Agreed but what good is an annual membership? It should then be marketed as a one time offer to buy a ring.
I would assume that is exactly what it is. The discussion reminds me of Costco saying "We have Some-Big-# of $ savings in our promo catalog that we send out each month." when, goign by $-value, almost all of it is for big-ticket things that people would buy once every yr or 2 or less often.
I have heard good things about Aura, and know a few people who have had and loved them for years. I am interested in them, but have not explored exactly what the membership covers.
For the most part, the membership is needed to understand and analyze the data collected and to use the api. Without it, you get 3 days worth of limited data.... So, you basically need it to make it worth it.
The downside to this is that you play right into their hand. They are willing to give you a ring to get you pay membership fees so, if you sell it on eBay, then they win because the person who buys it, will subscribe to the membership. Better off tossing it in the trash rather than play the game.
I would rather be in a win-win situation where I get the $50 from selling it on eBay and they get the membership fees from someone else if I bought one and decided not to use it. Also, I'm not really positive it would be appropriate in the trash due to containing a battery. My bottom line is that I would probably just not buy one if I wasn't going to use it myself anyway.
But I am all about sticking it to the man....
And the model was @HuskerATL
In all seriousness, you may be able to apply the monthly sub to FSA as well as the ring purchase. So you can get your BLING tax free!
I enrolled yesterday, and got email confirmation. The Amex app was also encouraging me to link our Resy profile with Amex - that turned out not to be required, as DH couldn’t remember his PW and enrollment of the card for credit was a separate process.
I don't even know what an Oura ring is ... are these nipple rings or something else? Not sure I wanna know. And the membership is to what? ... clubs that require these rings?
I think it's a health monitor, kind of like a Fitbit, except in ring form.
They may have a sub-menu for that for select members...
Many of us don't like some wearables due to terrible battery life; some others get in the way or show TMI (too much info) on the display. Oura (& other rings from Samsung & others) have a less intrusive way of gathering that data (& sharing the insights later, if one wants). They pioneered the ring wearable concept. Good team & good data analytics behind it. Sleep data comparable to lab sleep study for sleep apnea etc (for the many who have & don't know). Like whoop, this was also popular amongst athletes (training load & recovery, not as activity tracker) . Many women use it for menstrual cycle/fertility planning/tracking....
Yes pls; I enrolled for the Resy credit via the AmEx app but wasn't sure if I am 'good to go' & burn/use that credit at the restaurant without registering for resy etc (as I have never done that, yet). Happy to do so, if required, but if not, would rather just eat at the restaurant & not do the resy registration etc..
And the third quarter of the year ends in 10 days, so I will be taking this for a drive next week!
