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They're saying they need over £100 worth of vets treatment. I find this hard to believe as they looked fine to us.
The couple paid nothing for the GPs but did also take their large hutch which cost about £90 new - they paid £35 for this and were under no obligation to do take it.
She's now sending me texts saying that she's 'not happy' - any advice as to what I should do?
And its your problem why ?did you give a warrenty on your guinea pigs ?
caveat emptor...
if you said "they look/seem fine", no problem. If you said "they're all up to dates re. vet stuff" then you may be liable for the £100.
send her a rat in the post.
Offer to take them back and give to someone else, or ask for copy of vet bill and go halves on it?
Were any Paypal gift payments involved in the ownership transfer of these rodents?
Did you not put 'sold as seen' on the receipt?
Wouldn't it be cheaper to just buy them new guinea pigs?
not quite the same as a living creature, but i gave my old dyson away on freecycle and got a text a few weeks later saying it needed a new motor and i needed to pay half! some people are like that even with free things, what exactly do these pets need thats costing £100 from the vet?
Is this what it's come to? people get stuff for free and it's still not good enough 🙄
[url= http://www.guineapigrehome.org.uk/gp/centres.asp ]Give her this link then tell her to **** off to Pets at Home[/url]
failing that I have a barbecue and I'm not adverse to exotic meats
You could get one and a half kittens for the price of the guinea pigs treatment. Problem solved
Common street food in South America and don't taste too bad.
Get 'em back
Eat 'em
Put cage on ebay
Make money and not be hungry rather than pay out £100
HTH
Stuffed guinea pig for xmas dinner ?
I'm lost for words
I mean at the very least she should have talked to you before going to the vets
The DYSON motor, I mean
no speechless
but i gave my old dyson away on freecycle and got a text a few weeks later saying it needed a new motor and i needed to pay half! some people are like that even with free things,
Did you ask to see a receipt before paying?
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I think you're right... stuff 'em. I'm amazed really. There's another lady who wanted them and actually lives near where they are now..... I'll send the contact details!
She's now sending me texts saying that she's 'not happy'
Haha! Is she 5? "Now 'm weally weally cwoss"
She/they are clearly massive penises.
Did they get someone to inspect the guinea pigs first?
What's wrong with them?
how much would a taxidermist charge?
send her a link to this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_euthanasia
How can guinnea pigs rack up over £100 worth of vets bills?! Seems a little extreme to me....
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Make a pair of mini-RC-flying-guinea pigs!
Guinea pigs in blankets?
i gave my old dyson away on freecycle and got a text a few weeks later saying it needed a new motor and i needed to pay half
😯 🙄
delete the text messages without reading them?
She's not happy? Text these to her:
Nasty Little Boy A policeman caught a nasty little boy with a bb gun in one hand and a guinea pig in the other. "Now Listen here," the policeman said, "Whatever you do to that poor, defenseless creature I shall personally do to you" "In that case," said the boy. "I'll kiss it's butt and let it go"
Pickup Truck
A police officer sees a man driving around with a pickup truck full of guinea pigs. He pulls the guy over and says... "You can't drive around with guinea pigs in this town! Take them to the zoo immediately." The guy says "OK"... and drives away. The next day, the officer sees the guy still driving around with the truck full of guinea pigs, and they're all wearing sun glasses. He pulls the guy over and demands... "I thought I told you to take these guinea pigs to the zoo yesterday?" The guy replies... "I did . . . today I'm taking them to the beach!"
