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Walgreens Pharmacy specializes in pharmaceutical and wellness services, featuring prescription refills, vaccinations and health advice. Since 1901, Walgreens has combined extensive retail presence with innovative pharmacy solutions, offering accessible care through digital tools and personalized service.
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Reviewed Jan. 18, 2017
The workers are all wonderful, everything in one stop, prices right, like home no matter what state. They open 24 hours. You can do everything in one place, send money, food, clothes, medicine. Only they quit letting you buy their gift card with credit card. We buy medicine with Walgreens gift card.
Reviewed Jan. 17, 2017
I am satisfied with Walgreens. Previously I used CVS but became dissatisfied with them and switched to Walgreens. I glad that I switched. Waiting time is less and prescriptions are filled quicker. I don't get hassled with messages urging me to refill my prescriptions when I am not ready.
Reviewed Jan. 17, 2017
It's a great store with very helpful employees. The store is convenient and usually has what I need, including groceries and pet supplies and medicine. Everyone is very helpful and the sale prices are great!
Reviewed Jan. 17, 2017
85% of the pharmacy staff are helpful and seem to care. Then you have the other 15% that should not work with the public in the medical field. The manager is very good and if there is any issue, he assist in resolving them.
Reviewed Jan. 16, 2017
My experiences at Walgreens varied by store. I've used Walgreens in three states. My current home Walgreens in Virginia Beach is outstanding because of the staff -- very customer oriented, knowledgeable, friendly and responsive. It is also close to home. I would not rate other locations as highly. I've used other chains but Walgreens has been the most convenient for me to use.
Reviewed Jan. 16, 2017
They do not process insurance in timely basis and mix prescriptions up. They are not well informed and rude at times. There are some well trained personnel there who are thoughtful and courteous however they need consistency in performance .
Reviewed Jan. 15, 2017
January 12, 2017 I left the emergency room at 4 a.m. The next day I went to drop off scripts. I went thru drive thru to the lane for drop-off. There was 1 car in pickup lane. They left. I had already sent me scripts the employee left and I was sitting there for 5 mins. I press the call button several times. I blew my horn several times and nothing. After sitting there for 5 mins a car pulls up in pickup lane and they come immediately to take care of them. I blew the horn and yelled, "I've been waiting for 5 mins you need to take care of me." The man in the other car rolled down his window, cussed me out and said he didn't care how long I was waiting there. She had literally put my scripts to the side and grabbed them to process now.
When she came back to tell me the wait time I said, "Well I also need to pickup the other meds." Unbelievable what came out of her mouth... "Ma'am you will have to go around and line up in the other lane, which by now we're 3 cars lined up." I was livid. She said, "Well if you don't want to do that you can come inside." I told her I wasn't going into no lines. I go inside and she proceeded to take of the other drivers so even though inside I went to the counter I had to wait. I complained to the manager but it was like talking to the wall.
Today the 14th I go to pickup the meds that supposedly was 2 hours. I unbelievably waited 1 hour in drive thru with only 2 cars in front of me. The car in front after waiting so long to get to window waited a while and I imagined he was upset and left. I get to window to get even more upset. The lady at window was on the phone, then she left started talking to someone else like I wasn't even there. I was not going to leave. I get home and noticed they only gave me 2 of the 3 I dropped off and she didn't say anything. I called them and the person that answered said, "Well it looks like they didn't even push it through to process. Do you want to come get it." I said, "After waiting an hour no. I will get later." They said they'd call. Still waiting.
I've been with Walgreens for over 10 years and I have never gotten such bad service. So bad that I have decided to find another pharmacy. They put me thru hell. I got an anxiety attack, nervous and felt aggressive. I suffer from bipolar disorder and haven't been balanced so it could have gotten really ugly.
Reviewed Jan. 15, 2017
I have been going to Walgreens for many years, and love the low prices and variety of items. The pharmacy staff is outstanding. Customer service is exceptional, and rewards are awesome.
Reviewed Jan. 15, 2017
Trouble with the pharmacist making changes to meds. I do not like when they try and change my meds to generic brands without checking with me first. They take it upon their selfs to do this and if that is what the Dr. order then fine, but not for them to decide.
Reviewed Jan. 14, 2017
I have not waited in long lines and they are always working to improve their rewards program including those from healthy living habits. The specific store I visit is usually excellent, however I have been in other Walgreens that are not.
Reviewed Jan. 14, 2017
Wait time is often at least one hour, I usually have to come back. But overall, a great pharmacy. Love that they are open 24 hours and have a drive-thru window. Also, the pharmacy techs go above and beyond if one encounters a problem getting a prescription filled.
Reviewed Jan. 13, 2017
On Thursday Jan 12, 2017 my Doctor sent an electronic prescription to Walgreens at approximately 3 pm. I was still in her office. Later at 635 pm I contacted Walgreens to see if my prescription was ready and I was told that they had not received the electronic prescription. After I contacted them I received a voice mail informing me that my prescription would be delayed. This is a consistent ongoing issue with Walgreens. Bottom line I have an infection and cannot take medication because Walgreens has refused to fill my prescription and this is not the first time. At this point it has been about 18 hours without my prescription.
Reviewed Jan. 13, 2017
We live near a Walgreens that closes at 10:00 although there is a 24 hour pharmacy a little further away but sometimes we miss the closing time when coming back from work. Wait times are not bad although sometimes they don't have an item in stock and it takes a lot longer than it seems it should to get the medicine. Also the reward program is okay. We like our local Walgreens - staff are friendly and helpful!
Reviewed Jan. 13, 2017
I have been doing business here for many years and the people are very friendly and helpful. I love the pharmacists there. We lost one who was transferred and am hoping we don't lose Kristi. She is the greatest. She makes sure when I am given a new prescription that I know how to take it along with my other OC supplements. The new pharmacist is very nice too. Even though they may be very busy they make you feel that you are very important to them. I have never encountered a rude person and the reward program is very nice. It saves us some money.
Reviewed Jan. 12, 2017
My refills were not able to go through because according to Presbyterian, my insurance, the ladies at Walgreens were running it through incorrectly. I was told 2x I would get a call back and did not. I've filed a complaint with the Walgreens headquarters and their boss.
Reviewed Jan. 12, 2017
I enjoy the service and the employees at Walgreens. They are very polite, happy, and responsive to my questions. The store is clean and well lit, and the shelves are fully stocked. But lately, the wait time has been excessive and it seems they have a lack of enough employees working.
Reviewed Jan. 12, 2017
The store lacks customer service and professionalism. Pharmacist was slow and didn't have a professional demeanor about her action toward the customers. There was enough staff to assist customers with concerns. We had to track down staff for help.
Reviewed Jan. 11, 2017
The store is short of help. Yesterday I waited in drive-thru for longer than usual... I think it was because they were helping people inside and forgot about drive thru traffic...
Reviewed Jan. 10, 2017
Pharmacist is willing to look up info if answer is not known. Usually at least a two to six hour wait. Most of the pharmacy staff are good tempered and patient, helpful. I have one location I go out of my for as this location is where I've had the best professional help.
Reviewed Jan. 9, 2017
I always use Walgreens. They are very helpful and always have what you need or they order it and have it the next day. They call and let you know that you have a prescription ready. They try very hard to please you. Overall they are a good and friendly place.
Reviewed Jan. 9, 2017
This Walgreens located in Onalaska, WI HAS to be one of the finest in the Country. It's a pleasure to just visit there. We go here frequently as we have a lot of prescriptions to obtain. They have a very helpful staff all around. I can talk to a Pharmacist at almost anytime and get answers to almost anything. This store is run efficiently, it's clean and items are marked specifically. They also offer about anything one would need to purchase outside of just pills, etc. Top of the line facility - Five Stars!!!
Reviewed Jan. 8, 2017
I love my pharmacy, they know me by name and by voice, they help me better than any other pharmacy ever has. They actually explain things to me when I ask questions. I love the rewards program, just wish that they would add your points to every prescription like they say they do. Also wish they didn't text me every time my prescriptions were NOT ready.
Reviewed Jan. 8, 2017
I've been going to Walgreens for my Rx's for a long time because I trust the pharmacist's knowledge of the Rx's I take and can ask questions at any time. The pharmacy hours are very convenient too. I wouldn't take my Rx's anywhere else. A while back our insurance carrier stopped using Walgreens as an approved pharmacy (it had something to do with the contract between Walgreens and Anthem). We had to temporarily take our Rx's to a different pharmacy. It was awful! And I was so happy when our insurance carrier and Walgreens finally came to terms and worked out their "issues".
Reviewed Jan. 7, 2017
Shopping experience on January 3 and January 5, 2017 and before. I am a customer at Walgreens since 2011 and have noticed since approx. 2 years that the pharmacy at Park and King is desperately understaffed. Walgreens tries to alleviate the problem by using floaters or part-timers some of which are totally inexperienced, rude and have no idea of how to deal with customers. If Walgreens tries to give a chance to uneducated people they should to say at least provide some training in social behavior not even speaking of product knowledge which they lack entirely.
The other problem that I can see lies in the process of "auto refill". Order refill works as long as there are refills authorized by the doctor. If there are no refills left a link is missing to inform the pharmacy staff and/or the patient to ask the doctor to send new prescriptions. To provide this link should be no problem considering today's technologies. Since this link does not exist at present the patient has no choice but to review all of his prescriptions with the pharmacy either by phone or in person at the end of each month even if he is on 'auto-refill'.
Reviewed Jan. 6, 2017
When I placed a prescription with the pharmacy I was told by my insurance company the cost would be $22.00 for a 30 day supply. I called before going to pick up the prescription and was told the cost was $108.00. The employees first were HORRIBLE TO DEAL WITH. Then I was transferred to a pharmacists who was even worse than the counter person. They just wanted me off of the phone and were happy to tell me if I hang up it would be better for all concerned. I did and transferred the prescription to another pharmacy that was 2 dollars more than the original price Walgreens quoted me. I transferred ALL MEDICATIONS from Walgreens and sent a letter to the insurance company advising them of Walgreens' practices and reconsider using them.
Reviewed Jan. 4, 2017
On Tuesday January 3, 2017, Walgreens on 585 Dekalb Ind. Way Decatur, Ga. I went to the front to checkout. There was 3 people waiting, no cashier. I asked the man in the photo dept to call for someone to check us out. He came over and call the lady in cosmetics to check us out. She told "no" out loud. She said it 3 more times, "NO." He had people in photo dept. This is unacceptable. My name is Yvonne **. I shop at Walgreens all the time. Never had a problem like this before. Would like a response. Thank You???
Reviewed Jan. 3, 2017
On January 2, 2017 between approximately 630 and 730 pm I just got out of the emergency room and we will I dropped off a prescription at the window and was told it was a 20 minute wait so I parked my car and went inside. It was just my seven-year-old daughter and I. When I went in the store I noticed all the Christmas items were on clearance so I went direct to the clearance aisle and started to purchase some of the clearance items. While I was over there I noticed a very large deck of cards that were open on the counter and said to my daughter who loves playing cards, "look at the size of these. Maybe we can find some in the box."
I yelled to employee across the way and asked if he could help me find some that were in the box. He said no "this is Christmas stuff. This is all we have. If it's not here it's not gonna be here." I said "OK". As I went to walk away I found a pack. I asked him if he would mind if I count these to make sure they're all here? He said "no. Go right ahead." While I was counting these cards his manager came over started to harass me telling me that he has to throw them away. Anything that's open is going in the trash. I said "I'm counting these to make sure they're all here. I will purchase them. They are 70% off. Not a big deal if they're not all here."
He proceeded to tell me, he doesn't mean to be rude but he's not selling me the card and if he has to remove me from the store he will. This is exactly how it went. No word of lie. My seven-year-old daughter stood there in horror telling him, "my mom wants to buy those cards for me!" He then again repeated he's not selling the cards. I said to him "these are not open. I just want to make sure they're all here because the other ones were all over the place". He proceeded to be rude again and tell me that he will have me removed from the store.
At that point the other coworker who was also young by the way came over and was pointing out candy wrappers and things opened on the top shelf of the aisle I was in, assuming... I believe, that I may have open these items and left them on the top shelf open. They start talking amongst themselves in a lower voice laughing and giggling like children. I pick up my phone and I say "I'm calling your corporate office." As I pick up the phone to call corporate he grabs the playing cards I just placed down to make the call and pretty much marches away quickly. My daughter standing there not having a clue what just happened or why this person had just treated her mother this way, and disregarded anything she said at all. Now I live right next-door to this place and I have to go in it daily.
When I told him I was calling the corporate office, he pretty much told me to go ahead, so apparently they can get away with treating anybody however they feel. This is a Walgreens on Center St. Malden Ma. I have never been so appalled in my life. As I was on the phone with the representative from Walgreens I asked the individual his name and he walked right by me and shouted Kyle which was even more rude. Never in my life have I had an experience like this and I cannot believe they allow this to happen in their store!!!
Reviewed Dec. 30, 2016
My wife had surgery to fix a broken ankle. A nerve block was used on her leg for the surgery. While the block was still in place, I dropped off a prescription for pain pills to the Walgreens pharmacy at Dublin and Union. That night the nerve block wore off and my wife realized that the pain pills which she had were not adequate, so she had me pick up a prescription for something stronger. I dropped it off, and was told that it would take an hour to fill. During that time, my wife got a call from her doctor, according to him the pharmacy called and told him that we had picked up the prescription from the day before. This was not true. Walgreens could have caused my wife to go through agony all weekend. Luckily the doctor bothered to call her, he could have just canceled the prescription. We will be using a different pharmacy from now on. A pharmacy that treats my wife and I like junkies does not deserve our business.
Reviewed Dec. 30, 2016
On 12/4, I went to the Walgreens on 6603 Wadsworth Blvd in Arvada, CO to purchase Christmas gifts. One of the gift was a $75.00 gift card for Burlington. Yesterday, when the friend who received that gift went to use it, she was told the card had 0 balance on it. I called Walgreens today, Manager put me on an almost four minute hold, then hung up on me. I called back, she said they "can't help with third party cards." Then, when I asked for help, she said to come in tonight with my receipt, but when I asked her who I should ask for, she informed me "Well, I'm out of here at 3 pm, and the assistant manager can't really help anybody." I then asked why she couldn't help me on the phone, since I had all the receipt and gift card numbers. She was very put out, I could hear an annoyed person in the background saying "just get her number."
She promised to call me before 3, and so far (2:30 pm) NO CALL... NOT surprised. I called my bank to report this, and they informed me that Walgreens has a very bad history with handling customer complaints. My bank (1st bank) said it usually took about 90 DAYS for Walgreens to get back to them! DO NOT SHOP AT WALGREENS!!
Reviewed Dec. 19, 2016
I made an online order and realized that I left out an item. THERE IS NO WAY YOU CAN CANCEL THE ONLINE ORDER. I shop at many online companies and there is always the option to cancel the order immediately. I was told that all I can do is refuse the package when it arrives. Ugh!
Reviewed Dec. 19, 2016
For years, I went to Walgreens to get my son's script filled. Every time, there was an issue with filling (It was always resolved). However, There was always some long drawn out story about the cost. I always had to go back and forth calling insurance, calling Walgreens, again, calling insurance, etc. The last script that I refused to have filled, I wast told it was over $200. Which made no sense to me because it was a tier one, controlled substance drug. I was given some ** backwards explanation and didn't have it filled. Thank goodness my son was getting out of school within a few weeks and did not need it over the summer.
I reached out to my son's dr when he needed to have the med filled again and requested a new pharmacy. Interestingly enough.. no issues - did not have to call insurance. Within 30 mins of the request, it was filled. The cost?? $15.00. During this time, I'd not changed insurance, no change to ANYTHING other than the pharmacy. Imagine how many years I have been overpaying just because I relied on the info I was getting from Walgreens. I know about 3 or 4 other people who have experienced this same issue across the country. I will NEVER get another script filled at Walgreens. EVER AGAIN. I don't know who is pocketing that money but I sure hope they are investigated. There should be a class action suit against them.
