Acorn are a bunch of con artists - charged me £230 for a health care certificate for the dog to him take to France - the so called 'health check' consisted of :
> Checking all his vaccs were up to date ( something they could see immediately on their system )
> Looking at his knashers and eyes
>...
It's not just happening to vets either - independent solicitors are being bought up by big offshore investment companies. Take Sussex Law in Ladies Mile Road as an example - look at their website you wouldn't know that they now belong to a far bigger group that has been buying out small...
Indeed - take Acorn vets in Hangleton and Portland Road for example. Give the implication they are independent but both owned by a much larger group ( over 900 practices ). Strangely the emergency vet they point you to is New Priory which, unsurprisingly, is part of the same group but you need...
The problem is that so many vets are now part of huge companies who want to make a killing.
One of my cats needs drugs to control a thyroid issue - £75 a month from the vets. After two years I thought I'd look into buying online - £19 for two months supply BUT I need a prescription from my vet...