Sell, donate, or dispose? A practical guide — including how to get cash for your extras
Sell Your Supplies →Published June 27, 2026 · StripValue Staff
You've got a drawer full of diabetic supplies — test strips, lancets, maybe some CGM sensors — and you're not using them. Maybe you switched to a CGM and your meter strips became obsolete overnight. Maybe your loved one passed away and left behind boxes of supplies. Maybe insurance kept sending refills faster than you used them.
Either way: those supplies have value, and there are real options for what to do with them. Here's an honest guide to each one.
Unused, unexpired, sealed diabetic test strips can be sold legally to diabetic supply buyers like StripValue. This applies to Accu-Chek, OneTouch, FreeStyle Libre, Dexcom supplies, Contour, and most major brands.
The process is simple: contact a buyer, get a quote, they send you a prepaid shipping label, you drop it off, they pay you within a day or two of receiving it. No eBay, no meeting strangers, no hassle.
Typical payouts:
Important: You can only sell supplies purchased out-of-pocket or through private insurance. Supplies billed through Medicare or Medicaid cannot legally be resold.
Donating diabetic supplies is an option, but it's more complicated than most people realize. The FDA does not allow pharmacies or medical facilities to accept returned medications or supplies. However, some non-profit organizations and international aid groups do accept donations.
A few legitimate options:
The downside of donation: most organizations can only take supplies with 6+ months before expiration, they often have specific brand requirements, and the logistics can be frustrating. If your supplies are a mix of brands or close to expiring, selling may be more practical.
If you're temporarily off your testing routine but plan to resume, you might consider storing your supplies. Keep test strips in a cool, dry place — not in the car (Arizona heat destroys them) and not in the bathroom (humidity). Most strips last 12–24 months from manufacture date.
Don't hold onto them indefinitely hoping to use them "someday." If you've got 6+ boxes stockpiled and you only test occasionally, sell or donate the extras now while they still have value.
If supplies are expired, opened, or damaged — they go in the trash. Test strips don't require special disposal (they're not sharps). Lancets do need to go in a sharps container or a sealed hard-plastic container before disposal.
Don't throw away unexpired, sealed supplies. That's just wasted value — either yours or someone else's who could benefit from them.
We're a small, legitimate diabetic supply buyer based in Arizona. We buy surplus supplies and resell them to people without insurance who can't afford pharmacy prices. It's a simple, legal, beneficial exchange — you get cash, someone else gets affordable supplies they need.
We buy from all 50 states, pay fast (within 24 hours of receiving your shipment), and provide a free prepaid shipping label. No minimum quantity, though we pay more per box on larger shipments.
Yes, as long as the supplies were obtained through private insurance or cash purchase (not Medicare/Medicaid). Contact us — this is one of the most common situations we handle and we'll walk you through it.
We still buy them, though the payout rate is slightly lower than boxes with 6+ months remaining. Still worth selling versus tossing.
Yes — send everything together. We sort and quote by brand and type. Mix of Accu-Chek, OneTouch, and Dexcom? No problem.
Contact StripValue — free shipping label, fast payment, no hassle.
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