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Vet's prices - going up up up
Just out of curiosity, how much is your vet charging for exams? Mine
now charges $54 for a senior semi-annual exam. Last year it was $46. All the other vet's in the area charge about the same. I think this is ridiculous, the economy can't be that bad that they have to jack up their prices that much. Everytime I go there they are super busy so I can't figure out why they need to raise all their prices. It's not like they're hurting for business. I'm going to make several anonymous suggestions about how they should give discounts to certain people or start a special discount program. I think senior citizens and people who get tax relief should get discounts on everything, all the time. When I got my cats I had no idea things would get this bad. Of course, I didn't choose my cats, they chose me. They just showed up here. I haven't picked out my own cat in over 15 years, these are all strays that I took in. If I had taken them to the animal shelter, 4 out of 5 would be dead because they're ill and the animal shelter has stupid policies on those sorts of things. |
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Vet's prices - going up up up
M.S. wrote:
Just out of curiosity, how much is your vet charging for exams? Mine now charges $54 for a senior semi-annual exam. Last year it was $46. All the other vet's in the area charge about the same. I think this is ridiculous, the economy can't be that bad that they have to jack up their prices that much. Everytime I go there they are super busy so I can't figure out why they need to raise all their prices. It's not like they're hurting for business. I'm going to make several anonymous suggestions about how they should give discounts to certain people or start a special discount program. I think senior citizens and people who get tax relief should get discounts on everything, all the time. When I got my cats I had no idea things would get this bad. Of course, I didn't choose my cats, they chose me. They just showed up here. I haven't picked out my own cat in over 15 years, these are all strays that I took in. If I had taken them to the animal shelter, 4 out of 5 would be dead because they're ill and the animal shelter has stupid policies on those sorts of things. Around here, it's $60 plus additional fees like "record maintenance". A veterinary practice is a business. To survive, it must be profitable and the only upper limit to prices is competition. Businesses give discounts when it results in more bottom-line profit. A few might lower prices to some based on conscience but I think that's fading. At the hospital I used to use, those very pricey dentals are performed by an assistant who has no formal training or credentials. That's illegal in this state. But it's more profitable than paying a tech. It's safe for the business because the state veterinary board always announces a visit days in advance. And the cat can't tell. My family doctor spent an hour giving me a physical exam. The insurance company paid him $85. His liability insurance is huge. Your cat's exam probably took 15 minutes. The vet's malpractice exposure is small. If your kid wants to be a doctor, send him/her to vet school instead. |
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Vet's prices - going up up up
"M.S." wrote in message ... Just out of curiosity, how much is your vet charging for exams? Mine now charges $54 for a senior semi-annual exam. Last year it was $46. Everything is going up. Everything always goes up, except in rare situations like great sales. Vets pay more for supplies, and more to get to their offices due to gas prices. Vets are paying more for food, and hopefully paying their staff more to deal with inflation. Several times a year my MIL does the whole "chicken little" thing, "I just called to tell you, your health insurance premiums are going up!" Like they don't nearly every damned year. I know it is hard for those on a fixed income, and nobody wants to pay more. But it is not unreasonable, nor is it unfair. What you can do is shop around. |
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Vet's prices - going up up up
"M.S." wrote in message ... Just out of curiosity, how much is your vet charging for exams? Mine now charges $54 for a senior semi-annual exam. Last year it was $46. All the other vet's in the area charge about the same. I think this is ridiculous, the economy can't be that bad that they have to jack up their prices that much. Everytime I go there they are super busy so I can't figure out why they need to raise all their prices. It's not like they're hurting for business. If you can't vet 'em, don't get 'em. Vets operate on very low profit margins. Everything is getting more expensive. Suck it up. |
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Vet's prices - going up up up
dejablues wrote: "M.S." wrote in message ... Just out of curiosity, how much is your vet charging for exams? Mine now charges $54 for a senior semi-annual exam. Last year it was $46. All the other vet's in the area charge about the same. I think this is ridiculous, the economy can't be that bad that they have to jack up their prices that much. Everytime I go there they are super busy so I can't figure out why they need to raise all their prices. It's not like they're hurting for business. If you can't vet 'em, don't get 'em. Vets operate on very low profit margins. Everything is getting more expensive. Suck it up. I had my cats a long time before prices got this bad. Two years ago it cost me $28 per cat for an exam. Now it's $54?! They also used to include the distemper vaccination in with the exam, now they charge separately. I understand prices go up, but this really is ridiculous. What's next, $10 for a loaf of bread? Besides, if I hadn't taken those cats in, they would be dead. The local animal shelter kills sick cats upon arrival (I have proof of this). They'll kill them even if it's something minor like feline herpes. I could've tried to find someone to take them, but no one wants sick cats that sneeze and leak from BOTH ends. There are no no- kill animal shelters around here. There are no rescue groups serving this area. I contacted the local SPCA and they couldn't help me. I suppose I was just supposed to let the cats die? That's great. Next time your kid gets a cold, lets kill him. I'm done with this group. There's nothing but uncompassionate people in it. |
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"M.S." wrote in message