The Rat and the Guinea Pig A drunk walks up to a barkeeper one day and says, "If I show you a trick will you give me a free drink?" The Barkeep says "Depends on how good of a trick it is." The Drunk reaches into his pocket and pulls out a guinea pig and places him behind the piano. The guinea pig starts to play the sweetest jazz riff the barkeeper has ever heard. He pours the drunk his drink. The drunk, after killing his drink says, "If I show you another trick can I have another free one?" The barkeep says "If it is anything like that last one, you can drink free all night."The drunk reaches into his other pocket, pulls out a rat, sets it on top of the piano, and the rat starts scatting along with the guinea pig." Impressed, the barkeeper starts to pour drinks as fast as the drunk can drink 'em. After several hours, a big time Hollywood agent walks in, sees the act and franticaly asks the barkeeper who it belongs to. The barkeeper points tothe drunk who is passed out on the floor. The agent wakes him up and says, "I will give you 1 Million dollars for that act." The drunks says "not for sale". The agent says, "Ok, 100 grand for just the scating rat."The drunk say, "deal" The agent writes the check and leaves with the rat. The barkeeper looks at the drunk and says, "Are you nuts? You had a Million dollar act that you just broke up for a whimpy 100 g's?" The Drunk says, "Relax, the guinea pig is a ventriloquist"
Night of Drinking
A man and his pet guinea pig walk into a bar. It's about 5pm, but they're ready for a good night of drinking. They start off slowly, watching TV, drinking beer, eating peanuts. As the night goes on they move to mixed drinks, and then shooters, one after the other. Finally, the bartender says: "Last call." So, the man says, "One more for me... and one more for my guinea pig." The bartender sets them up and they shoot them back. Suddenly, the guinea pig falls over dead. The man throws some money on the bar, puts on his coat and starts to leave. The bartender, yells: "Hey buddy, you can't just leave that lyin' there." To which the man replies: "That's not a lion, that's a guinea pig."
Movies
A man in a movie theater notices what looks like a guinea pig sitting next to him. "Are you a guinea pig?" asked the man, surprised. "Yes." "What are you doing at the movies?" The guinea pig replied, "Well, I liked the book."
Q: What did the grape say when the guinea pig stood on it? A: Nothing, it just let out a little wine!
Q: Why did the guinea pig cross the road? A: To prove to the possum that it could be done!
Q: When does a guinea pig go "moo"? A: When it is learning a new language!
Q: What do you call a guinea pig that can pick up an elephant ? A: Sir!
Q: When do guinea pigs run away from rain? A: When its raining cats and dogs!
source: http://www.jokes4us.com/animaljokes/guineapigjokes.html
Common street food in South America and don't taste too bad.
Actually not 'street food' at all, but a special, celebratory delicacy that's saved for special occasions. Called 'cuy' because that's the noise they make and kept living around the house until, oh, someone's birthday or whatever. There's a painting of the Last Supper in Cuzco cathedral showing Jesus and the gang sat around a table with a nice, roasted cuy as the centrepiece... 🙂
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its a test to find out if you are stupid enough to give them £100.
if you pay, you have failed and will need to repeat the test.
to pass the test tell them to **** off.
seriously, what is this world coming to . . . .
Some people are just unbelievable. I would gladly give her a call on your behalf to explain the situation to her! Trust me it would not be a long or detailed conversation.
You could also play the game and ask if there were any other bills you could help out with whilst she was rolling you over for the vet bills for the free [s]rats[/s] Guinea Pigs such as gas, electric or even a handout to help with the kids presents.
Put her details on here and we can all call her asking has she got any Guinea Pigs she no longer wants.
I like this approach to avoid treatment fees
1) Give away animals
2) New owners pay vets bill
3) original owner then takes animals 'off their hands to save them future expense'
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I would gladly give her a call on your behalf to explain the situation to her! Trust me it would not be a long or detailed conversation.
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Two uses. Hitting and digging.
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What can be wrong with them that costs £100?
Explain to the silly deluded cow that one of the responsibilities of owning an animal is that you take on the cost of veterinary care. If you don't want to pay vets fees, get a brick on a string instead.
mightymule - Memberget a brick on a string instead.
Only problem with that is that it's much harder to convert it into a helicopter.
Seriously, laugh at them, they're ridiculous people and they could do with being laughed at.
Give your local pet shop a call and see how long they will guarantee a GP? I think my local pet shop guarantees bought animals for 7 maybe 14 days after purchase. How long has she had them?
find them a cheaper vet?
