PET TRAVEL CERTIFICATE WARNINGTook our dog here in October last year for a pet travel certificate, the cost was £120Today, six months later and the same certificate prepared by the same person cost £220This was for a thirty five minute admin appointment, no medication etc. Our fault for not checking the price first you could say, I queried the 83% increase since last October, the office manager explained as less vets locally are doing the certificates and they’ve had to employ a dedicated member of staff to do this, I pointed out it’s the same person doing it as last time and why should less vets locally doing it affect the price, other than they feel they can get away with charging higher prices.I had no choice but to pay having felt totally ripped off.Driving home I felt angry that the office manager had tried to justify the price rise on a perceived monopoly, makes me wonder about the rest of their pricing structure.I checked on line and the national average is between £130-150, I phoned other vets (Sidcup, Welling, Greenhithe and West Kingstown and was quoted between £171 to £181 for exactly the same service.I would strongly suggest you shop around as despite what I was told, there are local vets doing the same job at a far cheaper price.
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