My family & I have taken our dogs to Pinecrest for 15 years... but something has changed over the last year & not for the better. We have left Pinecrest Vet Clinic due to a deterioration of their service & care for our dog and due to a lack of professionalism with regards to communication. It has become more difficult to talk to our vet there (Dr. Hinkle) than for my husband to talk to his cardiologist! Vet care became unilateral &, over time, any input I wanted to have concerning my pet's care seemed unwanted & a bother to the vet. The only way I could communicate with Dr. Hinkle was to pass a message through the gals at the front desk & email. So inefficient! Of course, you can't ho in w/your pet so, again, you're relegated to third party messages that you hope gets to the vet accurately.
Also, I was charged for medication that I didn't pick up + charged for lab work that I didn't receive results for. I requested the results & charge correction verbally, by email, & then by 2 letters with NO response except for a non-itemized bill sent to me that showed they ignored all my requests. I believe this is handled by Anna, as Dr.Hinkle (in the past) indicated that Anna was in charge & that she (Dr. H.) was not an owner. I finally sent a formal letter certified & return receipt (so they couldn't deny getting it) with my requests & they sent back a letter, without apology. After a month of practically begging to resolve my account & being totally ignored, I got a result, but only after a certified letter. They did not seem interested in resolving my account and I even wondered if they wanted to send my account to collections. It just doesn't make sense why the person in charge of the accounts wouldn't respond to me???
I've never been treated so poorly & unprofessionally by someone in business for themselves!
Pinecrest Vet Clinic let me know, by how they treated me, that they didn't care about my business or my dog's care. They have plenty of business & get good ratings but they really don't care about the owners & pets - they no longer want to fool with discussing what your pet needs with you because it's so much easier to unilaterally tell you - that way they can push many more pets through which makes them more money. I know they have a good bedside-manner but it doesn't mean their primary objective is your pet's care. It's about the money. It's about the money. It's about the money. read more