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I need help raising the funds to pay for aportable power chair..
After trying multiple portable power chair options that have all
failed within 2 years or less, my most recent one burning out leaving
me stranded twice in a week before the motors just gave up, I have
spent a lot of time researching and looking at various options. After
talking to others that are disable in a similar situation, I was going
to get a FireFly and still feel that is the best option to help me
maintain my independence because not only does it go further then
other options on a charge, but parts if something breaks are not to
difficult to get or horribly expensive, and if it does break I can
remove it and use my chair as a manual chair still so I won’t need to
worry about getting stranded as I have been with the portable power
chairs many times. Unfortunately on further research and attempt to
contact the company I found them very unhelpful and never answering my
questions fully and have decided to go with another option.
The Fold and Go wheelchair seems to be the most reliable and
dependable solution to my problem for several reasons. While it
doesn't have some of the advantages of the firefly, it's TSA approved
for airline travel for the times I do travel by air, it's compact
enough it can fit into almost any vehicle I may need to get into, and
while slightly more expensive then going with the firefly, it's by far
the best warranty I've found for any transportable power chair, giving
me a full 3 year warranty on it vs a 1 year warranty the Firefly and
almost every other option out there comes with.
But I need help!!! I live on a very tight fixed monthly income, I rarely have much left by the time I've paid my bills and taken care of myself and my dogs at the end of the month. While I want to maintain my independence and keep being able to get the places I go, I simply can't do it without help!
Please help me reach my goal as my portable chair was just confirmed to be unworthy of being repaired. The parts alone to get it workable again would cost as much as the chair costed me brand new, it's just not worth that kind of money since there are other things wearing out that would go soon. It’s left me stranded 3 times in the past month and is just not dependable anymore without spending more money then it's worth in repairs.
Photos of price quote included. I set my goal at $3300 to cover the fees charged by using Fundrazr.
I'm leaving the quote for the fire fly up for comparison as well as
the quote for what it would cost me to get a new Fold and Go chair.
I'm very active in the community and rescue, and miss being able
to do the things I love, my mobility is severely limited without a
portable chair, because I'm pretty much limited to places I can get by
myself, and it makes it far harder to even take care of my dogs as
even getting to the vet and back takes me over 6 hours there and back
by bus. I need everyone's help to get my level of mobility and
independence back! Insurance will not cover these portable power
chairs, they will only cover my big main chair (which is currently
also broken, but insurance will be paying to have that one repaired).
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