Raped by the Vets again!!

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We have a pretty good relationship with our local vet, due to a dog with Atkinson's disease & previously another dog always in need, so we keep them busy. For the Atkinson's treatment we get a discount for the daily drugs which appears ok.


However have just checked online for the last lot of non prescription drugs & fook me they are taking the Michael!! The online price average is about £14.00 & they raped us for £43.27 !! for the same product, it was an off the shelf purchase.


So I think our long standing relationship is about to end quite abruptly, or should I give them the option to rethink their pricing. We pay them enough in regular visits & check ups so I have no qualms that they don't get enough from us at a very good rate.


Any vets care to comment

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jonah35 said:

Surely you expect a professional veterinary practice to charge more than a website??!

Yes I do expect them to charge more, we have been paying maybe 25% over the odds for Florinef for the past 8 years, approx £38's worth a month, we are happy with that as they provide us a good service.

However raping the same customer for another product at 3x its market rate I do not consider good practice

Question, why should the vets have a higher margin on retail products out of interest?

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Simpo Two said:

cptsideways said:

Question, why should the vets have a higher margin on retail products out of onterest?

Possibly because they are several qualified veterinary professionals in a shiny building that has to pay business rates and tax and veterninary nurses, and not some Albanian bandit in an attic?

But ultimately yer pays yer money and takes yer choice

Is that not what the £200 h/r fees are for?

When you have a dying dog that was saved by their efforts supported by about 6 staff over 3 days of intensive care, plus they diagnosed a very rare disease in short time, we were more than happy to pay for it.