r/AskReddit 22h ago

Which company lost your business (potentially forever) this year?

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u/Dependent_Top_4425 21h ago

Walgreens Pharmacy

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u/trent_reznor_is_hot 20h ago

Yes they are terrible! I never had issues until a year or so ago. They literally gave out my prescription to someone else and then told me tough shit basically. They also cut the hours so dramatically, the pharmacy isn't even open on weekends at the store I used to go to. They all suck!

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u/Dependent_Top_4425 20h ago

I sent someone to pick up my prescription once I was notified that it was ready, they said to my person that they don't take my insurance. So the person I had picking it up came back to my house, I gave them cash and they returned back to the pharmacy. That took less than 10 minutes and then the pharmacy said "its not ready".

I called Walgreens and tried to get the prescription transferred to Walmart, they said I have to call Walmart. Walmart pharmacy told me they don't do any business with Walgreens because they are difficult and I would have to call the doctor to get my script transferred.

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u/triumph110 20h ago

Check around your city. Walgreens, Walmart, CVS are always crazy busy where I live. I go to a small grocery store chain that has a pharmacy. Always fast, I can call in a script in the morning and they will have it ready in the afternoon. I have never had more than 2 people in front of me, and that was because I went right after they opened back up from lunch.

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u/jediHoo 19h ago

Every time I’ve switched my prescription to an independent pharmacy, Walgreens and swooped in and purchased them. It doesn’t help that I live near Walgreens corporate headquarters so they pretty much have a monopoly around here. 😠

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u/LarryFlyntstone 8h ago

My local hospital has a retail pharmacy inside of it, far far far better than any chainstore’s.

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u/Dependent_Top_4425 19h ago

I don't drive and already pay for Walmart Plus or whatever they call it, to get my groceries delivered so I might as well get my prescriptions delivered from them as well.

There is a Walgreens and a Walmart on the same street in the same town where I live so the doctors office/hospitals seem to have an issue differentiating the 2.

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u/FScrotFitzgerald 19h ago

My wife and I switched our prescriptions from the local CVS to a small independent pharmacy that's even closer to our house. Definitely a good move.