https://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/non-clinical-questions/25359/something-fishy Today I have received 2 telephone calls from our suppliers. Both have been contacted by someone called Alex to (supposedly) find out the details of our account manager. Luckily both companies thought there was something not quite right and said theyen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/173476?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 02 Feb 2017 10:40:23 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:a672ecf8-f898-48cd-82cb-5be2ebdee29fMartin Atkinson<p>[quote user=&quot;grumpyoldman&quot;]We have had this with 10 year supplies of credit card terminal rolls, X-ray films pre digital , business cards we did not ask for or want to be on, fax rolls by the shed full. They get the name of an employee ,get them to authorise an alleged order and send it closely followed by an invoice.[/quote]We had it with credit card rolls and card machine cleaning cards FFS when they tricked a nurse into giving her name and said they they just wanted &#39;confirmation of our regular order&#39; even though we&#39;d never bought anything from them. When I called and told them I didn&#39;t want the order they told me to send it back. I replied that if they wanted it they could come and collect it, they never did but kept sending invoices which I ignored until they gave up because the company when bust.</p> <p>My staff are now told not to give out any names unless they are 100% who is calling.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/173455?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 01 Feb 2017 21:45:39 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:a5ff2811-a129-4dd6-bd2b-28279def7655Clive Ansell<p>My ex boss would give them 7 days to collect, after which he charged storage or disposed of.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/173445?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 01 Feb 2017 20:30:11 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:537035e0-7309-47af-a12c-914c9a80950fgrumpyoldman<p>We have had this with 10 year supplies of credit card terminal rolls, X-ray films pre digital , business cards we did not ask for or want to be on, fax rolls by the shed full. They get the name of an employee ,get them to authorise an alleged order and send it closely followed by an invoice. Its the unacceptable face of power selling ,just refuse to pay and make them take it back, if they get shirty just point out that the contact does not have purchasing authority. Its all a bit of a pain in the bum 2BH. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/173432?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 01 Feb 2017 19:00:29 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:cda1003b-fc26-497d-bdf0-2a829d44bafaClare Tapsfield-Wright<p>Beware the arrival of something you haven&#39;t ordered like 200 rolls of blue towel followed by an invoice, &nbsp;allegedly approved by a member of the practice&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/173419?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 01 Feb 2017 17:33:50 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:98f90c85-be19-4745-b875-84da542f24b9Tracey King<p>Exactly! He had also telephoned one of the suppliers over the previous 2 days saying he was from 2 different practices!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/173403?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 01 Feb 2017 15:50:11 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:86377f07-6138-414b-85cb-dd94b5c994caEvelyn Barbour-Hill<p>&quot;.... exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery...&quot;&nbsp; <img src="/emoticons/v2/Very_happy_smiley.png" alt="Very happy" /></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>