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I removed (my) confier 'hedge' between gardens on a house I own and put up a fence. This freed up the not inconsiderable space on both sides where it use to grow.....then the architypal single mum council tenant neighbour told me I had to pay to re-turf her garden because this had left a big bare patch (in her un-careed for garden) and I had to sort it out. She even phone her housing team to try and tell them to make me do it. 😯
We had one of those not very long and not very complicated conversations about it 🙄
Liberal use of Anglo Saxon phrases could be handy.
You could call them pretending to be the vet and suggest that you just got some alert back from the test results of MAFF and they need to disinfect the whole house and stay in qurantine. A team of specialists will come tomorrow and sterilise them and all there belongings.
Dont forget to get a list of everywhere and everyone they have had contact with in the last 10 days.
Liberal use of Anglo Saxon phrases could be handy.
Here's some, but I dunno how that'd help:
Hwæt! We Gardena in geardagum,
þeodcyninga, þrym gefrunon,
hu ða æþelingas ellen fremedon.
Oft Scyld Scefing sceaþena þreatum,
Loving this thread, given me a few guffaws so far. As more than a few have said, the attitude of a couple of people really get the 😯 response.
I wonder if the animals were fine when the OP gave them away, but now the mental turmoil of being re-homed has caused grief and anguish, and the £100 is for 6 sessions of therapy?
DrP
Believe me, £100 is NOTHING when you're talking vets fees!
As a gesture of goodwill, you could offer to refund her the money she paid for them?
I suggest that if you are concerned offering to take the animals and hutch back, refunding any money they gave you. The other option tell them to #### off..... Tioli.
tell her to bring em back.. in good health or your orf to the rspca
Yep as cougar says, offer a refund as a gesture of goodwill 🙂
If you lived near Blackburn I'd have taken them off your hands, I've got over 70 so 2 more wouldn't hurt 🙂
Yes I'm a cavy fanatic, not quite as bad as a pigeon fancier, or a football fan, but crazy enough lol.
If it was a skin infection, I can see where the money went on 3 weeks of an injection every week, then the vets will have put them on anti biotics and charged a fortune, me being in the know can do most of that for about £1 !!!
Caz 😛 xx
Ditto, if you're near Sheffield we're really keen to get a pair of pigs.
This woman does sound mental and ungrateful.
This thread has made me smile
Munrobiker,
I have pigs for sale 😉
Caz xx
Having eaten guinea pig, I can confirm it is rather tasty.
As a gesture of goodwill, you could offer to refund her the money she paid for them?
This is by far the best response...unless you want to entertain us by trolling her a bit and posting up the replies.
If it was a skin infection, I can see where the money went on 3 weeks of an injection every week, then the vets will have put them on anti biotics and charged a fortune, me being in the know can do most of that for about £1 !!!
Sudocrem? 😉
i gave my old dyson away on freecycle and got a text a few weeks later saying it needed a new motor and i needed to pay half!
the society we live in worries me more and more.
What is the £100 for? It could be very easy to get a bill of that amount for 2 small animals, a consultation fee and 2 (annual or 18 month) inoculations could add up to that in no time.
Y'know what. Reckon I'm going to start invoicing 'The Cats Protection Society' for all the vet costs of the girlfriends cat.
*note it's the girlfriends cat. Disruptive nocturnal puking little ******
piemonster - Member
Disruptive nocturnal puking little ******
Cat or GF?
Tell her to go and blow it out of her not-inconsiderable rear end. After denying all knowledge of any guinea-pigs. Her problem now, not yours.
Tell her to go and blow it out of her not-inconsiderable rear end.
😯 You must have met her!
Funny thread.
When I read the title I thought you were going to add..
"our Neighbour brought us round a meaty stew"
I'm amazed that anyone would even consider going to a Vet with something like a Guinea Pig. And to then ask for the cash 🙄
piemonster - Member
Disruptive nocturnal puking little ******
Cat or GF?
😆
Classic STW thread - up there in the top 20
Not heard anything so I'm assuming they're not dead.
Tell her to go and blow it out of her not-inconsiderable rear end.
I now understand why the vet might've cost a bit. Question is, how did it get up there?!
*spits coffee moment*
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Cat or GF?
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