£12.50 Charge For Perscription From Vet

orlao

missbargain wrote: »

A thought came to me this morning while in bed.

It would be great if Mr Stellios Haji-Ioanu, the owner of EasyJet, opend the EasyVet.

Of course, this would be just for routine treatments (boosters, defleeing, deworming, grooming, teeth check-ups etc), so nothing that needs ongoing treatments and care. The price would probably be 1/3 of the regular vets, but it would mean that we could take our cats there for those routing things, and have our expensive vets for more involved procedures.
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I think there are various practices along those lines.....Vets4Pets is the one that springs to mind....

While I take on board what Chameleon is saying about supporting your own vet,I do think that if you can source the same treatment/products at a considerable lower price then that is what most savvy people will do.....after all that's capitalism at it's best, isn't it

missbargain

I am all for supporting my local vet, but not if he does not support me.

For example, when I went to buy those flea ampules in a hurry, I explained to the girl at the reception that I could not bring Zebs as I didn't have a cat carrier as I have only just adopted him and didn't manage to buy it yet.
I live literally two streets away from the practice, she could have, as a gesture of good will and neigbourly trust, offered to sell me a box at their normal prices under the proviso that I bring Zebs in when I get the basket. Or perhaps to sell me just 1 amule at a more reasonable price. Or, God Forbid, to give me one ampule for free, imagine how much profit they would have lost if they had given me one ampule for free (warning: heavy sarcasm)!!!
I am not poor, I can afford the ampule, but this is as much about attitude and trust as it is about money, as MrsE's previous posts have shown. This is when I decided to go elswhere. Also, I happen to know their charges for other procedures, and they are massive, I mean, they could not be called "a struggling" vet by any stretch of imagination.
The easy this, easy that has sprung up as a response to the rip off practices. Have they not been so expensive and greedy, "easy" style business would not have been so successful. It is all about competition and that's how it should be. As it is, I am supporting someone else's local vet.

I don't have vets4pets locally, I'll look them up on the web, just out of interest.

P.S.
I have just looked them up, not many of them in South East, but there seem to be quite a few of them North East and middle of the country. Interesting...

snowman2_2

Vets4Pets started in leeds and are working their way around the country region by region. They are cheaper for routine things but more expensive for other treatments. I also would have not charged for a DOA for a regular customer. If you mess me around, or take 45 mins to get there when you are a mile down the road, I might charge something for my time. But there is certainly no way anyone other than the vet in charge of the case would go into the room for the next few minutes. Anyone cleaning around a greiving custonmer is going to get a bo***king from me.

Kerriebaby

Am I the only one who still buys frontline etc from the vet? I kind of see it as supporting local businesses, and ensuring that the vet can afford to buy whatever equipment they need. Also my vet recommends my business to his clients and vice versa.

Jasper ( vet ) is fab with all my guys, my DSD girlie has a fear of most men, and on her first visit to him, he sat on the floor with her, and let her a approach him when she felt ready. Since then, everytime, he gets jumped on and kissed, just as everyone else who she knows and likes ( thought she wasnt impressed with the KC vaccine )

MrsE_2

snowman2 wrote: »

Vets4Pets started in leeds and are working their way around the country region by region. They are cheaper for routine things but more expensive for other treatments. I also would have not charged for a DOA for a regular customer. If you mess me around, or take 45 mins to get there when you are a mile down the road, I might charge something for my time. But there is certainly no way anyone other than the vet in charge of the case would go into the room for the next few minutes. Anyone cleaning around a greiving custonmer is going to get a bo***king from me.

We were about 9 miles away, via country lanes & we got there in less than 20 minutes:eek: I though DH was going to kill us all, luckly the roads were empty & when using country lanes at night you have the benefit of lights to "see around corners".

Our vets is in Surrey & they are not cheap (nothing is in Surrey), the price is not the problem, I think that £120 should have bought us a couple of minutes privacy & a squirt of flea spray.
I was really upset by the fleas at the cremation, he was really well cared for & I treated him every month (he did get them sometimes).
When we picked him up in the morning they had him wrapped to contain the fleas they said, wouldn't it have been easier to give him a squirt of spray.

I'm really puzzled about the fleas because we don't have them in the house (AFAIK) & I treated him religiously, is it common to have a few & they come out when the animal is cold?

I would have though if he had enough on him to see them, then I would have them visable in the house?
But downstairs I'm all hard flooring & leather sofas & leather dining chairs and even upstairs its half hard flooring.

