23andme

[kevpuk]

Interest fading - $79.99 shipping on top of $99

[DieScum]

Interest fading - $79.99 shipping on top of $99

A decade or so back it would have cost you a few billion.

[greenlake]

Interest fading - $79.99 shipping on top of $99

Does $179, including shipping, sound more reasonable?

[SueEllen]

Does $179, including shipping, sound more reasonable?

The fact that if you lived in the US it would be under $110 shows this is rip off Britain.

[DieScum]

The fact that if you lived in the US it would be under $110 shows this is rip off Britain.

It's international human specimen shipping.

For me the cost, including shipping, is incredibly low. It's like living in the future. A future in which I am more likely than most to get bum cancer it says.

[rhubarb]

It's international human specimen shipping.

For me the cost, including shipping, is incredibly low. It's like living in the future. A future in which I am more likely than most to get bum cancer it says.

Get yourself off for a colonoscopy.
SUCH fun.

[doodab]

The fact that if you lived in the US it would be under $110 shows this is rip off Britain.

It shows that Britain is $79 away from Mountain View, which is about $0.015 per mile.

[mudskipper]

It's international human specimen shipping.

For me the cost, including shipping, is incredibly low. It's like living in the future. A future in which I am more likely than most to get bum cancer it says.

So do you feel better for knowing that? And what about insurance - can you now get cover for botty cancer?

I'd rather not know!

[DieScum]

So do you feel better for knowing that? And what about insurance - can you now get cover for botty cancer?

I'd rather not know!

Yeah, it's really useful.

I'll start having regular checks when I turn 40, as is recommended for those with a family history of it, rather than 50 for gen pop. Previously I had no idea I was a higher risk but it's good to know.

For insurance, I'd probably use the NHS but my private insurance just asks for pre-existing conditions not genetics. If it's ever an issue I imagine other countries would copy the GINA law from the US which forbids insurers from discriminating on grounds of genetics.

When you have a terrible bum condition like me that's heartening.

[mudskipper]

Yeah, it's really useful.

I'll start having regular checks when I turn 40, as is recommended for those with a family history of it, rather than 50 for gen pop. Previously I had no idea I was a higher risk but it's good to know.

For insurance, I'd probably use the NHS but my private insurance just asks for pre-existing conditions not genetics. If it's ever an issue I imagine other countries would copy the GINA law from the US which forbids insurers from discriminating on grounds of genetics.

When you have a terrible bum condition like me that's heartening.

I was thinking more about sickness cover and that kind of thing.

I suppose a good plan would be to take out a policy, have the test, then cancel the policy if you're not likely to need it!