Reviewed Dec. 18, 2016
I'M SO DISAPPOINTED WITH THE SERVICE I RECEIVED FROM THIS LOCATION TODAY!!! I ordered thank you cards for the sympathy we received from a recent death in our family. I ordered a total of 65 cards via online because I like the convenience of picking it up when it is ready but it turned out to be more of an INCONVENIENCE!!!
On my way home, after I picked up the cards which I spend more than $100, I felt like counting it since it was not as heavy as I expected and sure enough I was missing 24 more cards. I had to go back to Walgreens and at that time I had to wait for a while for somebody in charge of photo to help me. Then the person who took care of me was the one who did the processing and he told me that the reason was probably when their machine got "jammed" and the rest were not printed.
My question is, so if it was missing more than 20 cards, how come I was not notified? When I picked it up, the box showed 59 and I paid for 59 cards, the least they can do is make a note in the box that only certain numbers were printed. When I came to pick up my order, the machine was working so nobody even bothered to print the rest that was missing. If you are a responsible person, you make sure that the count is right before you put it in on file ready for customer pickup.
I am a very reasonable person but I think this is not acceptable!!! I did not even receive an apology for the inconvenience. I do not expect one, it's just that I planned my day thinking I can just go in and out to pick up my thank you cards then went to buy chicken for our lunch that my daughter is waiting at home. So my day turned out to be staying at Walgreens, recounting the cards, and checking which one was not printed since I ordered three kinds then went home with cold chicken and my daughter crying because she was hungry waiting for me. I live close by but I will not go back to this Walgreens location for photo. I spoke to the manager thereafter and all she did was listen. SO, SO DISAPPOINTED. I LIKE THE PRODUCTS YOU HAVE BUT I WILL NOT BE COMING BACK TO THIS LOCATION!!!
Reviewed Dec. 13, 2016
The Walgreens stores specially the pharmacy stores don't have licensed pharmacy technicians. They used volunteers, cashiers and managers to fill the prescription and most of time people in risk because they don't want hire pharmacy technician instead they used that explained above. So guys careful. Don't sent your prescription especially, Santa Rosa, Rohnert Park, and Cotati and other stores in Sonoma County. Not good so careful guys. Thanks.
Reviewed Dec. 13, 2016
I used to order photos at Walgreens all the time (about 5 years ago before I moved overseas, then returned). I prefer a matte finish, so I get the mail order. When picking up at the store, the gloss quality is inferior and the image actually wipes off the paper if you try to trim it. I ordered a print and got a tracking number, but it stayed at a certain facility for over a week. I called Walgreens and they had no idea what happened to my print, but reordered it and upgraded the shipping. I received both on the same day. Not having learned my lesson, I ordered another print. It's been a week since I got the shipping notice, and it still hasn't arrived. What's more, the tracking number has it starting 20 minutes from my house (Maryland) then going to Ohio, then New Jersey??? It's a good thing these are not gifts or they'd be late. The coupon codes make the offers tempting, but the service is terrible.
Reviewed Dec. 11, 2016
I placed an order on Walgreens.com on November 30, 2016 for 7 bottles of shave cream. As someone who shops online frequently from a variety of retailers, I was surprised when I did not receive a shipping confirmation email within 24-48 hours (the email I initially received confirming the order stated my item would be shipped and arrive to me within 1-3 business days. Obviously that was a lie. This is where my horrendous experience with Walgreen's customer service team begins.
When I called customer service on December 2 to find out what was going on with my order, I spoke with a rep named Brenda who initially responded to my query with, "You just placed your order," followed by a chortle. She claimed not to know what was going on nor could she give me any information as to when the order would ship. I asked to speak to a manager. The manager, slightly less clueless than Brenda, assured me the item would ship out the following day and said most customers received their orders within 24-48 hours of placing them. She said something about a technical glitch and that their systems were updating. No apology was given for the delay nor could she give me a date as to when I would receive a tracking number so I could check on my order.
The next day came and went and my order never arrived. I was starting to get anxious, so, again, I contacted customer service. The rep I spoke with, once again, said something to the effect of "It's processing. I have no idea when it will ship." There was no explanation as to what was happening or when it would be fixed. I imagine the rep just shrugging their shoulders as if to say, "It's not my problem." Again, I spoke with a manager. This person was even worse than the first manager. She claimed that the system was totally down (for 2 days in a row?) and that she had NO idea when anything would ship but seemed confident that the order was packed and just sitting in a warehouse. She said, in a very frazzled and irritated voice, "I can call down to the warehouse and see if they packed it yet and get back to you." Surprise, surprise, I never heard back.
The third and final time I called, I was told that the order should just "show up" at some point and that the system was still down. I was told to wait "a few days" and then to call back. Are you serious??? I guess everyone assumed I was in no rush to receive my order and would be perfectly content to just sit around waiting. Again, the promise in the email was 1-3 business days.
I am currently waiting to speak to a rep via live chat and I am told that I have a 48 minute wait time. I contacted Twitter earlier in the day and they said "Sorry we don't deal with online, here's their number." It's becoming comical at this point. I have to say that it's been a long time since I've dealt with such incompetent and rude customer service from a company. Judging by the number of complaints I see online, I'm not surprised but I'm honestly dumbfounded by how willing the people I spoke with were to just blow me off, give me complete misinformation and/or outright lie to me for the sake of getting me off the phone.
Reviewed Dec. 10, 2016
I was enrolled in the Walgreens Mail in Pharmacy as directed by the insurance company in NJ that covers me from a work related injury in my practice as an RN. The first month (11/2016), they made a med. error. They put two medications in the wrong labelled bottles! When I called to report this serious incident; I was told by their pharmacist Donna "too bad! I caught it, so it's no big deal!" Now - month 2, I'm told I don't meet their "good faith review"? I do meet it. There is a PDF of this form online. I reviewed it and both my doctor (of over 16 years) & I meet or exceed their bullet points & questions.
I am an RN and take my medication management very seriously as does my dr.! I found also found online this "good faith review" is based solely on problems that only Walgreens has experienced in New Mexico r/t medication abuse in that state. But, I live in NJ and have never had a problem getting the medications filled that I need for management of severe chronic intractable nerve and muscle pain! I have dealt with only two pharmacies in all that time. I have tried many alternative meds and procedures to no success. These meds make the difference in me being able to live a bit of a normal life with my family and being bed bound. Yet Walgreens... who made a very serious dispensing error on my first month with them; is now saying I don't meet their "good faith review"!
Walgreens is judging me on things they know nothing about yet cryptically saying I don't meet their standards! This is prejudicial, unfair and unprofessional. I now have to call the original insurance company and go through a probable very stressful process to get this resolved. Why am I, a legitimate chronic pain patient being subjected to a form/policy by Walgreens based on situation with a state thousands of miles from me! Please; can someone from Consumer Affairs please look into this ridiculous policy and; why me and the many others writing complaints here are being made to feel embarrassed & frustrated by a company that doesn't understand nor respect its patients! I am available for further information should it become needed. Thank you.
Reviewed Dec. 4, 2016
Walgreens: $190.88, Sam's Club: $24.00. A real attention getter for me. Maybe you also! Same medicine, same size, same quantity. In both cases, a cash transaction. The Sam's Club pharmacist surprised me, when all on her own, she apologized for the huge price charged at Walgreens as if to say how "unethical" it is in her profession. Her words.
Sure price differential is to be expected, even encouraged in a free market, but this seems way over the top. It made my wife so angry she said she will never shop at Walgreens ever again, even for a quart of milk or a greeting card. I tend to agree. Of course they're not the only ones who appear greedy, but next time I'm shopping for medicine, I'll be better informed and make wiser choices. Thought you should know.
Reviewed Dec. 3, 2016
On November 29 my husband went to pick-up a prescription for an salve for an open wound I have on my foot from a recent surgery. The Walgreens at Northwest Highway and Dryden in Arlington Heights said they did not carry it and that he would have to go to the Walgreens in Mt. Prospect on Elmhurst Road and Golf Road. When he went to pick it up he was told that our Blue Cross/Blue Shield policy did not cover it. The cost was $168. Since this wound has been a problem for a month we decided I had to try something else.
On December 1, I called Blue Cross/Blue Shield to find out why it was not covered. They told me it was available over the counter. Walgreens is a preferred provider for Blue Cross/Blue Shield. The pharmacist NEVER mention this possibility. On the internet the exact same salve is available for $38 dollars. When I called customer service I was told someone would get back to me. I think the pharmacist should be arrested; so should Walgreens.
Reviewed Nov. 29, 2016
I have been taking very low levels of the same dosage pain medication for over 6 years. I have life threatening allergies to all NSAIDs. I get whole body deep tissue hives including in my lungs and stomach. If I take any sort of pain meds other than the one my Dr prescribed, he has told me I could kill myself fairly rapidly. I actually hate the narcotic painkillers I am now forced to use. I would do anything to be able to use ** again although I suspect the use of ** to block my pain for years (I was told I would never walk or work again as a result of being a passenger in a car accident at 27) helped create the severe muscle and joint pain I now suffer from.
I drop off my prescription at Walgreens, I show up an hour later to collect it, pharmacist in front of everyone (very busy many people standing around) tells me he will fill my prescription this time but do not expect to have him do it again. I was totally and completely mortified. He treated me like I was a drug addict that wanted these for fun. This jackass had zero idea why I have this prescription filled every two weeks. He had zero idea why my doctor decided I need them. He could have cared less.
At a time when multiple doctors are struggling to get my pain under control and to figure out exactly where the joint swelling and pain, muscle weakness and severe pain (among other symptoms) are coming from and my inflammation numbers from my lab results are extremely high this insensitive, stupid, arrogant and I assume lazy man also that is supposed to be part of my health team now made it so I am mortified to walk into a drug store. I am assuming because there is a narcotics problem in the country that there is a lot more paperwork to fill my prescriptions. It is NOT my pharmacist job to embarrass me and make my depression worse by singling me out and acting like I am a drug addict when he has zero background on me.
I do understand the drug companies in this country have created a problem for millions of people with pushing pain meds. I would have understood his concern if he had taken me aside and ASKED me about why I needed this medication. I would be happy if he could think of another choice for me or if he had ANY input on how to stop what is happening to me. None of those things happened!!! This Walgreens pharmacist was rude, arrogant with a holier than thou attitude. His attitude was one of not giving a crap about his patients where Walgreens goes on and on about how much they care about their patients. What a crock of horse manure. Walgreens is not the corner of happy and healthy. They are a cornerstone of greed and self interest.
If anyone else is suffering from high inflammation rates, severe muscle pain and weakness where your large muscles feels like someone poured concrete in them and you have joint swelling and pain (including disfiguration of joints) that shows up in all joints at some point but moves between them, inflammation in your fascia, skin sensitivity yet you have no definitive diagnosed autoimmune disease can you post here? Maybe we can get a working group together to find commonalities and maybe sort out how to stop whatever this is.
Reviewed Nov. 29, 2016
My partner and I went to Walgreens on Cass Rd in Joliet last Friday, November 25th, 2016. We ask if it would be possible to refill his medicine (which is very important not to miss a dosage) that night. They told us that our medicine will be ready today, Monday November 28th, 2016 in the morning. I asked the clerk if our medicine was going to be ready for sure, and she said "YES". However, today I call to double confirm and the pharmacist in charge told me that she wasn't aware of it. That she was going to begin to submit my prescription for tomorrow at 2:00 pm. Should I trust the pharmacy of Walgreens at Joliet again? I don't think so! Lack of negligence, organization, and the pharmacist unfriendly tone voice, is helping me to reflect and reconsidering if I should go back to Walgreens.
Reviewed Nov. 28, 2016
Main Street Pharmacy had wonderful people capable of filling prescriptions. It was purchased by Walgreens. Then Walgreens proved to be unable to perform the task of filling the prescriptions that were on file with the pharmacy they purchased. Also the people employed there are not capable of understanding the difference between a 30 day supply of a medication taken 3 times daily and a 90 day supply of a medication taken once daily. I must come to the conclusion that these poor people do not know how to read and therefore should be nowhere near medications or the distribution of any medication as an interest in public safety.
I can only warn people and hope no one else gets hurt (one may say it's ironic but I do not see any humor in their lack of intellect since this has forced me to be non-compliant with my medication for about 4 weeks now). All I can do is ask: Why did Walgreens "expand" with this purchase if they are not capable of providing the service?
Reviewed Nov. 22, 2016
Walgreens Pharmacy had, delayed by 2 weeks, my important med twice for PTSD and delayed my service animals anti-seizure meds, as well! Complaining on their f/b site does NOTHING! Calling their Customer Service does little or nothing at All! (Had been doing both for 2 months and NO HELP) I finally realized how to work their 'system' and wish to share with you: Go Directly to Store Manager and tell them to call District Rep immediately with your complaints/concerns. District Rep will call you in a couple of days - tell them! IF, District Rep blows you off - demand to speak with their boss and tell District Rep to contact them immediately and call you! Boss did call me back, pronto and compensated me with a Visa $150 gift card - not enough but better than nothing! I refused the first offer of a Walgreens gift card as I will never step foot in any Walgreens again!
Reviewed Nov. 19, 2016
I have been a regular Walgreens customer for over ten years, not always the same one due to moving a few times but I have always used one close to my home. WALGREENS in Bridgeville, DE has recently had a change in their head pharmacist. Her name is Jessica. She will no longer fill my pain medications because SHE has determined the QUANTITY is too dangerous for me, WHAT THE HELL!!! Pharmacist are NOT doctors, and she called me in the back office and explained that my doctor is not doing what is best for me and that she will not partake in filling this amount of pain medication.
For over a year I have been getting that amount filled along with all my other medications. So she has decided she can fill my medicines BUT not my pain meds. I have been taking these pain meds for a long time and they are what allows me to have a decent quality of life. I am not suffering anymore, I can shop, walk without much pain, and ride a bike and work out a bit.
She has no idea what goes on with me and my doctor. Since when does a pharmacist have the right to dictate and come between a pain specialist and the patient? This new pharmacist told me that unless my pain specialist decreases my amount of **, she will no longer fill my prescription. This is so WRONG in SO many ways. I have always have Walgreens the benefit of doubt in some of their many legal disputes, but no more.
Customers need protection from WALGREENS, they are way overstepping their bounds in the private lives of their customers. WALGREENS should be sued by what they are doing to me. They are not doctors and should have no right to do this to me. Maybe I will seek legal advice, maybe if enough people come forward we could get a class action suit started.
Reviewed Nov. 17, 2016
I went to the pharmacy at West and Clinton here in Fresno Ca. I handed my prescription to the pharmacist. He said he couldn't fill it unless he called the Doctor. I said call him. He did and then told me he couldn't fill because he needed to know what was wrong with me. Was he going to examine me? I snatch the prescription out of his hand and told the little rude kid I would go somewhere else. I went to Rite aid and they filled my prescription immediately with no problem in 20 mins.
I will never go to any of your stores again. I asked for ** at your Walgreens at Clinton and Brawley as I was not to use ** (Doctors orders) as it has ** in it - she didn't know what it was then thought it was a deadly poison. Another clerk told her it was the main ingredient in ** then she brought out a two pound can of ** but she couldn't sell any to me as it was opened. You must not test anybody when you hire them! Very disappointed.
Reviewed Nov. 15, 2016
Most people tend to complain about the pharmacy for whatever reason and yes most of the reasons are valid reasons to complain about. I would just like to praise my Walgreens in Houston, Texas. I have been going for 10 years now. And through the years the pharmacy staff has change from management to technicians and cashiers, they know exactly who I am and treat me like family. And I enjoy that. And any issues I encounter such as medicare issues or the medicine not being ready by the the promise time, they always seem to care and try to correct the problem.
