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Originally Posted by broodizt  Hello all, this is a very long story but I will try to shorten it-My baby Milo was very sick and in the VCA hospital and my holistic Vet strongly encouraged me to let her take him to try to save his life, and she had my credit card on file. She started charging my card without informing me for care and equipment etc. and I found she charged my credit card over $11,000. She will not give me a bill and will not send in my insurance claim to PETPLAN for which I pay nearly $1000 a year for protection for this very reason to make sure I am not it with any big bills. She always has excuses, (she is sick, her employee is sick, she is to busy posting spiritual videos on Facebook, etc etc. She had him for about a week, back in Janurary at her home business. Is there anything I can do? Do I have any recourse? I cannot afford this bill without the insurance payment. I am beside myself. Would appreciate any thoughts or advice on this matter.
Thank you so much, I am so worried! |
I’m not a lawyer and can’t give legal advise, but if I were in your position I’d send the vet a very strongly worded letter detailing your complaints against her and telling her you will be filing against her in small claims court if she doesn’t provide you with an itemized bill and work with your insurance company. If she still refused, I’d file a claim in small claims court. The maximum claim you can file there is 10,000 — but you probably owe her something for her work, and you won’t need to pay an attorney, so it would be more cost effective in the long run.
I probably would also contact my credit card company and dispute the charges. At the very least, they would likely agree that a charge that high warrants an itemized bill, which you are justified in asking.