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$49 Personal Genome at 23andme (incognito windows until you get the best price)

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Re: $49 Personal Genome at 23andme (incognito windows until you get the best price)

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Post by Dramatize »

khomenko wrote: post #48
cynix wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To be fair, the charge includes both shipping the kits to you and for you to ship the kits back to them, so the price isn't as bad as it looks. But I do agree with you that it can be lower.

And customs duties. They are not trying to gouge you, AFAIK.

There won't be duties as it's under $1000. I did realise after that it included the return postage.

Re: $49 Personal Genome at 23andme (incognito windows until you get the best price)

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Post by benmanns »

Run in your JavaScript console:

  document.cookie = 'optimizelyBuckets=' + escape('{"145285685":"145865258"}') + '; domain=.23andme.com'; document.location.reload(true);
The other values I found:

  69 -> escape('{"145285685":"145818631"}')
  99 -> escape('{"145285685":"145866265"}')
  149 -> escape('{"145285685":"145285686"}')
  299 -> escape('{"145285685":"145891045"}')
Edit: Actually, it looks like this no longer works. They may have noticed and stopped the A/B test.

You can empty the cart and run

  window.$.ajax({url:'/special_offer/49NOV2012/?json=true'})
Then click add to cart and once in your cart it will be $49.

I'm going to have to start looking at more websites' Optimizely codes!

Re: $49 Personal Genome at 23andme (incognito windows until you get the best price)

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Post by _prototype_ »

This is ridiculous. While signing up, I got this message (I hate my state sometimes...):

""" 23andMe is currently unable to process saliva samples collected in or mailed from the state of New York. The New York Department of Health considers our Personal Genome Service a test requiring a lab license and direct physician involvement.

If you or the recipient of the Spit Kit intend to collect your sample and mail it from outside the state of New York, please select the "Ship to New York" button below. Upon receipt of your Spit Kit, you or the Spit Kit recipient will be required to affirm under penalty of law that the sample for the Spit Kit has not been collected in or mailed from the state of New York."""

Re: $49 Personal Genome at 23andme (incognito windows until you get the best price)

#57

Post by cynix »

khomenko wrote: post #48
cynix wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To be fair, the charge includes both shipping the kits to you and for you to ship the kits back to them, so the price isn't as bad as it looks. But I do agree with you that it can be lower.

And customs duties. They are not trying to gouge you, AFAIK.

@Dramatize: but the US might charge them import duties when you send it back. Not sure if the US has a duty-free allowance like we do.

Re: $49 Personal Genome at 23andme (incognito windows until you get the best price)

#60

Post by a_bonobo »

fingerprinter wrote: post #38
a_bonobo wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It used to be back when the $299 price was offered that you had to pay $99 for a year of subscription to their annotation updates, not sure what's going on now.

Hmmm...not sure I'd care about the updates nearly as much as the initial profile. Does anyone see value from the updates? What kind of information do those provide?

I just bought the kit for Australia - it was $49 + $74 shipping, the updates are _not_ included - in fact, I think they stopped offering these.

The value used to be that you get the newest research linked to your SNPs, i.e., if there's a new publication on one of your variations you would have been notified.

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