Why do people think vets should discount services or allow you to make payments?

I haven't been on here very long, but a lot of you seem to think that vet's should allow people to make payments. Why? You took on the responsbility of an animal- you need to take care of it. If you can't pay for vet services- don't get an animal. Do you go to the grocery store and say "OOPS- can you bill me, I don't have enough money this week." Veterinary offices are buisnesses just like everywhere else- they have bills, overhead, inventory and staff to pay. It is not their responsiblity to take care of your sick pet when you can't afford it. I mean seriously- do I go to your place of work and ask for a payment plan? Do breeders allow you to make payments on the pup you bought? Before you get an animal- make sure you can afford it. You can expect to average around $350- $500 PER PET a year just in vet services- vaccines, heartworm prevention and dental cleanings. So, then you can add in another $200+ for a high quality food. Emergency= $1000+. Can you afford this???
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I have been a vet tech for 17 years and was around back when making payments was commonplace. The sad truth is that the vets got screwed at least 70% of the time!!!!! All these people on here want the vet to take payments and think they will MAKE the payments, but when it comes right down to it, they don't. Many do not even have a credit card, and if you can't even get that, why does a vet think you are a good risk????? They are not in the loan business. Doctors kind of have to treat people and allow payments, it is the law. Vets do not. Pets are not a right, they are in fact a luxury!!! Kind of like a Corvette. If you can't afford a Vette, you don't get one....but people get all kinds of cheap and free pets and think they won't need a vet...the last pet never got sick until it dropped dead. So they go on thinking they will never need a vet, and one day..POOF!....a sick pet. Then they are all down on the vets because they will not make their lives easier by taking payments that they will never get. It is another reason why vet costs are so high!! People do not pay, or bounce a check and then the vet has to write off that money and the rest of us pay for it in higher costs!!!!!! These type people will never get any better. They think the world owes them and if there is nobody standing there offering to help them, then the rest of us are bad and don't care!!!! These people HAVE computers and internet service!!!!! I have not read any post here that says someone will go and hock their computer to get vet care for the pet!!!!!!!!!!!!! It is easler for them to cry about it here!!!!! And yes, I HAVE had a problem...a dog needing a hip replacement...and I got a CREDIT CARD to pay for it!!!! It was my problem, not the vets. I provide for my pets. I do not expect the vet to do it for me!!!!!!!!!! I also set aside a MONTHLY amount for pet care and put it in an account!!! That is what people do to ensure the pets can have care if they need it!!!! Where do you draw the line for vets??? What if you bring a cat in that was hit by a car. The vet says it will cost $500 to TRY and save the cat. You say you do not have it but will make payments. The vet..if he was going to pay it himself, would euthanize the cat because he cannot foot such a high bill....but you are going to make payments so he goes ahead and treats it. $400 later and the cat dies anyway. Then you have a high vet bill and no cat. So you don't pay. How is that fair to the vet?????? Then he can either eat the cost, or shell out MORE money to send you to collections and probably still not get it. Now the next time you go to the vet, costs are higher. People need to plan better. That is the bottom line!! ANd take more responsibility for your own pets....or maybe you should get insurance for them!!!!!!
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