During the last year, I was always looking for electric wheelchair auctions on Ebay. And I recognized, that from time to time, there are much more wheelchairs sold than during other periods. When I did civil service in an old peoples' home, I found out, that there are more old people dying in winter, than during summer. One basic principle of the market is, that things get cheaper, when the number of offers increases. So in order to get electric wheelchairs as cheap as possible, I assumed, that they should get cheaper, when more old people die (because old people often use electric wheelchairs - and their relatives usually don't need them after their death and sell them). To find out, when exactly those periods will be, I asked the German federal office for statistics to send me a statistics about when german people are dying. One hour, after I have asked them by e-mail, they've sent me this Excel-File, which I've given a graphical appearance. Now it is easier to understand than plain numbers. If I am right with my assumptions, the basic Gallerydrive hardware is cheapest during January and March. Perhaps, I have to add a bit of a latency, because the relatives won't sell the wheelchairs exactly at the moment, when the previous owner died.

By the way, the auction of my wheelchair started at 28.12.2005. And at the end I got it for 76 Euros. The low price was definitely caused by its bad condition and the bad description on Ebay, but perhaps - right after Christmas - it is also a good time to look for wheelchairs.

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