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  • Long wait times for service
  • Inconsistent pricing practices

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    Punctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 18, 2022

    Best Covid breeding place ever! Stood in line at the pharmacy counter line with at least 15 other customers while the pharmacy was staffed with 1 person at the register and 6 people fumbling around with hundreds of prescriptions scattered around the small area. I waited in line for 15 minutes and when I finally spoke to the person at the register, I was told my prescription was not ready but she’d expedite things. I was told to wait at least another 15 minutes.

    I immediately asked for the store manager (**); at that point, the other 2 registers were staffed with 2 employees who amongst the group sorting through mounds of prescription. The line started to move. When I spoke with **, I expressed my concerns, he graciously answered/responded to the issues that I pointed out. He informed me that he had 8 employees out due to Covid and I commented - well, the risks increases when so many people are grouped into a small area. I won’t be returning to CVS 14220 Schleisman Rd, Eastvale, CA 92880. There are too many pharmacy choices in the area that’ll make me feel that I’m served better and won’t take my business for granted. Don’t waste your time going to CVS!

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaffTimeliness

    Reviewed Jan. 8, 2022

    My wife and I, we are 75, could have received a call from the pharmacist that our diabetic medication is finally ready and, having had a good previous experience, I asked the pharmacist by name about every medication if there would be any problems and time if it was better to pick up the order. The next day we were told to come up for 15 minutes and we received part of the order, then we were expecting one more medication. As a result, we were forced to wait for more than two hours and everything was supported by abuse and outright groaning on the part of the staff, especially from supervisor Tina.

    At home, we found out that touch lancets alone are not compatible and we are forced to return the next day. I repeat again, everything went through in a mocking manner. I have to called customer relation twice and asked for help, they promised someone woold call back 24-48 hrs., but no one called. Asked my doctor redirect the prescription to Walgreens, and today my wife received medication. Better to stay away from CVS.

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    Customer ServiceCoverageMaintenance

    Reviewed Jan. 8, 2022

    They do not answer their phone. People aren't calling the pharmacy to chit chat - we are generally calling to get or give info about life saving or life altering medications. They either leave you on hold for up to an hour and a half before answering or hanging up on you or - they just hang up on you. Unsat! The CVS insurance company and pharmacy monopoly needs to be broken up. Unbelievable.

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    Customer ServiceRefunds & PayoutsStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 5, 2022

    Worst CVS in Wauwatosa. Ordered my prescriptions online, paid for online, get to the pharmacy the drive-thru is closed. Call the pharmacy and said they were short-handed and could not Give me my paid prescriptions through the drive-thru that I had to come in and pick up my drugs. I stated that I am a high risk for covid. That's why I use CVS drive-thru. She said she couldn't help me and was very rude. Did not offer to send them through the mail. Tried calling back line was always busy or when I got through got disconnected. For being a premium pharmacy I think their customer service skills suck

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    Customer ServiceCoverageStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 4, 2022

    Absolutely the most incompetent, rude, lazy, and undertrained staff literally anywhere. This CVS incorrectly filed my prescription with an old insurance that I did not even have in 2019 by searching my name through some database only they use instead of running my correct insurance. It took numerous phone calls and 3 days of hassle back then to straighten it out. Went to Urgent Care tonight and was diagnosed with untreated Strep that has spread through my system causing secondary infection and rash.

    They sent 4 prescriptions to this CVS to try to get them filled tonight because of how much it is spreading and what do they do but repeat the exact same error from 2 years ago and lock up my insurance again. When I advised the pharmacist that they did this before and nowhere else has any issues the male "pharmacist", who very unprofessionally looked like a lumberjack who just got out of bed, got an attitude with me stating, "we'll see" when I asked him to send it to Walmart. Every single person in the pharmacy here needs to be fired. Also, why does only this CVS have some system that pulls up insurance you don't even have??

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    Punctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 29, 2021

    Booked Covid booster appointment some time in advance. Got to the store early as requested only to be greeting by a sign saying they were out until 13:30, then, after a 20 minute wait, was told no vaccines were available until Friday. Staff were deliberately unhelpful and evasive. This is not the only CVS Pharmacy where I have received negligible, incorrect or timewasting interactions so assume it must have endemic management and organizational problems.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 26, 2021

    I had my son's pediatrician call in his medication refill on 12/23/31 and received a text from CVS stating that my son's prescription could not be filled until 12/26/21 due to state law. I called CVS on 12/26/21 and asked that my son's prescription be filled. I explained it has been put on hold and asked if it could be filled. CVS ran it through their system, and told me I could pick it up in an hour. When I arrived 2 hours later to pick it up, I was told it could not be filled until 12/27/21 due to state law and that I "should have received a call or text." I received ZERO communication and wasted an hour of my time. This is the THIRD time this has happened. I am considering changing pharmacy companies due to your incompetence and obvious lack of care for your customers. This is unacceptable! I shouldn't have to worry about whether or not my son can get the medicine he needs.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Dec. 23, 2021

    5 Days and still no results. Just a ** show. If you can't supply better customer service please don't offer this service. Your business is a joke and whoever is running this ** show find a job. You're embarrassing.

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    Customer ServiceOnline & App

    Reviewed Dec. 17, 2021

    Customer service at CVS is non existent. Then it is impossible to reach a live person who speaks English to solve your problem. Their website gives unreachable email addresses, their corporate office people reroute your call back to not English as a first language call centers. Do not shop at CVS.

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    Punctuality & SpeedRefunds & PayoutsStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 13, 2021

    Stay far away from Green Dot and CVS Pharmacy. They are both in cahoots together. Been waiting since October 29th. No resolution so far and no one seems to give a ** to lift a finger to help me get my money back. I handed the cashier $1,000 to place on two different cards and they did not land up in my cards. They wound up giving me a receipt to two different cards that didn't even match my cards when I open up the package when I got home and I'm sitting with the receipt and I'm explaining this to them and nobody wants to help me. Pathetic. What good is a receipt.

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    CoverageSales & MarketingPrice

    Reviewed Dec. 13, 2021

    I went to VCS Pharmacy at zip code 75063, Irving Texas, to get two PCR test so I could fly out of the country to an international destination, the test is supposed to be ready in 24 to 48 hours, I was not given the results till after 3 days, the test needs to be 72 hours from landing, don't promise what you cannot keep, I will never again go to CVS for anything, I do not trust them, lost my reservation and ticket cost because I had to book a different flight, also CVS charged my insurance for a TEST I did not use, huge scam.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedRefunds & PayoutsStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 11, 2021

    Call at 12 pm, spoke to pharmacist and was told medication for my mom was ready right now to be picked up. At 6 after long day and rushing to get to my 95-year-old mom was told med not avail till Feb - obv mistake on their part and yet pharm was extremely discourteous and rude and sarcastic and this guy brushed me to the side - despite fact it was their clear mistake. Made me wait 30 minutes as he helped others. Was finally able to get two pills I had to pay for until they can straighten out their mistake. This was not the right way to treat a lifelong customer.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Dec. 11, 2021

    Scheduled an appointment for the Covid Vaccine, got there early, 20 minutes later the pharmacist calls me into a dimly lit room with nearly 1.5 cc's of something in a 3 cc syringe. Of course I declined and asked to watch him draw up the appropriate amount from a new vial as this was obviously not acceptable. He declined so I left without getting the vaccine.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 1, 2021

    Have travel and scheduled PCR Rapid test 5 days before to ensure appointment 2 days before travel. Appointment scheduled for 11:30am. CVS sent email at 9am on day of appointment that my appointment is cancelled. No reason, no options. I tried calling and it's not manned. I texted twice and apparently got people to respond, but no help. They simply said "sorry for inconvenience." Terrible service. I checked and no other CVS within 20 miles of me had open appointments today. I went down street to Piedmont UrgentCare and was seen right away. CVS has lost my business permanently.

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    Customer ServicePriceRefunds & Payouts

    Reviewed Nov. 29, 2021

    Picked up a script just this afternoon for my husband (he usually gets it). He told me it should be no more than $250 - get there & she rings up $286. I tell her that can't be right. She insists it is. So I take it home. Husband says, no, right here (on phone) it should be $255. So he jumps in the car & goes over (within the hour of my purchasing it) & they tell him the cannot give him an adjustment & that they told me that. They DID NOT tell me that. If they had, I would have not gotten it & sent my husband over to pick it up. So, because of this *** WE ARE TRANSFERRING ALL OF OUR SCRIPTS TO ANOTHER PHARMACY CHAIN! *** This overcharge and inability to refund the overage has cost them our business. And we will tell others about this incident.

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    Customer ServiceTechStaffHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed Nov. 15, 2021

    I’m a provider and I honestly think CVS is taking on more than able to handle!!! Try calling in pts blood pressure prescription all day… 2 days back to back…CVS Linden… Keep holding forever and no pharmacist came to the phone.. I have to hang up!! If you want to act like Urgent care, a clinic or a hospital… You have to take on Labor!!! Whether man or Machine!! CVS you promise supply, so please when the demand is at your door, you should be able to meet!!

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaffRates

    Reviewed Nov. 15, 2021

    On Monday, November 8, 2021, I went to the CVS on 61-15 Metropolitan Avenue in Queens, NY 11385 to get a PCR test required by the hospital three days before I was going to get a Colonoscopy and Endoscopy on Friday, November 12. To begin with no one in the pharmacy was able to tell me where this test was to be done or they couldn't be bothered ... It was a customer who heard me asking and told me I'd have to go through the drive-thru. Fine. I exited the building and drove to the drive-thru. I had to honk my horn to get someone's attention. Well, see-administered the test as directed by the person at the window and was told the results would be available in 2 days or by Wednesday, November 10. I didn't have a result by Nov. 10 or Thursday, Nov. 11 midday. I am now getting very stressed because these procedures has already been postponed previously due to a similar situation.

    After midday, I called CVS and the person answering the phone checked and told me the results had not come in. Now, I'm a 76 year old woman and computers are not my forte; however, I decided to wait an hour or so. I decided to check the paperwork CVS handed me and saw the labs was Quest. I called an 800 Quest number. I had to wait at least 1/2 hour to get a human. I was told they couldn't give out this information on the phone unless I could somehow provide some verification which I did by telling the whole story about my procedures were dependent on the PCR results and that I had the test done at CVS a 61 15 Metropolitan Avenue. This was sufficient for the Quest rep to send the results to my email address I provided to her. The Quest rep told me CVS did not include neither my address nor my phone number with the sample and that's the reason why I had not received the results!

    The results of these procedures are to go to my Cardiologist and Vascular Surgeon so they can figure out what's wrong with severe chest pains I've been experiencing of months. The inefficiency of CVS at this particular Metropolitan Avenue thankfully did not negatively affect my health but it very well could've if subsequent medical treatment had been delayed because I couldn't get results due to CVS employee lack of follow-through on a process. I wouldn't recommend this particular Minute Clinic or Pharmacy at this location. I would've given it a minus STAR rating but that wasn't an option!!

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    Punctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Nov. 13, 2021

    The worst Pharmacy!!! I should say the worst company you shouldn't deal with!!! The application does not have a link to delete the account and it's horrible!!! I scheduled a covid-19 vaccine at 5:00 in the morning, for 5 afternoon and at 2:30 afternoon, they cancelled my appointment without any reason!!!

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 13, 2021

    I have made an appointment for vaccine at this CVS. I arrived 15 minutes earlier than appointment and checked in with their staff. I was sitting at the waiting area for half an hour and everyone who came after me has gone and they didn't call me until I stood up and complained. I will never go back there for any services. I start moving my prescription to other pharmacy. They won't have business from my family anymore.

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    Punctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 12, 2021

    Never leave the pharmacy without having counted and verified the pills or other meds they give you. CVS kids can't count and don't read labels. In the past year I have had multiple scripts filled incorrectly and counts that were wrong and always shorting my count. I now won't leave the checkout counter without counting and will ask for a counting tray. Even had a injection medication - wrong size and wrong strength. CVS hires morons and then doesn't train or do any quality control checks! Waiting to hear someone getting hurt or killed due to their stupidity. I have gone into my account at CVS and turned off the automated refills and notices of needing refills. Been to the store numerous times asking for the refill notices to be turned off and they claim they have done this, but not a week or two later and I'm getting more notices.

    Other issue is in their attempt to keep from having to restock something they create a flag type label and stick it to your bottle - a manufactures bottle that they are giving you. I got a 90 supply of a script which was 6 bottles and all with the flag labels sticking out. The labels are in the way when trying to shelve the bottles, come off because they stick out and are barely attached, leave sticky label touchable so you can't help but get stuck and rip the label off, and this is all in a effort for them to not do their jobs of counting and putting the entire script in a single bottle that is easy to open.

    I understand using manufacturer's bottle to save money and reduce plastic, but open and count the supply to make sure it is correct. They only use one size bottle no matter the size of the pill. I take a pill that is very small and they stick it in a bottle that my finger can't reach the bottom and touch the pill to pull one out. Have to dump the pills into my hand and risk spilling them every time I need to take one. If the bottle can hold a two or three year supply of the medication, use a smaller bottle. Asked the pharmacist to use a smaller bottle, but they don't have one. CVS has now lost my business and switching maybe painful. Does CVS care, NOPE!

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedMaintenanceStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 9, 2021

    I have been in the care of a pain management specialist for just under 2 years. I am a chronic back pain patient with a full spine fusion. My doctor called my script in on Friday, but my “fill” date was Monday. I couldn’t get to the pharmacy on Monday due to other commitments. I was supposed to receive a text confirming availability of my script to go get it. On Tuesday, I still had not received the text so I called the pharmacy. After 3 attempts and hang ups, I finally was informed my script could not be filled before Thursday since they did not have it in stock. I expected a text on Thursday to let me know it was filled. I never got one so I called again. It still was not ready. I didn’t get a text on Friday either.

    At 3:00 pm Friday, I drove to the pharmacy. I went to the pickup window where I was informed my script was still not ready. There were at least 15 people in the pharmacy waiting area getting COVID vaccines or waiting for scripts. I told the tech my script was called in a week ago, and I was not leaving without it. After some chatter in back, I was instructed to wait at the consultation window, squarely in the middle of 3 pharmacy lines, in sight and hearing of all those other patrons. When I got to the consultation and waited a long time, a young-man child came to the window. Apparently he was the pharmacist, who didn’t even bother to identify himself by name. I informed him that I had waited all week for them to fill my script and I was not leaving without it.

    He looks at me and says, I have concerns about your prescription and I want to evaluate whether it should be filled. He says he wants to conduct a clinical evaluation to determine the validity of my script. Wait, what? He asks me, in front of all these other individuals waiting in the area why I am taking this medication, what my diagnosis is in detail, like terminology etc. I was completely stunned, blindsided. I tried to answer his questions but they were so odd and I was so clearly uncomfortable that I was unable to respond appropriately.

    I pushed back by informing him that I am under the care of a pain specialist and why did he think it was ok to second guess my doctor? He says to me, well I am your doctor too. I have a pharmacy degree and I am part of your medical care team. Oh really? Is that right? This kid never laid eyes on me before this encounter. He was arrogant, conceited, condescending, rude. I was furious and humiliated in public by this unprofessional over educated man-child. I am 68 years old. His audacity was so over the top I was losing it. He told me he was not comfortable filling my script. Fine you little piece of work!

    There are so many things wrong with this interaction starting with why I wasn’t proactively informed my med was not in stock on my fill date. Why was I not informed beforehand they couldn’t fill it until Thursday. But most importantly, why didn’t this pharmacist reach out to me privately by phone, or call my doctor to discuss my issues? Why was I publicly humiliated while he tried to demand information from me in public which was absolutely no one's business but mine?

    I filed a complaint with the Florida board of health. I was subsequently informed that no laws were broken so too bad for me. Apparently HIPAA laws don’t apply to CVS pharmacists, they must have license to interrogate you in public about private health matters, AND deprive you of your medication if it suits them. I will NEVER set foot in a CVS pharmacy again and I will NEVER buy an Aetna prescription plan again. They are a bunch of crooks and criminals. They should not be allowed to stay in the health care industry.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 8, 2021

    The staff is rude and short with customers. Kroger is friendlier and more helpful. The pharmacy is not responsive to questions and I felt that I was an inconvenience. Will never refill a prescription there again.

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    Reviewed Nov. 8, 2021

    The customer service at the Anna, TX CVS is unacceptable. I stayed on hold 2 hours the first call and 1 hour the second time I called and never spoke to anyone. I stood in line in my car for an hour and the precriptions were not in the system. I tried to transfer my scripts almost 2 months ago and they still haven't been transferred. I stood in line an hour inside the store after receiving a notification that my prescriptions were ready only to find out they were never entered into the system. Then the cashier told me to contact Walgreens to do the transfer to CVS even though I filled out the request online 2 months ago. I spoke to Walgreens and they said CVS needed to make the request! So I get back in line to talk to the pharmacist who was rude and complaining about the 500 prescriptions that she had to fill. I told her that I was going to run out in 2 days and now that was over a week ago and the script still hasn't been filled.

    I called the corporate customer service and they got them to contact Walgreens but only transferred one out of my 8 prescriptions. The level of incompetence and unprofessionalism has made me decide to move my prescriptions to another pharmacy altogether. This store needs more employees so that the poor cashier at the pharmacy doesn't continue to break down in tears at the pharmacy line. She started crying because she couldn't find two customers' scripts in a row. I will no longer shop at this store location because even the front store cashier was just as rude.

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    Customer ServiceMaintenanceStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 5, 2021

    This is absolutely ridiculous... I had a tele-visit yesterday which went very well... However I have spent 2 and a half hours on the phone, transferred 7 different times just to receive my doctor's note. Your entire online system is a complete jungle that you need to untangle. it should never have been this difficult to receive my paperwork. Just email it to the customer. That, or figure out your own system, going between Teladoc and CVS 7 times on the phone is ridiculous when the last person I called (CVS customer service) knew it was just a small glitch and walked me through it. Figure out your system CVS corporate... You have failed in your service.

    My complaint is at CVS corporate, not customer service, that in fact was fantastic! Everyone did their best to help and was competent in their field, however, I went through 3 different accounts online, changed passwords for every single one of them, all of which I was walked through on the phone, yet to no avail. This should be an embarrassment to CVS corporate. I love the service of tele-visit, but oh my, you need to fix your system badly.

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    Customer ServicePricePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Nov. 4, 2021

    CVS was terrible in every way. It takes forever to reach them by phone. Their phone systems stinks. It does not respond to voice commands or two keyboard commands. CVS totally messed up my prescriptions. I had three prescriptions at CVS and had two of them transferred to another pharmacy where it would be cheaper. When I called CVS to check on the third prescription they said they didn't have it. But the new pharmacy also didn't have it. My prescription got lost in the ether. I had to have my doctor call it in to the new pharmacy, where it cost a few extra dollars but it was worth it to not have to deal with CVS. I will never use CVS again for anything.

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    CoverageTechPricePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 4, 2021

    CVS doesn't allow TRICARE Customers (MILITARY PERSONNEL) to be vaccinated due apparently CVS is not contracted by TRICARE. Why the CVS registration system allows TRICARE customer to get registered for vaccination (e.g. covid-19 booster, FLU shot) to later reject the customer at the onsite pharmacy. CVS at 414 Union Street, ASHLAND MA 01721 didn't allow my dependent spouse to receive the Moderna Booster. We have TRICARE Medical Insurance, but the pharmacy staff/supervisor didn't allow her to get vaccinated. They rather want to charge $40 in order to receive Covid-19 Moderna Booster. CVS is just wasting the time for TRICARE Customers.