Reviewed Nov. 6, 2016
I have been having problems with clerks not being available in the photo department at both Walgreens in Yuba City, CA. Today, I went to the Walgreens on Colousa Hwy in Yuba City. No one was working in the photo department. I selected all my photos. By that time, there still was no one in the photo department, so the poor young girl working up front had to dash over to help me and still try to hold the fort at the front by taking money for purchases. She called three times for help in the photo department and no one ever responded to her calls. So, she had to keep running back and forth to help me in that department.
I have noticed that you have people working in photo that do many other things other than helping customers in the photo department. Why is that? You certainly make enough money on your prescription drugs to pay for more employees and yet you are working the few that are on duty to death! That isn't fair to your employees, and it isn't good customer service for your customers who have to wait, and wait for help. If this was the first time I have had that problem in the photo department, I wouldn't be writing to you. But this seems to happen in your other Yuba City store on Harter Rd as well and I shop there more than the Walgreens store on Colousa. You expect too much and cheat your employees and customers of what they should expect to receive from you.
Reviewed Nov. 6, 2016
I went to pick up all my daughter diabetic medicine. I received someone else prescription and not my daughters. I had to wait until the next day. When the ** expired, I am thinking about switching to CVS. This is very unacceptable and the lack of the privacy act. The pharmacy tech should of been more diligent. And my daughter ** was still at the pharmacy. I work in the health care business. I would be suspended with out pay.
Reviewed Nov. 5, 2016
Would like to know when a pharmacy technician when he call the doctors and the doctor said it was ok and he filled it last month but now he said he don't think I need it and he don't have any documentation. He talk to the doctor. If he had any questions why didn't he ask the doctor? Now the pharmacy technician at Walgreens knows more to the doctor so I am telling everyone Walgreens pharmacy technician think they are better than your doctor.
Reviewed Nov. 3, 2016
An anti viral medication was ordered 11/2/2016 at about 2 PM. Heard nothing from Walgreens in text format... called and was told it was being processed. What they really meant when I spoke to someone in the store was that they did not have it! I have been dealing with this store for about 6 years. They have my phone number to text me about status. If I wanted, I was told, I could drive about 10-15 miles and pick it up at another Walgreens. I called that mentioned store and was told they did not have it! This is the worst service, but perhaps all service centers like this are similar. I will try CVS and have my account transferred. I depend upon pharmacies because I must have a continuous supply of medications. I am an insulin dependent Type 1 diabetic. If you have succeeded with a pharmacy chain, please state the name.
Reviewed Nov. 2, 2016
I went in to refill my medications on Nov. 2, which my bottle said, they would not fill it because I came in late. I go by my bottles not when I picked them up. The location of this store is in Madisonville, TN. The lead pharmacist is Paul, I called corporate and they are investigating this matter. The customer is right and the assistant tech asks why I am complaining about 52 miles both ways to my home, and it costs money to come back to the store to get my meds, that he travels 100 miles one way to his job, I told him that is not my job and I'm disabled, and should have gotten my medication, and it's not my fault that the wrong date was on the bottle.
Walgreens has in-store rules and will not fill but every 30 days, there is so many drugstores that will fill your meds if it's that close as to not put the customer out. They judge the customer as being a drug addict or they are selling it so they are trying to get their drugs early. I am 58 years old, have RA, severe nerve damage, and have been burned over 85% of my body, and I go pick my drugs up on the date my bottle reads, period.
It is a inconvenience to me and others that need their medications and have to struggle with the pharmacy to get our drugs because of drug addicts or drug dealers. I am on pain medications also and they would not fill for me, because I was a new patient and they were not accepting new customers, I'm not new. I have been a customer for years and years. They choose who they want to fill for and what medications they want to fill. I take 2 Schedule 2 drugs and they did not want to fill for me. Walgreens is a problem pharmacy and the store makes up the rules as they go along.
Reviewed Nov. 2, 2016
I am writing to make certain that pharmacists when they make mistakes resolve their errors in an ethical and compassionate manner. On Friday, October 28, 2016, I took 3 prescriptions to the Walgreens in Tustin California. The place was like a circus and it was topped off with a digital billboard with your name and your disposition posted for the world to see in violation of HIPPA Law. That disturbed me as I felt like my privacy was being violated and I asked not to be posted on the board. However, I was pretty much ignored. There was no way for them to reprogram the board and allow for someone to be truly private.
Then I gave them my husband's prescription and the lunacy started. I was originally told they would fill them and they took them and I sat down to wait. Then I started getting called to the windows for more information. Apparently, they needed more information about my husband's diseases to be able to fill the medicine. I am a nurse practitioner and I explained some of the intricacies of his diagnosis but since a Pharm.D. is not a medical doctor nor a nurse practitioner I really did not approve of them knowing his personal information.
Then I sat down to wait again. All the while observing my name posted up on the digital billboard which I had been anxious about. Then I get called up that my medicine is ready and while I'm standing in line to pick it up I get called by the pharmacist to be lectured. She complained that It is Friday, it is nearly 5:00 PM and the doctor's offices are closed and she could not confirm everything on the prescription by a phone call at that time. These prescriptions have been filled repeatedly and a nearby pharmacy Walgreens but the digital age has not come to the computers just to their billboard.
Then I'm handed a bag by another group of people with my prescription and am called to another window to be lectured a little more. She was distraught that The DEA visits there frequently and I should be more careful and I should take these prescriptions to only one pharmacy. I should not be there and they are refusing to fill them. All the while I'm already holding a bag in my hand. They gave me the hard copies of the Prescriptions back and I left. I had barely got my seatbelt fastened and into my car when my son was startled by a pharmacist beating on the driver's side window like a rabid wolf. I screamed; he jumped - we were both startled. She was demanding the prescriptions back. I told her no and that I was offended by the way I was treated inside the store. But that was after screaming, "Get away, get away", as she clearly disturbed me being there at my window.
This is 10 years of treatment for PTSD from domestic violence screwed up in one fell swoop. She demanded the hard copy of the prescription that they had returned because they had actually filled one of the prescription which I didn't even realize. I explained to her that I was extremely offended and felt that I've been treated very uncivilly and with no compassion at all in the store and felt that to be Chased to the car was a little out of line. She was to irritated to listen to anything. I gave her the hard copy and was really glad to leave there. I have never been treated like that anywhere and don't ever want to be treated like that again.
Reviewed Nov. 1, 2016
I have written several complaints past, I will not be doing that again! Because I now shop CVS. The service is 100% better, they call me as soon as my scripts are ready, very customer friendly! And to top it all off they give you a bottle of water (no cost). Thank I sold all my stock in Walgreens.

Reviewed Oct. 23, 2016
My employer recently switched to a different insurance plan, and when I went to pick up my prescription Walgreens said my new insurance wouldn't cover my medication without prior authorization from my physician. I needed my medication so I paid out of pocket, and Walgreens said that after my physician gave my insurance company prior authorization Walgreens would reimburse me. My medication cost me $280 out of pocket, whereas I normally pay $30, so a reimbursement was important to me.
I spent a week getting my insurance company to accept my doctor's prior authorization, and I thought I was good to go. However when Walgreens ran my prescription the insurance company's system still wouldn't cover it. I knew this wasn't right, as my insurance company said it'd work, but I also knew the only way to fix it was for Walgreens to talk to my insurance company. Unfortunately my insurance company's phone system had a one hour hold time, so I thought I was out of luck.
Walgreen's pharmacist at my local Walgreens stepped up for me big time and called my insurance company and waited an hour on hold to clear things up. I didn't have to wait in the store - I got a call from Walgreens a few hours later saying that they'd cleared up the issue and I'd get a refund for $250. I appreciate Walgreen's having my back with my Kafka-esque insurance experience.
Reviewed Oct. 19, 2016
The pharmacy department at the Winder, GA location has been the worst that I have ever experienced. The lead pharmacist is a complete jerk questioning my meds and asking me why I am taking them. I have been taking the same medications for 4 years and I have never had anyone question it or ask me why. The lead pharmacist was very rude to me and said that he would have to call my doctor to verify the prescription.
After about 2 weeks I finally called my doctors office and I got an answer and was told that they have been verifying prescriptions which I was told by the lead pharmacist his calls were getting ignored. I explained to them that this pharmacist is refusing to fill my prescription until its verified and I went to walgreens myself and demanded they call them. The pharmacist got the voicemail unfortunately. I tried to be nice and explain what I was told by my doctors office but he was just completely rude and standoffish. I brought in that day 3 copay cards. They entered 2 of them and my 3rd one went missing.
On 10/17/16 I decided to do an online order for my medications. Well they had issues with their site which was annoying me. On 10/18/16 I got fed up and called them. Ended up speaking to the guy who had the hiccups one day I came in. Couldn't remember his name. I asked about why my prescription is no longer showing up and he said that they were waiting on a new one from my doctor because the one that was sent was wrong. I said to him why wasn't this done when he had the prescription verified when he was calling and harassing my doctors office? He didn't have an answer to my question. I know they were making more ** excuses.
Then I asked about why my copay card for one of my meds isn't showing up and he said "oh there was a glitch in the system and it couldn't be entered in and we gave it back to you" which was a lie. I said to him "how did I bring 3 copay coupons and leave with just 2. You didn't have a problem with the others." And I advised them to not fill any more of my prescriptions. I went and called CVS and had all of my prescriptions transferred over and explained the situation. And I received an email saying they filled it when I told them not to fill any of my prescriptions. I will never step foot inside that Walgreens ever again. I would rather drive 10 miles for better customer service.
Reviewed Sept. 29, 2016
I use Walgreens a lot. When I'm in Gainesville I use Walgreens. I never have to wait for my medicine no longer than 10-20 minutes top. When I use Lake City Walgreens my wait is always 2-3 hours why then you do wait all that time to get your medicine when do pick it up. Then they tell you to wait another 10 or 15 min which is ridiculous. The staff is never on the same page. I feel like boycotting and telling people not to use Walgreens. Something really needs to be done. Like me and others in my situation disabled and sick we know we have to wait on our meds but 2-3 hours is ridiculous when you have to catch a ride or just wait until the next day that puts us in another situation of trying find a ride. I don't understand why Gainesville and Lake City doesn't work the same.
I ask the pharmacist in Gainesville why does it take Lake City Walgreens so long to fill prescription. He told me it's the staff. Lake City Walgreens needs to get it together. On 9/19/16 my prescription was put in to be filled. Well they didn't have all of my prescription so they told me that the other half would be filled by Wednesday. So I got no call so I called them. They had no idea of what I was talking about which made me furious. So after trying to explain it they finally filled the prescription and instead of me keeping my 3 refills I only have 2 refills which was on them because they messed up my prescription order. Something must be done.
Reviewed Sept. 23, 2016
My order was a mess when I received it. Everything was tossed into the bottom of a vastly oversized box and a few plastic air pillows put on top. I had placed a large order (>$100) to stock up on sundries as I was aware that this site is closing down. Bad mistake. A skin cream jar was open, an oil bottle had leaked, boxed items were crushed, and everything was coated with the mess. Not going to have pleasant memories of this company.
Reviewed Sept. 11, 2016
I have been refilling my prescription of 10ml ** Insulin for over a year at Walgreens. I have a Walgreens savings card for prescriptions which cost $20 a year. I have been paying $211.00 for insulin for my cat every 3 months. This month I refilled prescription and asked if cost had increased and they said no. Then next day I went to pick it up and they said it cost $345.00. I asked why has the price increase so much. They said because the manufacturer increases their prices and then Walgreens increase on top of that.
I got home and called the manufacturer (Novo Nordisk) and they told me they haven't raised their prices since 2015. I called Walgreens customer service and report it. Manager called me back two days later telling me cost increased because discount card doesn't discount insulin as much anymore. I told him I would understand if price cost increase a little but WHY did it increase $134. He could not answer that question. Don't shop at Walgreens!!!
Reviewed Sept. 9, 2016
Going to Walgreens in Merritt Island resembles going to the small town pharmacy. They know you by name also know those who live with you and always send their best regards. Specifically noting (alphabetically) CHERI & SHANTEL, TRACY. THEY ARE TRULY OUTSTANDING!! It's a delight to see them and they go OVER and ABOVE to assist, inform and provide our pharmacy needs even when it's busy or the end of the day. They make it worth going out of your way to go to this pharmacy. The store area is brightened by Kat. She helps you locate what you need and helps you maximize the savings available on products. WITH THIS TEAM...I personally couldn't ask for more!
Reviewed Sept. 2, 2016
I order my meds around 7 or 8 am. I called them at 4 pm they didn't have my meds ready. Tried to say they would fill them the next day. This is about the 4th or 5th time they have done this so I went off on them. Fraud and false advertisement is against the law. They don't seem to care if they do their job or not. I live in Asheville NC. The store is on NC 63.
Reviewed Sept. 2, 2016
I have been purchasing insulin ** for years and the price is going up and up. Now I pay $561.00 for a month supply from Walgreens. I am now in the gap. So I have been shopping around. I found that Walmart was the cheapest around, at $100.00 for a month supply, 4 TIMES AS MUCH. I have been going around telling people not to shop at WALGREENS. They overcharge the insurance co, and that is why they have store on every corner. STOP SHOPPING WALGREENS.
Reviewed Sept. 2, 2016
My daughter took a script to the pharmacy and told her they can't fill just one script. It has to be several. When just last month they filled just one script. They override Doctors' orders.
Reviewed Aug. 29, 2016
I was at the Walgreens at 7:20 pm at the 2575 Broadway NY, NY 10025 location. I made a complaint about a man who I believed at the time to be a shopper. This guy who is described as ** male about 6 ft with a white tee and burgundy jeans and dread locks with a scar on his left side of his face and had a beverage in his hand appearing to be under the influence of some type of substance who followed me from the entrance to the escalators, catcalling me and did it again when I came upstairs with my items to pay for them. I gave him the finger and went on the line. He kept looking at me and pacing around where I was and walking in and out of the store while I was on the line and I felt unsafe so I told the cashier who is described as a light skinned possibly ** male with salt and pepper curly hair.
The man I made the complaint about approached the counter next to me and said "so now you're going to make a complaint about me?" And walked away stating that he will stab me in a low tone. I asked the cashier if he heard what he said and he said yes and he asked if I wanted him to get a manager. I asked the cashier to get a manager after he told me that he's working there but not as a Walgreens employee. I asked the cashier was aware that I can press charges for such a threat and he said he was aware. I then told the manager and the guy came by to the cash wrap where we were and asked the manager if I was complaining about him and he was laughing. Then he told the manager that I was being suspicious by walking in with a mean face and that he was not catcalling me and stated that's why I don't have a husband and that I better get out of the store before he embarrasses me.
The manager said, "Ok, ok, no problem," sounding very nonchalant about what just took place in front of him and the complaint I have him. Then I heard the guy tell me that I'm racist multiple times in front of the manager. I asked the manager, "Does he work here?" The manager said, "Yes but he's not a Walgreens employee and some other company sends him to work in the store," while having a vacant look in his eyes and if he just didn't care. I asked if he thought this was appropriate for his customers to be treated this way and he even seemed afraid of the guy himself and said that he'll make sure he doesn't come back to the store again. I told him "I'm not shopping in this store anymore" since the people that work there clearly don't care about customer safety and allow their customers to be sexually harassed and be threatened with bodily harm on the sales floor and I walked out without my items I intended to purchase.
I was so stressed out and fearful that I didn't even get the name of the manager on duty or the cashier but I know it was around 7:20 pm and the manager was a ** male as well on the chubby side around in his 40's. As a resident in the area I usually shop there often and so do other members of my household. I will never step foot into that store nor do I wish to visit any Walgreens/Duane Reade stores due to this incident. I feel violated as a woman and unsafe as a consumer.
Reviewed Aug. 28, 2016
Walgreens never provides good customer service. My insurance forces me to go there and every time, it's a nightmare. I wish I could spend my hard earned elsewhere like CVS or Rite Aid, where they treat their customers with respect and don't judge them based on their medication. I take antidepressants and ADHD medication and every time, the cashier gives me looks like I'm a crack head. I've sent half a dozen complaints to customer service. Never have they even replied. I suggest to everyone, spend your money somewhere else, anywhere else.
