https://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/non-clinical-questions/4822/price-fixing just out of interest - and to be a little bit of a devils advocate.... what would be so wrong with us setting prices, locally? since we have just had one of those &quot;how much do you charge for your first consult&quot; phone calls (and you know it&#39;s youren-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/16347?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 20 Apr 2010 19:59:05 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:06e7e454-cf87-4e44-831c-0de8762496f5Evelyn Barbour-Hill<p>[quote user=&quot;Hanna Bennett&quot;]</p> <p>we don&#39;t price fix, but we do ask a nurse to ring round the local practices every now and then pretending to be a client so that we can ensure we are in the right ballpark. Have done so since we found out we were charging nearly a tenner less than the other practices in our area for an initial consultation - no wonder we kept seeing all the scrotes.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <p>[/quote]</p> <p>If I got such a phone call and I could be sure it was the Tesco-type practice up the road, I&#39;d quote &#39;em double the actual price. <img src="https://www.vetsurgeon.org/emoticons/new/icon_twisted.png" alt="Mischievous" /></p> <p>&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/16344?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 20 Apr 2010 19:49:36 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:3c56fe22-5bf6-4177-be05-fb901ccdbdc5Hanna Bennett<p>we don&#39;t price fix, but we do ask a nurse to ring round the local practices every now and then pretending to be a client so that we can ensure we are in the right ballpark. Have done so since we found out we were charging nearly a tenner less than the other practices in our area for an initial consultation - no wonder we kept seeing all the scrotes.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/16333?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 20 Apr 2010 18:02:12 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:5522bc92-580c-417c-885a-4ba9ca11c87bClive Ansell<p><a target='_blank' target="_blank" href="http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/detail?itemId=1073792322&amp;type=RESOURCES">Its illegal</a>&nbsp; you could face fines of up to 10% of turnover and disqualification of directors. </p><div style="clear:both;"></div>