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    PricePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Oct. 25, 2021

    Use any other pharmacy other than this one, they are slow and screwed me out of money because they couldn't fill my prescription so gave me what they had and charged me 3 different times of my copay for a cheap generic drug. I would rather drive clear to Columbia or Moberly than to do business with these people. But I am taking my business to Prokup pharmacy in Bevier.

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    Reviewed Oct. 25, 2021

    I have tried to get them to transfer my prescriptions for weeks. I sent a message on their website yesterday. They apparently did not read my message. If they did they would know I have already done what they suggested in their reply. I've tried transferring my prescriptions 5 times, including twice at the store with the pharmacist. I also spoke to a pharmacist on the phone about transferring all my prescriptions from another pharmacy and he said he would take care of it, but he did not.

    Yesterday I went to the store only to find out they sent a refill request (maybe others) to the wrong doctor who understandably denied it. And they left my insulin in a 'processing' status for days, even though it was in stock, until I went in and made them look. Apparently they just left my prescription sit there and forgot about it without filling it even though the insulin was in stock. Since they did not care to read my message completely (another example of the usual terrible customer service) and because of the atrociously terrible service and lack of concern from the store pharmacists I have no other alternative but to go to a different pharmacy. Their lack of competence and "don't care" attitude could cause a person like me with serious health problems to become sick, hospitalized and even death.

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    Reviewed Oct. 24, 2021

    Simpledose is one of their mail order services. Mail order Pharmacies are pretty standard and easy at this point. My shipment was put on the ground in a flood. I get it the driver was trying to get to safety - no issue. Shippers have a procedure to replace items, especially medication, which you cannot skip for a month. It took 10 days to send me replacement pills and they charged me 150% of the usually charge, insurance doesn't cover this unless you file properly, which you would assume CVS would know how. And they did not refund me for the product that was destroyed.

    The red flag is that there is no one to call. They can charge you anything and while you wait on the phone for 30 min to talk to someone, it is a pharmacist, who can only take an order and charge you more, not give you any phone number where to call or email for a customer service center. Their entire website is void of any contact or customer help. Just click to reorder. I do get texts and emails 20 times a month to reorder, at this point I would rather go to the guy on the corner, he is more trustworthy.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Oct. 21, 2021

    Over a period of almost a year I have not received the correct amount of pills. When I call to tell them sometimes I get the 3rd bottle but most times they claim I received it. My son get my meds when he bring them to me. The bag is still stapled. I open it. One container is missing but they refuse to admit it. And don’t ever let them owe your meds. You never get them. If they are out of the meds just say so. Don’t say you got them when you have not.

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    Reviewed Oct. 12, 2021

    I can't drive so my husband went to CVS Pharmacy to get my medication as they called me to let me know that It was ready to pick up. When my husband arrived it was not ready, he had errands to do so he told them that will come back later. They told him that in an hour it would be ready. To prevent this from happening again I called the pharmacy to ask them to start sending my medicines by mail ... I can't believe it, I started at 12:10 pm and finished at 2:09 pm, it seems like it's only two hours, but no They hung up the phone and I had to call 6 times, they kept hanging up the call until I got tired of being disrespected.

    Not only do patients need their medicine, but if we wouldn’t exist, they wouldn't have a job. Neither picking up the medicine, nor trying to get it delivered to me, I have been successful, I know that nothing works the same, but I also know when customer service is bad and when the person does not want to help. I hope there is a responsible person to face me.

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    Punctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 11, 2021

    Our experience with COVID testing was unbelievably bad. TWICE we scheduled COVID tests online, had to wait 3 days. BOTH times tests were cancelled. CVS shouldn’t schedule and reschedule. CAUSES MORE CASES!! Not Helping.

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    Reviewed Oct. 4, 2021

    The CVS at 28 Abby Rd, Palmyra VA is so understaffed it is a nightmare to get a prescription filled on time. I feel sorry for the tiny overwhelmed staff. But most of all I run out of important meds before I can get a refill or new prescription. This CVS is 1 mile from my house but I guess I will have to drive much further to get better service. Also I have waited on the phone up to an hour to check on a new prescription to see if it is ready for pickup since I don't always get a text message. A pharmacist at another CVS worked at the Abby Rd pharmacy for 2 weeks and said things had improved. He encouraged me to give this pharmacy another try. It seems the improvement didn't last. CVS really needs to do better with their Pharmacy staffing situation.

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    Customer ServiceCoveragePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Sept. 29, 2021

    My company switched Insurance companies and CVS Specialty Pharmacy became my pharmacy for a specialty prescription that I’ve been on for 17 years. I literally spent 2 months trying to get my prescription switched over. CVS keep deleting my information out of the system and transferring me around to all the different departments. Finally a Care specialist with my insurance spent two weeks calling them everyday before they would approve it and they finally shipped it out. Now it’s a month later and the current shipment was put on hold and I’ve spent all morning being transferred.

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    Customer ServiceTechStaff

    Reviewed Sept. 25, 2021

    The Guadalupe and Greenfield store in Arizona used to be great but it horrible now, never staffed and the single pharmacy staff member that's there are giving Flu and Covid shots so they can’t fill prescriptions???? It’s a busy. I called my script in the day before and it still isn’t ready. What good is a pharmacy that can’t take the time or staff appropriately to be able to fill a prescription? Isn’t that this business's main function! I’m sure this is a corporate decision and not the poor pharmacist trying to handle it all but I’m looking forward a different provider.

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    Customer ServiceStaffTransparencyHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed Sept. 22, 2021

    On August 20th, in TN, a young female college student (here from another country) went to receive a COVID vaccine as advised to do so by her university. The technician gave her one shot, then told her that the syringe was "empty" and that she needed to receive a second shot and proceeded to give her a second shot. Why was an "empty" syringe lying around? The pharmacist offered her his explanation, but she wants a response from corporate. She came to me quite upset about the incident, and we have been trying to contact them for weeks now.

    Agent after agent listens; we have received one case number after another but no one is willing to call us back or address the problem. One agent said district leaders might choose not to call back. The student's parents back home are beside themselves with worry on what might have gone wrong. Instead of addressing the problem, CVS corporate chooses to ignore the concerns of a young female from another country. It is shameful.

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    Customer ServiceTechPunctuality & SpeedRefunds & PayoutsStaffTransparencyTimeliness

    Reviewed Sept. 21, 2021

    I went to the CVS store in Boonville Indiana on Friday, September 10, 2021, at 12:30 PM to get four medicines for my wife who was just released from the hospital the day before with Covid. She was to complete her recovery at home and is on oxygen. I had just come off quarantine with a mild case of Covid the 8th of September, so I decided to use the drive-up window to avoid exposing anyone in the store to any latent infection. The wait at the drive-up window was normal, roughly 30 minutes.

    The hospital had ordered more drugs than we needed because we already had some in the medicine cabinet. The possibility of unneeded drugs was noted in my wife’s release papers. My wife circled the names of the drugs she needed on the hospital instructions. They were **, **, and probiotic strains. I also had a printed prescription for ** which needed to be started immediately to aid in her recovery. I handed the list with the noncritical drugs with the printed prescription to the young lady at the window with a complete explanation of what was needed; three drugs and one prescription. I took a picture of the prescription list because I wasn’t expecting to get it back and I wanted to make sure I would get what was ordered. The meta data of the picture is Friday 12:36PM. After entering information on the computer screen, the clerk handed the two papers back to me.

    I asked for a phone call when the order was ready. After waiting five hours I drove the eight miles to CVS. Waited in line for half an hour before getting to the window. I asked if they had an order ready. I paid $124.42 nine items (Rcpt. Time Stamp 6:41 PM). I knew this was more than I ordered but at least 8 cars were waiting in line behind me.

    The clerk leaned out the window, peering at the line of cars that were waiting for service. She said that customers had been yelling at them for days because they were running behind due to increased business caused by a spike in Covid cases. The pharmacist was throwing things behind his partition. My wife was alone, bedridden, and waiting on her prescription. Traffic was backed up to the street. I would deal with the discrepancies and resulting overcharges later. I got home and searched for the ** – the prescription wasn’t there. My wife was too ill for me to make another trip to the pharmacy that night. To be clear, CVS ignored my instructions and filled every prescription that Deaconess Hospital had ordered except the one that was critical for my wife’s recovery.

    I went into the pharmacy around noon the next day. I showed the blue prescription to the pharmacist. He said the prescription hadn’t been filled and the script shouldn’t have been handed back to me. He said he would fill it right now. The clerk that filled the order the day before wasn’t there. I was fuming. I gave her simple instructions that hadn’t been followed and my wife’s treatment was delayed and could possibly affect her recovery. I told the clerk that I wanted wanted the missing clerk's name so I could report her. I told her I would wait outside while the pharmacist filled the prescription. I didn’t want to risk infecting anyone in the store because I had come off Covid quarantine three days before. I was taking the extra precaution of wearing a face mask.

    When I came back into the store, I paid for the prescription, and asked for the clerk’s name who had ignored my simple instructions. The clerk said they weren’t allowed to give out names. I said, “your employee totally screwed up this order and puts my wife at risk and I have no recourse?” The pharmacist came over and said “Look, I filled your prescription, there is no reason for you to be yelling at us. We didn’t make a mistake. Please leave right now.” I smiled incredulously. “I am not yelling,” I said. “Yes, you are. Leave the store,” he said.

    I thought about it for a few seconds. I was considering whether or not to give him an Adrian Cronauer “Good morning, Vietnam” yell. I decided against it because I didn’t want to frighten the customers in the store. I have yelled “Good morning, Vietnam” at the iron furnace at Model, Tennessee. The noise reverberates through the hills and valleys for more than 30 seconds before fading away. At the Colts football games, I start chants that the crowd picks up on and is carried by over half the stadium. The last time I went, the girl that was sitting in front of me asked her boyfriend to switch seats because her ears were hurting. The boyfriend and I shrugged at each other during the seat swap. Yelling at a Colts game is sort-of required. I assure you I was not yelling in the store.

    The pharmacist and clerks never apologized or asked exactly what happened or what went wrong. They could have used the incident as a teaching moment. Their lack of concern for me and CVS, the company that gives them their livelihood, is appalling. To make matters worse, the clerk said “You just got over Covid? Now I have to wipe down the counter.” I didn’t bother to point out that the store response to Covid states that the counter is cleaned after every transaction. I did tell her that if they had filled out the order properly, I wouldn’t be in the store. Teaching moment, customer expectations:

    • Don’t accuse the customer of anything – they pay your salary.
    • Show concern for the customer. Apologize if and when needed and mean it.
    • As a team player, invested in the company, ask exactly what happened so you can correct this problem and ensure that it doesn’t happen again.

    • Know the store procedures and routinely study them. Customers should observe you following any and all procedures. You are a professional.

    If you do these simple things, most customers (me included) will graciously accept your treatment of them with dignity and respect and your effort to rectify the CVS store shortcomings and leave the premises somewhat placated. They might not have bothered to write a complaint letter and put it on the internet.

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    Customer ServiceTimeliness

    Reviewed Sept. 18, 2021

    A store manager in Plano, TX talked me into signing up for CVS ExtraCare. He told me I could simply cancel at any time. NO YOU CANT'! I cannot cancel my membership nor can I delete my debit card from the account. I have emailed twice to cancel my account, but I get no response. I tried to call CVS, but I get the "unusually high volume" message which really means, "we aren't going to talk to you." RUN FROM CVS EXTRACARE unless you enjoy throwing away your money.

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    Punctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Sept. 11, 2021

    So my CVS Pharmacy just up and closed. It was not doing anything with meds. The store was open but no meds. Gate down and all. So they had 7 of my meds.. PTSD nightmare med, sleeping med, inhalers so I could breathe due to covid and being intubated for 14 days and nerve meds and diabetes meds. So I really need all of the medicine. No one had a answer and the 20 year old manager told me to go back to the street corner I came from I spend 9,000 a month. That really got me hot, go back to the street corner I came from. So 3 days nothing and now we're late 2 days on **. So in 3 months these people we trust and put our lives in their hands just let me go into medical withdrawal.

    First time I fell in the ground and had a seizure and 911 came. This time I didn't sleep for 72 hours and once again 911 seizures. I am contacting a lawyer and get them total neglect on me and the first time the pharmacist made me wait purpose made me wait until I went into withdrawal. My doctor even stood in front of those people and still did that to me.. I just found out 3 weeks ago I have a Brain tumor so I can't be played with like that. It's been a week since I got everything and I am still trying to get my diabetes under control again and I am still waking up screaming. But hey CVS is a trusted business lmao right. I'm gonna scream as loud as I can and I'm gonna sue the pants out of them. I am going to go anywhere that will let me write a review.... CVS I have nothing better to do and I have all the time in the world. I'm gonna be the worst person you ever hurt!!!

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    Customer ServiceCoveragePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Sept. 10, 2021

    My insurance requires me to get my prescriptions from CVS. I’m seriously considering getting different insurance because it’s always an ordeal. I wait 30-60 minutes in an angry line while one tech moves at a glacial pace. I’ve tried repeatedly to get through to a pharmacist on the phone but had to give up after 45 minutes or more on hold. It’s always an exercise in frustration.

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    Customer ServiceCoveragePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Sept. 8, 2021

    This review is specifically for the pharmacy -- the store itself is great. I considered giving the pharmacy two stars instead of one because they've never done anything as catastrophic as dispensing the wrong medication, but it's a terrible experience almost every time because of the toxic attitude of most of the staff there.

    My wife and I are relatively young people who don't get a lot of prescriptions filled and don't ask a lot of questions. I also used to be a pharmacy tech, so I understand how stressful it can be at times. But at the end of the day, working in a retail pharmacy means you're in a service job, and this staff doesn't seem to realize it. Inconvenience them in any way by doing something like even asking a question and they stop just short of rolling their eyes in your face.

    There are a couple of people there whom I've had cordial interactions with, so I don't know if they're constantly rotating staff and creating bitterness or just don't emphasize in training how people have other freaking choices for pharmacies. My wife and I have both experienced palpable attitude to flat-out rudeness from many of their staff for what should have been totally routine pharmacy interactions. I've literally had people huff audibly on the phone at me and say things in a manner that would make you think I was THEIR server at a restaurant who just told them their meal would be an hour late coming out.

    I'm a pretty reasonable person, and it takes a lot to get under my skin. But when people are outwardly disrespectful -- especially in a service job! -- that pisses me off. At least have the decency to turn my back to show your disdain. I don't even normally write that many reviews! This pharmacy is just outstandingly bad, and I thought people should know. Probably fine if you get one prescription on a three-month refill cycle with no insurance complications. Otherwise, take your business elsewhere.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Sept. 6, 2021

    I swear CVS has the worst customer service I have ever experienced!! Today September 6, 2021; I went to the CVS on 2400 E. Main St. in Richmond Virginia and the girl in the pharmacy had the nastiest attitude!! She was being rude for no reason!! Moving forward I will have prescriptions filled at WALGREENS! Their customer service is so much better.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedBilling

    Reviewed Sept. 5, 2021

    Ordered my 3 refills online on Tues., received email confirmation that they were ready for pickup on Wed. Went to pickup on Sat. and they weren't ready because they had returned them to stock because they said that they sat there for 2 weeks. What? The only way that could happen is if they early auto-refilled again after my wife and I have repeatedly told them not to auto-refill. Online all our meds are marked do not auto-refill. They even have a button on their credit card swiper where you indicated that you don't want auto-refill. Admittedly I lost it on the counter person who kept telling me to sit down and wait. I was told to leave the store by the pharmacist and told to get my meds elsewhere. Happily I've already arranged a transfer of my meds to another (non-CVS) pharmacy.

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    Customer ServiceCoverageHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed Aug. 26, 2021

    Location Is 839 Farmington Av Bristol Ct. I had been refilling prescriptions for years there, once they gave me 37 out of 90 and I called to obtain the remaining pills, lady stated I had them all. NOT! This time they stated I had no coverage both Medicare and AARP. I called Medicare and they contacted them and stated that I had coverage for the prescription. I called United AARP who contacted them twice while I was on the phone as CVS stated my policy had no coverage {not true} and CVS wanted to provide a generic substitute and United said no! When you call the pharmacy they put you on hold, hang up or don’t answer. Today they sent my wife a message stating the prescriptions were ready and when we arrived they told me the Dr made a mistake, wrong as it was approved. They are totally incompetent, arrogant and misleading, rude and negligent!!!!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Aug. 23, 2021

    CVS never has enough people working Pharmacy. Employees are working in hell, they do the best job they can without Corporate support. Corporate will not return my calls. It's no wonder they have a high turn over in employees.

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    Customer ServicePricePunctuality & SpeedRates

    Reviewed Aug. 16, 2021

    First off, I see that most of the posted reviews are for CVS in general, not the pharmacy in particular. There are 6 CVS stores in my county. I see nothing good to say about them, in general, except that they take up space. I could find most of their items elsewhere for about the same price. Now the pharmacy. It is controlled by an evil computer voice. It places phone calls about your prescriptions. No one can stop it. Not even the "pharmacists". Why? I can only assume that these are not the "top rated" pharmacists available. That scares me.

    Never, ever cancel a prescription. The evil robo voice will not allow that. It will call and call and call. Most recently, 2 separate pharmacists have claimed to cancel an unwanted prescription, but robo voice still calls. Previously, an unwanted prescription was cancelled but still appears in their system. I do not trust CVS Pharmacy or their pharmacists. And let's discuss convenience. The local CVS stores are open 8 AM to 10 PM daily, however, the pharmacy is only open 9 AM to 8 PM weekdays, and 10 AM to 5 PM weekends. Need medicine in the evening? I live closest to the only CVS with later hours. It is in the next county and it is more than 13 miles away.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Aug. 13, 2021

    CVS deleted my ExtraCare reward before they expired when I was going. They expired on Aug. 13, I went to use them, they showed up on my app/card in the morning, when I went at 4pm to CVS to buy and use them, they had taken them away. It said 8/13/21, it did not say they expire mid day or 4pm, they should be a better company of honor and honor expirations until the end of the business day or clear state on the Extracare points the hour they expire, it has no expiration hour/time. This is bad business practiced on the part of CVS. The store did nothing.

    Then I called CVS Extracare, she did nothing and told me a supervisor would call me, but no one has yet. I lost $5 dollars that were rightfully mine and I had earned that they took away from me before the expiration date to use them. I was waiting for me CarePass $10 today to then use the $5 and buy a bigger ticket item, much to my surprise, CVS had removed my $5 early, midday. So unfair and very bad business practices. I am livid, very upset. I am considering canceling my Carepass, Extracare, and using CVS Pharmacy anymore, me and my family will use Publix or Walgreens. CVS has proven to have very bad business practices. I have never heard of this ever happening before, to have this expire mid day, it was 4pm on Aug. 13 and it says it expire which should be good until midnight. They robbed me of $5 I had worked for.

    I am very unhappy with CVS about this. Either they make it right, or I will stop using their business. I am going to make a complaint with the BBB and CVS and here on ConsumerAffairs. CVS has done some pretty bad things in the past, but today, this was really rotten of them to steal and robbed me of $5 I had earned and had the right to use to buy something. Please be careful with CVS. I do not think now they are a company of honor or integrity. I hope they make it right.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedMaintenance

    Reviewed Aug. 13, 2021

    This store is horrible. I have Covid and I am very sick. After leaving emergency room I called this store and was told my prescription would be ready at 6:22 pm, I arrived at 7pm and was told the order was not ready and it would be another hour. After I complained they told me it would be thirty minutes. An hour and a half later I get a text from CVS stating that the medicine was being ordered and I could go to another store to get it. I called the store and as of right now I have on hold for 34 minutes and the pharmacy is closing in two minutes. Last time I waited two weeks for my blood thinners and then the rude lady suggested I go to another store which always had the very serious medicine that they had me waiting for. This is the worst customer service ever and someone needs to fix this pharmacy...