Reviewed Aug. 28, 2016
I ordered product from Drugstore.com via Amazon. 31 days later, it has not arrived. I went to track the package and saw it's been held up since August 4. Today is August 28th. No email, no communication, nothing to inform me of a hold up, delay or anything. It's a good thing I remembered that I ordered these items. They were part of a very large order on Amazon so it didn't occur to me until yesterday. I had to spend half a day trying to unravel the mystery and get a refund. Then they refunded a card that is no longer valid. So I will have to spend more time working with my bank to get the refund on the correct card. Never again.
Reviewed Aug. 28, 2016
Walked in only for prescriptions with an bottle of 20 oz coke almost down to the rim empty. Management makes accusations that I'm a shoplifter even though I never went near that isle of the fridge. Got the drink from home where I have an entire case. Didn't have the guts to press charges because I would've won in court. Nasty manager GRABS THE DRINK OUT OF MY HANDS leaving me confused!!! Then disappears up an aisle!!I hadn't any idea why he did it! Figured hey-he can have it, my lips were all over it, I got my meds in my pocket! I left and I'm surrounded by police!!! They're telling me he accused me of shoplifting a 20 oz coke!
I say take me in then- I didn't do nothing. Evidence is in a good spot and I'll win. Take me or let me go. Well, he didn't have the guts to press charges!!! BUT IT ONLY TELLS ME THEY DON'T HAVE CAMERAS, NOR SECURITY IS CHEAP. It ticks him off as manager and he takes it out on customers. Cops told me never to come back though... Why? I guess he's a putze and doesn't like the fact that he could've lost in court. I guarantee he does it to a lot of people!!! And these people lose! Shame on him and Walgreens for keeping him!
Reviewed Aug. 23, 2016
Never use this pharmacy for lifesaving medications. The particular store in Lauderdale by the sea goes only by the corporate rules. I needed medication that I have taken for over 10 years to help my anorexia. I ran short and requested the medication 1 day earlier than my usual pick up date, when I requested it a day early, they refused. They treated me like a drug addict and told me to wait till the next day. I am in need of nutrition and without this medication, will eat one bite of something and stop eating. I have lost so far, 5 pounds of my already skinny body. I have to go without the will to eat until I get this medication.
They "understand" however, there is nothing they can do. All my insurance including Medicaid and Medicare says, "you're good to get it " however, because of course of the pharmacy rules, it can't be done. I will go without food for another day and lose more weight, lose more energy, lose more strength. Never again will I give this company any of my pharmacy business from now on. I hate to wish the same problems on them however, their attitudes are very snooty. F.U. Carl. You lost your company, my respect, and my business.
Reviewed Aug. 21, 2016
Numerous calls and texts to pick up my prescriptions that were supposed to be ready. When I arrived, they were not ready. I decided to return a few days later and was then told that my prescriptions must have been put back because I did not come in to pick them up. A pharmacy tech then decided to look in a basket of prescriptions that were never picked up by other customers and she found a prescription for ** which was the prescription I needed. She consulted with another tech and decided to remove the label and printed one off with my name and placed it on the bottle.
When I got home and opened the bag, I knew that there was no way that there was 120 pills in that bottle. So I counted them and of course there was only 61. When I went back to the pharmacist to question the prescription, he stated that I was lying because they weigh their medications. I asked him to count their inventory and to get back to me.
This pharmacist argued with me and even said that he would not fill my next prescription because I was lying. ** is a much needed prescription for diabetics and would be extremely dangerous for anyone else to take. The fact that he was rude and refused to treat me with some kind of respect is upsetting. All he had to do was count his inventory. The fact that a tech took this prescription out of another basket was also denied. The pharmacist at 11420 Fortuna Rd, Yuma, Arizona is very unprofessional.
Reviewed Aug. 16, 2016
If I could give "0" star rating I would. I have never received such unprofessional service at one pharmacy in all my life. The pharmacist, Brandon **, at the Walgreens at corner of Lem Turner Rd and Dunn Ave in Jacksonville, FL has shown unprofessionalism more than once to me and other family members. After many incorrect filled prescriptions (wrong dosage from old prescriptions), auto calls from Walgreens that my prescription was ready but drove to the store to be told the prescription was not ready, and days in delay of having my prescription filled because the pharmacist is contacting my doctor for verification, I call my doctor's office and they have NOT had a call from Walgreens pharmacy. Every time I call Walgreens customer service, I was told someone would call me back within 2 days. Sometimes someone would call, sometimes not. When someone did call it was...Brandon **, pharmacy manager.
He would be rude, careless about the situation, and very unprofessional to the point of wanting to argue with me. So today when I voiced my frustration about auto refill medication filled last week (still sitting there, I had not picked up due to doctor appointment at end of week) but my doctor changed dosage, so I waited to pick up new dosage prescription. No, he said they are waiting for verification from my doctor about dosage. BUT they have my auto refill prescription (lower dosage) ready for me. I questioned the simple knowledge of this making sense and that is when he told me I 'insulted his pharmacy knowledge" so he told me he was printing my prescriptions and I could take them somewhere else to have filled. He also stated "Walgreens will no longer fill your pharmacy needs". He hung up on the intercom phone.
When I buzzed back and he answered, I asked for my prescriptions and was told "Your pharmacy can contact me and I will send them over". I told him he said he would print them and give them to me. He said I heard him wrong. I had someone in the car with me to verify that he did say he would print them. He told me to leave the drive thru. I said I would once he gave me my prescriptions. He then had the "acting store manager", Ms. **, who got on the intercom and told me to move my car or she was calling the police. My guest was getting upset, as was I, with the rude service and the personal threat. I left and will NEVER return to Walgreens. I called customer service to file a complaint and was told the store manager would call me within the next 2 days. I called my insurance company, BCBS, explained the situation to which she gave me CVS as an option.
Plus my prescriptions at CVS will be cheaper than what I was paying at Walgreens. Walgreens will not go under just because they lost my business but hopefully losing my husband, children, parents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and everyone else I can tell business something will happen. I would hope that Walgreens would reprimand Brandon ** for his unprofessionalism and Ms. ** for her threat.
Reviewed Aug. 14, 2016
Awesome company. If I did have an issue in the past, the customer service department satisfied the problem. Much better pricing than I can get in brick and mortar stores. Reading some of the complaints makes me think people are not very reasonable especially thinking they will "investigate" non-deliveries and credit card problems. If you see a charge that should not be there, simply dispute the charge instead of being a detective. Things happen. I just wish they would continue their 5% back, but will still keep shopping from them.
Reviewed Aug. 14, 2016
Pharmacist should not be allowed rely on a pharmacy tech to verify prescriptions or input prescription details into computer system. This is the second time Walgreens pharmacy tech assumed the prescription was for the person that dropped off prescription. Tech never asked for birthdate. Tech called wrong doctor. She only spoke with a secretary of doctor which information given did not apply to the handwritten script of person on that script. This resulted in a discharge. The handwritten script from doctor to patient that was to have meds filled was not notified at present time of the mix up of customers other than script was not filled because it was altered. Lol.
I am blown away by the cover up that this so called tech and pharmacist went to to save their own jobs. In trying to figure out what actually happened I was not allowed to see the script nor did I get an explanation from the pharmacist or tech of Walgreens. I believe there has been enough time gone by for tech and pharmacist to fix their notes and come up with a story to the secretaries of both doctors that has made me look like a criminal and discharged and the person that dropped script off that's all he did and he also got discharged.
Reviewed Aug. 10, 2016
On 08/10/16 I purchased Renuzit air fresheners that where advertised on sale in the circular at $.89 each. A coupon savings was advertised in the circular in most Sunday papers. The manufacturers coupon read, buy 4 air fresheners and get 2 free. The cashier could not get the coupon to work and then called an assistant manager for help. The assistant manager could not get the scanner to accept the coupon so she went to the general manager for help. The manager was too busy and would not come out to assist us. Store #07831 8345 Langdale St New Hyde Park NY 718 470 0208.
Reviewed Aug. 10, 2016
Went to Walgreens at 29th St and Gage Ave in Topeka Kansas. There are NO HANDICAPPED CART! If Walgreens cared about the elderly handicapped shoppers they would provide them, I know that they can well afford them. I think that Walgreens makes a lot of money from elderly and handicapped people.
Reviewed Aug. 7, 2016
My insurance only allows me to purchase medication at Walgreen only and Walmart only, therefore I'm stuck with these two stores. Walgreen is closest to me. I have had horrible experience with them to point that I will change my insurance in open season in order to be able to have a choice of using different pharmacy. They have terrible customer service. They are not attentive and if you want to speak to the pharmacist, you need to wait on line for at least 30 minutes which then they will hang up on you. The maker of the medications they have are low quality and they are very limited in choice. I cannot wait to stop using them when I change my insurance. This is monopoly when consumer has no choice. When you have to continue putting up with bad service and low quality medicine.
Reviewed Aug. 2, 2016
Walgreens has messed up numerous medication fills. My most recent problem started back on June 1st. They over filled one (1) prescription and under filled another. Then they had the nerve to use MY once a year vacation refill to fix the problem. Now I'm short on my medication, and the problem is still going on. The pharmacy manager Bryce refuses to admit they counted wrong, even when I brought the medication in for proof.
Reviewed Aug. 1, 2016
I went there to pick up my order, and was told I can't pick them up because they are passport photos. If your policy is that we can't print them, notify us before we process the order. I am not happy the experience. I always have pretty good image about the Walgreens but not anymore!
Reviewed July 31, 2016
Let's face it. We all at times do use cash to pay for things and at times we can't find the receipt for some of those things that either are defective after purchase or if health and beauty or a pharmacy over counter item may not be working or you're allergic or it isn't what you had thought. But in today's world most retail stores make you feel lesser than when you don't use a reward card or find your receipt. It becomes management discretion which almost always you're told "Without receipt can't take it back" or "Without receipt I have to give you the lowest selling price." That is not what it states on the return policy on walgreens.com.
Reviewed July 24, 2016
Walgreens in Vallejo has been a source of ongoing aggravation (wait time always about 40 minutes to an hour) for us for years. It is the closest pharmacy to us so that's why we have been putting up with it but today's experience pushed us over the edge. I dropped off an urgent antibiotic script yesterday afternoon. Half an hour wait in the driveway was asked to leave a phone number that would be called within an hour or two when the script is ready. We confirmed the number twice. No phone call still 24 hours later. So I call. The automated system tells me there is no script waiting to be filled neither is a script ready. So something went wrong. I push zero to talk to someone holding on the line for 30 minutes. Losing patience, I drive to the pharmacy. The pharmacy is CLOSED!
Mind you, this is a 24 hour Walgreens! We are being told by Walgreens staff (and I am still on the phone on hold at this point!) the pharmacist went to lunch and will be back in 45 minutes (!). I call the Walgreens corporate office, also closed because it is Saturday. How are we supposed to get our script? It is dropped off with no way to get to it. There was a phone number in the window that said if closed go to a certain other Walgreens, which is a 45-minute drive and a bridge toll away.
Would they send the sales people who are selling candy or make up to lunch? Of course not, because then I can just go around the corner and get that stuff from CVS. But the pharmacy I am dependent on I cannot get that dropped off script elsewhere. Very dissatisfied. I submitted an angry email to corporate. Not looking forward to having to go to this pharmacy again later tonight and waiting again in line, just to be told the script was not filled (as we know from the phone message). So, more likely, TWO trips while someone is needlessly suffering. What if you are an elderly person who had to pay someone to take those trips? They make so much money from their pharmacies and are not staffing with a second person on a Saturday? Unreal!
Reviewed July 15, 2016
Hardly ever would I make a complaint unless it needs change. This store experience was the Worst I ever been through. What a shame outlook for this company. They were very rude, unprofessional, and unpleasant. I made a purchase on my (Visa debit) gift card. Not thinking about returning an item I threw away my gift card, it was all used up. So, I decided to return the item I bought because it did not work. When I went to the store and return the item the cashier was pleasant but needed an override from the manager so she can give me back cash.
The manager Jamie came over and started the transaction and says she can't give me cash. She was rude and didn't even want to hear me or her cashier. I ask her for Corp number she doesn't want to tell me then when she does it is the customer survey number. So finally I find it on the phone with her cs number and she won't even listen to them. She gives me a store credit at the end. I was late after an hour of being there. Been waiting for a call back from the DM, still nothing. I call talk to the asst. He called someone called me back and said to come to the store and he will TRY to return my money. I said "try??? I'm not wasting my time if you can't." I get to the store, he returns my money and then decides to tell me that the method of payment for next time will be how it get returns... In front of customers and employees.
I'm totally humiliated in front of the store. I responding to him that he will not talk to me as a child and what makes him think I would Ever return to this store again. And ask for the district manager name and he refused to give it to me till the end. Hopefully by reaching out to the public will help others who been treated bad by this store will speak up.
Reviewed July 11, 2016
On June 14, 2016 I brought a prescription to Walgreens Pharmacy at 960 Powerline Road in Pompano Beach, Florida 33069, telephone number 954-970-8869. I was informed that the prescription would be filled the next day. The next day, as I am handicapped, I requested a friend to pick up the medicine at Walgreens. A few days later I noticed that one small tube of medicine, ** was charged $300.34. I went online and discovered that with the free coupon the price was $81.57.
We called Walgreens Pharmacy at Powerline Road in Pompano Beach, a number of times to request a refund of $218.77. The manager of Walgreens Pharmacy denied the request on the basis that the time elapsed was more than 6 days. I have reduced mobility and often I am dependent on others to do things for me. I've been a Walgreens Pharmacy satisfied customer for over 10 years and of Walgreens for 29 years. Attached is my Senior Dividends Card code number **. I hope that the circumstances above described show my good faith and that you will be able to refund $218.77.
Reviewed July 2, 2016
Recently I had a medication filled at my local Walgreens. Found the number of pills was less than half the amount supposed to be in the bottle. I called customer service, whereupon I was informed they had verified the count prior to me picking up the medication. Unfortunately this is not the first time this has occurred, and in both instances it was pain medication. Their lack of interest in my situation was increased upon their flippant attitude, insisting "they" were right, and I was the one who was mistaken. Thank you for your time, and I hope this will be of some assistance to others.
Reviewed June 27, 2016
I was in there shopping a few days ago. I went to check out. The cashier was leaning over saying "yuck". I thought maybe she had seen a spider or something. I waited. I then witnessed her putting her socks and shoes into a shopping bag putting flip flops on her feet!! She put one of her feet up on the bag stand. Continued touching her feet. During this transaction she was rude, but this is not my issue. She proceeded to TOUCH my beverages with her hands that she did not wash. Nor did she sanitize, since touching her feet. I contacted Walgreens customer service twice since this incident and have not received one reply back. This is a sanitation and safety concern. Not to mention that this company does not care to reply to its customer's concerns.
Reviewed June 26, 2016
I had the worst experience at this Walgreens. Searching for Wild Adventure tickets at a discount I called and was told that they sold the tickets there. I was sold the wrong tickets instead was sold Adventure Landing Waterpark. I called to see if they could return my money. The manager would not even come out and talk to me I had to talk to a associate. I return within minutes and was rudely told that they would not return my money.
I called customer service and even the company that issued the tickets. I called another Walgreens and they said that the store I brought them should refund my money back. I also found out that Walgreens don't even sell Wild Adventure tickets. In my opinion I would dare shop at this store or go there to buy any type of theme park tickets. The bad thing about this situation is my children missed out on their church outing this weekend. So please just buy online or even 7 days in advance tickets online, I should've done that in the beginning.
Reviewed June 24, 2016
Up until today, I would have given this Walgreens 5 stars. I am a very loyal regular of this Walgreens pharmacy in which I get my medication for my ADD. Got my monthly prescription this past Monday - as I do every month. It wasn't until last night that I noticed the bottle seemed a little low. I administered a count and the bottle was exactly 30 pills short of the 60 total pills I should have been given for the month. I was shorted by half! I didn't think to count the pills when picking up because I've been going to this pharmacy for a few years now and have never had any issues. It's just become so routine for me.