MrsE_2

Kerriebaby wrote: »

Am I the only one who still buys frontline etc from the vet? I kind of see it as supporting local businesses, and ensuring that the vet can afford to buy whatever equipment they need. Also my vet recommends my business to his clients and vice versa.

Jasper ( vet ) is fab with all my guys, my DSD girlie has a fear of most men, and on her first visit to him, he sat on the floor with her, and let her a approach him when she felt ready. Since then, everytime, he gets jumped on and kissed, just as everyone else who she knows and likes ( thought she wasnt impressed with the KC vaccine )

I bought my frontline on line because it was so much cheaper, but I bought my worm tablets from the vet. They are Miramax (or something) & expensive & I think available only from the vet.

Kerriebaby

MrsE wrote: »

We were about 9 miles away, via country lanes & we got there in less than 20 minutes:eek: I though DH was going to kill us all, luckly the roads were empty & when using country lanes at night you have the benefit of lights to "see around corners".

Our vets is in Surrey & they are not cheap (nothing is in Surrey), the price is not the problem, I think that £120 should have bought us a couple of minutes privacy & a squirt of flea spray.
I was really upset by the fleas at the cremation, he was really well cared for & I treated him every month (he did get them sometimes).
When we picked him up in the morning they had him wrapped to contain the fleas they said, wouldn't it have been easier to give him a squirt of spray.

I'm really puzzled about the fleas because we don't have them in the house (AFAIK) & I treated him religiously, is it common to have a few & they come out when the animal is cold?

I would have though if he had enough on him to see them, then I would have them visable in the house?
But downstairs I'm all hard flooring & leather sofas & leather dining chairs and even upstairs its half hard flooring.

doesnt matter what flooring you have, fleas will always find a way!, I have wooden floors too, the fleas make their homes in the gooves in the floors/on your curtains, even in your clothing!

tankgirl1

MrsE I'm sorry you had a bad experience at such a traumatic time

Re the fleas, it happens often. In fact one of my kitties was killed in an RTA yesterday, and on the way to the vets fleas started crawling off her - she was frontlined regularly, and I never saw one on her when she was alive. Its bizarre, but it's not your fault.

The nurse was probably just trying to help in honesty, by explaining what was happening. It may not have been that easy to spray Ted if he was longhaired - it would have the same effect (of fleas crawling off him), and you really have to saturate the fur for it to work on a longhaired animal. Perhaps the nurse just noticed the problem before you arrived, and didn't have time to spray him, dry him, and comb him out. I am sure that she was just trying to reassure you not to be alarmed if you saw them moving on his coat.

I'm really sorry for your loss. Ted sounds like he was a lovely boy, and I know how heartbreaking it is. I hope you don't mind me trying to perhaps show why the nurse acted as she did - I have done the same thing as her in the past, and I think I am a very conscientious nurse.

DKLS

Considering the running costs of a surgery, and the time taken to qualify as well as the on going training. I think the vet bills I have paid are more than reasonable, especially when compared to my day rate.

How many other careers do you have to study for the rest of your working life?

And after all they are they are running a business, and unfortunately for Vets their customer base are prone to being very emotional about their pets.

IMO opinion if you cannot afford the vets services when required, should you really have a pet.

lowis

Considering the running costs of a surgery, and the time taken to qualify as well as the on going training. I think the vet bills I have paid are more than reasonable, especially when compared to my day rate.

i have no problem with vet bills if they are justified (modern surgery, caring and thorough staff etc), what i have a problem with is the few greedy vets who play on people's emotions. how can one vet charge £575 and another vet charge £300 for the same operation, whne their surgeries are just a mile apart?

How many other careers do you have to study for the rest of your working life?

quite a few of the 'professions' require ongoing Career Development throughout that professional working life...such as Architects...who, like vets, aren't that greatly paid considering their responsibilities and training. Only the 'starchitects' in each practice really rake money in.

And after all they are they are running a business, and unfortunately for Vets their customer base are prone to being very emotional about their pets.

IMO opinion if you cannot afford the vets services when required, should you really have a pet.

and this is why pet insurance is a god-send and an absolute necessity if you own a pet. yes i can afford all the routine stuff but i could never afford the thousands regularly charged for a procedure. also, when my cats get ill i can be confident that my vet will do everything he possibly can to help them, as he knows they are insured he can throw the best procedures their way (i hate to think what sort of decisions he and i would have to make if they weren't insured).