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Aug. 9, 2021

    For some reason CVS ONLINE sent my order to North Carolina. They were unhelpful after repeated tries to cancel my order (I tried to cancel it immediately after ordering). They said you now have to call UPS. UPS could not help. CVS has had my address for years. This was the worst experience ever. I spent half my work day on the phone trying to get this cleared up..

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed July 31, 2021

    Knowing my script runs out today, I called CVS yesterday to confirm it would be ready today (my dr had called in the refill 3 days ago). I was told yes, but call first thing in the AM to confirm. So, today I tried to call when they first opened to confirm. I spent THREE HOURS on hold in total (3 separate calls) and no one in the pharmacy ever answered. So I drove to the store to inquire about my refill. I was told they legally could not fill it (my dr later confirmed they made that up and was angry to find out they told me that) and to come back tomorrow. I am out of my medicine today and am leaving town first thing in the morning tomorrow before they open, so that’s not an option. They could have cared less. So, texted my dr. He then tried to call them to tell them to refill the RX but, of course, they don’t answer their phones and he couldn’t get anyone to answer either.

    I also called the 800 number: no answer and sent them a FB chat. They answered and said someone would contact me. They never did. In the end, my dr called my rx in to Safeway, but it was late in the day on a Saturday and they didn’t have the rx in stock. So now I’m without my meds for three days. This is dangerous and reckless of them. I will never EVER fill another script thru CVS or spend another dime there. Completely wasted my whole day off and now I’m without my medication. Worst experience ever.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed July 23, 2021

    A pharmacist told me on Thursday that they didn't have enough to fill my prescription but would be getting it by 3pm on Friday. When I went to call to check at 10 of 3 on Friday the recording said it was being ordered at 3. After waiting on hold for 30min to talk to pharmacy it left me with no time to get a hold of my Dr so I won't be sick a call I could have made Thursday if they had not played games and told me the truth on Thursday. But instead I'm being met with medical discrimination from pharmacy. I didn't ask for my health problems. I'm tired of being judged or crapped or like I don't matter and neither does my health. Half the time I wish I was dead cuz I'm tired of being in pain and unable to do the things I would like to. When a pharmacist messes with the meds you need that help you to function daily a person's will to live goes way down. So if your medicine helps you so you can get through day to day don't rely on this pharmacy.

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    Maintenance

    Reviewed July 18, 2021

    Did not open the brown paper bag that the boxes of my prescription eye drops were placed in as I trusted that it was all fine. However on opening I discovered that the box to one had a broken tamper evident seal and the content color was not as described on the box. Too bad for me the day I am to start using is a Sunday and CVS Pharmacy is closed. Will be using Hannaford Pharmacy next time at least they are open on Sundays.

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    Customer ServiceOnline & App

    Reviewed July 13, 2021

    I find it ABSOLUTELY unacceptable that they text me repeatedly that my prescription is ready for pickup 45 days before I need a refill!!! When I call they tell me they can't change it, that I have to go to their website.

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    Reviewed June 29, 2021

    BEWARE those who are considering CVS for their Covid test results for travel. I am so much disappointed with CVS on Covid testing, better look for other options if you are traveling and a negative Covid test is a requirement for boarding the flight. I gave my swab on Saturday noon and had mentioned that it was for travel purpose. I was assured that I will receive the test results by Monday afternoon for an evening flight but didn't receive the test results until midnight. I had to reschedule my international travel because of this delay of CVS and had to pay the fare difference.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed June 18, 2021

    I routinely have 3 prescriptions filled at the Bangor Target CVS Pharmacy. I have requested a 90 supply of these subs, and my doctor approved. Despite the fact that I call ahead to confirm that they are filled as required, I end up being told that they are not ready or not the correct amount. I had plans to go away a while they ran out, and was leaving for the trip on Saturday. I called the pharmacy on Monday to have them filled and spoke with the pharmacist so that I could confirm. Because one needed a doctor's approval, I called back on Thursday to confirm that they were filled and was assured that they were. I was told the quantity and the amount that they would be. After standing in line waiting for 20 minutes I was told that the most crucial was not available.

    When I complained as it put me in the position of not having the medication for my trip, the clerk kept trying to make it my fault. That I had not understood, or I had been mistaken. I understand that these things happen, but these things happen as a rule and not an exception to me at this pharmacy. I will not be supporting this pharmacy in the future.

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    Staff

    Reviewed June 11, 2021

    The CVS Pharmacy on 7021 Hollywood Blvd is extremely incompetent. During the covid vaccines, they're not tending to prescriptions to be picked up. You go there and they completely ignore you. I understand people need to have the covid shots but we too need our life-saving meds.

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    Customer ServiceCoverageRefunds & PayoutsTimeliness

    Reviewed May 16, 2021

    I had to do mail order through CVS in order for my insurance to cover my medication. The website could not process my claim. I could not get a human on the phone or an email despite calling 5 or 6 times over 3 weeks. I contacted support no response. Without an authorization number the phone system would not put me through to a person. I complained to BBB. No response. I finally gave up and paid out of pocket. Sick people 0 CVS 1. It makes you wonder how many sick old people cannot get life saving medication due to cvs corporate greed.

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    Customer ServiceCoveragePriceStaffResolution

    Reviewed May 9, 2021

    CVS pharmacies are so different from one location to another. I’ve had numerous horrible experiences in the Medford, NY (Rte 112) location. They outright mock people for not understanding their insurance. The overall experience is just terrible. This is only the pharmacy. The rest of the store seems ok. Unfortunately for the longest time it was difficult for me to go anywhere else. Now my insurance changed and I can go to Walgreens or another pharmacy. (Prior insurance required either mail in or CVS only.)

    I’ve filled out their email surveys that CVS sends me after I purchase and I’ve tried to tell CVS about the issues at this pharmacy and even though the pharmacy manager was the person I was complaining about they forwarded my complaint to the same pharmacy manager telling me how sorry he was for my experience and asking if he could call me to address the issue. Nice to know CVS doesn’t even read these surveys. Sorry, just not worth the hassle.

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    Customer ServiceCoverageTechPunctuality & SpeedStaffTransparency

    Reviewed April 20, 2021

    Recently, I called the Bloomfield CVS pharmacy (451 Bloomfield Ave, Newark, NJ 07107). I am very disgusted and disappointed for the amount of time I spent on hold. As a provider, we use our e-scribe system to provide the quickest service to the patients we serve. My patient reached out to me early today to inform us that the prescription we gave her was not covered by the insurance company. Where is the customer service sending the patient to inform the provider of this. CVS has many times in the past used cover my meds in addition to calling the provider, to rely this information; this was no done. I have the alternative medication I would like to change the prescription to and I can not get through to CVS pharmacy at all.

    I have been on hold now 52 minutes. Do you think it's appropriate to keep a provide on hold for 52 minutes, in counting, to speak to a pharmacist? The option for the providers, as I can imagine, is to provide faster service to providers. I did get a receptionist who picked up along the 32 minute wait time to place me on hold, yet again without an explanation of why. I would provide you the name of the person however, when they answered they did not introduce themselves. This is horrible customer service and goes against everything your company represents. As your website states helping people on their path to better health and creating unmatched human connections to transform the health care experience.

    This does not exemplify such a statement. It is opposing to say that CVS is creating unmatched human connections, when a provider calls and has to wait 57 minutes (in counting) to speak to a human; especially when the last hour I have spent listening to computer system play music with an automated announcement every 45 seconds. It is opposing to say your helping people, when after 59 minutes on hold a pharmacist finally picks up the phone. She does apologize for the wait. However, when I questioned her to see if she considered an hour long she hung up the phone.

    Luckily, after 40 minutes of waiting on hold, I called from another phone to see if it was just my call or all calls being held on hold for that long. Could you imagine her surprise when she answered the next call and it was the same caller she just hung up on, what are the chances? This time I asked for her name and an explanation. She laughed rhetorically and said she did not know what happened. Erica, as she claims, did not offer an apology for clearly making a mistake. Not only did I wait on hold for an hour I now find out that the alternative medication is not supplied at this store. She states to try a specialty pharmacy.

    When I asked for clarification and a possible number to call she could not offer any other help than to state simply, "It's not supplied here, when I try to order the medication the system does not allow me." Erica was very dismissive, unfair, and otherwise displayed unacceptable customer service. As you can see why wouldn't I be frustrated.

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    Coverage

    Reviewed April 15, 2021

    When I tried to pick up some prescriptions my doctor ordered at CVS, I was astounded to learn the CVS does not accept the military insurance program. It is shameful that CVS does not serve military families or veterans.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPriceRefunds & Payouts

    Reviewed April 14, 2021

    My sister picked up a prescription. I opened the bag to find the wrong dosage of insulin. I called and was told I had to pay for it even though it was their error. They said I should have checked it! Pharmacist screwed up and it cost me 94.00! Beware - at CVS you have to check up on the pharmacist!

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed April 8, 2021

    After waiting on hold for more than 30 minutes, I finally hung up and drove to the Store’s location only to find the RX was still not ready. This is after they had the script from my Dr. for over 5 hours. Poor service does not begin to describe this pharmacy.

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    Customer ServiceTechPricePunctuality & SpeedStaffTransparencyHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed April 8, 2021

    I gave CVS an out by first contacting CVS Corporate Customer Service and again with the District Manager for the location. Had I or my daughter (vaccine recipient) received an honest appraisal of of the chaos that ensued on April 4 at the Hemingway, SC vaccine site, this comment would neither be necessary nor appropriate. CVS has a means by which individuals scheduled for vaccines are alerted via texts to confirm the vaccine appointment. Once that is complete, on the day of the appointment, the recipient receives a text and ‘signs in’ 15 minutes before the scheduled appt. Next step is in-person sign-in at the site. Straightforward and should make the process trouble free.

    On April 4, daughter received confirmation via text to sign in for her 11:00 appt. and entered CVS. First, there was no one at the desk to confirm appts. When someone did finally make their way to the front (15-20 minutes later), she was informed she did not have an appt.... and the next person in line, same thing. By this point, staff are yelling at one another ‘she doesn’t have an appointment’, ‘make sure he has an appointment’; even after checking the computer, confusion reigned — staff yelling at one another while they tried to figure out what was going on. Even when my daughter showed them her confirmation text, they were skeptical.

    When they finally started lining people up (still no explanation as to HOW they figured out that the people there had legitimate appointments, most of which appeared to be second vaccines). Daughter was first in line: she noticed 3 syringes on the table. The ‘contractor’ picked up one syringe, injected her and immediately put her head down and said ‘you’re going to hate me’ — that syringe was empty. She seemed to be comparing the ‘empty’ syringe against the one that appeared to be filled and told my daughter that she would have to give her another shot which she did without any further explanation.

    While my daughter was ‘waiting’ during the 15 minutes, she had a conversation with another recipient; she shared her experience and learned from that recipient that the ‘contractor’ administering her vaccine refused to write down the Lot Number on her vaccine card, citing that they were supposed to get stickers and handwriting the lot number would take too much time. Certainly seems that the contractors were not in their best form that day.

    Suffice it to say, my daughter has NO idea if she had 1 vaccine, 2 vaccines or none. Speaking with the the district manager was useless: CVS suggests they did an investigation and swore she was NOT given two injections (that’s a flat out lie — she took pictures of her arm with two holes next to one another). CVS also suggested that, after checking their ‘records’, she did, in fact, receive the Covid vaccine and added ‘besides, if you had been given two vaccines, you would have had significant side effects’. Was it really necessary to add that wrinkle to an already screwy situation? Ultimately, the district manager acknowledged CVS in Hemingway were having a bad day— to quote, it was a ‘people-y’ day suggesting that the vaccine the recipients were the problem.

    To date, my daughter has lots of questions that haven’t been answered thoroughly: did she get her second shot or not — as disorganized as they were from the start, can she believe that their ‘records’ are even close to being accurate? Is there any way to tell and perhaps shouldn’t CVS have some responsibility in making 100% sure in some way other than viewing doses — frankly they could have reduced the dosage for others to make sure their numbers looked correct.

    Did she get two Covid vaccines that day? Just because she didn’t land in the hospital with serious side effects, does that guarantee she only had one? If she had two, what are the ramifications of that down the road? And lastly, her first vaccine at that site was no less chaotic but at least the list of recipients was correct — she was waiting in line in the store for 2+ hours because they required vaccine recipients to sit in a chair and hold a timer (15 minutes) but only had three chairs and three timers so that slowed things down to a crawl.

    The fact that CVS flat out lied that my daughter was given two shots (claimed the contractor caught herself before injecting), one supposedly empty and the other with the vaccine is a major problem in my opinion — she has verifiable proof (two pictures taken in the parking lot) that it happened and there’s no excuse for that, ‘people-y’ day or not. Making a joke about something this important doesn’t speak well for CVS.

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    Reviewed April 7, 2021

    If I could give a lower rating I would! I love using CVS's coupons and shopping in person, but when using their online site the order does not always go through, and if it does, they do not disclose that an item is "out of stock" until after the order is complete. Also if you need to make a change to an order, minutes after the order is placed, their customer service team will not be able to help you... So why have a customer service department? If you can't help to change or cancel an order then what is the point.

    After my phone call to them (which I was very nice to the CSR) I tried reaching them by email, and they stated that since my order was "in process" they could not stop it... Realize that I contacted them immediately after placing the order, because there was a mistake with the shipping address. But they "could not" help me.

    CVS's management needs to update and revamp their online services. First, once the order is placed have the customer review the order with items, billing address and shipping address to confirm and verify. Second, their Customer Service Department should be able to amend an order within the first hour that an order was placed, or before delivery was picked up by shipping company. Third, their Customer Service Department should be able to cancel an order within the first hour that the order was placed.

    They, CSR, told me their hands were tied and they could not help me. And informed me that I could reach out to UPS to update the shipping address. When I contacted UPS they stated that CVS assigned a tracking number, but they did not have the package within their possession as of yet. So I had to wait till they had the package. So, I contacted CVS again (by email) asking since they still had the package, why they could not update the shipping address or cancel the order, and they informed me again that they could not help me. I will continue to shop within their store, but I will NEVER use their online shopping option. Within the last 3 months they have either canceled the order after placing it, or this time shipped it to the wrong address and could not assist me to update or cancel the order.

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    Reviewed March 30, 2021

    BUYER BEWARE of their company return policy. *Always pay with a credit card*. The store return policy does not honor debit cards as cash even though they do not pay a credit card fee. They also do not have their policy posted.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed March 12, 2021

    My husband got his prescription early on March 10, 2021. I called to see if I could, the head Pharmacist literally said: "Because you're a woman, I have to explain that February has 28 days. Do you understand what a month is?" I hung up. Women have to wait 3-5 days after we run out of vital Heart and BP medications or any medications before they can refill them! Women have to have a ** Male Doctor or this pharmacy declares "not a valid prescription."

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    Reviewed March 12, 2021

    My wife woke up every day for a couple of weeks trying to secure a Covid vaccine appointment! We drove 1 1/2 hrs to Pitman NJ to find out we did not have app. Yet I had proof. The pharmacist provided NO help, **.

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    Reviewed Feb. 22, 2021

    Although the store itself is nice the prices are ridiculously overpriced. After buy items at this company I found out I could have gotten the same items much cheaper elsewhere. They don't do price match and you barely get any type of discounts. Not really a go to place unless as a last resort. Recommend shopping elsewhere before using this company.

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    Reviewed Feb. 17, 2021

    We are having extremely low temperatures with a little snow in Oklahoma right now. The roads have been clear with some slick spots but passable even in a small car. I was at the dr. with a bad knee, she called in three scripts to CVS on Mustang rd. in Yukon, Ok. I didn’t get a notice from them that they were ready. The next day I called them to check. She stated they closed early the day before because of weather, (the roads were clear) but my scripts were ready. "Why didn’t you send me notice?" "Oh, you didn’t get one."

    I said, "I’ll send my wife right now to pick up." She said, "We close in two minutes." "Let me talk to your manager." I told him, "my wife was on her way and you close in two minutes." He said, "Sorry. I will make it. There are seniors, sick and elderly that need their meds to function and survive, other pharmacies are open." CVS choose to close every opportunity. I had to give them one star that they don’t deserve, so I can write this review. Never again!

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    Reviewed Feb. 15, 2021

    To make a long story short the Pharmacy made an error at the first of the year by filling the prescription on 12/30/2020 vs the date I asked of 1/3/2021. The error cost us an additional fill at the old price vs the new year price because of our deductible. I have reached out to the Pharmacist at the store, the store manager, CVS Customer Service and was assured that the Regional Pharmacy Manager would contact me. This has not happened. I am stuck for the year and will move the prescription next year along with the Pharmacy Insurance that goes along with it. CVS already lost the rest of my family's business because I was going to move that to them as well. Just very disappointed.

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    Reviewed Feb. 13, 2021

    I thought my current CVS was terrible so when I moved I was happy to switch to a new pharmacy. I decided to give CVS another chance thinking that it was a matter of location not actual company. Unfortunately I have found that the same problems I have with old CVS I have with the current one. Also, among talking to family, friends, and co-workers they encountered the same issues, and they decided to go to other pharmacies. Just to name a few problems:

    *They text you your prescriptions are ready, you arrive, and it is NEVER READY. Not once my prescriptions were ready.

    *They never answer the phone, or be prepared to be at least 35 minutes on hold.

    *Lines are huge when you arrive, no matter what time and everyone complains about lack of communication between pharmacy and client.

    *Employees are misinformed. They cannot give you a straight answer on why a medication is delayed or denied... Or they blame the prior shift. The latest thing that happened to me to be very specific: I called the doctor early in the morning, so he could give me something for pain due to my surgery. He prescribed 2 medications. I received a text at 3:33 pm saying my prescription is ready. After a long day at work and with a lot of pain I go to pick up my medications. I had to wait 20 minutes in line. When I finally get to the counter, the prescription(s) were not ready. This was at 7 pm (over 3 hrs. after I received text saying prescriptions WERE ready). Then, they only bring ONE medication to me. I asked where the other one is. They said, there was an issue with the other one.

    I needed to go to the Drop-Off window to find out exactly what the issue was. I asked how come nobody told me about the issue earlier. I am in need of my pain medication; otherwise I would not be there... They told me to go to Drop off Window. I went to Drop off Window. Waited 15 minutes (this is someone who already waited 20 minutes in line, and it is in a lot of pain). Finally, someone approaches me. I explained the whole situation and tells me the same thing the other person had told me before, there was an issue with my prescription which I replied exactly the same thing. What issue and how come NOBODY had called me earlier when I could have call doctor, insurance etc... AGAIN they have no answer for me. :(:(:( I had to leave w/o my medication for pain and no explanations or answers from any of the staff members.

    The unsympathetic treat that I keep receiving from the CVS pharmacy staff is an ongoing issue. They just do NOT care. I know they receive many complaints. If a supervisor who cares or upper management will stand on line at least once, he/she will know that every single person is very upset with the treatment that they get from the pharmacy member. It is beyond being unprofessional.

    We are talking about people that are in pain or sick here... What if someone with a mental illness goes w/o their prescription a whole weekend because a moron did not make a ph. call warning him/her about an "issue" with their insurance? What if it is someone going through chemotherapy? I could name so many different terrible scenarios worse than my after surgery pain... I am done with CVS, NEVER again I am shopping there, thankfully I live in country with many options Walgreens, Navarro, Publix, just to name a few pharmacies, but hopefully you can fix it for any future client.

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    After a positive interaction with CVS Pharmacy, Sandra increased their star rating on March 2, 2021.

