Blackminster Hearing Centre

"How do you offer such low prices?"

We can offer such low prices through the following common sense measures:

• Minimising our overheads - We do NOT have expensive High Street offices. Our practice is out-of-town (at an interesting new Business Park) which greatly reduces the rent & rates.
• Minimising staff costs - We do NOT have layers of managers "helping" with the business
• Minimising home visits - We have found that home visits are very often unnecessary and often technically unsatisfactory. We therefore try to limit these to those cases recommended by GPs, hospitals etc - and even then we may need to levy a charge to cover our costs.
• Increasing our sales volume - Many traditional dispensers see relatively few customers, so they need to charge quite high prices to cover their costs. However our low prices attract a higher volume of customers, which means that we need to make less profit per sale in order to pay the bills - which means lower prices for you.
• Limiting free follow-up visits to 4 months - Many dispensers allow you free follow-up visits for the life of the hearing aid - and they allow for this in their high prices. However in reality we find most customers only need follow-ups in the first one or two months whilst getting used to their new hearing aids, so you may be paying for a service you never need. Accordingly we will do whatever it takes to get you "up & running" when you purchase a hearing aid from us and then we will be happy to provide free support (to a maximum of 3 sessions) in the next 4 months. However after that time we will need to charge for each consultation ... and most clients will never need to use this paid-for service. This allows us to greatly reduce our prices.
• No tatty "free" hearing dummy aid - We simply offer a fantastic price with excellent service. We certainly don't need to advertise in the national press and to send you "free" dummy hearing aids - just to get your mailing address.
• Minimising wasted visits - It seems to us that maybe 1-in-3 of those who visit a "traditional" dispenser walk away empty handed - they simply find the very high prices unacceptable. This can happen because the customer is only told the prices at the very last minute. (Missing 1-in-3 sales means that the 2-in-3 who DO buy an aid are paying for that "lost" time spent by the dispenser with the unhappy clients) However we expect almost all our clients to buy an aid from us - our prices and service simply cannot be beaten - and we tell you our prices BEFORE you even arrive. No surprises, very low prices and excellent service - simply an unbeatable combination!

We believe that these common sense measures allow us to provide an excellent and professional service whilst keeping our prices very low.

Please do not hesitate to give us a call on 01386 830 100 if you have any questions.