Considering I'm an event planner with very little additional time on my hands, I have been very loyal and in a sense reliant on this location because it has always been quick, easy and painless... which is SO crucial for me. Needless to say I became anxious because of the strict regulations on this particular medication and I already knew it was a possibility that the pharmacy was going to tell me that there is nothing they can do and I would end up having to deal with being shorted.
I did go in to the store immediately after I noticed I was shorted and spoke with the pharmacist working at that time. The pharmacist was very helpful in my cause... She even counted the inventory and it was apparently spot on... of course! She recommended that I come in the next morning when the pharmacy manager was on duty and speak with her. I did exactly that. I walked up to the counter and the pharmacy manager already knew who I was and immediately mentioned that the inventory was counted and it was spot on. Kudos to them for efficiency but that doesn't solve the issue of me being shorted by half of the prescription.
No one stole my pills... I keep them very secure. I don't abuse these pills by any means - as I have never asked for additional pills or asked for pills early. My dosage has been exactly the same for years. I've even dropped my prescription off when they did not have my medication in stock and was willing to wait a few days until they were back in stock, just so I wouldn't have to deal with going somewhere else so my record is completely clean and consistent. I mention this to the pharmacy manager and all she can say is "Exactly, you've never had any problems here." This was incredibly frustrating!
The message in that tells me: A) It's a mistake on their end that they can't immediately see - and/or - they feel they are right in this situation and not willing to look into it. B) Some serious shady business is happening at this pharmacy and they are covering it up (my personal opinion). I called Walgreens corporate to see if there is anything they can do. Apparently it can be a couple of days before I hear back from someone. A HUGE inconvenience considering it's dealing with my mental health and I am going to be out of my medication for 2 weeks. This could not happen at a worst time considering all of the projects I am working on and how focused I need to be in the next few weeks.
Thanks Walgreens for the HUGE frustration and for treating me like I am some sort of liar or abuser, even after being as loyal of a customer as I have been... For as long as I have been. We will see what the outcome is from corporate. I can only imagine how many people this pharmacy is slighting. Count your pills if you go to this pharmacy or simply just take your business somewhere else. I know I will be.
Reviewed June 20, 2016
Had a tech try to tell me ** is a schedule II narcotic, when it's a schedule V. Keep insisting it was. Pharmacist told me he was discontinuing my pain meds because I didn't need them. Told let me break your neck a C1, C2 level with multiple surgeries. She claimed since I could walk I didn't need. Who are these people? I been with them 3 months and they are doctors without an exam? Guess this is my fault for wanting to save time in traffic. Going back to my old pharmacy now. Wow Walgreens love your business model. "We know more than doctors and patients" expect you all to fail soon you greedy buttheads. Yeah you online check out 80 million dollar scam and your new secret plan to be doctors.
Reviewed June 18, 2016
I am on pain medication due to a back injury I sustained in an accident at work. I have been on this medication now for a couple of years and am slowly weaning myself off of it at my own pace which is fine with my doctor. Walgreens has filled this prescription for me for a good year. My local Walgreens closed down. I drive to the next closest Walgreens and tell them this same story and ask that they please fill my prescription. I tell them that I have severe back pain and if I do not get my medication I will go through withdraws and can get very sick even possibly die.
No - they don't care - they tell me this medication is addicting and bad for me?? Really - "I have a doctor but thank you and I know that, but I have a valid prescription - you can call my doctor." I need my medication. No - they don't like that my doctor prescribed this for me so they don't want to talk to him. IS THIS LEGAL??? I thought they took orders from the doctors and just filled it. Obviously Walgreens has drive through doctors now who won't fill your prescription if they don't like the medication you're on. Am I in America?? What the **? Walgreens I hope you know that one day someone is going to really take you up on this and I hope you lose your **!!!
Reviewed June 16, 2016
My name is Pastor Rita **. I have put up with Walgreens many years but moving to Las Vegas is really bad! I attempted to fill my ** 5 mg at Walgreens. I didn't fill it immediately cause I wasn't out. They kept the script for 8 days. They did not call to say they wouldn't fill it. When I called this morning they said I did not meet the requirements of a new policy they are implementing at their store. I asked the pharmacist what if I can't fill it by tomorrow I'll be out. She very rudely and sounding like she enjoyed this said, "I guess you will go into withdrawals"!! I only take 4 medicines, ** is the only one for position. I find it appalling a pharmacist did not care at all that she was placing me at risk. As researched I found Walgreens is doing this all over the USA putting critically ill patients at high risk and leaving many in pain. I believe Walgreens needs to be boycotted!
Reviewed June 12, 2016
I am a volunteer at St. Vincent de Paul. I tried phone the pharmacy and use my credit card to pay the copay for a prescription for one of our friends in need. I was told that it is Walgreens' policy not to accept phone in credit cards for prescriptions. I had to drive 30 minutes to pay the $5.35. Walgreens should come into the 21st century and accept phone credit card authorizations!!
Reviewed June 10, 2016
When refilling a prescription in May 2016 at the Walgreens located at 10600 West Parmer Lane in Austin, TX 78717, I had to wait while they corrected the amount. I had motioned for the car behind to use the other lane since there were 2 at the drive-thru (the driver smiled and waved Thank you to me). The Pharmacist herself, ** , came to tell me to either pull around the building and come back through or she'd call the Cops. I was stunned. When I asked why, ** snapped at me that I couldn't hold up their business. There were no cars in sight except myself so I told her to go ahead and call the Police which I guess she decided not to do.
I waited for the correction (approx 5 min) and had hoped ** would have had enough time to reflect on how she'd acted and apologize. Instead, when she herself came back to the window I explained that it was regrettable that she wouldn't be calling the Police. She very hatefully stated that they'd had to call the Cops on several others for holding the line up. I couldn't believe her behavior and using that as an excuse for her rudeness. In addition to the other customers that she must be responsible for running off.
I tried to notify Walgreens through their corporate portal (twice) but it won't allow you to go beyond choosing the store location. As I was there to pick up heart medication (generic Plavix) I can't help but wonder how long before **'s BULLY tactics will result in harming a customer permanently. With today's "SUE" mentality, I'm certain Walgreens will regret taking no disciplinary action or enrolling her in some sort of Customer Service Improvement program. I will be using someone else from now on as This Loyal Customer will no longer use Walgreens or take their abuse. I had even purchased a discount prescription card which I will no longer need nor renew.
Reviewed June 2, 2016
I am out of state on emergency care of my parent. My regular dr called in medications at this store. The store left msgs my scripts were ready. When I went to pick up 6 hours later they were not done. They then filled 3 of 5. I had to pay for those. Then wait another 30 minutes for others then pay again. When I got to my parents house two were incorrect. I had to call my pharmacist in another state. He checked to see if I could safely take the incorrect meds. He was NOT a Walgreens employee! I was not the only one to receive bad service. A little lady before me went through the same thing. The clerk said he had been there 16 hours. There was no caring, just bad behavior unless it was a cute young lady they were moved to the front of the line. I will never use this store again and don't plan on trying another one. Thank you.
Reviewed May 25, 2016
Why did you changes pharmacy hours? Makes it very inconvenient to have to wait so late in the morning there. I will have to change to Walmart.
Reviewed May 25, 2016
For 25 years I have been a loyal customer of Walgreens, both for myself, and my family. I am over 70 and take 8 meds per day, many of them are 2x per day. That means in a year I fill over 100 scrips with Walgreens and they profit. I am not medicare, but carry top of the line Blue Cross with full scrip coverage. I am now leaving Walgreens for other suppliers such as Sam's or Costco or CVS or whatever. Will find the best for me. But here is why. This is how they operate. They will honor a fill on the generic drug at a low price to you, but they are getting the price from the insurer that is allowed per the list. If it is a patent/proprietary drug, you pay a copay that can be substantial, and they get a payment from the insurer that is also substantial.
More importantly, if they can, they move the scrip to a "30 day" fill, not 90 as written, and will bill the insurance company for the approved price every 30 days, and they get more money this way. If you run out of pills, they tell you that you have to wait; if you squawk they offer to "sell you" a few pills to reach your insurance refill date; they do not push the insurance company to fill even if you ask them to call your carrier; and here is the big kicker: If you say you will fill your script by paying for it, under the Walgreens script savings plan where you are a member, they tell you no. Why? because they want to fill with insurance in a few days where they make some real money. They do not want to generic fill, because that is all the money they will get, and they will "lose" the script money for another 30 to 90 days!!
You are denied your meds and denied a fill under their own Walgreens program where you paid to be a member; presumably so you were secure you would not run out. So if you "lose" a bottle, or one of two bottles, or leave one at your winter home by mistake and are 2,000 miles away, they shove you around and try to make more money off you. In short in their quest to make money, they do not make it easy for you to get your meds from them and to get service. Further they do not, in the end, compete with other low cost suppliers who offer the same price service such as Sams, Walmart, Grocery stores, Costco, CVS, Riteaid and so on.
So as long as i was getting just "good" service from Walgreens, I went along with their "scams" on using the customer and his insurance and getting the most money they could. But when it becomes denial or lack of service, to push and keep their money making greed, I am done with them. Did you also notice that they do not show you what they are paid from the insurance company? Could it be they do not want you to know what they are making off of you and your insurance by being their customer? And my friends, you do NOT get Walgreens rewards for the money they get from the scripts from the insurance you bring to them. Bad service, bad greed, bad games played on customers, and in a way, rigged.
Reviewed May 25, 2016
My complaint is with Walgreens pharmacy staff at the store in prospect Heights Illinois, on camp McDonald and route 83. The pharmacy staff has very poor customer service plus they are not honest. My medication was not filled in full. I received half of a very costly medication I paid in full for. The management refused to admit any responsibility, they showed zero respect for my feelings. Zero respect for my future cost. They offered no reasonable answer on how this could happen. Instead all responsibility was put on me. Shamefully they involved my Dr in a disrespectful way. Shamefully. They did tag my account for future medication for a error THEY made!
I will never step foot in a Walgreens again. Consumers beware!!! Save your!!! Prescription BAG! Prescription BOTTLES...RECEIPTS... If you ever have a problem without the proof I listed...all these items you will not succeed. Walgreens will hurt you. This is shameful for a big company to hurt the small people that put trust in them.
Reviewed May 22, 2016
If you are a disabled person on pain meds or anyone on pain meds they would either not have my pain meds or tell me of I would take what they had or couldn't get the rest and wouldn't tell me when they would be in. I am 60, have a neurological disease and a cancer survivor and after being treated like a drug addict and left sick and having anxiety every month I would have to feel with them. Took my business to another drug store that wasn't fined 80 million for their greed and don't make the customer pay for their greed... Walgreens is 2 minutes away and I gladly drive 40 round trip to be treated like a human... I haven't been in a Walgreens in 3 years and will never go back.
Reviewed May 20, 2016
Very unprofessional people looking down at me because I'm getting a doctor-prescribed med! Chesterfield, MI. Very rude!!!
Reviewed May 20, 2016
I went to one of your stores. Got what I wanted. Generally for coupons checker knows it's on sale and gives sale price. Today they did not do it. Also said 1 coupon expired. 2nd one I didn't see where got credit. The other thing after got what I wanted and paid for it they give me a coupon to use. I find out when I get home the coupon is good for one day. Today after getting all I wanted. So all you can do is throw it away which means no savings. Unless you keep going in and out all day each time you get coupon. You know my daughter through ins has spent close to $100.000 in drugs. Yes $100.000 for the HIV drug. Maybe we should go elsewhere we would be liked for our business.
Reviewed May 18, 2016
Through gross incompetence, the Cleburne Texas Walgreens filled my ** (diabetic medication) with a mix of ** and a very potent anticonvulsant medication that looked similar and which I had not been prescribed. After inadvertently taking several of the anticonvulsant pills, I had such a severe dizzy reaction, I thought I might be dying and had my son take me for medical treatment. The dizziness remained for several days after ceasing use. Upon returning the pills to the pharmacy, the Walgreens pharmacist acknowledged that the prescription had been incorrectly filled. For the emotional damage and breach of trust to me and my family, I believe Walgreens should compensate me to ensure that they take such errors more seriously.
Reviewed May 13, 2016
I went to Walgreens on Pole Line Rd in Twin Falls, ID. I made an order for some hand cream, since they do not carry it in the store, but online. I ordered on a Monday, paid for it, and was told that when it arrived they would notify me that it had arrived. One week went by, and I check on the following Tuesday (6 days). The item still has not arrived, and was told to wait for the call.
I went in on Friday (10 days after I ordered) and requested that I receive an refund for the item that I no longer wanted to wait any longer. They checked and checked again and found the order on their shelf. I asked how long it has been there and no one could tell me. It had a ship date of the day I ordered, but no arrival stamp. So who knows how long it has been there. I was then told that since they didn't carry it in the store and I had already paid for it I was stuck with it. Ultimately I am stuck with it, and have a very bad taste in my mouth for the service and the rudeness of the clerks on duty today.
Reviewed May 11, 2016
I have repeatedly experienced rude and intrusive pharmacy staff conduct at my local store. I have many, many monthly Rx's that have been filled for over 10 years and never had a problem with any other drugstore until switching to Walgreens. I have done some major research online and see that I am NOT alone in my experience. They have criminalized me for 1 of my narcotic medications that I have been on for many years and NO, I'm not addicted. I have even seen an addictionologist to ensure I would never have another problem in addition to many health problems.
Despite them giving me constant grief over this, they have incorrectly filled my meds, even as far as misreading one of my meds and somehow managed to fill it with a major controlled substance and they did not catch the mistake. After I discovered it, I took it back to the store and returned it, and made them aware of their mistake. Seemingly that was OK to them but my PRESCRIBED meds are a problem.
I have heard the techs and pharmacist make rude comments about customers after they leave the store and wonder if I am too one of those people? I have read so many really bad customer-hating comments posted by Walgreens pharmacist and techs online as well as watching YT on this subject. "WOW," is just all I can say. No one should ever use a business, especially a drugstore where you are not only hated, but criminalized because you are sick. I have never seen anything like this, ever. I will be taking my business to CVS where they do treat their customers respectfully. Their pharmacist even want to phone the doctor to ask "why" you are on a certain med. This is totally unprofessional and discourteous to customers. And their prices, well no one would shop there for that. And their "reward" point system is absolutely a fraud compared to CVS. If people only knew, everyone would be boycotting Walgreens.
Reviewed May 9, 2016
Today at 12:15 this afternoon I called in my prescription and I speak to a real live person not the machine. She says "your order will not be ready until 3pm". I said "ok thank you". I walk over to Walgreens to pick up my order. Its after 3 pm. The pharmacist ** tells me that I have to wait for an hour because he was alone. Then why have the phone number to call and place orders over the phone? And then you go into the pharmacy and you are told to wait another hour? So I am very upset.
At this point I go outside, I call the phone number back, speak to the same lady that I had previously spoken to. She says "yes your prescription has been released - ready for pick up". I said "then why when I just went in there ** told me that I had to wait an hour? I have been using Walgreens Pharmacy for about 8 years now and believe me I've had a ton of medications. I was ran over twice, broke my shoulder, my jaw in 3 places, my 7th vertebrae, my Achilles tendon was reconstructed, have two plates and 7 screws in my ankle, have a plate and 4 screws in my wrist, have glaucoma. I have ibs, I have ptsd, I have insomnia, I have restless leg syndrome, I am a manic depressant. Shall I go on. Yes I have given you so much of my business and time." She tells me to hold on. She goes to talk to him and gives me a line of "there was a problem with the insurance and sometimes you have to wait an hour more."
**. I've never had insurance problems. I work for cdcr. I have blue shield insurance. So as she is telling me that I may have to wait another hour I look at my watch and it is 4:27 by this time and she is telling me I may have to wait another hour when I was promised my prescription at 3:00. I asked to speak to her supervisor. He was ABSOLUTELY no help either. He puts me on hold then ultimately he hangs up on me then I get online and I notice all of the complaints that people have submitted to you regarding Walgreens Pharmacy. Why is it that just like you have people call to place their order. Why do you have this site for them to file complaints because it seems that nothing is being done about them.