    Updated review: March 2, 2021

    I found out that the Florida warehouse reshelved my order. I had to make the order over again. I got all but one replacement item on 2/24. Made a new order for my next items on 2/24. Today is 3/1, and warehouse still hasn't processed my order. Order I made for another person at this same address after mine, and theirs is on the way to USPS. It is a problem at the warehouse. Someone there is dropping the ball. It would make sense that 2 orders from the same address at the same time could be filled and shipped on the same day. Agents are great. It's the warehouse that's the problem.

    Original Review: Feb. 12, 2021

    I am on Medicare. I ordered items from my otc stipend. They took the order, charged for it and then reshelved all my items. I never got anything and they kept the $$. They treat Medicare recipients badly.

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    Customer ServiceHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed Feb. 6, 2021

    CVS Health is listed as a "trusted testing and travel partner" on the State of Hawaii's Department of Transportation website. NOTHING IS FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH. Don't be misled by this CVS listing since their own website www.cvs.com/minuteclinic clearly stipulates that "travelers to Hawaii should make other testing plans"! This company falsely applied to become a trusted partner with the Hawaiian government and should cease and desist such a claim. They benefit from a false marketing strategy to put their company among other legitimate suppliers who do offer correct and timely testing procedures.

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    Punctuality & SpeedHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed Feb. 3, 2021

    I strongly strongly urge anyone thinking about getting a CVS pharmacist or CVS to go to for a vaccine is highly not recommend. I got one. I almost died. I’m having severe fax. The pharmacist has been fired, quit, transferred to another Cvs. These are all the answers I got and they are all recorded. There is no paperwork on me. I wasn’t given any type of consultation. I am now suffering six months later from side effects. Do not talk to risk management as they are not your friends and the mistakes that they have made on my paperwork is ridiculous. They are sloppy, inadequate. Even after I had a question the pharmacist to look at my prescriptions which she ignored put me in a dirty corner, injected me with who knows what.

    Go to a reputable doctor especially with other vaccines ready to roll out. I highly not recommend CVS. Anywhere else that has a good reputation it may be your last one. When I tried to confront CVS I was screamed at dismissed lied to. I am the one that is victim and the way I am being treated by trusting a person to put something into my body and something went wrong That has led me to brain scans, neurologist etc. I don’t know if I’ll ever be the same. So upsetting. This place is disgusting. Unethical.

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    Reviewed Feb. 1, 2021

    CVS is a scam/rip off. They have an illegal tying arrangement with the government run insurance program for current and former employees. The pharmacy thinks that any rx with refills taken to them is theirs even though the rx was written for me to take where I choose. If you want to transfer your rx, good luck!!!! A store closing on their part does not constitute an emergency on mine so get your crap together and start doing what you're in business to do.

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    Reviewed Jan. 31, 2021

    We have been using the CVS pharmacy on Market Street in Leesburg, VA. We have repeatedly asked that all our prescriptions be placed on automatic refill. But once again I am out of a medication without a refill being ready. And we live in a rural area and are in the middle of a snowstorm. So it will likely be some days before I can drive out to pick up my refill. I am ready to switch to another pharmacy at this point as I can't count on automatic refills being done.

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    Reviewed Jan. 29, 2021

    I tried two times to enter my information for COVID testing at the CVS 1080 Hendersonville Road, Asheville, NC location. After I entered my information, and scheduled the date, I tried to upload my insurance photo. The software showed only half the photo. Then, I tried to go back and lost the information. I tried to enter it a second time, and it worked until I tried to confirm the location and time for the test. Again, I lost the information. With the abundant availability of good software, I am depressed that I cannot schedule a COVID test. It is not wonder the United States has such a high COVID incidence rate, when testing is available and the average person cannot even schedule a test.

    I have had several years of programming classes so I am not a novice to using online software and even have done some web design. I cannot imagine why it is so difficult to register for this test online, and am disappointed at the incompetent manner in which this pandemic has been and continues to be handled and coordinated in spite of the fact that we have so many good and talented healthcare professionals working so hard and making so many personal sacrifices to save lives.

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    Reviewed Jan. 20, 2021

    I am obligated to use this company for my expensive monthly medication per my Insurance company. I have never received my prescription on time. It takes at least 3 tries to get it shipped to me. Been told my small box couldn’t fit on the UPS truck and so they just cancelled my order and I had to call again to order. Even talked to a supervisor and she couldn’t even get it shipped cause she overlooked to change a date in the system. Most recent reason was technical issue and I even ordered online. So it doesn’t matter if I order online or call. They cannot get my prescription shipped. They don’t call me to inform me my prescription didn’t ship, they wait until it’s to be here and when I call them inquiring where my shipment is, they are surprised they didn’t call me. I’ve gone 2 weeks without my meds fighting with them to get it shipped. So if you have a choice to use this company or not and you depend on your medication I would not use this company.

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    Reviewed Jan. 9, 2021

    If you want to get the wrong medicine this pharmacy is perfect. I've had them for a year and every refill is late. I've never had my medication delivered on time. I've had to make numerous calls just to refill a once a month medication. They have lost or not filled refills. Problems every single time.

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    Reviewed Jan. 5, 2021

    Unable to access my account for 2 months. Spent hours on the phone. I was sent a untie request and faxed it. I filled out info and faxed it back. I received a e-mail saying they received the form and call back to finish. Yesterday I talked to 6 people. One of them told me to change my email address. I did and it didn't work. I called back today and spoke to 5 people. Was disconnected after 2 hours of waiting. I called back and was transferred 3x. I still can't access my prescription information. I have all of there names, not that it will help. So aggravated. Considering changing from CVS to another pharmacy. They process 2,000 dollars a month for me.

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    Reviewed Dec. 29, 2020

    After moving to Tampa, I transferred seven scripts for my hubby here. Transfer took several days but they finally confirmed they had it. Three hours later I tried to pick up and was told they only had four done. Two more hours later, they still only had four done. Next day I get a message saying pick them up. After waiting in line 24 minutes after I started timing, I am told they only have six of the seven done. Two days later I get a message saying it's done. I just went to pick it up, 3PM on the day AFTER they sent message and it's still not done. Seriously. What is the point in running customers back and forth. CVS team, if it ain't done, stop trying to fake it...the customer is going to figure it out. After I get this last one filled, I will move to a better pharmacy. My CVS in Michigan was awesome.

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    Reviewed Dec. 3, 2020

    Drive through line is absurdly long on a regular basis & the manager on duty was extremely rude. Tonight I waited in line 20 min & at the window was told to pull out of line & back around (behind the 8 cars waiting behind me) because they didn't have my insurance updated. My husband spoke with the pharmacy 3 hours prior & they said to "just bring an updated card at pick up". I was attempting to pick up medication to relieve the pain of my husband's ulcer when needing to get home to put 3 kids to bed. If I "pulled back around" behind the 8 cars behind me it would have been an additional 30 plus minutes wait time.

    After 7 min at the pick up window I asked for a manager. David "C" Told me that it "wasn't his problem" & if I didn't pull away from the window he would call the cops. The females on duty seemed to be afraid of this manager. I made it clear that the lady who assisted me did nothing wrong & I was upset at their operating system. I was at fault for calling him a name before I pulled away but I was shocked that this young man was in a managerial position. David "C" wouldn't give me further information & almost seemed excited for me to contact his supervisor stating "they will know who I am, don't worry" As if he is untouchable. Needless to say we will be taking our business elsewhere & unless you like consistently long lines & rude pharmacy managers you should too.

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    CoverageStaffHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed Dec. 1, 2020

    The arrogance and laziness and lack of knowledge of this pharmacy staff on Gause Blvd. Slidell LA is hard to describe. They will lie about anything to cover their lack of knowledge, tell my doctor a completely different story than me and makes everything so much more complicated than necessary just because they don’t know what they are doing. I’ve been out of my prescription for 2 days now and they don’t care, it’s not affecting them. Avoid this place like the plague.

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    Reviewed Nov. 28, 2020

    The COVID-19 test arranged for by 'minute clinic' doesn't provide the results on time as guaranteed on their website. They took 5 days time as opposed to 2-3 days time promised for travelers.. So we missed our flight back to India and had to change our itinerary. It was a huge harassment for us.. International travelers require a COVID-19 test to be taken within 72 hours of boarding the flight and the CVS pharmacy 'minute clinic' website says that the results will be provided within 2-3 days time which is why we went ahead with it in the first place. When we called them on their helpline, they assured us that the lab will make sure that we get our results in time to board our flight. But their tone changed once we took the COVID-19 test at one of their pharmacies.

    After repeatedly calling and telling them that we need the report within 2 days time, they failed to do anything or rather chose not to do anything. They only had one thing to say that the test results could take any time between 24 hours to 7 days.. This is highly unprofessional of them and thus would suggest everyone to never take a COVID-19 test at a CVS pharmacy if you are in a rush or need the result sooner.. They are just out there to make some easy money from this side business. It's very disappointing. Given its reputation, I thought it would be trustworthy but apparently it's not.

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    Refunds & Payouts

    Reviewed Nov. 17, 2020

    I purchased $50 gift card at CVS store (17165 Bluemound Rd, Brookfield, WI 53226) on Feb 2, 2019. The CVS gift card has $0 value when I tried to use it. I still have the activation receipt and the actual gift card. Unfortunately, CVS refused to reimburse me the money. Now, I am out of $50. CVS should be responsible for its gift card problem.

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    Reviewed Nov. 16, 2020

    Moisturizing Hand sanitizer CVS Health gallon 125 FL OZ (3.6 L) original scent. PEEL MY HANDS. Very strong. I try to return but cvs 54 06 31st Ave, Woodside, NY 11377 always l have troubles in this store to return something, I can’t return the hand sanitizer. I want to check it out and remove it from the market.

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    Reviewed Nov. 13, 2020

    I have continuously hated CVS for many years. Several years back, they filled and gave me a medication to give my son that in his profile said he was allergic to. I administered this medication and ended up with an er visit that night. Now this was both the dr and the pharmacy's fault as there is no way I could have known this medication contained this ingredient. This time, my son is close to being grown and needs testosterone. He was prescribed 2 different sized needles and the testosterone. I called to confirm rx was ready as I had not heard from them. They were ready.

    I went to pick up the testosterone and the needles were not ready. Fine. I was told to wait an hour and they would fill. Fine. I waited an hour because I was too far away from home to go back and come back. I went through 30 minute line again and was almost home and found they only gave me one of the needles needed so I called them. They said they needed another hour to fill. We went back at 830pm were told they were closed even though their hours were until 9pm. Went back following morning. I was told that there was no rx for the second needle.

    After waiting for 20 minutes, they found they had the rx but it needed a prior auth. I would normally understand however at this point I was getting frustrated. The needles I needed were $.73. That is right. The cash price was 73 cents. That is why they could not be filled as insurance wouldn't allow them. I was happy to give them the money but they didn't communicate which is imperative in this type of situation. I will never use them again. Spent 4 hours initiating communication, being put on hold, sitting in line and finally got my rx. I cannot believe they are still in business.

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    Reviewed Oct. 26, 2020

    It's been 8 days since my test and still no results that they said they would have within 2-3 days. Customer service at minute clinic has not been helpful and the Lab they use "quest Labs" won't let them contact them until after 10 days. Meanwhile, I'm am in quarantine on Hawaii for the duration of my vacation. Very disappointed in CVS's response to this!

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    Reviewed Oct. 24, 2020

    I watch for coupons from CVS. They lower the prices of lots of items like Don Pablo Coffee and Whitman's boxed chocolates. I can't find better prices on these items anywhere in town. I like that!

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    Reviewed Oct. 21, 2020

    2831 Maguire Road, Windermere FL 34786 - The Pharmacy refused to fill a Rx medication I take daily. No reason given. Never asked for my driver's license or anything. Just told me they could not sell me my medication. A few days ago they said the system would not take my ID because it was too early- probably by one day and I get this because it is controlled and the system will block it if it is too early. So no issue.

    However, it was not too early today. The Pharmacist just refused to sell it to ME. He treated me like dirt. When I called the store, the Manager was also rude and said he is the Pharmacist and can refuse to sell medications to anyone. I called the Corporate office and they are not going to do anything either. SO - BEWARE. If you have medication that you need filled - especially something that is life or death, CVS Pharmacy may just up and decide not to fill it. You will die and all they are going to do is stick up for their Pharmacist. My impression: Discrimination. My son and I have Asperger's.

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    Reviewed Oct. 17, 2020

    My CVS is close by. They carry just about anything you need. Their selection of vitamins and supplements cannot be beat. The prices are competitive.

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    Reviewed Oct. 12, 2020

    I try to get my medicine and they say it’s ready but when I drive over there it’s not. I wait on the phone for a really long time and then they won’t listen to me and give different information. When I go to the drive-through it always takes a long time! I don’t recommend this pharmacy.

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    Reviewed Oct. 4, 2020

    Doctor sent a 90 day supply prescription and one refill for BP to the Sun City Center, FL CVS. They would not fill it unless I called the pharmacy, after waiting on hold for 45 minutes, that was the last straw for me after several issues with this pharmacy. So, I tried to transfer all my prescriptions to a different pharmacy but the pharmacist at the place I was trying to transfer to, told me that CVS told him that I have no prescriptions available to transfer. None. Despite the fact that I have 4. So, now I’m on day two without my high blood pressure medication because now the prescription can’t be found at all. My BP is 177/119 and blood vessels are bursting in my right eye. My doctor has tried calling CVS three times and can’t get through to confirm what is going on with this. I am shocked by the level of incompetence I’ve experienced at this pharmacy.

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    Reviewed Sept. 4, 2020

    The vitamin brands offered by CVS have been ranked high by Consumer Report and the prices are reasonable and selection excellent. It is also convenient to fill prescriptions at the same place where my vitamins are sold.

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    Reviewed Sept. 4, 2020

    I was unable to get a flu shot from the CVS on Folsom in Sacramento because their computer system wasn't working. I have gotten shots and prescriptions using my insurance at CVS in the past. I tried to get a flu shot here twice, the second time today September 4 2020. The first time the employee who helped me spent 20 minutes on the computer then said he couldn't find my insurance info. So I came.back with my card today Sep 4 and this time was told the info was there after all but the system was acting up and they couldn't access it. Or something like that. I had 2 employees trying to figure it out. A third was trying to help another gentleman on the computer the entire time and also didn't seem to be getting anywhere. Just kept clicking away. I left without a shot. Very frustrating and not helpful during a pandemic.

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    Reviewed Sept. 3, 2020

    What a nightmare. After 2 years of enduring mistakes every, month.... wrong dosage, 20mg instead of 40mg, 30 pills in a bottle labeled 90, always told to go home and come back later in the day, I had another customer's bags after I got in my car, etc, etc. I finally told the Pharmacy manager that her needs to investigate. Next visit, the Pharmacist (who was wearing his required mask on his chin) wanted revenge and told me I wasn't allowed to fill prescriptions there anymore. I talked to the senior store manager and he started using offensive language in front of my wife. This is the store from Hell.

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    Reviewed Aug. 30, 2020

    Ref my RX# **;** 0.06% spray. I am supposed to get 5 bottles per doctor's prescription& have been getting 5 past several months. On 8/23 I only got 3 bottles. Called 8/29, Pharmtech denied I was eligible for 5 but only 3; asked him to check my refill history, he talked to Pharmacist & admitted they had miscalculated, However wanted me to drive back to the pharmacy again to have it corrected. No apology etc. I told him just mail it but he wouldnt. This is > 10 times and for almost 2 years I have been receiving only 3 bottles vs the prescription that required 5. CVS repeatedly told me my Insurance denied 5 and approved only 3. I had gone back to my doctor 2x to ensure his prescription reflected my needed usage and I was always running out of the spray! I then called the insurance and was told that it was CVS that was giving me short! Challenged the calculation, they admitted mistake & revised to 5. This store pharmacy is incompetent with poor customer service.

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    Reviewed Aug. 27, 2020

    My husband needed a prescription from CVS until our mail-order company had time to ship it to us. Now, CVS has automatically refilled the prescription, without our permission or request to do so, and they call every day to say the prescription is ready for pick-up. There is no option to cancel the prescription during the auto calls. Even after calling the pharmacy to cancel the prescription, we still receive auto messages daily. Horrible customer service!

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    Reviewed Aug. 6, 2020

    SO THE PHOTO BOOKS are advertised as printed pages with photos and bound. I order the book which needed to be shipped out the next day for a birthday present that had to be done quickly for a client and I liked what I saw on the website as to being printed on the paper and bound. I get there today, it's 8x10's in a tension bound scrapbook that was dirty. For $30.00??? Thank goodness I had a 30% off coupon bringing this crap down to 20.92 and still not worth it. You are nuts CVS... and I'm gonna shout this from the top of every rooftop the false advertising. What a total waste of money. I had to take the 8 x10's rush around to 3 stores to find a suitable holder book that would protect each photo. Spending yet another $15 that I shouldn't have had to do.

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    Reviewed July 30, 2020

    Everytime I call CVS in Hempstead in regards to a prescription they are never helpful.. One minute they can input a coupon in the system over the phone to help with the cost of my 400.00 medication and then they can't.. Smh.. If my daughter seizure medication runs out, I have to call every cvs near me to find it because they can't... I'm so dissatisfied with them... ShopRite pharmacy please come back!!!

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    Reviewed July 30, 2020

    My only complaint with CVS is they do not have a contract United Healthcare which would lower the prices greatly. I just do not understand why they do not participate, to me a makes good business sense. Staff is great. CVS Exton PA Lincoln hwy.

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    Reviewed July 21, 2020

    We were in store. Walked back to pharmacy. Would not let us have meds without a mask on. Could not look for look for other meds 'cause we did not have mask on. Will shop other place. Never at CVS. Pretty rude not to let you have meds. Just left hospital.

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    Reviewed July 18, 2020

    Store 295 South Scatterfield Road Anderson IN. Second incident with this same CVS location. At first I thought that it was only one pharmacist who was treating me unprofessionally. Now I am treated again in an unprofessional manner by a pharmacist who identified himself. I am a physician that was calling on behalf of my patient and called to get the PA information which I received, then I called back to let the pharmacist to let the pharmacist know. He said ok, and then I asked to run the coupon for the patient to see how much the prescription was who would have reduced income and so the price was a determining factor to get this medication. I said, "Ok transfer me," and the phone went to voicemail so I called back.

    He then answered again and I said that I would ask if he could run this for me because I am trying to help the patient and I said I am a doctor, and he said, "I don't care if you are a doctor and you only waited a minute and hung up on me." I called back to speak with a technician, they took the call and asked what is this about and they then hung up. I called corporate to get help. This location is noted for unprofessional interactions with doctors and the CVS consumer affairs website will not take complaints so I will give this information to the public.

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    Reviewed July 17, 2020

    Went in for a corona test that was absolutely worthless. They told me 3 to 5 days. I have been waiting 10 days. There is no phone number to contact them. You reach a recording that tells you they’re not going to answer basically just to wait it. No timeline. By the time I get my test back I won’t need the test. Don’t bother wasting your time. This company is selling a product that is completely useless

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    Reviewed July 15, 2020

    The absolute worst customer service! As a regular customer who refills the same medications every month, it’s ridiculous that CVS refuses to hold paper scripts or schedule orders for customers. What are the computers for?! CVS requires patients to return to their pharmacy daily to check in stock levels in case they run out of the medications I refill every single month without change. How is it in the patients’ best interest to have to make multiple visits to the store for one single transaction, especially during a pandemic!!!!

    Then when I show up on the day the prescription can be filled, CVS then says they’ve run out the medication and can reorder it for you on Monday (they say they can only order on Mondays so if you come in any other day add a week to your wait). CVS is so far behind the times, it’s truly shocking and causing customers to have to make 10 times the effort while experiencing 10 times the difficulty to simply refill regular prescriptions on a monthly basis. Do yourself a favor and use a different pharmacy, any pharmacy but CVS...

