuck with this set of instruments that they had spent thousands of dollars on that no one else used. My guess is that most larger hospitals or clinics have someone on staff who lists their unused equipment/instrumentation on ebay nowadays & if they don't they are crazy. Like I said earlier I was asked to sell 2 OR beds back in 2005. They were the manual pump-up type & they were being replaced by electric models. The beds went to a some place down in Mexico. We shipped them as far as some city along the Texas border (Laredo I think) & they were going to drive up there to retrieve them. Everyone was happy. The surgery center was rid of them because they had no place to store them. They got some money for the beds & the place in Mexico was probably thrilled to have them. I also got a commission for handling the whole deal. :smug::smug::smug:[/QUOTE]
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