Are My Test Strips Still Sellable? A 60-Second Check
Six checks. If all six pass, you have something worth selling.
Run these six
- Is the factory seal intact? If it is broken, stop — an opened box has no resale value regardless of brand.
- Has the date passed? If it has not, we will buy it. Send a photo of the date and we will confirm before you commit to anything.
- Is it a retail carton? A pharmacy dispensing label over the barcode is handled differently. Call us and we will work out what your box is worth.
- Has it been anywhere hot? A car, a garage in August, an attic. Heat changes what a strip reads, so tell us where the box was kept and we will factor it in.
- Is it US packaging? International-market boxes price differently. Show us what you have and we will tell you straight.
- Not sure who paid for it? Give us a call and we will work it out with you in a couple of minutes.
If all six pass
Take a picture of the front of the box and the expiration date, and send it over. Several boxes in one photo is fine. You will have a firm number back within the hour during business hours.
If one fails
Depends which. Dating and store brands usually mean donate instead. A broken seal means dispose. A government funding source means donate, always. We will tell you which applies rather than making you guess.
What the record shows
Everything below is quoted or drawn from a primary source, linked so you can check it yourself rather than take our word for it. Full list on our sources and regulations page.
“You could be greatly overusing or underusing insulin because of an incorrect result. That's where it would be a really critical health issue.”
— American Diabetes Association — Matt Petersen, Vice President of Medical Information, Reselling diabetes test strips an unregulated 'gray market' in US, reported.
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