Thread: I am so sick of being ripped off by people in Tenerife

zantac is definitely ranitidine.i take them myself.

Originally Posted by SuzyQ

For some reason its the shops run by Asians that have the "creative" pricing policies. That is not rascist, just fact. It tends to be either the electrical shops or hand bag / leather / gift shops. There are never any prices on display. I went into one with my mum in law on Sunday in Los Cristianos as she wanted a bag. She saw one, asked the price, and he said €105. I told him he was having a laugh asking that for a copy Gucci, and he said well its a good copy you can have it for €65. By the time we were walking out he was after us, bag in hand saying give me €25, so she bought it. Scandelous!! Another thing, you read from time to time about police raiding premises where there are snide goods, yet in certain areas of town, and on the markets there are hundreds of them. How come they dont get raided, it would be a doddle??

I have falling out with a couple of so called electrical shops near where are office is and i have told them why.Look after your own we are the sort to keep you going when there are no tourists to take the P out of...So no more shopping there....Be wise

The pharmacy across from Veronicas is dubious.

I have purchased there a few times. I always ask for a receipt. Items are never scanned on the register. Something is scribbled out on a piece of paper. No item is priced seperately. Just a total. A rip off for visitors.

Where can I complain to?

Regards,

Liamog.

I'm in complete agreement with old golfer. Well said in this pc world!

personally I have to defend the veronicas pharmacy because a few weeks ago i was struck with an awful tooth infection....I'm talking 2 nights without sleep, it was awful.

My dentist could not see me until after the weekend, I finally decided to go to my local doctor(i'm not very keen on having my teeth messed with by just anyone) he was shut for the day, went to the emergency clinic in los Cristianos........'not an emergency' i was told. In agony I made my way to the British Doctor thinking 'surely she will give me something to stop the pain until I can get to the dentist on Monday' NOPE they were just closing and even though I was in tears with pain would not even give me a perscription even though i offered to pay for a consultation just to get some painkillers.

In tears I ran back to where my husband works and one of the girls saw what a state I was in and told me to go to Veronicas, Nick took me straight away in the car, got there, spoke to a very pleasant young man, he was reluctant to give me antibiotics at first but after I explained the pain I was in and how I could not see my dentist until the Monday he agreed to give me antibiotics, very powerful antibiotics, they cost only 10 euros.

When I went to the dentist on the Monday, a lot of the infection had cleared up but even he said if I had not have had those antibiotics I could have been in hospital with blood poisoning.......exactly what I said to them in the emergency clinic but they didn't seem to want to listen. Personally I normally think the health care is very good here but that really threw me for 6

If you really don´t want to be ripped off then don´t go to Visanta! Have been conned so many times by them!