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    Reviewed July 11, 2020

    On July 5, 2020, I went to CVS on W. Briggsmore Avenue in Modesto, CA, to buy some CVS Health Brand gummy vitamins. I got CVS Care coupons from the kiosk in the store, one of them good for $5 off $20 purchase of CVS Health Brand vitamins or supplements. I got two bottles for $10.73 a piece. I asked the clerk if the coupon was good for the products that I had, and he said yes. I tried using the coupon at checkout, but it wasn't being accepted. I asked for the manager to come out, and he told me it was because the ExtraCare number that was listed on the coupon was different than what was listed on the phone number that I gave. I don't understand that at all, since I entered my phone number on the kiosk screen when I got the coupons! The clerk, who went by the name of **, told me to call CVS corporate (1-800-SHOP-CVS).

    I e-mailed corporate with the complaint, and I was contacted a couple of days later by a customer service representative named **, who told me the coupon expired on July 4. I e-mailed her back. Told her that was impossible, since I received the coupon on July 5 and its expiration date is shown as July 12. I even took a picture of the coupon to show her, but I haven't heard anything back. I contacted corporate AGAIN (this time by phone), and it was a complete joke. The first time I got through, I could barely understand the representative on the other end of the line because it kept breaking up. I hung up and called again, and spoke to someone. I gave the clerk the coupon code, and she did some research while putting me on hold. She came back and told me the coupon isn't in their system. HUH?! I don't understand how it can't be in their system if it was printed from THEIR kiosk!

    I ended up filing a complaint with the FTC because I was tired of being given the runaround and one BS excuse after five others. Apparently, they would rather screw customers out of their discounts and give that money to their shareholders, or perhaps use the money to fund the golden parachutes for the corporate executives, just like any typical corporation. Needless to say, this will be my absolute last time in any CVS Pharmacy. Take my advice, do not do business with these shysters!

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    Reviewed July 8, 2020

    July 2nd in the morning I called the CVS pharmacy inside Schnucks at 5055 Arsenal and asked that mine and my wife's prescriptions be shipped. They took my credit card and said they'd send them right away 1-2 day via USPS. I understood that the holiday could cause me to have to wait till Monday to get the delivery. That was OK.

    At 3:00 pm Monday when the delivery had not arrived I called the pharmacy. The young man I spoke with apologized and told me that they had not gotten my delivery out the previous week but that it had been noticed and taken care of earlier that day. He confirmed to me that my prescriptions had been shipped earlier Monday and apologized for the oversight. I discovered later he was lying.

    On Wednesday at 4:00 pm (I'm now out of medication that I need to take this evening) I called the pharmacy to again inquire. They had me wait a moment and then came back and said tracking indicated it would arrive on Thursday. I asked if I could have that tracking number and they gave it to me. Using the tracking number I discovered that the shipping label was created there at the pharmacy on Monday at 3:26 pm -- after I had called. My prescriptions did not ship earlier that day. In fact they were not picked up by USPS until 4:54 pm the next day, Tuesday. I think it is a very bad thing for pharmacy employees to be dishonest.

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    Reviewed July 8, 2020

    I got a CoVid19 drive-through test because I am a healthcare worker AND have at-risk people in my life. I was told 1-3 days for processing. The appointments ran late, they had my email wrong, the box to put the samples in was overflowing. Then I never got the link to get my results. I assume the girl never corrected my email even though I told her it was wrong and gave her the correct one.

    When I called I was told it was now 5-7 days for results, and NO ONE could help me get the link sent. It was always someone else's department. I was kept on hold for hours and moved from place to place. Finally got a call today and they left a message, stating they were re-sending the link. EVERY person I have talked to I have told the email is WRONG. They didn't listen. There was no contact information to return the call, I was just told that if they noticed I haven't pick up my results in a week or so, they will call back again "sometime." Oh, and when I tried to leave a review on their site it was deleted with a message that I should leave a "valid" review.

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    Reviewed July 1, 2020

    Took my 90 yo father for test... nothing that followed was done right! Got no results on MyChart and no results sent to his doctor as they were supposed to do! Then you try to find out ANYTHING thru their Customer Service, what a damn joke! On hold, on hold, on hold, finally get someone and no answer, dead end...Next stab at it, repeat same process, dead end... One told me I’d get a phone call from a big shot... Never happened.... Have never had such a frustrating experience IN MY LIFE! Made me so upset, wanted to scream or cry or both... I had 3 days of this... Unbelievable how a company can be SO BAD!!!

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    Reviewed June 25, 2020

    I went for a test 7 days ago and the result is still not posted. You would imagine with the state of affairs right now they would move their butt. Another thing the drop off was a nightmare. Everything was overflowing. I had to push the package inside and in doing so I touched numerous active swabs. I will probably get COVID because of CVS than anything else.

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    Reviewed June 21, 2020

    I have been trying for weeks now to order basic supplies (razors, Tums, toothpaste) online from CVS to no avail. They send me coupons and deals (and as a CarePass customer I get free shipping), I click on them, place an order, get an order receipt confirmation, and seconds later, a cancellation notice. The notice blames the virus and says they are out of stock. The website says otherwise. I think they have finally realized that they are losing money on these "deals" that they offer (toothpaste for $2.50?) and they cancel orders with losses. Or maybe they just don't like me. Anyone else having this problem?

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    Reviewed June 18, 2020

    Let me begin by saying that this review is about CVS Specialty Medication Pharmacy (CVS/SM) and not about Caremark (regular) Pharmacy. The latter has provided me very regular and courteous service. But, about 6 or 8 years ago CVS/SM Pharmacy was created and the price for my liver transplant immuno-suppressant meds immediately soared. The tech there had the gall to tell me it was "...because of Obama."

    For the last year or so the service has noticeably degraded. The techs lack training in both customer and technical service. The last couple of months I have spent hours on the phone with them as they went back and forth asking me for information which they have had for a long time and insisting on talking to my doctor over orders which they have had for a long time. They called my clinical transplant coordinator for "verification". She said: (1) they had my diagnosis as a Kidney recipient, and (2) they asked for my Medicare # when Medicare never has paid for my meds. Aetna pays for my meds and I do not even have Medicare part D.

    This week, for my latest order, the techs have fumbled around for 3 days causing me multiple hours on the phone and still never authorized my order. They also never tried to push me upline to get me some assistance. Finally, after asking for a supervisor and getting cut off 3 times, I insisted in an urgent and frustrated tone of voice to speak with a supervisor. A "senior representative" was on the phone in minutes and she had my order confirmed and resolved in minutes. Had I done this at first I could have saved myself much frustration and time from multiple calls back and forth between CVS/SM and my transplant coordinator.

    I am only 71 years of age and I have read other complaints here of CVS/SM. I am of sound mind and can be fairly aggressive when I need to but I hate to think of how patients with less clarity and lucidity get screwed around by CVS/SM. Many must just give up. Was CVS/SM created just to discourage people from getting their meds? I would like to know if there is a regulatory and advocacy agency to which I could take my concerns. What a disgrace to the American healthcare DIS-system.

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    Reviewed June 18, 2020

    I've been using CVS Pharmacy on W Channel Islands Blvd in Port Hueneme for almost a year now. At first, no issues came up. In the past few months there have been a handful of problems that seem more than just innocent mistakes, although they could be. For example, I was prescribed 60 capsules with a $4 copay, which is what I'm insured for. However, they tried to run my prescription for 59 capsules and my copay jumped to over $200. My prescription has never said anything other than 60 capsules. This is just one example. I could name a number of others.

    The health insurance/medical system in this country is broken when I and many others have to constantly worry that a) our doctor's or hospitals will overcharge us, b) our pharmacies will overcharge us or get simple instructions wrong that lead to overcharges, or c) that my health insurer may all of a sudden change coverage terms or simply refuse to cover a medical expense(s). Going back to this particular pharmacy, be on guard against erroneous charges.

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    Reviewed June 6, 2020

    The pharmacist are always helpful and very professional (** and **) as well as all the other staff. Especially the lady with "red hair". She always greets customers with a smile and always extends herself for us. This time she helped me find diabetic cough syrup. They always try to save me money. The guy that waited on me yesterday was very helpful and in such a "jolly" mood. It spilled over on me. What a great team in the store and the pharmacy at this CVS 11120 Patterson Ave 23238.

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    Reviewed June 4, 2020

    The fact that a renown pharmacy is selling individual face mask which look that they have been made by a toy company for $2.00 each is repulsive. They have taken advantage of the situation to sell these overpriced. Pharmacies are starting to get more supplies now, so check around before buying the $2.00 piece of junk CVS is selling by the piece.

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    Reviewed May 29, 2020

    Would not go there again if they paid me to. They keep giving me a hard time with my pain meds. I take them because I need them. If I didn't need them the doctor wouldn't prescribe them to me. So now I went back to Walgreens!!!! No problem. They are also against smoking, that's why they quit selling cigarettes!!!! Don't need any pharmacy that thinks they can run you life!!!!

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    Reviewed May 13, 2020

    I purchased online order no ** on May 7th. I called co extra care dept and cvs.com that day and talked to Vilma and another employee. They said I had to call back when order was processed to get the bucks put on my card. I stayed on phone for 2 hrs that day. I sent 4 emails that day showing them what I purchased and how many extra care rewards they owed me. No response from the company whatsoever. I called back on May 12th and talked to extra care card dept for 2 hrs and 15 min. The employee and I went over sales paper and determined they owe me 52 dollars. He transferred to online order dept and hung phone call up after over 2 hr on phone. He didn’t apply extra care bonus bucks to card, return phone call or send email. HOW RUDE. All that time wasted.

    Called Corp, consumers affairs, talked with cvs.co, extra bucks dept, talked to employee in extra bucks dept. I asked to speak to supervisor. Refused to connect me to her office or leave her a message or give me a name or number to supervisor. Spent another two hours on phone on 13th going from dept dept. No one could take care of my problem. Then an employee gave me customer relation no that was none working no 8442396223. Doesn’t work.

    Don’t ever place order online with CVS. The employees are rude, unhelpful, and you spend hrs on phone while they pass you from dept to dept.? I called Corp in the consumer affairs and no one could put me in the right office to assist me. Your customer service suck. You have 1 hr and a half wait time, your employees can’t assist you, you hang up on customers and don’t call back or send email, or fix the problem. You have no communication between dept. You really don’t care about customers at all. People don’t place online orders with cvs. Heed my warning. Cvs I just want my 52$ in extra care bucks that I’m due. A customer shouldn’t have to go through all this just to get cvs to pay them their extra care bucks. Someone in this company should be smart enough to fix the problem.

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    Reviewed May 13, 2020

    I am sick and tired of the constant phone calls and texts about my prescriptions to the point that I blocked their number. Now they leave voicemails. Sometimes 3 or more a day. Also recently I called in for 2 prescriptions to be filled. They filled 4 prescriptions but only 1 of them was one I called about. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic I decided to use the drive up window. I waited 25 minutes in the drive up window. Only received one of my called in prescriptions. Had to enter the store to return 3 of the scripts and reorder the other script I originally called in only to be told it would be at least an hour. So now I have to return and wait in line again. So to get 2 prescriptions I had to make 3 trips to the pharmacy. The worst thing is that they were not apologetic. In fact they seemed aggravated.

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    Reviewed May 12, 2020

    I've been a customer of CVS for more than 35 years and until now I've been willing to put up with waiting in long lines, receiving too many recorded messages about prescriptions that I never asked to refill, and being unable to use my CVS card to name a few. I finally reached the end of my tether when I placed an order online, and although I received a confirmation e-mail indicating the expected delivery date and my credit card was charged, my order remained unprocessed even after the delivery date had passed. I realize that the delivery system is taxed by the large amount of orders received, but I expected an update of some kind indicating when I might receive my order.

    When I attempted to contact Customer Service I found that there was no way to talk to a human. No matter which option I selected, I was eventually disconnected because my issue didn't match any of the prerecorded responses. Next I e-mailed Customer Service and quickly received a response indicating that I would not be charged for my purchase until it was shipped and ignoring my question about expected delivery time. When I responded to this e-mail, asking someone to read my message before responding, I received another message, giving me a phone number and a reference number.

    Again, there was no easy way to enter the reference number or talk to a human, but after repeated attempts I found that by selecting the option for "a problem in the store" I could talk to a human. However, he couldn't help me because he had no way to access information about my problem using either the reference number of the customer service rep's name. When I sent another e-mail asking to cancel my order and receive a refund, I was told that my order could not be cancelled because it was "in process."

    I wasted most of a day trying to resolve my problem. I understand that Customer Service is overtaxed, but what I don't understand is why CVS can't spend some of the money it's obviously making from this overload of orders to fix its technical problems and hire enough staff to service those orders. I would have happily accepted a delayed shipment if I’d been told when I placed the order and before I was charged. Now I’m left knowing that my business doesn’t matter and realizing that I need to find a new pharmacy.

    Finally someone must have heard me because the charge was removed from my credit card account as of May 12. However, my order is still in process (perhaps indefinitely) and customer service remains unavailable. I'm sure that I'll eventually be charged for items that I no longer need or want and cannot return.

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    Reviewed May 4, 2020

    I signed up for ExtraCare at $10/month because I thought it would save me money on the products I need. True, I get $5 back to spend on products. But this is not much help, all things considered. Through the COVID-19 crisis, everything I needed was unavailable/out of stock. I lost money on my ExtraCare investment that month. I tried again a month later, and I did find some things I wanted. But, comparing pricing with other online sellers, I found CVS prices consistently high. On average, I found that with a $50 purchase, I would spend more at CVS than the $5 benefit they provide.

    So, I pay $10 for the privilege of spending 10% to 15% more on most products than at other retailers. This will be the second time I've started and then cancelled ExtraCare. There will not be a third time unless CVS can really convince me I am saving money. I do credit CVS with a very smart business plan... as long as the customer is not paying close attention.

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    Reviewed April 28, 2020

    I called April 23 to renew Blood Pressure Meds. Automated reply was "Your prescription will be ready on April 23". I didn't make it in until April 28. Called first. Same reply. "Your prescription will be ready April 23". Had a funny feeling. I pull up to the drive in window and the technician told me my drug has been on backorder "for weeks". Now, I have zero left because CVS used to automatically and kindly remind me that it was time to pick up. Maybe they need to review their Technology and go back to doing business the old fashioned way if they cannot do it better than this with technology. There can be severe health consequences or even death if they do not get better. I will probably change Pharmacies.

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    Reviewed April 26, 2020

    I shop quite a lot at CVS and have always had excellent service. This was my first visit at the CVS STR#7402, 7900 S Main, Houston 77030. I purchased 4 Icy/Hot patches and placed a $3.00 coupon on top of them on counter. The clerk (**) said he didn't have the coupon, the manager ** was no help either. I have spent quite a lot of money at CVS and would not consider $3.00 coupon a problem. He gave me a receipt with a $5 extra bucks on it. It's not the money but the principle. / I GAVE HIM THE $3 coupon and have no idea what he did with it. I will not return to that store again! The manager was quite rude and I told him so.

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    Reviewed April 22, 2020

    I was absolutely shocked and disappointed when after seeing multiple online statements and advertisements from CVS on their instore availability of toilet paper. The maximum price for even the largest package was $9.99. But when you actually walk in the store, which is what they want, your price at the register is $16.99. That is price gouging and they need to be publicly reprimanded for it. I wish I could post a screenshot of their online advertising. Really unbelievable!

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    Reviewed April 16, 2020

    I was very disappointed with the poor service of the Pharmacy manager (Hagop) at the CVS in Moorpark (not the one in Target). The moment I handed him the prescription the first thing he said was "this is for the CVS in target why did you bring it here." I told him I went to the Target one and they were out and checked online and said you had it so they sent me here. His answer was "they always say that and keep sending everyone here because they don't want to do their job". He said this twice while we were talking. He also kept trying to find ways to not do his job and fill the prescription.

    Next question was "this Dr is in L.A. why are you bringing it here?" I told him "I live here but my dentist is in LA because I work there." He kept asking more irrelevant questions (such as why is a dentist giving you a strong pain killer, to which I explained about the painful infected tooth which damaged my jaw) and on and on. In any case I found this "manager"'s behavior unprofessional and abrasive and am surprised CVS would hire such incompetent managers. The pharmacist was great though. Also, the Target CVS by contrast is great and I've been using them for 21 years.

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    Reviewed April 14, 2020

    This is the WORST pharmacy I have ever dealt with? How could they still be in business, I have no clue. The owner must be super old, they do everything like still in 1980. Have a website that none of their employee know the concept of using. I asked questions on their website, brain dead employee did not even read the question, paste answer to call. First thing when you call said, "covid -19, please use website!" What are a bunch of morons. I want to set things for my next year Humira b/c they always make mistakes on top of mistakes for things to get going. Nope, cannot be efficient, ** quality must remain at **. My next month order is not due till next day to order but can I order today and CVS put it the note and placed order next day. Nope, have to call next day. There goes my lunch break. When are these dinosaur people become extinct? I ** HATE them so much.

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    Reviewed April 14, 2020

    I was not able to buy **, they require photo id, because of the COVID-19 I couldn't renew my expired DL. I showed my passport, and I was surprised that you can use passport only if you are US or Canada citizen. So this means that any non-US/Canadian citizen that is visiting US and in need of this medication can not buy it. This doesn't make any sense rather than discrimination.

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    Reviewed April 14, 2020

    On several occasions I have refilled a prescription online and received an email confirmation only to discover that it ends right there with no contact to the actual pharmacy. After this last event I then called the pharmacy to see if any of these have shown up on their end and nothing had. I then tried contacting CVS through both their contact us email and phone line. The email doesn't work! The phone call ends after a long hold time with nothing more than a busy signal. If this was a life saving medication, as I am sure this is not only happening to me, I would be dead. I had left CVS, deciding it was best to pay out of pocket rather than deal with this disaster. Due to my work schedule and other issues, I decided to try them again and it's problem after problem... If you can go elsewhere, something local, do go. This is truly a huge corporation that doesn't care about consumers or one's well-being (health).

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    Reviewed April 13, 2020

    CVS Pharmacy at 1329 Kempsville Road Chesapeake, VA 23320. For a very long time, I have been dealing with Rite Aid Pharmacy. I cannot say anything bad about the Rite Aid Pharmacy; the Pharmacy Staff are all helpful, polite, pleasing and courteous. I decided to switch to CVS since my eighty eight year old Uncle stayed with me since January 2020 for a planned vacation. He is stuck here in the State of Virgina because of the pandemic. Since his prescriptions are from CVS, I decided to move my prescriptions to CVS: BIG MISTAKE.

    Since January of 2020, my has been picking up medications for my Uncle and I. She has been complaining to me that the Pharmacy Staff are NOT FRIENDLY, snotty, and sometimes RUDE. I told her to give them the benefit of the doubt. Today, April 13, 2020, at around 5:00 PM, I had a very bad experience with one of the staff and the pharmacist. I asked my wife to pick up the prescription while our kids and I are waiting inside the car. Ten minutes later, she came back and informed me that the 30 day prescription is $195.00. I told her that I presented them with a coupon that says pay $9.00 for a 90 day prescription.

    I came back inside to return the medication. When I approached one of the staff, I told him about the coupon. He told me that it says “pay as low as $9.00 for a 90 day prescription”, depending on how much the insurance covers. I told him that I cannot “afford” the medication because it cost too much; actually, I should have said “I cannot justify $2,400.00” for one prescription in one year. He then said, he cannot take back the prescription once it has been bought. He started telling me to “read the fine prints on any coupons that I use.” I told him that I need to talk the pharmacist.