I am disturbed by the training of the pharmacist. The people at this pharmacy were very unpleasant and they were laughing at me when I spoke with the assistant of manager. I will never go back to Walgreens again. The customer service at the pharmacy has been terrible. Rude. I pay my taxes. I deserve better than this. Walgreens do your JOB! People wanting to take or threatening to take their business elsewhere. Horrible business. No customer service.
What's the deal. Why has Walgreens allowed their pharmacy personnel to be so rude to customers and these are not just any customers - they are ill people, dying people, traumatized, depressed, frustrated, hurting people. I sure hope that you make your employees answer to these complaints specifically ** WHO WORKS AT WALGREENS PHARMACY. ON Sunday MOTHER'S DAY HE WAS THERE FROM 3:45 OR 4:00 PM TO 8:30 PM. Walgreens on Main and Louise Avenue, Manteca, CA 95336.
Reviewed May 5, 2016
Walgreens Pharmacies are understaffed. Pharmacy workers are expected to do too much. Walgreens' corporate greed endangers customers and staff. I removed all of my 92 year old parent's prescriptions from a Walgreens in Massachusetts because there was problem after problem from the automated phone service with inaccurate notifications resulting in unnecessary trips to the store and general confusion over the status of scripts.
One year ago my supermarket pharmacy closed and the nearest pharmacy to me was on Bridge Street in Philadelphia. I was welcomed to long lines, unfilled prescriptions, incorrect notifications, expensive brand names where generic would be fine. The staff however is great. But their workload is too great and the pharmacy is understaffed and forced to cut corners.
My most recent monthly script took almost two weeks to fill and 5 trips to the store. The auto refill said the pharmacy would contact the doctor to renew the script. Autocall "Your script is ready". Went to store; stood in line. The script is not ready. Autocall "Your script is ready". Went to store, stood in line, it was a different prescription they fill automatically. I asked about the other script and was told they have to contact the doctor. I explained the auto refill said they would do that 5 days ago. It was Friday and I asked for enough pills until they can fill it. Monday around 11AM received an auto call "that the prescription that was supposed to be ready Monday at 9AM was delayed." In the afternoon, I received an auto call "Your script was ready".
I got a ride to Walgreens on Wednesday around 3PM. Stood in line and was told my doctor never called back and probably would need to make an appointment before he approves it. I said, "I just saw him and I take this for my heart since 2003." I called my doctor--left a message. Asked if I could get some pills until this gets squared away especially with the auto messages I had received. The pharmacist said she could not do that. At 3:57, my doctor office called to say they had received a request from Walgreens at 3:21. I said, "You should have received one from Walgreens Monday of this week and also early the week prior." She advised that the only other request for me had been on April 28 for ** (a big money maker for Walgreens).
Finally, I paid to get a ride back to Walgreens and wait while I picked up my script. There were 6 people in front of me--1 being served, at least 2 cars in the drive thru and 8 people waiting on scripts including 1 lady who waiting several hours earlier. THERE WAS ONE CLERK HANDLING ALL THESE CUSTOMERS. Everyone there works like a slave. It is a shame. Pharmacists, like assembly line workers, are filling prescriptions, dumping them into large bins with scores of other filled scripts to be sorted through and placed in alphabetized baskets. The customer clerk rummages through the bins looking for recently completed orders.
Understaffing, overworking and, based on employee turnover, underpaying make a formula for disaster. A disaster that endangers customers. I have been at this Walgreens to hear the pharmacist call a young mother with a newborn to ask her to return the medicine that she was given and she would get the correct script. Apparently asked if there was any harm because the mother administered it to the infant, the pharmacist said, "No but bring all you have left back". It is my opinion that Walgreens Corporation is a dangerous company that is more concerned about automation and maximum output from each employee, making more profit with less staff than serving customers with respect for their time and more importantly their health and well-being.
Reviewed May 4, 2016
I arrived at my local Walgreens at 5 a.m. to pick up a prescription. I sat at the drive-thru for 30 minutes while an employee work inside and ignored me. The sign posted outside states it's open 24 hours but not this morning. It is terrible customer service. The last time my prescriptions are filled at Walgreens.
Reviewed April 27, 2016
Very poor quality generic drugs that do not work for conditions.
Reviewed April 22, 2016
I have been using GoodRx for generic ** 12.5mg. My insurance will not pay for it. The price on GoodRx is $51.58 in March 2016 and paid only $51.58. I went to my local Walgreens where I get all 7 medications per month filled. When I went to pick up my prescription, I was told it was going to be $94.83. I questioned why was the GoodRx price was not honored. I was told by the pharmacist that they no longer accepting that plan. I emailed GoodRx to tell them that they needed to update the website because Walgreens was not a participant in the program.
I received a prompt email from GoodRx stating that all of the pharmacies in the program was under contractual obligation to fill the scripts according to the price agreement. I printed out the email and went back to Walgreens to show the email from GoodRx to the pharmacist. The pharmacist was very rude and told me he WAS NOT going to give me the medicine on the listed price. I had a new script from my doctor and had it filled at my local CVS. I'm going transfer all of my medicines there. In 2015 I spent over $1120. That's not including any other items in the store.
I'm tired of dealing with rude people and no matter what day or time, I'm told it will be a hour wait to fill a prescription. How long does it take to count out pills? I don't believe that they have so many scripts that it requires a hour to fill a prescription. There are also have 2 pharmacy technicians to help the pharmacist. They just lost a buyer. I'm going to CVS where the people are friendly and happy to help you.
Reviewed April 21, 2016
I have been shopping at Walgreens for a long time, almost 8 years. The customer service, the cleanliness, the cheerful attitude of its employees always make me come back. I have put my feet at CVS just twice in 8 years because my husband's insurance assigned him to CVS but I don't like their stores. The carpet smells funny, like they have not been cleaned in ages.The people is overwhelmed and underpaid. The cashiers are there with no smile, just to collect your money and keep going. I feel The Walgreens at 13317 North Blvd tries really hard to make their customers happy. They strive for excellence. They carry new items before anyone else (like The Garnier Whole Blends). I plan on keep coming back.
Reviewed April 14, 2016
I have been with Walgreens for years. I used them because we never had any issues with our prescriptions and the store was so close. About 15 months ago things started going downhill. They call, say your prescriptions was ready and it wasn't or they never call to tell you it was ready. I bought the prescription savings card for $35.00; it was great at first, all my prescriptions were on there. Now my prescription is on the current list until I go to the pharmacy to pick it up and the price is no longer the price and the terms have changed. I would love to have the old Walgreens back but it doesn't look like that is ever going to happen. Too bad for them.
Reviewed April 14, 2016
I have been dealing with Walgreens for a while. My wife wanted a separation after 35 years marriage so I am staying with a friend in New Port Richey, Florida. I have been doing my prescription on Mass Ave and it was fine. I went to fill my prescription and I still have my NH license because I still own the house in NH and may get back with my wife. We are not sure yet. Why do I have to have a Florida licence to get my prescription filled in Florida. It's a picture ID. Please explain. Do all the snow birds change there for the winter?
Reviewed April 13, 2016
I have been a customer of Walgreens from eight years and with my last visit I have been ripped off by Walgreens. On 2016-April-11, I visited Store #02957 1660 Winchester Blvd, Campbell, CA, 95008, for picking up **. I was told my insurance denied paying for it as I was older than 29 years of age and its price is $218.99. When I called customer service and asked for out-of-pocket pricing for it she said it's $125 and I can go back to the store, return the cream, get the refund and pay by cash for the amount of $125.
The next day noon when I visit the store, I am told that $218.99 is the out-of-pocket pricing for ** and there is no refund, while my receipt on its back side says "If you are unhappy with your purchase, you may return it to any of our nationwide stores for an exchange or refund within 30 days". When I look up http://fdi.myrxprice.com/ for its price in my zip code 95008, it's priced at $130.13. When I call doctor, they have the same brand ** 0.05% 45g priced at $75. I need justice and I need my refund!
Reviewed April 12, 2016
My mother contracted shingles about 3 weeks ago and her DOCTORS prescribed the shingles vaccine. I emphasize Doctors because their pharmacist refused to give her the shingles vaccine stating that their so-called training doesn't let them give the vaccine if it's been less than a year. My mother went alone and when she told me about this I was concerned. I never heard of this and found it really strange. I looked up the CDC website and it states that ANY point one could get the shingles vaccine even after an outbreak. Her first doctor instructions were to come back for the prescription vaccine once her shingles erupted and scabs started to fall.
Today my mother went back for her follow-up appointment and her original doctor was not in but they still gave her the prescription to get the shingles vaccine. The pharmacy refused to give her the vaccine, they even called her doctor (the one that was available) and so she did NOT get the vaccine!!! I called the Walgreens pharmacy because I thought there was a translation error and my mother seemed confused about what her doctor prescribed. I spoke to one of the pharmacists about why would they go against a doctor prescription PLUS what the CDC website states. The CDC also that even after an outbreak one could get the vaccine. The pharmacist could not give thorough nor intelligent explanation other than just stating Walgreens policy. I am disturbed by the training of the pharmacist explanation! Not only that - This has now instilled doubt with my mother's doctor's prescription and goes against what they had prescribed!
Reviewed April 11, 2016
I tried to fill a prescription for a medication designed to treat ** addiction at the Walgreens in Espanola, NM. I was told to come back in two hours, came back in six and was told that it wasn't ready. Asked why, they said the pharmacist needed to call my regular pharmacy. "Okay," I said, "that's why I gave six hours time." And asked when that could happen? Was told 24-48 hours. I was the only one in the store.
Reviewed April 8, 2016
So I went into my nearest Walgreens here in Elkins Park, Yorktown in PA. On 4/07/16 I notice other Walgreens locations was having a clearance sale on toys in the city so I went to the one near me proceed to look for some toys on clearance. Found some items, filled my cart with toys went to the cashier to price check serval items, it rang up full price. So I told the cashier I thought they was on clearance for 90% off? She then said okay I will give it to you for that price. So I paid for all my items for that sale price. When home, this was around 12:17 pm and later on in the da,y I notice a bag of my stuff was missing so I called the store to see if I had left anything in cosmetic and a girl picked up. I told her about my bag with the toys and stuff then she told me to hold.
Then a guy pick up I assuming he was the manager cause I been to this location for a year now and know who was the night manager sounds like (I dealt with him before in person). So he comes on the phone and tells me there's a problem, that the cashier that rung me up wasn't supposed to give me it for that price and if I wanted the items that I had left to return them and pay the full price. Or get a refund for the items. So my question is can he force me to do a return for items I already paid for and make me pay full price when I already paid my money? He seem so rude on the phone to me and I have read the policy rule etc. doesn't say anywhere that they can force me to make a return and pay full price. My items are still there going back today 04/08/16. I have already email Walgreens and complained.
Reviewed April 7, 2016
Went to Walgreens on Skokie Blvd., Skokie. I'll to fill my pain medication, 100 pain pills for the month at around 4 pm. Then went home and at 7:30 pm I counted the pills and was short 9 pills. Went back to complain to the head pharmacist. He tells me I should count them at the front counter before I left, and if I don't like it in the future I should go to another Walgreens. He was very rude! I have been going to this store for 5 yrs. This is a controlled substance and I think this is very serious. My next step is to call security at the main office and call the DEA.
Reviewed April 5, 2016
I went to the pharmacy to drop off my prescription and the person helping me was very sarcastic and rude when I was giving my information... She even told me to "not be smart" after I repeat my DOB slowly because she could understand the first time I give her the information. After that, she made me wait 10 min until another girl come to help me. It happened at the Walgreens located in Coconut Creek, Florida. The people at this pharmacy were very unpleasant and they were laughing at me when I spoke with the assistant of manager. I actually know nothing will happen to this person, but at least I'm doing my part trying to expose what happened to me. I wish the other customers better luck than I had with them. :-(
Reviewed April 5, 2016
The Walgreens Pharmacy in Jacksonville, Illinois took double copay from my checking account. They will not refund the money. The assistant manager totally refused. When I then told them to transfer all of our prescriptions to another pharmacy, to prove a point, their pharmacy tech showed me someone else's protected health information! We are now in contact with the person whose health information was compromised. All over a 30.00 mistake.
Reviewed March 16, 2016
I dropped off a prescription at Walgreens store #5499 around noon. After waiting 15 min I was told to come back later that day because the pharmacist was too busy to fill my order. I came back that evening around 6:43pm. I was then told by the pharmacist named Chinedu ** that he didn't fill my order because I could just buy it off the shelf. I told him I just wanted to buy the one from the pharmacy that I've tried the ones from the shelf and that's why I went to the doctor.
He got upset with me and insisted I should just buy the one off the shelf because he was just going to grab a bottle off the shelf and pour it in a different bottle with a label on it. He said my insurance will save money if I buy it off the shelf anyways. I told him to write a note to my Doctor about what he just told me. He wrote "this is OTC product pharmacy would fill this OTC anyway". I was treated wrong and left upset. All he had to do was fill my order. I will never go back to Walgreens again.
Reviewed March 15, 2016
I called the Palm Bay Road/Dairy Road Walgreens to check on a refill that I was told would be available today. My husband tried to pick it up today and was told that it wouldn't be released until tomorrow. I called to speak to the pharmacy and the technician that answered the phone was so abrupt when I inquired why the prescription wasn't released and she loudly told me that lots of folks are having the same issue and when I further inquired why there was a problem, she loudly told me that if I didn't like her answer I can go to another pharmacy chain. I have been a good customer with Walgreens for 14 years and never have I ever received such service. We moved and changed our former Walgreens Bayside, Palm Bay for this new one and the customer service at the pharmacy has been terrible.
Reviewed March 15, 2016
Promised time on a prescription 8:02 pm on a medication we needed TONIGHT. I even gave them ample time over the promised time. I arrive at 8:50 and they tell me they don't have it in stock. I ask why I wasn't called before I drove up there, and the assistant said, "Well I JUST NOW gave it to the pharmacist and she said it's out of stock", as if that's an acceptable excuse. So it's fine that you didn't call to tell me because you JUST started on my script 50 minutes late??? She acted as if it wasn't their fault. I was the only one in the store, and no one in the drive up line. At 9 o'clock at night. On a Monday. Great service, Walgreens. I cannot submit a receipt obviously, because they didn't HAVE ANYTHING FOR ME TO BUY.
Reviewed March 13, 2016
Walgreens on Randolph in Crown Point, Indiana. The lady in the pharmacy was very rude. She was not helpful at all. I was checking in my mother insurance that she have had since 1991 and she said that she called AARP and they stated they didn't have my mother on file. Then I asked her to let me speak with them and she went over and started talking about me to another lady. I don't need that type of service. I'm talking about the young lady with the ring in her nose. RUDE.
Reviewed March 11, 2016
My complaint was the drive-thru at Walgreens Store # 11307 824 N. 3rd St. Bardstown, Kentucky, 40004. I was appalled at the customer service at their drive-thru. First, I had one vehicle in front of me at 9:10 A.M. to drop off my prescription, and when I finally did get to the window, after 10 minute wait, the guy there was so smug, repugnant in every sense of the word, slow as a turtle in spring, and looked upon me as if I was some third-rate citizen. I am 56 years old, and an American citizen as long. Not one smile from this over-paid, unrefined, arrogant receptionist.
As he asked my name, and I handed him my prescription, he said "20 minutes". So I went home, waited about an hour, headed back. I returned to a 4 car line in wait. I then looked at my clock, it was a little after 10:03. They moved no one forever, and there's no one inside this store either, as a pharmacy goes, because no one I know goes inside to drop off their prescriptions when it's so easy to drop them off, at the drive-thru. Well after 30 minute wait, yes 30 minutes for 4 cars, pathetic, then arrived at the window.
