vets take advantage

In two cases, 4 months apart, two different vets:
both estimated or said about $400 to examine, blood work, x-rays and to keep
cat until morning.
When cat was picked up, both vest presented bills for $1200. The 1st one
gave in little and was vary arrogant with weak justification, the 2nd vet,
after my complaint, reduced the bill to $440.
It is my conclusion, that a business practice of vets is to lure customer
in, then prey on their emotions to milk the maximum cash.
The cases above do not include the additional vet highly recommended
treatments, like blood transfusion, daily dialysis etc. which were highly
beyond our means.

I feel the vet industry is ripe for some sort of control as we have seen in
the human medical industry and maybe a better and more appropriate example
is the rules and conditions mortuaries now have to operate under. That
business in the past, like vets today, manipulated and influenced those who
were in grief, feigning shock that you wouldn't want to have the best money
can buy for your loved ones.

I am left with an extremely fowl taste of the vet industry and I hope
someday reforms as seen by mortuary and medical industry can become more
prevalent from state to state for vetinary. It is shameful and disgusting
the way vets feed on human emotion to line their pockets.

"jesseH" wrote in message
news:Lf_bc.10765$zc1.8928@okepread03...
In two cases, 4 months apart, two different vets:
both estimated or said about $400 to examine, blood work, x-rays and
to keep
cat until morning.
When cat was picked up, both vest presented bills for $1200. The
1st one
gave in little and was vary arrogant with weak justification, the
2nd vet,
after my complaint, reduced the bill to $440.
It is my conclusion, that a business practice of vets is to lure
customer
in, then prey on their emotions to milk the maximum cash.
The cases above do not include the additional vet highly recommended
treatments, like blood transfusion, daily dialysis etc. which were
highly
beyond our means.

I feel the vet industry is ripe for some sort of control as we have
seen in
the human medical industry and maybe a better and more appropriate
example
is the rules and conditions mortuaries now have to operate under.
That
business in the past, like vets today, manipulated and influenced
those who
were in grief, feigning shock that you wouldn't want to have the
best money
can buy for your loved ones.

I am left with an extremely fowl taste of the vet industry and I
hope
someday reforms as seen by mortuary and medical industry can become
more
prevalent from state to state for vetinary. It is shameful and
disgusting
the way vets feed on human emotion to line their pockets.


So Dan, aka quilterhusband, aka Jesse H., you are saying that you are
having your cat put down due to the cost of the treatment, exactly as
I thought. I, too am left with an extremely fowl taste.

"jesseH" wrote in message
news:Lf_bc.10765$zc1.8928@okepread03...
In two cases, 4 months apart, two different vets:
both estimated or said about $400 to examine, blood work, x-rays and
to keep
cat until morning.
When cat was picked up, both vest presented bills for $1200. The
1st one
gave in little and was vary arrogant with weak justification, the
2nd vet,
after my complaint, reduced the bill to $440.
It is my conclusion, that a business practice of vets is to lure
customer
in, then prey on their emotions to milk the maximum cash.
The cases above do not include the additional vet highly recommended
treatments, like blood transfusion, daily dialysis etc. which were
highly
beyond our means.

I feel the vet industry is ripe for some sort of control as we have
seen in
the human medical industry and maybe a better and more appropriate
example
is the rules and conditions mortuaries now have to operate under.
That
business in the past, like vets today, manipulated and influenced
those who
were in grief, feigning shock that you wouldn't want to have the
best money
can buy for your loved ones.

I am left with an extremely fowl taste of the vet industry and I
hope
someday reforms as seen by mortuary and medical industry can become
more
prevalent from state to state for vetinary. It is shameful and
disgusting
the way vets feed on human emotion to line their pockets.


So Dan, aka quilterhusband, aka Jesse H., you are saying that you are
having your cat put down due to the cost of the treatment, exactly as
I thought. I, too am left with an extremely fowl taste.

"jesseH" wrote in message
news:Lf_bc.10765$zc1.8928@okepread03...
In two cases, 4 months apart, two different vets:
both estimated or said about $400 to examine, blood work, x-rays and
to keep
cat until morning.

How come at my vet the same thing was under $200?

When cat was picked up, both vest presented bills for $1200.

You are lying again, you sack of sh*t. You never took this sweet old
cat to the vet at all, did you? And it was your fault she got out
where
she could be hurt.

"jesseH" wrote in message
news:Lf_bc.10765$zc1.8928@okepread03...
In two cases, 4 months apart, two different vets:
both estimated or said about $400 to examine, blood work, x-rays and
to keep
cat until morning.

How come at my vet the same thing was under $200?

When cat was picked up, both vest presented bills for $1200.

You are lying again, you sack of sh*t. You never took this sweet old
cat to the vet at all, did you? And it was your fault she got out
where
she could be hurt.

"Diane L. Schirf" wrote
in message
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In article Lf_bc.10765$zc1.8928@okepread03, "jesseH"

wrote:

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Subject: vets take advantage
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Interesting that AOL places Cox.net headers and uses MSOE . . .

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I'm kind of hoping he is a troll and that the
entire incident re the cat getting hurt was
made up.

"Diane L. Schirf" wrote
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In article Lf_bc.10765$zc1.8928@okepread03, "jesseH"

wrote:

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Interesting that AOL places Cox.net headers and uses MSOE . . .

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I'm kind of hoping he is a troll and that the
entire incident re the cat getting hurt was
made up.

On Sun, 04 Apr 2004 13:33:56 -0700, jesseH wrote:

It is my conclusion, that a business practice of vets is to lure customer
in, then prey on their emotions to milk the maximum cash.

Please don't feed the troll.
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Dennis Carr - | I may be out of my mind,
http://www.dennis.furtopia.org | But I have more fun that way.
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On Sun, 04 Apr 2004 13:33:56 -0700, jesseH wrote:

It is my conclusion, that a business practice of vets is to lure customer
in, then prey on their emotions to milk the maximum cash.

Please don't feed the troll.
--
Dennis Carr - | I may be out of my mind,
http://www.dennis.furtopia.org | But I have more fun that way.
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