    The female pharmacist came by and told me that I cannot afford the medication. I heard the same speech from her telling me that CVS cannot take back the medication. She also said that the receipt states “Prescriptions Cannot Be Returned.” Your staff and pharmacist need to be educated because the receipt states “Some States Prohibits the Return of Medications.” With a nasty attitude, she told me “Don’t Buy The Medication if you cannot afford it.” You, CVS Pharmacy, should train your employee to be polite, helpful, pleasing, and courteous to the customers. Without customers, you will be out of business. A lot of people believes that “Customer is Always Right”; I do not believe that because some customers could be hard to deal with.

    I am an educated man and have a Bachelor’s Degree. I have been working as an Information Technology Professional for over 30 years. I make pretty good money and can afford to buy what I need. Can I afford the $2,400.00 medication? Yes I can. Do I need it? No. There are other alternative medications I can use. Your staff can get Customer Service Ethics from the staff of Rite Aid Pharmacy.

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    Reviewed April 13, 2020

    Hell it deserves NO STARS!! I was trying to cancel an order, told that it was and I was charged 303.26 AGAIN!! After being told it was cancelled. They said it is nonreturnable, that is why I cancelled it. On the phone for 3 hours with someone who can't get me to a manager. They charged my account WITHOUT MY PERMISSION!!!! Do not trust this company with anything. Definitely calling my bank to put a stop to them going and charging me for an order that was CANCELLED.

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    Reviewed April 7, 2020

    This company does not even deserve a half star. There are so many issues I have had with this company over the years. This time they have pushed me into writing a review to inform anyone using this company to go elsewhere or be advised of the companies track record. I have paid for botox every 3 months to have sent to my doctor's office to give me my injections. I pay CVS out of my pocket and then I pay for my doctor's visit with the doctor. The problem I've had with CVS is that they do not record payments from patients. I paid $729 for my botox and paid for it in March. They did not email me my receipt for making the payment and gladly took my payment. My $729 was deducted out of my account and CVS continues to harass me for a payment that I already paid. They have now sent me to collections as I will dispute the charge and provide my proof of payment.

    This has happened many other times that CVS does not keep accurate records of payment history with me. Another incident I've had with them is they charged my husband's credit card for botox without his permission to use his credit card for the particular transaction. I did read another review where another guy had the same thing happen to him as well. The billing department needs to get their act together!

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    Reviewed March 31, 2020

    I was sent to one location in Wantagh, NY to pick up the prescription that was sent by my doctor to the location I requested. Upon getting to the location I was told that my prescription is at the other Wantagh, NY location and I would have to go there to get it. Once I got to that location I was told no that it was indeed at the other location and I would need to return back to that one. Driving back yet again, I was then told again that the they don't know why the other location sent me back that they did not have my prescription. I was so furious at this point because they would not just transfer the prescription for me and insisted I go back to the other location again.

    I ended up home without my medication. I had to contact my doctor to again call in the prescription the one of the locations to ensure that would be the one that would have it. Of course, it was wrong once again but now they would transfer it for me if I just wait 10 minutes. Why was this not the option the first time around? Why was the staff so difficult when this all could of been avoided and resolved in 10 minutes? I will definitely be using a different pharmacy in the future.

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    Reviewed March 27, 2020

    2 regular size cans of Lysol Disinfectant Spray at CVS on Court St in Binghamton NY just rang up for $21.12. YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED!!!! At this time, when CVS is printing all over their 3 foot long receipts all of the benefits of shopping CVS and how much CVS is doing to help combat COVID-19 and assist communities, to hike up the cost of this product is disgusting!

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    Reviewed March 27, 2020

    After waiting on hold for 30 minutes I get to talk to incompetent employees. I've been trying to get medicine for a week for my 91-year-old mother and can't get it. The app is horrible and the store is not much better. I go to Walmart and I have to switch my mom to Walmart now.

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    Reviewed March 26, 2020

    CVS does auto refills without my permission and charges my insurance even though I refused the prescription. This has happened a number of times. I just noticed that they charged my insurance over $500 for a prescription that I did not need and did not ask for.

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    Reviewed March 25, 2020

    I went to CVS to pick up prescriptions for my wife who is an at risk person who will not leave the house. They gave me a prescription that was not ordered and will not take a return. It was not cheap and now is just trash. Never going back there.

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    Reviewed March 24, 2020

    My wife has severe asthma and allergies. She is on Zollier, a specialty shot given by her doctor monthly. She is now over 7 weeks since her last shot because we have hit a roadblock with this insensitive company. We have spoke to 4 customer service reps and 2 supervisors(who promised us immediate action and follow through. I have tried calling the supervisor (she gave me her direct number) and no answer or return call. My wife is in desperate need of this shot yet we continue to get no action. I don’t know who else to call or write to. They just don’t care!!!! I’m sure they will care if something horrible happens to my wife and I sue this company on negligence. Come on people.

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    Customer ServiceStaffTransparency

    Reviewed March 19, 2020

    My medication delivery was supposed to be arrived on Tuesday March 17, 2020. After several attempts calling CVS Specialty Pharmacy, I just received some of the supplies, but not the ** that I need to have it every other week. I contacted my health insurer - Avmed. They responded very positive to my concerns and talked to the pharmacy. The explanation they received was that the doctor's prescription was not in file. And for sure I know that was not true because the professional staff for Dr. ** faxed it in front of me. I contacted Dr. **, and even those were working at home due to the crisis with covid-19, they picked up the phone and sent again for third time the prescription.

    A week ago someone from the CVS specialty pharmacy contacted me, saying that my prescription was change to a lower doses, that now I will have 3 needles instead of 4. My question: can be tracked or recorded your company conversation over the phone? To proof the unprofessionalism of your employees about the health situation for the patients. Still now, I do not have my medication. Very bad customer service!

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed March 18, 2020

    I have used CVS pharmacy for more than 6 years, but no longer. The last three times I have had a prescription the automated system indicated the prescription is being processed, but it was not being processed at all. This last time I was told they had the prescription but it was not ready and that was more than 4 hours after it was received. How long does it take to count 10 pills? Having this happen once, I can understand, but having it happen the last three times indicates to me they are very inefficient.

    Today I was told they would get right on it only to have another staff member speak with me after I waited 15 minutes. They acknowledged they had the prescription and wanted to know if I wanted it to be filled. Obviously they are not communicative even amongst themselves. The response of the staff was no less than rude and unapologetic. They just do not care...that says volumes about the people and the company. I will take my business to Walgreens or some other local pharmacy. CVS on 10th street in Cookeville, TN is not a customer-friendly pharmacy!

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    Online & App

    Reviewed March 17, 2020

    I can't be negative enough about this company in their lack of attention to detail and their nonperformance. I have a prescription refill request in September of 2019 that is still processing. The life sustaining medication I need had its refill button disabled. I went to their website to renew a prescription and found it had been discontinued. What a blow to Blue Cross's reputation for outsourcing their Medicare part D to a "company" like this. If it weren't for the diligence of my doctors, their nurses, and my local pharmacy, I'd be dead today. AND, my copay went from $21 for a ninety day supply to $153 for 30 day and on, and on, and on. Signed: disgusted!

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    Reviewed March 14, 2020

    I made an order to CVS via Instacart. I did not get the order. I did get one candy product valued at $1.49. They had the nerve to charge delivery. Almost seems like an APRIL FOOL'S DAY JOKE IN MAY. NO PHONE CALL TO LET ME KNOW ABOUT ANY ISSUES. THEY JUST DID NOT FOLLOW THROUGH. I will never order from them again.

    E. **

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    Reviewed March 11, 2020

    I went to the drive for pick to get medicine. After I called ahead to see if my prescription was ready for pick up. However, and my fiancé sat behind a car that was waiting for a prescription to be filled. Where I could not go pick my medicine. I waited more than 10 minutes. So I called to let them know in the store. And the lady that answered was rude!!!! And I explained to her that my medicine was ready and I was waiting. And hung up the phone on me rudely!!!! I thought if you are dropping off in or outside, it doesn’t not matter. That you do not hold up the line regardless. And that I was trying let the lady know. And Sll I was picking up!!!

    She had more than more one person helping as well. It is not like someone else could not help. Buy know I could not. They did tell the person to come back to get their medicine while they were waiting. They had to make me wait instead for no reason at all!!! There something that needs to something with staff. They are disrespectful!!! And unethical!!!!

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    Reviewed March 8, 2020

    I take a controlled substance. If I don’t have it, I go into withdrawals. You did not fill my script when you should have & now pre auth has expired. It’s funny cuz you bombard me with texts about refilling my other scripts, but not this one. I am just tired of dealing with the incompetency.

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    Punctuality & SpeedTimelinessHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed March 7, 2020

    For the past 4 months my daughter's monthly medication had been out of stock and we have had to wait 4 to 5 days for it. It is frustrating and it affects her productivity and mood. Ridiculous for a company of this size. They lie to me and say it will be ready tomorrow so I give them my prescription then when I go back the next day, they say it will be available a few days later. Now if I want the medication I have to contact my doctor to ask if they can resend the prescription to another pharmacy. It is not that easy to contact a doctor.

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    Reviewed March 5, 2020

    The CVS Pharmacy located 1101 Gilmer, Sulphur Springs, Tx is in my opinion one of the worst pharmacies you could choose. Long wait times, even after calling to verify that your meds are ready and letting them know that you are on your way to pick them up (it's not like it's just a couple minute drive for me, it's over 25 miles or like on 3/4/2020 leaving Paris, Tx and needing my meds filled that day. Called before I left and still not ready for pick-up after a 54 mile drive and I still have another 25 miles to drive after leaving CVS), poor communication with the customer (as an example 3/4/2020 I wasn't notified that they are out of one of my meds until I arrived to pick my meds up and it's too late to call my doctor and have that prescription canceled and sent to another pharmacy).

    3/5/2020 The med that was out of stock the day before was supposed be delivered and filled first thing, though when I call to check the status of the order I am then told that it won't even be delivered until midday and won't be ready for pick-up until late afternoon. The sad thing is that this is one of the better pharmacies in Sulphur Springs Tx with Walgreens and Brookshire Pharmacies being equally as bad and only Wal-mart Pharmacy and the local pharmacy Cody Drugs being so bad as to not do business with at all. You would think in a smallish town someone would understand the concept of customer service and the importance of communication with the customer but apparently those are outdated ideas in an environment where the customer has very limited options.

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    Reviewed March 4, 2020

    I have always been a customer of Walgreens but decided to give CVS a try. The people in the pharmacy have been helpful and cheerful except for today. There was a girl working today that I haven't seen before. Her name is Rachel. She informed me I had left the wrong coupon for my pres. I asked her if she knew if there was a coupon for the pres. I had. She abruptly said, "No we looked and there isn't." I was pretty sure there was so after I left the window I looked it up on my phone and the first thing that came up was a coupon for $55.00 off. So I went back in the store and showed another pharmacist that said they would refund the difference. I also said I think they forgot to give me my second prescription.

    Rachel walked over and pulled the paperwork out of the bag that the pres. was stapled to and practically shoved it into my face. I wasn't able to see it down in the bag because it was thin like the paperwork. I then can hear her in the background complaining about people and the coupons. I've never seen someone act like that at a pharmacy. I'm just trying to pick up my pres. and get out of there as quickly as possible. It made me second guess my decision to change pharmacies. I can't upload the receipt because the pharmacy kept it when they made the adjustment.

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    Reviewed March 4, 2020

    Bad service. Prescription not ready for days. They said they did not order it. They put me on hold for 2 1/2 hours only to be told it would be 3 more days. Never again! I will transfer my prescriptions elsewhere.

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    Customer ServiceCoverageTechPunctuality & SpeedOnline & AppStaffTimeliness

    Reviewed March 3, 2020

    My doctor faxed in a prescription to CVS Pharmacy, Boston St, Lynn, Massachusetts on Monday morning. I waited to Monday afternoon to check online if the prescription was ready for pick up. It stated on the website that the prescription was on hold, so I called them to find out what the problem was and after waiting for at least 20 minutes for someone in the pharmacy to pick up, the woman on the phone (which I could not understand) said something about an insurance problem but that it has been fixed and that my prescription would be ready in one hour. I decided not to pick it up that day and waited until the next day to pick it up and waited in a long line and when I finally was at the counter the clerk said that they were out of stock on that medicine and that I should step aside as talk to the pharmacist at the other window, which had another line. I was furious, I told them what happened yesterday, and how they said it would be ready in one hour.

    I walked away all set to have my doctor call it into another pharmacy but after my phone call to doctor and waiting to hear back from them, I saw there was no one waiting at the consult window so I went up to it and asked the woman why they would say it was going to be ready now they are saying it's out of stock. She walked away and came back with two bottles of the medicine. I said to her so you found it, yes, we had some in the back. What a joke! Sorry this pharmacy is a disgrace and I have moved all my prescriptions to Stop and Shop pharmacy.

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    CoveragePriceStaffRates

    Reviewed Feb. 22, 2020

    My Rx at the local CVS after insurance was $516.00. When I check with CVS cares the mail order service for CVS same Rx was $144.00. Big difference. Always be sure to check. Do no get ripped off. The stores do not care they have set prices.

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    Sales & Marketing

    Reviewed Feb. 20, 2020

    CVS offers many coupons for discounts as well as a loyalty card that earns coupons for money off future purchases. The savings can really add up over a period of time. You can get discount coupons of up to 40% off a purchase, and quarterly cash back coupons.

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    Punctuality & SpeedRefunds & PayoutsStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 15, 2020

    I have had many excellent experiences at the CVS pharmacy in Ship Bottom, NJ. On numerous occasions, they have helped me with prescriptions on which I needed extra assistance or needed quickly. Today, the pharmacist, Anna Marie, was extremely flexible in giving me a refund for medication that had been purchased in error. She did not need to do this, I am very grateful.

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    Reviewed Feb. 7, 2020

    I used this pharmacy for the first times yesterday afternoon. The lady who came to the counter asked me what I needed, began to tell her why she was there and then she cut me off to ask my name. I gave her my name and asked her if she understood why I was there since she cut me off and she said yes. Then asked me again. Very rude for no reason and gave me the wrong medicine which I didn’t realize until I got home.. not to mention each time I called - it was at least a 30 minute hold time. Think I’ll find another pharmacy.

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    Reviewed Feb. 1, 2020

    CVS is one of the most expensive pharmacies. I constantly pay double for prescriptions at CVS than at other pharmacies. Their customer service is awful. I’m harassed by automated prescription calls constantly. This morning, I called to submit refills for 2 prescriptions I have on file (this request went through successfully). Less than an hour later, I get an automated call saying that I had 2 eligible prescriptions and would I like to get them refilled? HA. This type of stuff makes it clear that they have no idea how to manage accounts.

    Want to speak directly to a pharmacist? Good luck! You’ll definitely be on hold for at least 30 minutes listening to the god-awful music or, even worse, constant audio ads, before you’re connected to a pharmacist. It’s clear that they have a shortage of people. I don’t blame the pharmacy workers, I blame a company that clearly does not care about customer service or their members. PS. They don’t provide health insurance for any of their employees for the first 90 days. Some “health care” company.

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    Reviewed Feb. 1, 2020

    My physician sent a prescription to my local CVS for a medication I’ve been on for years. She shopped around to find the best price for my prescription. Each time I went to get the prescription filled, it wasn’t the whole amount she wrote it for and the last prescription I only got half and still had to pay for the whole amount. Will never use CVS again.

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    Sales & MarketingPrice

    Reviewed Feb. 1, 2020

    I have to laugh since I read that CVS has free to low cost flu shots. Also read for unemployed. Bug sign up that states free flu shots in the window. False advertising. I wasted my time. The cost was $75.00. Liars.

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    Reviewed Jan. 30, 2020

    I have lived in many cities and tried many other pharmacies. I keep coming back to CVS. I think a lot of their success is their excellent online system for ordering and tracking prescriptions. It makes taxes a lot easier at the end of the year, but better than that, I can monitor my medications and order refills on my own. One of the newest features they have is that when you are ordering a refill, they will let you know if the manufacturer offers a coupon discount for the medication, and they tell you where and how to get it BEFORE you place your order. This has saved me a bunch of out-of pocket cash, that I still get credit for from my insurance company.

    The staff at my store in El Cajon, CA is exceptional. They are all friendly, personable and happy. Even when the line gets long on the weekends, everyone behind the counter (including the pharmacist), jumps onto a register and cleans the line up in minutes. I've never waited more than 5-10 minutes and there are 5-million people living here in San Diego area. We wait in long lines for everything. But at least at CVS they get the lines cleaned up quickly.

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    Reviewed Jan. 29, 2020

    I used CVS pharmacy to fill a prescription on time 2 years ago and have received phone calls and spam ever since. I've contacted the pharmacy and headquarters asking them to delete my name and address from their system. They also disguise their spam mail as "important" information only to be opened by the person addressed. There is no logo or indication that it's just more CVS spam mail. They know you don't want it and don't want to open it yet still keep sending it.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 27, 2020

    Been trying to reach CVS Specialty pharmacy all day to reorder my anti rejection drugs. They say the call volume is high but I think either there phones are out or no one is there. Help 30 minutes on one call and never got anyone. Need my medications in order to keep my transplants. They should know a lot of people depend on their meds to stay alive..

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    Customer ServicePriceRates

    Reviewed Jan. 25, 2020

    I would fill all my prescriptions at CVS if the pricing was reasonable. It is outrageous that CVS can't keep costs at comparable prices. Is this CVS policy or is it the pharmacy industry in general? It is so difficult to find comparative pricing, but CVS is almost always way out of sight. Please respond.

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    Reviewed Jan. 24, 2020

    Today the pharmacist refused to fill my medication and not only wouldn't fill them but was extremely rude to me. I had to contact my doctor and switch pharmacies for medications I've been on for over a decade. I will NEVER use this CVS again. You really need to retrain your pharmacy staff and maybe hire some people who are actually kind. Your pharmacist also needs to learn to actually read records. When I called corporate I was told they'd contact the district manager and give him a report but can't do anything to override their pharmacists decision. In other words they don't actually care and won't do a thing. FYI this is the south Campbell location in Springfield, Missouri. It’s been 5 days since I filed a complaint supposedly sent to the district manager and I’ve not heard one word back. I’ll be switching all my meds to a different company at a higher cost.

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    Reviewed Jan. 22, 2020

    I'm to the point of not shopping at CVS anymore in their Big Pine Key store. This pharmacy is 80% of the time backed up due to lack of employees. I went twice in the past 2 days and left due to the wait time. It's not the pharmacist fault who is very efficient (William) but that he has no help. A line is waiting and they asked the one woman helping him to leave because she was on overtime. Usually one or two people working in the rest of the store. Everyone goes next door to Walgreens and it's no wonder! Really dissatisfied, Mrs. K. **.

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    Reviewed Jan. 22, 2020

    This evening I went into my local CVS in West Los Angeles California the one on Sepulveda Boulevard and National. I was doing the return or trying to do a return. I have my receipt. It only been a week I had the item. It was unopened, unused. The packaging was in pristine condition. The receipt they gave me though I had a little bit of the printer ink faded to no fault of my own mind you... but regardless the one number that I could tell was a 3 on the receipt that happen to be faded. The cashier acted like he didn't hear me, totally ignored me and I asked for a manager so they call the manager up, explained my situation to her. Rosa that was her names of the cashier's name was Fabian... She typed in a couple of numbers and said that the receipt was not coming up and she was not going to do this for me.