The female receptionist now, seem to have one big attitude, yet, I always make the best out of a bad situation, and in vain, tried to be polite, and make small talk. She never even acknowledged me there, until she asked for my name. I proceeded to hand her my license, then in her voice, asked for my address, which is totally ridiculous when you have my own address on my license. Yet, this disturbed, hateful, disrespecting, uncivil gal never said sorry for your wait, or thank you. If I owned this store, I would fire every single one at this store at this "present" time. Thank God, I have no heart medicine there, I would be dead by now! Look I'm an American citizen, I pay my taxes, I deserve better than this. Walgreens do your JOB!
Reviewed March 10, 2016
This local Walgreens is a mess. Disorganized, poorly trained staff and dirty. People hanging out by counter chatting with front end staff. Picking up medicine three days after request and being told it was put back already. Always having to wait. Frustrating, until I took my money elsewhere.
Reviewed March 9, 2016
Once upon a time, I enjoyed my consumer relationship with this company and its employees. Fair prices, good selection of products, and cordial and even cheerful face-to-face contact with the "face of the company" were the norm. I even stopped in and bought items that were priced like those in convenience stores because (wow) I could do my banking there (Chase). No more! What a dizzying decline in dependability, decency, and decorum. Employees are disinterested in the customer, disloyal to the company, and probably dead-set on departure from such a dead-end deal for them. What is going on in the corporate head shed? This company has gone from classy to competent to clueless in the space of a few months. It's nothing short of miraculous that deluded shareholders are not waking up and dumping stock with alacrity. Shades of Exxon.
Reviewed March 9, 2016
On 03/05/2016 I purchased 6 colognes online and paid $143.94 through PayPal. My Order No. **. Today 03/08/2016 I received a email saying my order was canceled. I was shocked. The reason -- I missed a chance to buy this cologne from any other place. I called several places to buy this cologne but failed. Name of the cologne is Nino Cerruti Image Eau De Toilette Spray, 3.4 fl oz. I am in perfume business. As soon as I paid for the item I called my customers and said I got the cologne, and send them as soon as I got them. What can I tell my regular customers now? I never lied to my customers. How can I face them? This is a very good lesson to everybody. I asked the reason for cancellation. They never replied back to me.
Reviewed March 8, 2016
My husband went into Walgreens last Friday to get his very strong pain medication refilled. The pharmacist said that he should have had at least 12 pills left. Enough to get him through the weekend and would not fill the new prescription. My husband did not take the recommended amount so in reality he should have had more than 12 pills left. So ** on the weekend. He picked up the new RX for 50 and we both counted them. He is seven (7) pills short. Count your pills, check to see that the amount on you RX bottle is circled and initialed. Ours was not.
Reviewed Feb. 23, 2016
I called the pharmacy and spent a hour waiting for someone to answer. No one ever did. When I got to the window at the drive though. The lady working has no people skills at all. Then she was able to find my medication. I told her they needed to hire some help and someone needs to answer the phone. She never even acted like I had spoken to her. Not even a "thank you". I can't remember the last time I had good service at Walgreens. Oh yes I do. It was in Oxford Mississippi. There you always receive great customer service and they treat you like they value your business. Walgreens in Texas City TX treats you like they wish you would take your business elsewhere.
Reviewed Feb. 21, 2016
Walgreens now does this stupid trick - doubles the prices, hopes you forget what they were, then puts the products "on sale" (yellow tag) by 20%. But you're still paying way more than you were before, sometimes double or triple! That's why I don't shop there anymore. Walgreens is pathetic to do this and think its own customers are dumb enough not to notice. I've noticed, you should notice, and share this with others. Much better values elsewhere.
Reviewed Feb. 15, 2016
Around February 2016, I received a medication prescription intended for my wife, but it had my daughter's name, incorrectly attached to the prescription. The name of the medication is ** (10mg capsules). Fortunately, before we mistakenly administered it to our daughter, my wife and I figured out the medication wasn't meant for her.
Reviewed Feb. 14, 2016
I went to a University Place, WA Walgreens at 27th & Bridgeport to buy a Starbucks drink, and a string cheese for a snack while waiting for a client to pick me up there. I got in line, and the cashier was very chatty with the 2 ladies ahead of me and taking much longer than what would be polite, or reasonable. Then when I handed her a $20 for my bill of $3.49 she gave me change for a $10. I said "You're short by $10 with my change". She proceeded to 'act stupid'. I could not tell if it was ineptitude, or intent that caused the situation but I really felt helpless since now she had closed the drawer and it was her word against mine. I demanded my change be made right, and the cashier called the manager. I told her I never say a more inept cashier and she said "I'm outta here for my break". The manager had as bad an attitude as the cashier, and said she now had to 'count the bill' while I had to now wait for that as if my time had no value.
No apology, no courtesy, just bad attitude. After 15 minutes the manager said she had to go to the back of the store to 'get the printout'. So more waiting. She did finally make my change right and gave my $10 back, again with no apology or anything. I am just wondering if this was intentional targeting a senior trying to cheat them on change. I sent a report to corporate, yet what I read here leads me to believe that was a waste of my time (again). I told them they owe me $100 for my time and poor treatment. I will complain because they committed a crime against me. How many others just 'let it go' in that store? I was tempted to just walk out, since my client was waiting for me out in the parking lot. Yet I practiced patience under pressure and got my ** change finally. Akk! Problem is I love the other Walgreens closest to me so I will likely continue shopping there.
Reviewed Feb. 9, 2016
Went to fill our family's scripts here in Fort Mill, SC at the pharmacy on SC160. We recently changed insurance. They told us that Walgreens no longer accepts our insurance. After driving back home, and contacting our insurance, they let us know that Walgreens in fact SHOULD accept our insurance. We took the time to transfer ALL of my families' scripts over to CVS across the street as the insurance said they are also in our network. Just talked with CVS and all the scripts are ready AND COVERED. Now you've lost not only our prescription business, but also our "while we are in the store" purchases, all because a little dark-haired girl behind the pharmacy counter, was nonchalant about her job and helping her customers. It's horrible business practice.
Reviewed Feb. 9, 2016
Last year I picked up the same medication. I pick up every month and I didn't pay attention to label on the prescription (I know I should have) and I took the entire prescription. I went to call in my refill and noticed the medication wasn't even mine. It was the same type medication but different mg and dosage. OMG I was upset with the pharmacy and myself.
Well yesterday I sent my 16 year old daughter to pick up my prescription and she came back with 2 prescriptions. I open the bag and neither prescription belong to me. It belong to someone with the same first and last name but it wasn't me. This has now happen twice. Not only is this a HIPPA violation but it is also a dangerous situation. I'm sure I'm not the only person this has happen to, especially since it has happen twice. Someone could have a serious or even fatal reaction to taking someone else's medication. They really need to come up with a better way to ensure they are giving the right medication to the right person.
Reviewed Feb. 8, 2016
This pharmacy charges copayment amount as usual but when you go back at the end of the year to get your print out for the yearly medication purchased for tax purposes they only document partial amount of what you actually paid them (if you paid $50 they document $18) and what I understand after I've talked with the pharmacist today is that I must have given someone a coupon in which I never knew you can do that if you have insurance and in return he said unless I get him a receipt or something that there is nothing he can do about it. Well I've picked up this medication once in June last year and I either paid cash or debit and I had someone pick this medication for me and I know that is what they've paid because they showed me the receipt.
The medication was ** which I have stopped taken for two reasons. I felt really bad when I took this cholesterol medicine or any other cholesterol medicine and that I had to pay a $50 copayment on top of that. I didn't want to take this medicine and I have told the pharmacy that I don't want them to refill anymore but they continued to refill the medication with the other medication and when someone picked it up for me they paid the money in which I found out later included the ** that I've asked not to refill and I couldn't take back to the pharmacy.
The last refill was at the end of January 2016 when they were told not to refill back in June 2015 but they did again in at the end of November which I had to pay $50 and $80 at the end of January 2016. The print for tax purposes states that I only paid $18 in June and November absolutely cheating their customer. Keeping the coupons and making it look like they are using it and the pharmacy end up keeping the difference.
Reviewed Feb. 5, 2016
Last year after taking my prescription medicine I was checking for the number to call for a refill and I noticed that the date was expired. I went to pick up my next prescription and noticed that the date was less than 4 months from expiring. I am worried that these people have been issuing expired or almost expired medicine. I spoke to the pharmacist and she tried to assure that the medicine is oK. But I wonder if this is true. Also they insist on giving you generic medicine even if the doctor ordered brand or even if you are willing to pay for the one you want.
Reviewed Feb. 4, 2016
Products are overpriced, waaaay too much. I bought an electrode machine in another store. Was so happy with it, I decided to get my mom one. This store was just near work so decided to drop by. The $25.99 machine was priced for $45.99 with a $10-less coupon but still too much. Replacement pads that are only $15.00 were being sold for $25.00. Anyway, I decided not to get it. I decided to buy a bottle of **, I was heading to the pharmacy counter which had a very long line. The line was really long, like there were 20 people in front of me.
When I reached the counter, the guy told me to go to another cashier. I told him I was waiting in line for over 30 mins and I am buying just **. Then he said "the pharmacy prioritize drop-off and pick-up only." I asked, "can I not purchase it here?" and rudely repeated "drop-off and pick-up only." Then I asked him, "just tell me yes or no, can I not purchase this here, since I was in line for 30 min?" Then the pharmacist, I'm guessing, stepped up and rudely said, "we give priority to patients, as you see we are busy as it is. There's a long line of patients behind you who just want their medication." I looked at her and said, "but I'm buying my medication too." So she just said, "oh my God!" Then rudely grabbed the ** and asked for me to pay for it. After I did, I told her, "so I can pay for it here." She didn't say anything but sarcastically said "have a nice day" and instantly yelled "next!"
So I just bought ** 100 tablets for $13 and change and took the train home. 3 blocks down my apartment is another pharmacy where I bought the first machine, took one and accidentally saw the same ** bottle being sold for only $8 and change. I was quite upset so I decided to buy this and just return the ** I bought for the next day. It was a $5 dollar difference. It's not much for a lot of people, but for me that's like my fare to and from work for one day. So anyway, I return the next day, since I didn't want to go back to the pharmacy, I went to the cashier to get a refund. The cashier then asked, "did you purchase this downstairs?" And I said yes, then she said to go back downstairs and get the refund. So I did.
When I got to the pharmacy, the same pharmacist was there. There was another line although not as long. When I got to the counter, I asked the old lady cashier for a refund. She then told me, "I can't return them." I told her, "I didn't open the box and I have the receipt and it was only yesterday." Then she said, "you can do this in the other cashier." I was already losing my patience so I said, "they told me to do it here." She looked at the pharmacist and said, 'step aside please, I will page the manager." So she did, and started ringing up other customers.
No manager came after 10, 15, 20 minutes. I went over to her and asked, and she paged again. 10, 15 minutes a guy came and asked "why?" She explained what I said and he just darted inside the pharmacy to open another register and gave me a refund. I started complaining and he explained to me that the reason the pharmacy chooses to prioritize patients is because they are understaffed and there is long line and about the prices, he said they just follow what corporate dictates. Looking around, I realized that people who work in this store hate working there. Most of them sound like immigrants who didn't have other options and couldn't speak English well. I'm guessing they are not being paid right either. This is a terrible, terrible store and although I know it wouldn't really matter, I am never ever stepping in this store in Journal Square ever again.
Reviewed Jan. 30, 2016
I have been getting my prescription filled there for 9 years, and every month they would bill my insurance the $3000 a month This year I had to change my carrier and without letting me know they did not use my carrier, even though I had called my script in, no one notified me that they didn't take it until I went to pick it up and offered no help in how to get it somewhere else. They were just done with me after collecting over $30k a year for 9 years! No customer service at all... I give them 0 stars if I could, I will never step into a Walgreens again! Thanks for nothing Walgreens!
Reviewed Jan. 26, 2016
My mother uses Walgreens Pharmacy in Pikesville, MD on Reisterstown Rd. I was very shocked and elated when a walgreens employee delivered my mom's prescription. I called it in on Sunday, not thinking that it would arrive until sometime next week. This past Friday, we had a blizzard, and were left with over 2 feet of snow. My street has not been plowed yet, so I didn't expect anyone to deliver the rx. To my surprise, I received a knock on the door Tuesday, and my prescription was brought up to my house. She actually came to my street, and walked up the street to my house. She didn't have to do that, so I just wanted to let Walgreens know that I appreciate what they did, and would recommend to anyone. Thank you for your wonderful service.
Reviewed Jan. 24, 2016
We were waiting at the counter and notify two of the employees that we were waiting for passport photos. Finally a man came, but instead of asking us, he asked a white lady first and fulfill their need. Although we come first at the counter. He asked what we need and left. Tired of waiting. I left the place. I think it is faster to get it at the post office. So do not waste your time getting passport photo at Walgreens!
Reviewed Jan. 24, 2016
Feeling very ill, I visited the health clinic inside Walgreens located on Sibley Blvd., Calumet City, Illinois. I was appalled to find the store outside and inside littered and dirty before 10 a.m. on Sunday morning, January 24, 2016! The parking area was littered with uneaten food in styrofoam containers, a bag with empty liquor containers and packaging - presumably drank on the premises - which my daughter and I picked up and disposed of.
Inside the store, the floor appeared not to have been swept overnight. The women's' bathroom was very dirty. All of the above contraindicated my visit to a health clinic. Yes, the manager was advised and she offered no apologies. Store overhaul, perhaps. The good news? The nurse practitioner on duty, Nicole **, excelled in medical knowledge, efficiency, and courtesy - and for this I am grateful. However, I shall, if seeking an emergency in-store medical clinic, will choose Target over Walgreens! A very disappointing experience in view of Walgreens' extensive new "brand" promotions.
Reviewed Jan. 22, 2016
I ordered some product for my hair online on this website. They offered 2 for the price of one in comparison to other websites (including Amazon). I was very apprehensive if I would get the product to actually reach me given the poor feedback online but it was delivered within 2 days and the contents of the box was accurate. I am a very happy customer!
Reviewed Jan. 21, 2016
I ordered an item through Drugstore.com with 2-day shipping, planning to get it as a Christmas gift. It arrive 13 days later, so I returned it. I got a confirmation email that they had received the return about a week after I returned it. Then nothing. I sent an email to inquire and heard nothing back. I then called and was treated pretty rudely by the representative, being reprimanded for not having a tracking number for my return (even though I'd received an email that they had gotten it) and being told that I hadn't followed the correct procedure (even though I'd done exactly what the website had directed). It was honestly a little bizarre. It took a month and multiple inquiries to get me the refund on my return - I've no doubt that I never would have gotten it if I hadn't been persistent. I'll absolutely never be using drugstore.com again.
Reviewed Jan. 14, 2016
I am with Walgreens some years now. In the beginning I only had to wait about 15 to 20 minutes to get my prescription filled.. I am using Walgreens, it is only around the corner from where I live. I have 2 very bad knees, walking is impossible now. So I wait at Walgreens without going home and coming back. Things have changed for the worse. Some month ago I notice the workers at the pharmacy made me wait for 2 and three hours, I wondered why, they did not tell me.
I get my prescription every 30 days, and at times it falls on a Sunday. This one guy, took my prescription I told him I wait, I waited and waited and waited, I went up to the counter and ask about my prescription. "Oh" he said, "I haven't got an answer yet." I ask him what kind of answer. He said "I left 2 messages and got no reply", I ask him again, "Who on earth did you call on Sunday.." He said the pain clinic, I told him "Are you crazy? There is no one there on Saturday or Sunday." He told me "I can not fill your prescription till Monday." I was furious, with severe pain. I went to Walmart and got my prescription filled, people like that idiot should never never work for any pharmacy. He should be thrown out.
