Complaint Review: PETCO - la jolla California
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PETCO petco Petco injured our dog and then lied to us (caught on audio tape) la jolla, California
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I have a problem with PETCO and I'm wondering what my next step should be. here's a bit of the back story.
Our
dog had been sprayed by a skunk in September. It was a small spot on
her chest, but as you can imagine it smelled horrible. We brought her
to PETCO because they have a grooming service
that claims to take care of the problem. A few days after she got back,
we noticed that she appeared to ahve some sort of infection and her
skin was flaking off over here entire body. This made absolutely no
sense considering the fact that I have dealt with animals that have
been sprayed before and this had never happened. It wasn't just in the
area that was sprayed, it was her entire body. As i said, the skin was
flaking and smelled horrible, like rotting flesh.
We went back to PETCO
and spoke to the man that had actually given her the bath. Much to our
surprise, he advised us that they had a problem with a particular
product that had actually caused dogs to get infected in the past. he
went on to tell us that the skin would flake
off the dogs. he said that due to this, they had stopped using the
product for awhile, but for some unknown reason, began using it again.
We were told to take the dog to the vet to get antibiotics and PETCO would take care of the vet bill.
But there was an even more surprising part. This same employee also told us that they have also had problems with their spray bottles. he said that the bottles aren't washed properly and they had a problem with fungus growing inside the bottles. This could have also been part of the problem.
So we went to the vet who confirmed an infection. When we tried to bring the vet bill back to PETCO,
we had a difficult time reaching the manager. Each time we visited, she
was either in a meeting or mysteriously unavailable. When she was
available and we were able to speak to her, she twice denied receiving
any fax from the vet, despite us knowing that the vet sent the fax.
When she finally made sure she received the fax, the manager said that
they would not pay the vet bill. She then said that there has been no
other reported incidents in the past and there has never been any
issues with their products or with their bottles.
We ahve tried
several times to get this resolved with the local store, but that got
us nowhere. Eventually we called the toll-free customer service number.
Several times, we were promised a call back. And each time, we would
wait 7 - 10 days. And at the end of the 7 - 10 day waiting period, we
would call back and were again promised a call back.
We finally
received a call back from the district manager today who simply said
that thy have "protocols" in place for cleaning the bottles. She didn't
address the issue with the chemical that caused the problem as well.
When I informed her that we have good evidence to show that those
procedures weren't followed and we were made promises, she said she
could not do anything about it and would have to have someone from
"risk management" (or something like that) call me back.
I am
thinking about taking this to district court to get them to pay for the
vet bill as promised. We have the statements from the vets to help our
case. But on top of that, we also have the conversations with the
employees on audio tape. We have the employee talking about the fungus in the bottles plus the product that caused the same exact issue in other dogs that have been taken to PETCO
for grooming. We also have the manager denying that there has ever been
any problems in the past. We live in a "one party consent" state so I
know there are no legal issues with the recordings. If this does go to
court, we will also be able to use those items in court. And since this
is a civil case and not a criminal case, we really only need a
preponderance of the evidence.
I feel we have a really strong
case, but was hoping to avoid having to go to court. We have tried
addressing this by every avenue we could find but it seems like we have
reached a dead end, and it seems like we are just being strung along
with promises of calls that never come. Is there something else we
should do or should I just go ahead and file the paperwork for court?
Thanks for your help!
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