Understand your upset whitespirit, also agree with the op view of rippoff vets/britain.
The thing with vets is they are expensive. At the end of the day, you are hiring a professional. When you hire the services of a professional, also think doctor, lawyer, it ain't going to be cheap.
In a way, Crank39 deserves some credit for giving a home to an animal and seeing that it gets medical treatment. Encouraging people to pull a fast one on a charity......................well, perhaps I'm out of date. I've pulled a few fast ones over the years, so I suppose some might say 'let he who is without sin.....................' - but some things are off limits. Or should be.
Sermon over.