Last week I had a visit with my orthopedic Rehabilitation specialist and he recommended I purchase a soft elbow pad (like the ones women wear while playing volleyball) and wear it backwards so that the bend is on the inside of my elbow. He explained I had a diagnosis of Ulnar Neuropathy on the left elbow and to help it possibly fix itself, I needed to keep my left elbow as straight as possible as much as I could.
Well the state I live in it's off season for volleyball which I soon found out as no sporting goods stores or other big box stores with a sporting goods department had any volleyball gear in stock; except for a few volleyballs. We are in the season of high school and college basketball here and VB season ended about a month ago.
So I went online for the quest of finding some volleyball elbow pads.
Keep in mind I am not a person who willy-nilly makes a purchase. I will save the item to me cart and keep searching online until find the best deal possible (I'll even use promo codes, ebates to get the lowest price).
My first stop for the online search was Amazon. And I found some (see image above on right). Now my oldest daughter told me they would be pricey depending where I found them.. and she was right! ALMOST $20!! Oh heck... I can find them cheaper!
I went to the sporting goods stores'online websites.. if they had any, they were in the clearance section... but only in size small. Nope... that's not gonna work for me!
As I fiddled with searching over the next few days... the light bulb finally went off!
EBAY!!!
After I found my EBAY ID and password (I haven't used this website in about ten years) and logged in, I was able to find quite a few different varieties... ALL UNDER $15. I picked a basic one with a sturdy support system and ordered it. Free shipping... delivered within four business days and they only cost me $9.99 plus sales tax (image on left above)! DEALS Abound here!
Granted I will have to wait an extra two days (as Amazon offers two day free shipping), but hey a deal is a deal, right? Two days is worth it for a saving of about $8-9! Plus I used ebates and was able to save 2% more; which is 20/cents... not much. but my ebates currently has almost $10 in the account. So every penny is a penny more I can earn towards new purchases.
