Yes, I had a haircut. I am also in the middle of a battle to the death with an insurance company.
Just over a month ago one of our dogs, Lucy, had an unexplained and completely mysterious bleed. This resulted in her spending 4 days in the clinic with the vet sleeping there for the duration as well and us on standby to go in and say our goodbyes.
She recovered perfectly and I was appropriately billed for plasma, transfusions, medications, hospitalisation and care all of which I duly claimed for from our pet insurer.
They declined the claim which I then contested and have just received an email from their "help" desk stating that they will not pay. The following was pointed out by them:
1. The antidote for rat person was administered. We therefore deem that you (the owner) poisoned your dog. Quite apart from the damned fact that the antidote was given as a last resort to stem the bleeding!!!
2. Your vet is clearly responsible for a mysterious and previously undiagnosed blood disorder. It is your vets fault, they should pay.
3. Please continue to pay your monthly premium - we are always in the right and you need to continue to pay us so that we may continue to refuse to live up to our end of the agreement.
One of the things that I find most interesting is that the "Customer Relations Manager", who by definition of his job title is tasked with relating to customers, insists on emailing his responses to the help desk so that they can forward them to me and will not return my phone calls or phone me directly, despite having ready access to my contact details.
I am a confirmed and certifiable nutbar with a penchant for skulls, bones, blood, guts, fire and anything slightly peculiar and mostly bizarre. I also...
@graemestevens sorry! Hate misspelling people's names. Good luck with the battle against the crooked insurance company. My comment was purely as a response to your photograph and that expression!
Grrrr....one of the reasons we hadn't taken out pet insurance and still wonder to this day if that was a major mistake (thousands in medical bills for our dog) or "at least we didn't waste money on insurance" situation. Good luck! And nice haircut.
@dkay LOL, all is forgiven (and was immediately anyway...if it says Graham it must be Graham. Truth be told, I answer to worse) @deborah63 I'm going to try...the next step is the Ombudsman because these clowns won't even answer a simple email! @theboxmanreturns The barber actually asked if I wanted an eyebrow trim...the cheek of it!!! @humphreyhippo Well, if there's a hamper on offer that's where I'll go! @taffy Thank you and yes, but the last few claims have been declined so enough is enough
Well really Graham/Graeme did you really expect an insurance company to pay? Silly you!
Keep that bloody barber away from those brows!!!!!!
oh and let those games begin!
@annied They are now officially underway - I think I just scared the living bejesus out of them by mentioning the Ombudsman. Suddenly they're talking to me... @hrs Thank you very much :)
Go for it! Talk to an Insurance expert, read the small print on your insurance policy, find out who put the rat poison where! Just remembered that this causes internal bleeding! You are so lucky to still have her!
Love the hair-do, mate. As for the pet insurance company, maybe a little judiciously applied rat poison at Customer (Non-)Relations level?? What a miserable, nit-picking, pathetic pack of wankers. I shall wiggle my little finger at them.
@golftragic I mentioned the Ombudsman today and suddenly they're talking to me again...go figure @jgpittenger That and a jolly good foot stomping I should think. @katrinanz I think I'll need all the luck I can get! @northy I don't think I'll win but I do intend to have some fun... @maggiemae Oh I'm going for it alright @adi314 Thank you - for these ones I've been using a couple of cheap "workshop" lights that I picked up from Bunnings. I also have a black (and very rarely used white) backdrop,the rest happens in Lightroom
@scotthouston There is that approach...but I have lab results at my disposal which prove that their tenuous links to factors not covered by insurance are, at best, a load of bollocks. @yaorenliu They are indeed and shall be dealt with accordingly @domenicododaro That's the very next step - it's an $800 claim and a whole lot of principles and morals @alinz Oh yes - fun, joy, delight @golftragic Results and final scores will be posted ;)
(Great photo though, by the way)
I got a very nice hamper last time. ;)
Good luck!
@deborah63 I'm going to try...the next step is the Ombudsman because these clowns won't even answer a simple email!
@theboxmanreturns The barber actually asked if I wanted an eyebrow trim...the cheek of it!!!
@humphreyhippo Well, if there's a hamper on offer that's where I'll go!
@taffy Thank you and yes, but the last few claims have been declined so enough is enough
Keep that bloody barber away from those brows!!!!!!
oh and let those games begin!
@hrs Thank you very much :)
I'm glad your dog recuperated.
Cool scarf btw.
@jgpittenger That and a jolly good foot stomping I should think.
@katrinanz I think I'll need all the luck I can get!
@northy I don't think I'll win but I do intend to have some fun...
@maggiemae Oh I'm going for it alright
@adi314 Thank you - for these ones I've been using a couple of cheap "workshop" lights that I picked up from Bunnings. I also have a black (and very rarely used white) backdrop,the rest happens in Lightroom
@yaorenliu They are indeed and shall be dealt with accordingly
@domenicododaro That's the very next step - it's an $800 claim and a whole lot of principles and morals
@alinz Oh yes - fun, joy, delight
@golftragic Results and final scores will be posted ;)
@vignouse I can't help being roguishly handsome...