Posted by dave2 on April 25, 2012 at 01:08:10 from (79.240.139.27):
In Reply to: O/T Pet Vets posted by donjr on April 24, 2012 at 17:32:44:
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I always get a kick outta the folks that jump in to defend price gouging......
I always wonder if it's because they are crooks tghemselves or just stupid enough to pay the gougers are are on the defense....
Sure there are honest folks in every profession (even if it's making hay). but a crook is a crook, regardless of the jacket you put on em.....
Wife does most everything to our animals herself except surgery or anything requiring more than local anesthesia, but we have to use a vet sometimes..
Couple examples of charges from vets in an area of high rent, high tuition, 10 buck a gallon fuel, and 19% sales tax...
Dog:
Checkup w/shots + rabies= 60 bucks
Castration (total bill with sleepover)= 90 bucks
Have to take the breeders in once for hip and elbow exrays and blood tests and yearly for eye tests. Just took two in for the xrays (have to be knocked out), blood, and first eye test to a specialized clinic. Total bill for both dogs was right at 600 bucks.
Horses:
farrier= he comes to the house, I load him in my car and take him where needed.... Trim= 12 bucks
Had a 2 vets and a helper drive 30 miles one way to castrate two, one vet came back for a follow up check. total bill for both was 600 bucks.
Don't get one often if ever, but an ultrasound (at the house or on the pasture) is 90 bucks.
Wife draws blood for pregnancy tests and sends it to the lab. 15 bucks for the lab test.
People:
I had a root canal and 2 fillings. Total from initial visit to last follow up was just at 200 bucks.
I had a birthmark removed on my head with laser (looked like a stone on a horses leg)... Total for initial visit, checking for cancer, and taking it off was 110 bucks...
My appendix burst: Initial doctor visit with a bellyache, poking and deciding I was about gone, ride from doctor office to ER, surgery, week+ in hospital with antibiotics and an extra tube in the gut, followup visit to take out a stitch, and the total bill was 3500 bucks.
On the people side, these are total prices because I have to pay cash and get reimbursed by my insurance..
Some of us Americans are just flat out crooks and we have them over here as well.....
Now, let's see how many jump in and tell me that it's cause I'm in the midst of nazis and socialist's and been here too long....
On another note...
Small square bale of hay (30-40 pounds) costs a buck to a buck fifty.... same size (not weight) straw bale = 50 cents
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