Dentists..

[Spicerack]

Couple of weeks ago my old neighbour had a tooth-ache. Dentist was shut but said to ring up for an appointment.
I had to ring and the receptionist said there was a £60 cash fee to see someone. Checked with neighbour, no problem. Later that day, he'd had the tooth out and was charged £80 cash. That's not bad I said as it costs £60 to have a tooth pulled around here anyway.
Same day, I ordered a new fridge/freezer from Amazon for him but he kept grumbling they'd charged £60 extra for delivery. I didn't think that was possible so asked him to show me his bank statement when it came.
Sure enough, after a bit of detective work, it wasn't Amazon but the dentist had charged the £60 to his card.
Do you think this is a rip-off using Covid as a cover.
Or a fair charge in lieu of danger money for treating possible Covid patients.
Anyone had a similar experience?

[bednobs]

how can it be a rip off if he gave them his card details?
unless it's NHS work

[bednobs]

also, I don't quite get why he would pay them cash and ALSO give his card details

[Spicerack]

He's always used that dentist, bedknobs.
I think he'd likely be NHS but don't know to be honest.

[bednobs]

if that is an NHS charge, it's not correct as it does not equate to any NHS charge for dentistry. I would happily pay £140 to get rid of toothache though :)

[Spicerack]

Yes, I expect most people would. (if they had it)

[bednobs]

I think Barry has been having some trouble with his dentist trying to chage him extra for NHS work.
I used to work in PALS and 50% of our enquiries were about dentists so it wouldn't surprise me if they were trying it on

[Chinajan]

Sounds like he was seen on a private basis and that £60 was the fee to see the dentist and then the treatment itself was charged at another £80.

[DTCwordfan]

the NHS fee for a tooth extraction is £65 - I had one a month ago, a crown root that had split in two.

[DTCwordfan]

£45 for an initial consultation like a quarterly or bi-annual check-up.