    She slammed it on the counter and push the product and receipt away from me and I explained why what is the problem. Mind you this is not the first issue I've had with this manager. It's about the 10th since Christmas. Every time you ask her a question about anything it could be where were diapers, what day do you get into stop and ** for kids, anything it doesn't matter she throws the nastiest ghettoest attitude at me maybe 'cause I'm a middle-aged ** lady with kids. I don't know. I hate to bring race into it but everybody else works there is Hispanic and she's fine with them. I've never given her any kind of attitude. I'm not liking a very perky happy person and I'm very polite. I show respect so I don't know why she feels the need to verbally abused me every time I come in there.

    I hate to think about it but I'm not going to stop going in there to give them the satisfaction. I'm going to continue to go in there and every time I have mistreated I'm going to issue a complaint so that they know what's going on. Now read well while my return was being refused the cashier Fabian dead did a return for another lady next to me another white lady middle-aged and he took the original receipt away from her and said she wasn't getting it back now. He was extremely accusatory with her. She was returning a $3 item. Is a $3 thing of Chapstick. She had her receipt. He asked for her ID.

    I'm watching all this because I'm waiting for Rosa to do whatever she was pretending to do and he then takes her seat and tries to shove it in the drawer and she said, "Excuse me could I have the original receipt back? I still have several items on there," and I saw the receipt is pretty long and he smiles and he goes, "You're not getting it back," and she was like, "Excuse me. What if I want to return something else?" And he laughed at her and said, "You can go ahead and do store credit. Why would you want to return anybody or anything else?" I was blown away. Rosa's sitting there with a smile on her face listening to it.

    She's supposed to be the supervisor of the manager like what is going on at CVS!??? When did they stop caring about customer service? When do they stop caring how their employees behaved? When do they stop caring about upholding customer satisfaction and not allowing people to be abused by the people that they give paychecks to??? Is one of the requirements for working at CVS being rude and abusing customers and being a racist and make it up policies just to suit your needs so you don't look stupid when you're called out on changing the rules because clearly it's stated on the register in front of you for customers and yourself to reference if you need to???

    Why is Rosa allowed to treat me the way she's treated me repeatedly? Why is Fabian allowed to laugh at and tease the other lady? Why don't they care about upsetting us and hurting our feelings and making me cry in my car after I leave there 'cause I'm so frustrated and so fed up with being treated like total crap when I'm paying my hard-earned money for my family of 6 for medications or quick items that we need – diapers, wipes, formula, medications for over-the-counter, cereals, milks when the grocery store close in this is a 24 hour and I need to grab it really quick for the morning for the kids or breakfast.

    What is going on in the corporate offices that they overlooked all of these complaints 'cause I've gone through online several times. Every time this happens I go to online. I read the complaint. Same thing as what happened the other one after the other maltreatment, discrimination, berated by Apple employees, being accused of things that they didn't do, being banned from stores unethically! Supposedly they have the word care in there name. Write the care store they don't care about anything but making money. I really wish my complaint would do something. I don't want to walk into CVS again and see Rosa or Fabian again. They don't deserve their jobs.

    I'll tell you what though. Like I said I'm going to continue to shop there because I'm not going to give him the satisfaction but I will only ever go there when I have my extra bucks and a bunch of manufacturer's coupons to use then is the only time I'm going to go there because I'm not going to be putting money in people's pockets who don't care about how we are treated as customers. The only money they're getting from me is maybe $0.50 and the rest can come from General Mills when I get my $2 coupons in the Sunday paper. That's it. Resume the money I'm going to be spending at Rite Aid because Rite Aid doesn't treat me like crap.

    They smile when they see me 'cause I know I'm a good customer. I give them money and they don't abuses me and if I ask you a question about where a toiletry is they don't act like I'm bothering them like I just woke them out of a dead sleep on a Sunday morning at 5 a.m. for no reason. They treat me with integrity and respect something CVS employees don't care about it all and CVS CEO doesn't care about it all either apparently or else he would not let this go on.

    The money-making happens in the field in the stores. Down in the corporate offices with the accountants in the people work in an atom latex or finances or HR. It works with the people that are opening the store. Bring it up the customers answering their questions. They're driving customers away and we're running away in tears. Do something about it CVS or just close your door. You seem a bad example to our youth who thinks that this is how you act when you go to work when you grow up.!!!

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    Reviewed Jan. 15, 2020

    CVS really needs to do something about their carbon footprint. Why on earth do they give a receipt over 50" long for a single purchase? If they want to offer all these promotions and deals, just direct me to the website or tack the "deals" onto my internet account. I really don't need all that paper... neither does our precious environment. Please stop!

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    Reviewed Jan. 13, 2020

    I have been taking the same meds under 2 Drs for over 5 yrs. Never had an issue. My husband of 45 yrs recently passed away leaving me devasted and an emotional wreck. I went to my dr as I had at least 2 days where I got ZERO sleep. Not even a nap. And he upped the dosage of one MEDS so that I could get some rest. Actually it was only about 10% higher, but was an extended release to ensure at least 4 or 5 hrs sleep. My Dr. knew insurance would not cover it, so he pulled up prices at pharmacies in the area in order to get the lowest price for me and sent it there.

    Few days later I was back at my regular pain specialist that I have been going to for over 5 years to renew my meds as I also hurt my back carrying over 25 lbs thru airport to other terminal. Even the moving walkways were broken, so I had to stop 4 times to rest due to back spasms. Bottom line, CVS Pharmacist in League City, TX not only refused to fill it, but totally embarrassed me in public accusing me of pharmacy shopping and that they could see everything I was trying to hide, and that I have tried this before and then shut my account down. I was standing there with tears running down my face and offered to have them call the other pharmacy and my Dr. They refused and refused me in the future.

    What the heck. All I am trying to do is function with failed back surgery, stenosis, severe arthritis in back and pinched nerves in neck so bad am losing control of my right hand and is on fire 24/7. So basically according to this CVS pharmacist it is much better that I possibly fall asleep at the wheel and kill someone, rather than take the medication that I know will allow me some rest and interruption of the pain I live with every day. I have zero history of abuse or early fills all these years. Zero. I am not done filing formal complaint against this pharmacist. Rude, crude and indifferent.

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    Reviewed Jan. 10, 2020

    There is always a delay on refills. I manage my son's prescriptions as he is a minor child. He cannot be without his medicine so I am constantly aware of how many pills he has left and closely monitor his refills. Our pediatrician's office is fantastic. However the CVS pharmacy is always delinquent. They are understaffed and disorganised. The pharmacist has a real attitude. Our most recent incident had the prescription called in on a Monday and on Friday it still wasn't ready. No rhyme or reason. Just they are super busy. I went in on Friday after work only to be told it's still not ready come back in an hour. I had to call the Doctor's office and they had to speak to the pharmacist directly except he's the problem. He's busy. I will be transferring my family's prescription to Walgreens.

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    Reviewed Jan. 8, 2020

    I’ve had 2 experiences that are unacceptable. The first is they filled my Rx with the wrong brand specified manufacturer (by my physician) yet marked it as the right brand on the bottle. Secondly, they just forced me to pay $110 for a fungal cream that costs $15.99 at Stop and Shop. And I have no choice with Cigna but to use them! Total crooks!

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    Reviewed Jan. 6, 2020

    CVS Mount Pocono Pennsylvania came to my rescue today. I was using another pharmacy who was not getting my prescriptions filled and not willing or able to fix insurance issues. Taking more than 4 days and still no response back about the problem is unacceptable. Thank you CVS for taking care of your patients the way you should Especially to Rich the pharmacist.

    Marlene

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    Reviewed Jan. 3, 2020

    I brought my once monthly refill prescriptions for asthma to the CVS at 92123. Long story short, many trips to the pharmacy having to cancel important appointments to pick up drugs that aren't ready, difficulty exercising without my medications, wait times that have convinced me they truly could not care less about retaining my business.

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    Reviewed Jan. 2, 2020

    CVS Pharmacy-Airline Hwy. Destrehan, La. Several experiences over the past year, was always a pain to deal with but this year the pharmacy is 100% improved over the past few years and has become a pleasure to deal with. The only CVS problem remaining are the ones from the main office with text messages and doing auto refills without authorization. The store was recently remodeled and now looks like a first place drug store with friendly people and now welcoming views. Thanks to those that made these changes!!

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    Reviewed Jan. 2, 2020

    In the last twelve months the service is go to crap. They tell you things that are not truthful. It is not gear to customer service but just get a prescription out for revenue purposes and don’t care it is not in the best interest of the patients or the customers.

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    Reviewed Dec. 19, 2019

    On 11/2/2019 I went to pick up a prescription I got a text for, which I assumed was one of my regular refills. When I got home and took it out of the bag, I saw it was something that I told them to remove from my account over six months ago! I took this stuff back for a refund and they refused to refund my money, telling me they couldn't take it back, that the doctor called it in so I was stuck with it! Not only could they not be bothered to take this medication off my account when I told them to SIX MONTHS AGO, they are now lying to me!

    I see my doctor every 3 months for a checkup. My doctor never prescribes anything unless I ask for it, or he tells me in advance that I need it. My doctor also NEVER changes my meds without contacting me prior to him sending in any prescription! And I know for a fact my doctor removed this med off my meds list at his office!

    These inept and unprofessional people at CVS pharmacy apparently called my doctor on their own volition about this prescription, which I told them to remove from my account over 6 MONTHS ago and apparently refused to do it, so they took it upon themselves to get this med updated without my knowledge or permission! The pharmacist was some extremely rude and belittling Muslim woman who snarled at me "We DONT take back meds" and then walked off! I don't CARE if they take back meds or not, I want my refund! I contacted CVS headquarters and reported this, and never got a response. And of course, NEVER got my refund either!

    I've heard of this kind of scam before, where they will knowingly charge you for something you don't need or want, and then refuse to refund you. Like they don't make billions of dollars a year as it is, they have to scam people as well?! I don't care if it was or wasn't a scam. This place needs to be shut down. There are SO many problems with this company and the people they hire for employees! They need to answer for their lack of integrity, honesty, lies, unethical behavior, and unprofessionalism!!! I've switched to my grocery store's pharmacy, even though it's not all that convenient. THEY at least have ethical and professional employees!!! Do not do business with CVS!!! It's not worth the migraine to deal with their unethical behavior, unprofessional attitudes, and sheer contempt for customers.

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    Reviewed Dec. 19, 2019

    If I could have select 0 starts I would have. Placed an order on 11/14/19 for $324. Never received the order, have spent hours on the phone with CVS, and have been told 4 different stories about the order I still do not have. CVS will not refund me or reship.

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    Reviewed Dec. 12, 2019

    Online returns took 1 hour of being on hold, having to give info to a overseas operator, then finally being transferred to a rep. in the USA. There are none CVS actually locations like in CA and in CO, there are only pharmacies inside of Targets so returns are not possible.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Dec. 11, 2019

    Customer extra care number is **. I can't believe the waste of time with trying to have someone answer my 3 emails in regards to my extra care rewards. It's been 3 to 4 months and I have not got one rewards for my wife and my prescriptions. The store looked at everything. As said its all correct. They don't know why it's happening. In this amount of time we have had close to 30 prescriptions fill. This is very disappointing. We used to do a lot or other shopping at our CVS but until this is made correct I won't buy a thing and just may change our pharmacies. Someone needs to look at all of this and make it right it. Should have not came to this If I would have got a response to all of my emails. Chat Conversation End. Type a message...

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Dec. 9, 2019

    I've been a customer of CVS Pharmacy for years. I don't take medicine for fun. I take it for health reasons. While visiting in Arizona I needed a refill on my heart medicine and it was sent to the Parker Arizona CVS by mistake. When I tried to get my medicine from a different Pharmacy oh, I couldn't do it until the Parker Arizona Pharmacy reverse the charge on my medicine. I tried for four days to get hold of this Pharmacy and they would never answer their phone. I was on hold for up to 30 minutes at which point I gave up and hung up. I tried multiple times over the four days they never answered the phone.

    I called the corporate office and filed a complaint. I never heard back from them either. Even though I did file a complaint there was never any follow-up on it. I finally got hold of the pharmacy by calling the front end and having them deliver a message to the pharmacy that they were to call me back. It's cuz it was an emergency. They called me back! Took her about 20 seconds to reverse the charge on my medicine. When I ask why they never answered their phone, she said it's because there was only the two texts there and they were just too busy. I will never be a customer of CVS Pharmacy again. I have never had such bad customer service. If I could give less than 1 * I would.

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    Staff

    Reviewed Dec. 6, 2019

    There is a help wanted sign outside yet if you fill out a CVS survey, and are honest about your experience Martha won’t hire you. She is very mean spirited. She forgot that we are all customers and we all have the right to good customer support.

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    CoveragePrice

    Reviewed Dec. 2, 2019

    I'm currently researching different health insurance plans, as I'm currently transitioning into a new job. Unfortunately most of them have high deductibles and I'd have to pay all of my prescriptive drugs upfront until the deductible is met (some even have a $8,000 deductible)! I called CVS Caremark to ask what my prescriptive drug costs would cost under these new plans, including my old employer's plan under COBRA. They told me they could not disclose the prices until I purchased a new plan. They said their technical system doesn't have the capability, which I believe, but I think it's a poor excuse. I used to be a Product Manager at a technical company and believe it's not built yet because Management wants to profit off its customers. If this wasn't true, then management would understand the legal repercussions and harm it is doing to its customers.

    Here's a few examples on how CVS is making profit off of this: Many customers forget to research what their drug costs would be upfront and then get stuck into a long term binding health plan that they cannot get out of until usually a year later. Others may do the research upfront but if CVS, one of the biggest pharmacies in the US, says they don't have the ability to disclose prices until after you purchase the plan, then where else are you going to go? Many will have to take the gamble, which is what I'll have to do as I have no other pharmacy coverage since the medical plan I am going to select partners with CVS Caremark. (There aren't many affordable medical plans for me to choose from so my options are very limited).

    Luckily I am relatively healthy and my drug costs are relatively low. I have a migraine medication that I'm a little worried could be priced close to $1000 but it's TBD. But put into perspective there are a lot of people who need more expensive medications than I do for serious illnesses. Many medications cannot be stopped overnight without safety risks when one experiences a lifetime hardship, such as a loss of job or increases in pharmaceutical costs, etc, so customers are forced to somehow pay these expenses to CVS Caremark or take the risks and stop the medication treatment. CVS Caremark is exploiting customers for the sake of business by not disclosing prices upfront to shoppers and it needs to stop. I will continue to advocate against this until it ends and CVS Caremark begins to become more transparent. Regards, Alexa **

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    Customer ServiceOnline & App

    Reviewed Nov. 21, 2019

    They refused to accept the Good RX coupon for certain drugs even though their website states that they do. Poor customer service if you don't accept it then state that on your website so people don't waste time coming there.

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    Reviewed Nov. 20, 2019

    I would love to say I'm very happy with CVS but our two local CVS' one is in a very old strip mall which doesn't have a drive thru! The only business in the whole place is the pharmacy. They never seem to have most of the scripts I need and dont keep them in stock, always have to order it! The technicians and pharmacists are very very kind though so that's the only reason I go in there. The other CVS is just miserable, my scripts ARE NEVER ready when promised, it is the slowest pharmacy I've ever used. Actually both of these small town pharmacies only have one pharmacist and one technician working at all times. I feel bad for them cause they work like dogs and I dont think the company has much money or they would treat employees better and update the older stores.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Nov. 19, 2019

    Not only did I not get any reminder that my prescription was ready. I had to wait an additional day after the prescription was suppose to be filled and there excuse was "We had a lot of orders to fill". Unacceptable! I was told I would get a call notification never got that, never got a call from a technician to say it was ready nothing at all. I had to go there just to find out if my prescription was ready because they never answer the phone. I have seen the same experience with my friend and their situation made mine look like a walk in the park. CVS Pharmacy is worthless.

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    Reviewed Nov. 6, 2019

    I have had a bad experience trying to get in touch with someone from CVS by calling the 1-800-746-7287 number. For 3 days, I have tried to call at different times throughout the day to be able to speak to someone. Each call had me waiting for over 15 minutes, which is unacceptable for a customer care phone line.

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    Reviewed Nov. 5, 2019

    I am writing in regards to the CVS at 918 High St., Worthington, OH 43085 about an experience on Sunday, October 27, 2019 at 11:15 a.m. I have to preface my posting by saying that I am with a chronic pain management doctor for pain-related issues and he writes me several pain prescriptions, all for moderately strong narcotics and other controlled substances and in relative high quantities of pills. The prescription prints off with the name and address of the pharmacy I use most often, which is located less than a mile from my house and is a CVS. The prescriptions print from a computer software program and without the pharmacy info listed there, the prescription will not print. There is only room for one pharmacy to be listed in this area and the address info prints by default.

    I got this info directly from my chronic pain doctor. I have problems getting my pain medicines filled because the quantities of pills are relatively high and sometimes pharmacies don’t have enough in stock. Since I need the pain medications on the days I am eligible for a refill, the pharmacists or a pharm tech will help me find another nearby store where I can get my prescription filled. It is never an issue for them to call and for the other pharmacy to fill the script, regardless of what address is listed on the actual printed prescription. It still says CVS. However, I have even resorted to having to use a Kroger or Walgreens in the past and it has been fine and the address is not an issue.

    I suffer from chronic pain syndrome that is a result of prolonged, severe pustular psoriasis on both feet and ankles that resulted in severe, permanent nerve damage and severe, permanent psoriatic arthritis in both feet and ankles. I see a chronic pain management physician on a regular basis who writes pain medication prescriptions for the nerve pain and arthritis pain. All of these medications are strong medications due to the legitimate severity of my pain and in relatively high quantities. I have been receiving these prescriptions for almost 7 years, I follow the doctor’s orders, I play by the rules, and the prescriptions are legitimate and valid.

    I have had periodic trouble getting my medications filled from time to time, usually because the pharmacies don’t have the quantity in stock that I need filled. I can only fill the prescriptions once every 30 days and no sooner. Since I follow the doctor’s orders on taking these medications, I finish my last dose on the day before I am able to get refills because that is day number 30. Due to the severity of my pain, it is critical I get the prescriptions filled on the day I am eligible for a refill. Without the medications, I would require medical intervention.

    Since I am with a chronic pain management physician, I had to sign a contract and I am not allowed to go to an Urgent Care or a hospital emergency room because it is considered drug seeking behavior and I would be labeled a drug addict; the Urgent Care and ER would be able to refuse to treat me and could contact my doctor to let him know I was there and the doctor would have every right to drop me as a patient because I would be in violation of the contract, especially when I have valid prescriptions in my hand that just need filled.

    Several years back, I used a CVS near my home and when the pharmacist discovered I was on the controlled substances every month and that I had trouble filling those, she made sure to order what I needed and kept it in stock. I was able to successfully fill my prescriptions there every month. Unfortunately, she ended up leaving and the new pharmacists stopped ordering the medications I needed. I found another nearby CVS who kept those medications in stock regularly, so I began filling the pain medications there, and then filled the rest of my medications at the location closest to my house.

    Since my pain is all located in my feet, ankles, and lower legs, driving is extremely problematic for me and a hardship, which is why I kept as many prescriptions as possible near my home. I was able to continuously fill the pain medications at the other pharmacy for nearly 4 years. Then, suddenly, I found that when I would arrive at the pharmacy, they would not have the prescriptions I needed. I asked the pharmacy technician about ordering the meds I needed and she said they could only do that if I was on auto-refill. I can’t go on auto-refill because it isn’t legal to write for refills on narcotics.

    Otherwise, yes, I would most definitely go on auto-refill for those. My doctor will only give me one refill for the nerve medications because they are controlled substances, so I could only go on auto-refill one time. Every other month, I would have the problem with the medication not being ordered. I told the pharm tech all of this and she seemed very short with me and basically said, “Well, too bad. You’ll need to go someplace else.” I felt as if I was being pushed out the door.

