Active discussions

Please or to access all these features

Talk
AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

Original poster

To be suspicious of clinic wanting money upfront?

33 replies

viccy009 · 14/08/2024 16:21

I am trying to book some treatments and I found a clinic about 15 minutes from where I live.

I have an appointment booked for tomorrow and I find the whole establishment very dodgy.

For a start they don't have a landline number and all contact is done via mobile.
The website domain expired some years ago by the looks of it.

Initially the "nurse" wanted me to come today but I couldn't make it and then she was like "well if I am community based on Thursdays and won't be available until Friday".

Then she text me earlier on to advise me that she had a cancellation for tomorrow and could not fit me in.

She sent me a payment link with an invoice and expects me to pay £250 before the appointment which I find very shady.

Am I right in thinking this maybe a con?

OP posts:
CloudPop · 14/08/2024 16:33

Go somewhere else ?

Hadalifeonce · 14/08/2024 16:32

I think that people offering this kind of service don't actually have to have any qualifications at all. There will be a professional body you could check their credentials with.

Bluevelvetsofa · 14/08/2024 16:30

Contact via a mobile, with no social media or website would ring alarm bells for me.

Original poster
viccy009 · 14/08/2024 16:29

Hi
I'm having fillers and Botox.
I have tried looking on Google and nothing much comes up.
Has three reviews from 11 months ago.

I am very dubious about payment upfront ad the lady said yesterday I could pay on arrival.

OP posts:
BobbyBiscuits · 14/08/2024 16:26

I'd be wary of handing the full amount over before. They may ask for deposit, that's quite normal.
But do they have good reviews? Is the treatment something like fillers/Botox or even lipo? Or something less invasive? Has anyone you know used them?
Either way I'd be very wary of full payment up front.

Tagyoureit · 14/08/2024 16:24

Well surely if your instincts are telling you something, you should listen?

Nsky62 · 14/08/2024 16:22

Google company

BrownBirdWelcomesWhiteWave · 14/08/2024 16:22

Have you been to the location?

And what are you having done

Swipe left for the next trending thread