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post #31 of 38
1/17/08 at 7:22pm
I agree with Katie on this one. Geesh, have some compassion and empathy Banefield. I won't have anything to do with them over this.
Is it really worth all the bad publicity just to say you are right, when you are dependent on people buying your services? Those Banefield people are STUPID.
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post #32 of 38
1/17/08 at 7:30pm
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Originally Posted by ckblv View Post
I agree with Katie on this one. Geesh, have some compassion and empathy Banefield. I won't have anything to do with them over this.
Is it really worth all the bad publicity just to say you are right, when you are dependent on people buying your services? Those Banefield people are STUPID.

So I gather from this statement that all the other folks at the clinic that worked on the cat should give back their paycheque too since they obviously didn't earn it because they didn't help save the cat. In which case, I sure am glad I don't work for a place like that.
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post #33 of 38
1/17/08 at 7:55pm
In some cultures people pay the medicine man only when well so the you die no one pays theroy works there but ALL of these cultures are still in Tribe mode
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post #34 of 38
1/17/08 at 8:30pm
This is a one year installment plan for wellness exams, blood tests, and shots so they are obligated to finish the payments. It's the same deal as putting the routine yearly expenses on a credit card. If the cat dies before you pay it off you still owe the money. The bad publicity is coming from people trying to get out of the money that they are obligated to pay. I know the money for vet bills can be tough to come up with sometimes but vet's are running a business. They have their office expenses and the people that work for them to be payed. They go to school a minimum of 8 years and already have an income that is below the average for people with a comparable amount of education.
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post #35 of 38
1/18/08 at 6:54am
IMO it is no different than a payment plan set up by a vet. Only you pay some of the costs before certain treatments. They work out the average cost of shots, deworming, teeth cleaning and whatever else they do, and you pay in installments. If a person had incurred costs that they put on a payment plan, it would be paid out of their estate (and it is not unheard of for gyms in certain areas to ask that the remainder of a contract be paid out of an estate, I have seen it in the news before).

You sign a contract, with any contract comes terms, and a year's payments were one of those terms. If I financed a vehicle and crashed it with no insurance, I would still have to pay for the financing, without the vehicle. The contract at Banfield is the same thing.

Essentially, I agree with Denise, if you put all those charges on your credit card they would still be there, why not with Banfield's Wellness Program which is essentially a payment plan like a credit card.
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post #36 of 38
1/18/08 at 1:08pm
Unfortunately, folks trying to get out of paying bills like these will probably result in these organizations no longer extending payments or credit and the good folks that honour their commitments but can't pay up front will be the ones to suffer.

It's bad behaviour like that which makes it bad for the rest of us but we all know there will always be those that spoil good things for the rest.
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post #37 of 38
1/18/08 at 4:06pm
I suspect that these cat owners didn't research what kind of plan they were buying into. Pet health insurance hasn't been around all that long in Germany, and when we adopted Jamie as a 10-week-old kitten 8 1/2 years ago, we looked into various offers, as we already had an elderly former feral with some serious health issues. Practically all the providers offered health insurance and/or wellness plans, and it was rather clear what the differences were. We opted to put a certain percentage of our income aside every month for "pet contingencies", but I can understand that health insurance and/or wellness plans can be a godsend.
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post #38 of 38
1/18/08 at 4:39pm
am i the only one that doesn understand anything about this insurance thing. i was gonna make a post of it a while back but decided i already looked stupid enough to y'all so i didnt post it.
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