Would you buy a used car from this man?

Can I interest you in some slightly used veterinary supplies?

We just got back from a trip to Saluda, NC’s Coon Dog Day. While I’m trying to figure out what there is to be said about the 2 days I spent thinking nobody else was tweeting from there because I didn’t see any hits for #coondogday09 other than tweets from wifey and me, let’s consider how I can mitigate an egregious veterinary expense with the help of Twitter.

While getting our dog caught up on all the vaccinations we knew she’d need to get across the border (note: they don’t check) we took the added precaution of buying a flea & tick treatment to last the duration of our trip (note: it was a good idea). Cost: $72 for 4 individually blister-sealed doses. Each dose is good for a month.

Thing is, we were only gone for 5 days. We administered a full dose only because it seemed to be an all-or-nothing sort of deal. The other 3 in the pack are each going to expire in airtight isolation before we have occasion to use them. What to do?

I’m going to post them for sale online and list my Twitter ID along with contact info. I don’t expect anyone would buy pet medication from a total stranger (cheap as I am, not even I’d do that) but I think I might have a chance to recover a bit of my expense and spare someone else most of the cost of the meds if I open myself to a background check. I’m hoping that my 600+ tweets taken in whole or in part will give a perfect stranger sufficient confidence in my character (or at least the part that applies in matters of veterinary commerce) to take advantage of a bargain price. Good, bad, or indifferent, I’ll post the results here.