Would You Sell Your Comics To Pay a $10K Vet Bill?

[Mr. Zipper]

I really don't mean to be heartless, but unless I owned Secretariat, I can't imagine paying a $10,000 veternarian bill.

 

PLEASE HELP!!! My dog is very sick. Her Vet bill is over $10,000. I am selling my whole Fantastic Four Collection of comics and toys to try to pay for some of the bill.

 

 

Thay are going to need a lot more than a few dozen lowgrade FFs.

[Kevin76]

He should sell his comics to buy the gun to end the dogs life...He'd be saving thousands!!

[shrunkenhead]

I swear, sometims I wish I lived in the country....my cat had a rotten tooth pulled this week, cost 400 *spoon* dollars.

[osborn_fr]

But... this is just a dog

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Fan4Fan]

The Mrs. figures we've spent almost $5K on our cat with kidney failure. It is not the money I miss so much as the waking up 2-5 times a night to feed him. Of course, if I had more sleep I'd probably be missing the money more.

[osborn_fr]

And i forgot to say that in my wife's country they eat them.

[VintageComics]

Sorry to offend, but you know there is a problem in this world when people put their own lives into hardship for an animal. I've had pets (I was brought to tears when my dog left), but this is unreasonable to me.

[VintageComics]

And i forgot to say that in my wife's country they eat them.

 

I think cute animals taste better, to be honest.

[paperheart]

He should sell his comics to buy the gun to end the dogs life...He'd be saving thousands!!

 

- wish i'd said it first.

[JiveTurkeyMoFo]

They are going to need a lot more than a few dozen lowgrade FFs.

 

After looking at their auction offerings, estimating their final sales prices, & taking into account ebay & Paypal fees, by the time they sell everything off they will be only about $9,850 in the hole.

[scavas]

What I find funny is in his run the silver surfer/galactus comics are missing. If he wanted to save the dog he would sell those since he could get the most cash.

[MK Ultra]

I think animals have a higher value/worth than some people. They love unconditionally. They are part of the family. It's funny, when I tell someone I'm going to meet them at a certain time, if I'm late, they're probably upset. When I get home late from work, my dogs are extra happy. Now if my dog was very old and I was just delaying the inevitable by a short period of time, fine, put her down. But if my dog would gain years by a procedure, no problem in my mind selling comic books to pay the bills. Would it hurt? Sure, but I think of the love and joy that I would get for years to come. Seems much better than thinking, Wow, I've got a box full of low to mid grade FF's sitting there. Especially since they're reprinted and I can buy them all if I wanted to read them for the umpteenth time.

[lizards2]

Others from this board have done similar things. Many pets become members of the family they live with, especially after several years or so of companionship. So, what may seem like unreasonable behavior to some, is actually the only alternative they would ever consider.

[Pirate]

Others from this board have done similar things. Many pets become members of the family they live with, especially after several years or so of companionship. So, what may seem like unreasonable behavior to some, is actually the only alternative they would ever consider.

[THE_BEYONDER]

Don't have any pets, but if I had to pay 10K to keep one alive.....we'd both be living in the streets.

[Ringfinger]

I think it is sad that he is using the "ruse" to sell books.

 

Suspicious at best.

[lizards2]

I think it is sad that he is using the "ruse" to sell books.

 

Suspicious at best.

 

Maybe. I know of another boardmember - one of the people who steered me to these boards - who recently did similar things for her cat with leukemia.

[FlyingDonut]

I had a golden retriever with epilepsy. I must have spent 15K on medicines and doctor visits over the 7 years he had seizures. Was it a waste of money? Probably. Would I do it again? Of course, without question.

 

I also spent $3300 on an emergency stomach surgery on Christmas Day (got the call from the kennel at 7 AM walking off a plane at O'Hare) - he ate a tennis ball and had a life-threatening intestinal blockage. Was it a waste of money? Of course it was. I could have bought 8 purebred golden pups.

 

Would I do it again? Of course. He was family.

[JuliusSeizure]

Yep. Or I'd end up divorced. My wife is *very* attached to our cats.

 

It actually almost came to that - we've got a cat with kidney problems that we've spent several thousand on over the last year and a half. All of that to find that two shots of potassium supplement per day was all he needed.

[MK Ultra]

I had a golden retriever with epilepsy. I must have spent 15K on medicines and doctor visits over the 7 years he had seizures. Was it a waste of money? Probably. Would I do it again? Of course, without question.

 

I also spent $3300 on an emergency stomach surgery on Christmas Day (got the call from the kennel at 7 AM walking off a plane at O'Hare) - he ate a tennis ball and had a life-threatening intestinal blockage. Was it a waste of money? Of course it was. I could have bought 8 purebred golden pups.

 

Would I do it again? Of course. He was family.