selling cyborg parts on ebay

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Hello, any chance you have a moment to answer a few questions?

  1. Why are you selling this leg/arm?
  2. Have you decided to go with Ossur? Or something else?
  3. It seems like a very fair price. How did you arrive at the price?
  4. What has been the most joyous moment in your life?

kdawg2424:

  1. I am selling this knee for a couple reasons. One being I do not use it anymore. It is sitting in my closet collecting dust. I feel that someone out there could benefit greatly from this knee unit. Hopefully someone who doesn’t have access to this technology via insurance.
  2. I have gone with an Otto Bock C-leg. Not by choice. I purchased my C-leg out of pocket from a private seller because my insurance has denied a MPK knee for the past 4 years. So far though I have no complaints with the C-Leg.
  3. Morally it is not a good price. It’s a horrible price. And I feel horrible selling it. NO ONE should have to pay $1,200 to walk and lead a normal life with used components.
  4. 99% of the moments I share with my daughter are the most joyous, but in relation to my amputation it would be time spent in the Gulf of Mexico. I have not been in the ocean in 18 years, I have lived with in 1 mile of it for the past 8 years. I was able to finally put together parts for a water leg a year ago. My ass limped to the water line and I went for it. I spent 3 cold hours just sitting there letting the waves hit me. Hypothermia, jelly fish, and sharks wouldn’t have made me get out.

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