... dejablues wrote: "M.S." wrote in message ... Just out of curiosity, how much is your vet charging for exams? Mine now charges $54 for a senior semi-annual exam. Last year it was $46. All the other vet's in the area charge about the same. I think this is ridiculous, the economy can't be that bad that they have to jack up their prices that much. Everytime I go there they are super busy so I can't figure out why they need to raise all their prices. It's not like they're hurting for business. If you can't vet 'em, don't get 'em. Vets operate on very low profit margins. Everything is getting more expensive. Suck it up. I had my cats a long time before prices got this bad. Two years ago it cost me $28 per cat for an exam. Now it's $54?! They also used to include the distemper vaccination in with the exam, now they charge separately. I understand prices go up, but this really is ridiculous. What's next, $10 for a loaf of bread? Besides, if I hadn't taken those cats in, they would be dead. The local animal shelter kills sick cats upon arrival (I have proof of this). They'll kill them even if it's something minor like feline herpes. I could've tried to find someone to take them, but no one wants sick cats that sneeze and leak from BOTH ends. There are no no- kill animal shelters around here. There are no rescue groups serving this area. I contacted the local SPCA and they couldn't help me. I suppose I was just supposed to let the cats die? That's great. Next time your kid gets a cold, lets kill him. I'm done with this group. There's nothing but uncompassionate people in it. Just in case you're still reading. Look in the vitamins / herbal remedy aisle of Wal-Mart and pick up a bottle of 500Mg L-Lysine. Crush 1/2 a tablet into soft food (mixing well) twice a day so that each cat is getting 500Mg a day. The weeping/sneezing/coughing/runny nose etc. should go away in about 3 to 4 weeks, and if you continue giving the L-Lysin prophylacticly, the symptoms will not ever return. Studies indicate that L-lysine competes with arginine and antagonizes its growth-promoting effect on FHV-1 (thereby inhibiting viral replication) without altering the plasma concentration of essential amino acids or causing arginine deficiency in cats. My boys had really severe outbreaks of FHV when we adopted them, but after a course of L-Lysine (and continued prophylactic dosage), their URI cleared up and they've never had a single symptom since. Hugs, CatNipped |
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Vet's prices - going up up up
"M.S." wrote I had my cats a long time before prices got this bad. Two years ago it cost me $28 per cat for an exam. Now it's $54?! They also used to include the distemper vaccination in with the exam, now they charge separately. I understand prices go up, but this really is ridiculous. What's next, $10 for a loaf of bread? Besides, if I hadn't taken those cats in, they would be dead. The local animal shelter kills sick cats upon arrival (I have proof of this). They'll kill them even if it's something minor like feline herpes. I could've tried to find someone to take them, but no one wants sick cats that sneeze and leak from BOTH ends. There are no no- kill animal shelters around here. There are no rescue groups serving this area. I contacted the local SPCA and they couldn't help me. I suppose I was just supposed to let the cats die? That's great. Next time your kid gets a cold, lets kill him. I'm done with this group. There's nothing but uncompassionate people in it. Horse ****. But for sure, you seem too thin-skinned for Usenet. Meanwhile, what are you doing to raise money? When things go up, the thing is, to make more money. Unless you are totally disabled or already working three jobs, what's the holdup? Anybody can sell on ebay. (I could not help but notice that you have a computer ...) |
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Vet's prices - going up up up
"M.S." wrote in message ... I had my cats a long time before prices got this bad. Two years ago it cost me $28 per cat for an exam. Now it's $54?! They also used to include the distemper vaccination in with the exam, now they charge separately. I understand prices go up, but this really is ridiculous. What's next, $10 for a loaf of bread? The price you were paying in the fairly recent past was *extremely* inexpensive. I've been going to the same vet practice since the 70's. The exam price has gone up a little recently - to $42. I remember when it was in the 30's, but I literally can't remember when it was $28. (Probably in the 1980's??) A limited office visit is a few dollars cheaper; & and if I bring more than one cat in at a time, one cat is charged the full price, & the other cat(s) is charged the limited price, even if they both had full exams. And the price of vaccination(s) has always an add-on. If your vet used to basically give it for free, that was amazing; the practice has to practice has to purchase the vaccines; I can't imagine them basically giving them away. IMO, vet prices aren't bad - inexpensive compared with the price for a human doctor office visit; *and* the vet tends to spend way more time with my cats than the doctor usually spends with me on any given office visit! Cathy |
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Vet's prices - going up up up; for no good reason
$54 WOULD BE OK IF the vet knew what he/she was doing. Unfortunately,
many do not. I have had two vets give the wrong diagnosis for my pet and intitate treatment based on that wrong diagnosis. Then the next vet after several hundred dollars of tests and anesthesia, STILL cannot determine the cause of the problem. The truth is most of these guys would never get into and out of human med school and we all KNOW how many mistakes human doctors make. If they want to build expensive clinics and charge Beverly Hills prices, then at least screen out all the incompetents in the field. Most of these vets also would not be able to survive human medical school because they are psychologically unfit for dealing with the public. Not all of them, but a disproportiately large percentage of them. And, it shows what kind of practice and motives they have when they charge a large fee on the initial consult. That shows they are primarily interested in money and they don't want to serve clients who cannot pay. These people should never get into vet school to begin with, since their motivation is not to help animals, but to helpe themselves. We need to kick some ass at the administrative level amongst the people that select vet school applicants, they obviously have not been doing their job. "M.S." wrote in news:9ce60f05-ee89-4f06-ab3a- : Just out of curiosity, how much is your vet charging for exams? Mine now charges $54 for a senior semi-annual exam. Last year it was $46. All the other vet's in the area charge about the same. I think this is ridiculous, the economy can't be that bad that they have to jack up their prices that much. Everytime I go there they are super busy so I can't figure out why they need to raise all their prices. It's not like they're hurting for business. I'm going to make several anonymous suggestions about how they should give discounts to certain people or start a special discount program. I think senior citizens and people who get tax relief should get discounts on everything, all the time. When I got my cats I had no idea things would get this bad. Of course, I didn't choose my cats, they chose me. They just showed up here. I haven't picked out my own cat in over 15 years, these are all strays that I took in. If I had taken them to the animal shelter, 4 out of 5 would be dead because they're ill and the animal shelter has stupid policies on those sorts of things. |
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