CrtiCare Asia Hospital Nightmare?

honestly the trick with critiCare is to show up with a local fixer if you can. my cousin had her surgery there and her husband basically camped at the front desk from 7am while she waited in the car. the actual medical staff was solid but the front office runs on chaos theory. also if you're driving, skip their parking lot and use the paid lot behind the hdfc bank on sv road, it's like 50 bucks cheaper and you dodge the queue

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I've been to Criticare Asia a couple times for outpatient stuff, not a procedure. The billing desk on the ground floor moves at a glacial pace, especially in the mornings. If you can, get someone to handle registration paperwork before your actual appointment day. The doctors themselves were fine, but the admin side felt like it hadn't caught up to the building's shiny look.

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ngl the whole critiCare experience depends on which doctor you're seeing. my uncle had a cardio thing there and the doc was on time but the pre-op tests took forever cause they kept shuffling him between floors. if you can get your blood work and scans done a day before, do it. also the cafeteria chai is surprisingly good, so thats a small win

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have u tried the chor bazaar route? not for selling to shops but the friday morning flea guys near mumbadevi, some of them buy vintage/retro pieces outright and pay better than the bale walas if ur stuff has any character. got 800 for a bunch of old levi's and band tees there. thing is u gotta go early like 6am and know how to hold ur ground, they smell desperation instantly

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one thing nobody mentioned, watch out for the weight vs piece thing. kabadiwalas and bale buyers pay by kilo so heavy stuff like denim and woolens actually earn more than fancy light stuff. i cleared a whole bag of old jeans to a guy in Malad for way better than what my branded shirts fetched. also wash everything before u show it, sounds obvious but dusty clothes get lowballed on sight.

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honestly the timing matters more than the platform. end of month is when people get salary and actually buy, so list ur stuff around the 1st or 2nd. also post pics in natural light near a window, not on ur bed with flash, makes a huge difference on OLX and insta thrift pages. i've flipped a lot of my old stuff this way and the same kurta that got ignored at 300 sold for 500 when i relisted it properly.

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