    I tried filling my prescriptions there one more time after that and had a different pharm tech this time. The pharmacy technician checked the prescription in and as I was about to sit down and wait for it to be filled, he called me back to the desk and said it could not be filled there because the address on it was for a different CVS location. I explained they did not have it in stock because I had tried there right before I stopped in and the other store actually looked it up in their computer and sent me to that store. He said that I specifically had to have it filled at that particular store because of the address.

    I explained I could not wait and it was critical I get those medications that day. I told him I had been getting those medications at that store for nearly four years and a different CVS address was on the printed prescriptions and it had never been an issue. I asked why it was not a problem for those 4 years and now on this one occasion it was suddenly a problem. He went back to the pharmacist and they whispered and then the pharmacy technician returned and said they did not have what I needed in stock and I needed to leave. I told him that 5 minutes earlier it was in stock and they were going to fill it. He pushed the prescriptions across the counter and asked me to leave again. In the back of my head I was concerned he was going to call security.

    I asked him what nearby pharmacy had it in stock and he told me to go home and start calling stores. Pharmacies will not tell customers on the phone if they have narcotics and controlled substances in stock because they believe it means they are about to be robbed. I have had other pharmacies call for me in the past when they had medications out of stock. This pharmacy technician was refusing. I stood my ground and asked 2-3 more times and kept explaining they would not be providing this info to me on the phone and that driving is a problem for me and I am considered disabled (yes, I receive Social Security Disability Insurance benefits and have a handicap placard for parking because of the extreme difficulties I have walking, standing, and driving).

    He finally looked it up and called a store for me about 2 miles away and sent me there. Then, he actually lectured me for several minutes about the importance of the address on the script and how he his calling a store was a one time exception and it was my responsibility to call the stores in the future. I left and didn’t go back for several months. I used other pharmacies to fill my medication needs.

    On Sunday, October 27, 2019, I went to a CVS store with the two narcotic prescriptions I take. The pharmacist had one in stock and filled it, but did not have the other. I asked where I could get it filled, told him where I lived and the CVS locations nearby me. He checked and said the Worthington location had enough in stock and to go there. I arrived after they had been open for 30 minutes. When I got there, there was a pharmacist and a pharm tech there. The pharm tech was helping a male customer at the drop off station. I got in line and waited for a few minutes. The man left and the pharm tech looked me right in the face as I walked to the counter with my prescription in hand. He turned and walked away from me. I thought he would be right back and waited quietly.

    I stood there for about 10 minutes and watched the pharm tech go look through the drive-thru window (there were no cars there), then he sorted some empty baskets. Then, he sorted some papers in a pile. Then, he went to the cashier area and checked out a woman who walked up and had been standing there for only a few seconds. I was purposefully being ignored. The pharmacist finally came over and seemed annoyed that I was still standing there waiting. I saw the look on his face and heard frustration in his voice, but I hoped I was imagining it. I handed him my prescription and he checked it in. He reviewed the entire prescription and asked when I wanted to come back and pick it up. I asked to wait.

    His voice then seemed more annoyed than ever and this time I knew I was not imagining it. He said it would be an hour. I told him I understood and I brought a book with me and I would wait my turn in one of the chairs they have available for those waiting on scripts. He then said, “Well, it will be an hour,” in a voice so firm I could tell he was completely irritated. I sat in the chair for over 35 minutes and he called me to the desk and said he would not fill it because of the address. I then realized I had the same pharmacist as last time. Every other pharmacist in that particular store has filled for me before and he is the only one who hasn’t and says it is because of the address. I asked him why no one else has a problem with the address except for him.

    He said that when the address prints off on the script it means the doctor specifically wants me to fill at that particular branch only. I told him that the info he has is not correct—the address prints off because of the way the computer program prints the scripts and my doctor doesn’t care where I get them filled. He said if the doctor does not care, then he needs to write on the script that it can be filled any place. He said he would call the doctor’s office and get permission. I told him my doctor wasn’t in the office. He faked a good surprised look and asked me---oh, he isn’t in? I told him—no, it’s Sunday.

    He offered to call the next day. I told him I needed the prescription that day because I was out of medication. He remained firm—he wasn’t going to fill it. He purposefully made me sit there and wait for over 35 minutes to tell me he would not fill it. He knew he wouldn’t fill it the instant I gave him the prescription. He is the one who checked the prescription in. I handed it directly to him and he read the entire prescription—I SAW him. And, yet, he still made me wait for more than a half hour. I feel like he was punishing me by making me wait for so long, only to tell me he wasn’t going to do anything about it.

    By the time I left, I had spent 4 hours trying to get my pain medicine. I drove to another store—my third CVS by this time—and asked if they had it in stock. Fortunately, they did and the pharmacist at that store stopped what he was doing and immediately filled it for me because I was melting down emotionally by this point in time, and I was in a pain crisis because I didn’t have the medication I needed, and I was crying to the point where the pharm tech had to hand me several tissues and I had to go sit down to calm myself down.

    I want to talk to a CVS representative. I have several questions and I want answers. I do not want to see an apology from CVS that is a canned response that has been copied and pasted below my complaint. That is a hollow, insincere apology that means nothing. If someone is going to respond to this, it needs to be a sincere response. I don’t want to hear that a pharmacist has a right to refuse to fill a prescription. I have spoken to a lawyer and I have rights, too. I have a right to have a valid prescription filled in a timely manner. I have a right to wait for a prescription if I am willing to sit and be patient and wait my fair turn.

    Pharmacists can refuse to fill prescriptions if there is not enough medication in stock or if filling it will put the patient in danger, such as conflicting with another drug the patient takes or if it is too high a dosage and is unsafe. I fell under none of these conditions. Pharmacists have certain privileges extended to them and can fill prescriptions regardless of the pharmacy address (particularly when the name of the pharmacy is the same, such as moving from one CVS location to another CVS location). Pharmacists also have other privileges, such as switching to generics.

    If a doctor specifically wants no changes made, they write DAW (dispense as written) on the prescription, also followed by something indicating what other items need to remain the same, such as the address---they will write on it if a prescription specifically needs filled at one specific pharmacy or they will send it to their desired pharmacy themselves and the patient does not even see the prescription).

    I did not raise any red flags. The prescription was valid. All the CVS locations were within a few miles of each other, the doctor is located within 3-4 miles of the pharmacy, and I live 2 miles from the pharmacy. It was not a new medication. I have been taking it an extended time. Nothing else had changed. The pharmacist had a responsibility to me to fill the prescription. He had a responsibility to CVS to fill the prescription—this is why he has been hired—to fill prescriptions. He has a responsibility to not harm patients.

    I was mildly harmed because of him and his refusal to give the medications to me when he had them in stock. By the time I finally received my medications, I was in a pain crisis. I could have had the medications sooner if he had filled them and I could have reduced my pain levels. I have concerns he did not want to fill the prescription because it was for a narcotic or because he felt too busy to have to fill one more medication, especially since I wanted to wait both times.

    I felt judged, punished, humiliated, and embarrassed that this situation happened and that other customers were listening to our conversation. It caused emotional harm to me, as well as physical harm, and the stress this situation caused me made my pain levels escalate even higher and it was extremely harder for me to get the pain levels to decrease. He placed me in danger by not filling the prescription. How many others have been placed in danger by not getting the medicines they need from him, as he picks and chooses which prescriptions he will fill and which prescriptions he will not fill?

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 3, 2019

    I am not sure what is going on at the corporate level with this company, but the constant calls and text messages have got to stop. I have one prescription at CVS on a regular basis. I have already unsubscribed from auto texts and calls. Now on a Sunday I have had 2 text messages with no scripts to pick up and 2 phone calls asking me if I want to set up auto refill which I have already advised them I do not. This company has the worst customer service and a person should be able to not be constantly contacted and bothered when they advise to not contact them.

    I just spoke with the corporate office and they advised that in order to avoid the constant texts and phone calls (approx. 8 this week alone) the local pharmacy cannot opt someone out a customer needs to contact the corporate office directly. Apparently, CVS does not train their employees either since the local pharmacy advised I was opted out already. If anyone else has this issue call 18007467287. That is the corporate line. Also, Walgreens you can save on advertising. Your competition will do all the work for you pushing business your way.

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    Customer ServiceCoverage

    Reviewed Oct. 31, 2019

    The WORST customer experience of my 75 year old life!!!! In the amount of space provided I could only cover a fraction of the problems caused by this totally dis-functional organization. So I will simply summarize by saying that if you care about your health and would like to take the prescribed medications in a timely manner you should NOT use CVS Specialty Pharmacy. Rated 1 Star because 0 was not permitted.

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    Staff

    Reviewed Oct. 27, 2019

    Seems too often there is an issue picking up/paying for a prescription. Having many years of training and mentoring employees it is apparent that too many are put into positions they are NOT ready for or properly trained. My 'last' issue, having for the first time in thirty years being put on Workman's Compensation and just coming from a doctor's appointment the Pharmaceutical technician stated my Workman's Comp account needed to be Re-Built and it being a Friday this would take until the following Monday. Therefore I needed to pay 'Out of Pocket' to receive my Prescription or WAIT! I even had my Doctors receipt and instructions with me. It not being the first and only issue and it is apparent CVS hires many and trains poorly these individuals. And then there is no other source available to follow up. People skills are not easy to acquire but knowledge should always be. A store's employee turnover speaks volumes.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 25, 2019

    CVS is an illegal monopoly. They buy up all the good pharmacies, then they keep their overhead low by exploiting their employees. The people there are ridiculously overworked and underpaid. The result? 20 minute hold times, HORRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE!!!! They should be sued!!!!

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    Customer ServicePricePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 25, 2019

    Last month, my prescriptions were faxed over by my Dr's office. 48 hours later, when I came to pick them up, they were not ready. Supposedly, the fax had been overlooked. So, 40 minutes of walking around your store and I finally get them. Yesterday, I started getting texts that my scripts were ready. Today, I walk in and wait for 25 minutes to speak to someone. There's a line with only 1 cashier open. She's clueless and is taking way to long with the customer trying to print his receipt.

    Eventually, 1 of the 6 available people comes over to help and open a new register. She then informs me that only 1 of the 3 are ready and they're "working" on the others. How long does it take to count to 30 and print out a label? I know the answer. 30 - 40 minutes, so I can have the joy of looking around your store at the extremely overpriced items. Either you're faking incompetence to get customers to walk around the store and spend more, as is the CVS model, or you are incompetent. Either way, I'm moving my prescriptions to a real pharmacy and never darkening the doorstep of another CVS ever.

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    Reviewed Oct. 24, 2019

    Babbling, speech slurring, fast-talking, mumbling reps who sound like they're half asleep and not trying very hard to wake up. Between their apparently cheap phone system and headsets from the last millennium, I hung up and will have my specialty prescription filled by another pharmacy. Probably time to look for another pharmacy period...

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    Customer ServiceCoverage

    Reviewed Oct. 22, 2019

    Son's growth hormone prescription required authorization, the doctor's office would submit the authorization and CVS would apply it to another account. I had to coordinate between CVS Specialty and CVS Caremark, eventually getting them both on a conference call because neither CVS branch can effectively communicate with other branches, after multiple phone calls totaling more than 4 hours my son's prescription was being filled.

    One month later I change insurance, what should have been a simple thing ended up taking several calls. Was adding Medicaid and removing a copay assistance card. No big deal they were able to get it "fixed." My son has now been getting his growth hormone for 6 months and between his 2 insurance policies we didn't have to pay anything for the first 6 months...

    Last month when refilling his meds they tell me we will owe ~$72, when I asked if they could tell why I was directed to contact my insurance providers (CVS Caremark and State Medicaid) after the refill has posted. I call back when I get the bill in the mail for $240. After being on the phone for over an hour they are able to determine that the copay assistance card was empty, yes the one that was supposed to have been replaced by State Medicaid. I spent another hour plus on the phone with them to get the insurance updated again.

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    Price

    Reviewed Oct. 22, 2019

    Went with CareMark Part D as I never meet my deductible. I also obtained the complete list and rating of all that are covered. 2-8-19 CareMark filled a prescription. Cost was $64.03. On 10-21-19 When I called for a refill the price had doubled to $128.05. I was told that Mylan had raised their price that much. I contacted Mylan and Mylan said that isn't true. Who is committing Fraud I'm not sure but CareMark AKA CVS is the one I don't trust.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 21, 2019

    The CVS on West Road (Skaket Corners) in Orleans MA has about the worst telephone service imaginable. They call you with a cryptic message that says you have a prescription ready to pick up but don't tell you what it is. Then, when you try to call them to find out what it is, after all kinds of button pushing dealing with their 'automated' answering machine they put you on hold seemingly forever. Recently, after a half hour wait, I called the store manager who told me they were having problems but showed no interest in helping me.

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    Reviewed Oct. 20, 2019

    I had a $2 reward to use at the store that expired shortly. I stopped in at CVS, bought a bottle of roasted peanuts that were on sale. With the $2 reward, I only paid 99 cents for the product. Good deal.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 19, 2019

    I have left my cell phone on my desk for over 2 hours several times and the phone has NEVER been answered. Sometimes, you can hear someone pick up and then hang right up. And sometimes I will stop at the store and tell them I will be back in two hours to pick up meds. Most of the time, even though they agreed to two hours, the meds are not ready and they always have a lame excuse. I'm going to stop doing business with them but what a lousy way to treat customers.

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    Staff

    Reviewed Oct. 17, 2019

    The CVS located at 106 Boston Post rd. Waterford CT 06385 is not run well. One of the worst CVS stores I have ever been to. (I have visited hundreds over the years.) Beware: Store Management is extremely nasty to customers when they have a legitimate complaint. In addition, the lines are long and the customer is not placed first. FACT!!! Based on personal experience and extended observation overtime.

    I recommend DIRECTLY contacting CVS Corporate in Rhode Island if you have complaints about the Waterford CVS location. The woman that is the store manager is beyond unprofessional/ not customer friendly and not receptive to complaints. I do not recommend shopping in this CVS under any circumstances. Remember: if you have had bad experiences with this CVS-- complain to corporate not the store manager. Corporate needs to implement change in Waterford and hire a new store manager.

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    Reviewed Oct. 12, 2019

    Went to drive thru to pick up prescription. I had filled my seizure meds at the Spruce Hills drive location in Bettendorf, IA for the past 4 months. This time the price doubled, when I asked why I was told I would have to come inside. The male clerk at the drive thru was rude and condescending. The female clerk inside was worse. We can't tell you why the price doubled and we can't see the history and we don't take the discount card that you've been using for the past year. Then she mocked me as I walked away!!

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    Reviewed Oct. 12, 2019

    I have never had to count the number of pills that my pharmacist at Walmart puts in my bottle. I trusted the pharmacist. CVS has destroyed that trust for me. I picked up a family member's prescription from CVS and several bottles were missing a week's worth of meds. Two bottles only had 30 tablets when there should have been 60. These were not narcotics. The pharmacist never told us anything. These were not specified as partial fills either. This still concerns me. That's why I am posting this message for others to become aware.

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    Reviewed Oct. 11, 2019

    We had three prescriptions shown as "In Process" on the CVS web site for over two weeks. As the need became critical, we called in. The clerk checked, and the items were in stock, so they are filling the Rx now. Asked why it took over two weeks, she said they had a big back order list and not enough time or people to check the list.

    The staff at this North Canton, OH, North Main Street location are friendly and generally competent, but when you see them in the store, it's obvious that they are working their tails off and barely keeping up. Another coup by some idiot MBA that maximizes profits by reducing staff while causing delays and oversights while antagonizing customers.

    Side note - the CVS Web Site is pathetic. Log on can be difficult, especially if switching between my wife and I (we can't share a single log on), and swapping the user may fail for no apparent reason. Navigation is confusing and slow, with far too many popups about "working" on it. Refills cannot be synchronized - we get auto refill texts every couple of days leading to multiple trips when we would be happier to get them refilled and picked up in one visit. Manually requested refills are a coin toss - sometimes they work, other times they vanish despite getting a confirmation. There are no "help" explanations for terms and items such as the "In Process" status we just endured. When everything works, this CVS is good, but when things have a hitch - good luck.

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    Reviewed Oct. 4, 2019

    The Sunnyside Queens CVS is mostly pretty great, and I’ve been a loyal customer since I moved into the neighborhood nine years ago. Customer service folks, pharmacists, a usually good selection of products overall are wonderful, and with 24/7 convenience (but not the pharmacy) — the store is a staple in the community. However—and it’s regretful that this is the impetus for this review—I am continuously frustrated when I receive promotions for products I regularly buy, and I go to my regular, great store in Sunnyside to buy them, and routinely, the products are not in stock. I received a promotion in the last week for a 12-roll pack of Bounty for $8.99 (usually $18.95) and I was told by an employee on the floor they would receive this item in Wednesday’s shipment (day the offer ends). So now it’s Wednesday and I made a special point to stop on my way home.

    Not only were there no 12-packs in stock, but upon yet another inquiry, I was told that “sorry someone lied to you,” we never have the 12 packs, only the “6 that are like 12” that, even on sale, never go down to $8.99. Never? Ever. In addition, other items on sale and promoted in CVS’s coupons received at checkout in infamously long paper receipts, such as, in my case, cosmetics like lipstick or bronzer —disappear off the shelves on the first day of the sale/promotion before I can finish work and get there, only to find out the store does not have enough product to restock. And, yes, sorry, the next shipment won’t arrive until after the sale ends... Very quick segue to say to the good, helpful, patient employees of the store—I apologize. I’ve complained to you directly about all of this, and, I know, you only work there...

    To the executives making the real retail decisions: It is NOT okay that I am receiving targeted promotions that cannot be fulfilled because the only store you know I frequent cannot fulfill it. False advertising? Not sure, but I think it should be formally investigated. After all, I am compromising my privacy to allow you to track my purchases/spending with the explicit promise from you that, in return, you will provide me with coupons for discounts on items (you know) I need/want. With such successful tracking and targeting of me and your other customers, frankly it’s hard to believe that you are unaware that this fairly well-stocked and well-frequented store in Queens, New York cannot provide the promised products at the stated discounted prices on the stated dates of the sales.

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    Reviewed Oct. 2, 2019

    I called about checking on a prescription for a family member and six times your automated system rambled on about how it changed and improved. After trying every option it would thank me for calling and then hang up with no help. I drove over a mile to be told it would be 20 minutes. After the third trip I said, "I’ll try again tomorrow." The next day they told me your system would let it be released in eight days. The previous script was from 23 days before and was for ten pill to be given 1/2 at a time, 1 to 2 times a day as needed. Your new improved system sucks! If this is the new normal I think to keep my blood pressure in check. I will need to start looking for help elsewhere.

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    Reviewed Oct. 2, 2019

    Within the past 6 months, CVS bought out my local pharmacy. Since changing to CVS, today is the second time I have picked up my prescriptions and discovered that I only received half of the amount of pills that was prescribed. This particular prescription is a controlled substance! I’m a nurse, I know there are always checks and balances in place regarding controlled substances. NEVER should a controlled substance be distributed without, at minimum, a second person verifying the number of pills is correct. I can see this mistake happening once, but this is the second time this has happened at the same location with the same medication. Is someone at the Newport, NC location stealing medications?

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    Reviewed Oct. 1, 2019

    Customer service is horrible! I am on ** and it is a MAJOR ordeal to refill. They will lie and say that my doctor's office did not call a refill in, when I just spoke to the nurse myself who confirms otherwise. When they call me, it usually shows up as a random number, rarely identifies as being CVS. I have missed many calls from them because the numbers appear to be robocalls. Dealing with them is very frustrating. You'll need a ton of patience if you have to deal with them.

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