After that incident things got better. I was even ask if I choose to wait, I wait. And in 20 to 30 minutes I have my prescription. When I went to get my prescription filled on the 1-5-16, I handed the prescription to the woman and told her I wait. About one hour after a man showed up and ask all kinds of idiotic questions, where did I get my other medication, I told him I do not get any other medication, how long I am getting my medication.. I told him look it up on the computer. Then he ask again "You don't get any other medication??" Now I got mad. I told him "No. This is not your business. To get my prescription filled is your only business, get my prescription filled." Well he said "It will take a while." I told him it has been a while already, he made me wait 2 more hours. He should get thrown out, and never work as a pharmacist again.
Another woman one time suggested to get a different medication. I told my doctor. He got mad. Those people have no right to interfere with doctor's decisions and prescriptions, they should keep their mouth shut and concentrate only on filling the prescriptions.. Something has to change at Walgreens pharmacy. People are leaving and going to other pharmacies.. For good reasons. Disrespect towards the customers. Mean and hateful service, letting the customer wait 2 extra hours before I can get my pain medication, this is outrageous.
Reviewed Jan. 12, 2016
I have been a customer over 20 years with Walgreen's and went to drop off a prescription inside of Walgreen's because this is supposed to be quicker service. So the first plan of action they attempted to discourage the customers with is to tell them it is going to take 45 minutes to get it ready while I wait in the store. So at the counter I asked them if I drop it off then how long will it take to come back and pick it up. And the technician told me about a hour but had a texting system that would text me once it was ready.
So I went home and about a hour and 15 minutes later called the pharmacy and it had not been filled yet. What offended me most at this point is that the tech told me that they were running about 3 hours behind and hopefully they will have it filled by when they close at 10:00. I told the technician that I had went into the store at 5:15pm and dropped it off at the counter which is supposed to be a faster service that they offer and the technician told me "if I did not like it I could come and pick up my script and go somewhere else". I do not see a reason why Walgreen's would let a employee treat a customer in this matter. Not going back and doing a follow up call this am with the manager there.
Reviewed Jan. 7, 2016
I have been a customer of Walgreens pharmacy for about 5 years. There were times I got completely frustrated with them and switched over to Walmart and a local pharmacy, but their app is very convenient so I kept returning. However, my last several experiences with their techs really make the app useless. The techs rely so heavily on the automated system it does not seem as though they know how to communicate and call in a timely manner when there seems to be an issue with a prescription.
My last visit, the techs never called that there was an issue. Five hours later, when my husband went to pick up the script, they said there was an insurance problem. At 6:45, when I called, after waiting on hold for 10 minutes to speak with a live person, I explained to the tech how I had dropped off a new prescription with a different dosage amount. The tech said they couldn't rectify the script because the insurance company was closed and to check the next day. After asking to speak with the pharmacist, the story changed. I also found out that she had lied about the insurance company being closed.
After speaking with the pharmacist (who was nice), I picked up the script. The tech did not apologize for the inconvenience and was extremely unprofessional. If this was the first or second time this happened maybe I'd brush it off, but after the 4th or 5th time, it's unacceptable. They really need more staff who are competent, have better training, and who focus on customer service.
The Walgreens brand claims to be so focused in health and humanitarianism efforts. But they should really have more focus when it comes to the front lines and the local community. Perhaps spending more of their money on their staff, than on their commercials. It's nice to see on the commercials of what they are trying to do to help the world, but it looks like smoke and mirrors when at the local stores, there is such poor service. The automated systems may be convenient, but that lack of common sense, personalism and professionalism, makes Walgreens seem like just another big company who cares more about profits than the people. I will be going elsewhere and will no longer be using their services or shopping at their store. I strongly recommend anyone who is looking for a pharmacy to research other locations.
Reviewed Jan. 6, 2016
Walgreens at Larkin and Ingalls in Joliet IL. Daughter is bipolar and needs her meds. Doctor faxed over new prescription and they won't fill. This is the second time in a week we have received rude snippy service. Don't go near this pharmacy. Really horrible service.
Reviewed Jan. 5, 2016
One of the worst pharmacies I have ever used in my life. They have declined rapidly the past few years we've used them and now the place isn't worth the time. Not a single one of the pharmacy techs or pharmacists has ever indicated that they give a single thought to helping customers or doing their jobs well. The best you can hope to get is the one girl who is at least polite, while the rest are surly and entirely unhelpful. They must also be chronically understaffed because they are seemingly unable to handle more than one customer every 10 minutes. Large lines will back up if more than 2 people need assistance and it's typical to have just one person servicing all of these customers, often jumping between counter and drive-thru or not doing either and just typing crap into a computer for 10 minutes while customers stand around staring at them.
We have filled numerous scripts that were not ready when we were told they would be, sometimes waiting 2-3 days to refill. They will also encounter occasional issues with filling a script and simply ignore it, never contacting the patient to inform them of this, just letting us wait around wondering. The level of incompetence at this pharmacy is incredible and seems to only get worse as time goes on.
Reviewed Dec. 30, 2015
I've been a customer of Walgreens store since I was a small child. I remember my parents bringing me there for prescriptions anytime I was sick and I always preferred the store even over the competitors like Eckerd's and now CVS. But now I'm really questioning what kind of service I've been getting all along and why I haven't given much consideration to other competitors. My change of heart began today, hours before I decided to sit down and write this. I needed a physical exam and wanted to use my insurance to have it done before the 1st of the year for tax purposes. I decided to give the walk in clinic a shot.
I went to the clinic closest to my house, 601 E. Commercial Blvd and I found that there were four people checked in ahead of me, two with appointments already. I signed in, figuring it shouldn't take too long to be seen. My name appeared as 5th on the list and so I sat and waited. I noticed it was 6:10PM and the 5:30PM appointment still hadn't been seen. I was undeterred though, especially since I had to get this done before the new year and because the next few days didn't have evening appointments available, the only time I was available to take this appointment since I work normal business hours.
As the night neared 7pm, my name was second from the list, I was excited. I saw the nurse practitioner take out some trash and walk back to her office. While she was inside, I noticed one of the names come off the screen. I thought it was odd, but I didn't complain since I was up next. I know I didn't see anybody go inside the office, so I assumed it must have been a call to cancel the appointment.
My name sat on the next up list for some time until I noticed that my name was no longer on the board. The board said that the clinic was now closed. I approached the pharmacy and spoke to an employee who said not to worry. He said the nurse was still in her office and I would probably be next as long as I signed in earlier. I sat and waited another 10-15 minutes and finally the door opened. I was relieved because it was already 7pm and I was ready to get the exam over with and head home. When the nurse emerged from the room, she was carrying all over her belongings including her purse. I was worried because it looked like she was leaving.
I saw her walk over to the counter and speak with the pharmacy. I could hear one of the technicians tell the nurse that I was still waiting to be seen. She refused to acknowledge that fact and began discussing other business, knowing I was sitting in the chair behind her. Another patient she had seen earlier had a question for her and looked surprised she was leaving because apparently she had unfinished business to discuss.
The nurse then turned to walk away and she discussed something with the other patient that was waiting for her. The nurse then looked at me and said I'm sorry, you'll have to return tomorrow, the computers are down. I told her that I was signed in and she gave me an expression of surprise (a very very unbelievable one. Good thing she doesn't act for a day job). She then had the audacity to say that she called the names and that I wasn't there, though she had no clue what my name was.
I had nothing that I could say to her because at this point, even if I could somehow convince her to drop her belongings and help me, would I really want her to?? I mean, after all it's one thing to make a mistake or even blatantly disrespect a customer, but it's a completely different thing to be dishonest!!! She never called my name or attempted to. I wonder what other things she falsifies or what other important details she skips over. The other patient who heard the nurse's excuse was vocal to me and said she knew I had been there the whole time and really didn't know what to say to me. I asked to speak to a manager and they sent a shift manager who said she would contact the store manager, but that my complaint should mostly be directed to the clinic office.
Wow, I can honestly say that in my entire life, I've never ever had such a poor customer service experience. It took me quite a bit not to yell or lose my temper or belittle this lady who in one swoop wasted 2 hours of my time and caused me so much more of an inconvenience because now I have to reschedule this exam. I hope Walgreens finds a way to improve this kind of behavior. I understand this may come to down to my word vs hers, I encourage you to review video cameras and the guest log and see how this incident really happened. I just don't know what else to say, but I am truly angered by what happened to me today.
Reviewed Dec. 23, 2015
I purchased two Dunkin Donuts gift cards tonight from Walgreens on 12/22/15 at 10:30 pm. I got home to attach the gift cards to the receipts and noticed that the numbers on the back on my cards did not match the numbers on the receipts. I went back to the store and the manager Megan said there was nothing they could do to rectify this. I spent $30 and she did NOTHING to try to help me. Now I am out 2 Christmas gifts for my daughter's kindergarten teachers for the morning and $30. I have 2 Unactivated gift cards that are garbage!!! I WILL NEVER SHOP AT A WALGREENS AGAIN AND WILL DEFINITELY SPREAD THE WORD!
Reviewed Dec. 16, 2015
This store is always in shambles whenever I go there. It is not maintained well. The customer service is some of the worst I have experienced. I even get no help and attitude when there are no baskets for me to shop and I ask for a basket. The shopping baskets are being used to store merchandise by the way. If you ask for help finding an item, forget it, you are in for a rough time. And so many prices are mislabeled, that I always have to argue about price at the counter, and the clerks are too lazy to go check the price tags when I tell them it was labeled at a different price than what they are ringing me up. If they do, they are rude, take forever, and make me wait forever. They never end up honoring the labeled price, even though it's their mistake. So many items are priced incorrectly. The customer service at this store is just appalling, I only go here as a last resort at night, or on my way home from the subway, if I really need to.
Several dairy products were room temperature, not cold at all, and were spoiled because of this, including yogurt, butter, cream cheese, and cheeses. Some of the dairy items were visibly spoiled due to inappropriate temperature, including yogurt containers that were expanding with gas. I spoke with the manager, but I was told that they did not agree with my concerns and nothing would be done about it. They did throw out the bad yogurt but they refused to acknowledge a problem and refused to lower the temperature in the dairy case, which is room temperature. The clerk raised her voice at me and rolled her eyes. What about items that don't expand with gas? You won't know they are spoiled until you get home. Spoiled dairy items are dangerous, people can get food poisoning. The food quality overall is terrible. And the attitude of the manager is just unbelievable.
Reviewed Dec. 13, 2015
I just left this store. I have been coming to this Walgreens for the past 7 years and I may not always have had the best experience, but the good definitely always outweighed the bad. Today, however, is not that day. I'm in the store browsing for stocking stuffers and have been in for a good 15 minutes or more when my 5-year-old daughter says she needs to use the restroom. I stop shopping and take her to the cashier knowing I need them to unlock the door to the restroom when the cashier tells me there's no public restrooms.
You obviously see me shopping. I'm right in the makeup aisle right across from you, and you're the one who greeted me in the first place and now you're telling my 5-year-old she has to wait for me to purchase something to use the bathroom? Then your fellow cashier decides to say ‘call the manager’, and you stupidly stand there like an idiot. I declined that since when I first walked in you had another customer with another cashier saying the manager was paged 5 times and never answered. My child's not gonna be able to wait that long.
Thank God my house is just 5 minutes away, but you people should be ashamed of yourselves. How pathetic can you be to tell a 5-year-old she has to wait for me to buy something in order for her to use the bathroom. And of course I'm walking out on your apology not listening. I don't have time to wait for a half-assed, insincere apology while my child has to use the bathroom and you won't let her. Forget me ever coming here again.
Reviewed Dec. 6, 2015
My family member use to work at Walgreens and shop there if I need anything like pictures done, toys for my son or make up as a gift for family members. I got a call from my family. A former worker who asked "why do you go everyday to Walgreens?" They said they ran into a worker who told them I go everyday!! Really? I don't go everyday. Once or twice a month to get pictures done etc. They lost my business. I have nothing to hide. So my son likes to ride his bike to the store, it's a 5 minute walk wtf!
Reviewed Dec. 4, 2015
Person who had surgery brought RX for a low dosage "controlled" medication to Walgreens Pharmacy. The past RX's had been filled at Walmart. After waiting a week for Walmart to get this Med in with no luck, they told us to try Walgreens. They had called & confirmed that Walgreens had this RX in stock. I called Walgreens to discuss that patient had a "Pain Contract" that specified Walmart as the place RX had to be filled. Pharmacist advised me that he could fill it but any violation of said contract was between patient & Doctor. This was just after 4:10 pm CST. The patient arrived at Walgreens appx 4:30 & gave RX to pharmacy clerk explaining the circumstance. Well over an hour later, he called me to say they couldn't fill the RX.
I called to talk to pharmacist. It took several attempts to get anyone to answer their phone. Finally, a clerk answered & I requested to speak to a pharmacist. After 53 minutes on hold, someone gets on the line & I explain the problem. After 5 minutes of hearing Walgreens policy re: controlled substances, I asked if I was talking to the pharmacist (an assumption I'd made as that's who I was holding for). Answer was, "no I'm a tech". So I asked for the pharmacist & after another 30 plus minutes on hold, I hung up.
The patient had been waiting in Walgreens for well over 2 hrs. When he went to ask what was going on. The Tech said pharmacist (Don) needed to confirm validity of RX before he would, not could, but would fill it. I finally got to talk to him & I said I'd call the dr. & have him call them. 2:40 minutes into this fiasco, the tech calls patient & returns RX as doctor had not called yet. They refused to keep the RX there waiting for approval. I had asked if pharmacist could call Walmart pharmacy to confirm RX. He had said no. He had to speak to Dr. When I called Walgreens & spoke to Pharmacy mgr. I was told that RX had been approved (Apparently Dr had called) - I told him what happened last afternoon & evening, he recited Walgreens' policy on "controlled" meds. I pursued it & he said it was "at the discretion of the pharmacist" who was on duty at the time.
He told me how long it takes for an RX to get to the pharmacist after it's given to clerk. He said they are very busy & then told me by talking to me for 12 1/2 minutes, he'd been keeping 6 people waiting for their RX. I asked for corporate phone number & proceeded to call them. When I got a customer service rep on phone & told her it was a pharmacy related complaint she took the info about location of that Walgreens, etc. Then she proceeded to read me their policy re Certain RX meds.
I said I'd still like to talk to corporate & was told they do no call backs regarding pharmacy issues. She kept repeating their policy. I believe I was told the same thing at least three times. She kept telling me that all corporate would do if they did call back would be to read me their "policy" but "they won't call back". I asked her if I could just get to them to make some suggestions, she parroted the same policy info. She was a customer service rep who offered no services, just spit out their policies & rules. I told her they needed more pharmacists on duty or to stop taking prescriptions in to fill at a certain point. The abuse of the customer is a flagrant disregard for the welfare of patients or their caregivers who come to get needed medications. The stress of dealing with Walgreens & their indifferent Corporate offices is not worth any discount you might get.
It seems that by keeping pharmacy customers in store for extended periods of waiting they get a good amount of discretionary income from other purchases made in the store. Walgreens is not out for the people. They are looking out for themselves. By the way, according to what I've read, these "pain contracts" are not legal requirements of any state, town or province. In other words, when the doctors office tells you you need to sign one because it's the law... It's only the law of the legal jungle so doctors can protect themselves from any liability caused as a result of a pain RX. There is no law like this on record anywhere in US. We did get the RX filled the next morning at a cost that was $12.00 more than Walmart. We do have insurance.
We had stopped patronizing Walgreens on a regular basis due to another of their policies. It was in 2000 on Christmas Eve when we ran into the South Florida Store to pick up a some ornament hangers & a few other things. There was a man in a wheelchair sitting outside the store selling flowers. He was a double amputee with difficulty using his arms. We talked with him & he said he was a Veteran. We told him we'd buy some of his flowers on the way out. We were in store for about 15 minutes. When we came out, he was gone. We went down the road to pick up a few more things before everything closed. On the way back past Walgreens, we saw this Vet sitting in a little planted median off Walgreens parking lot & almost out of site.
We pulled around & went to ask why he was there? He still had all of his flowers as he'd just been dropped off when we first saw him. He said the Mgr. of Walgreens made him leave. It was against "their policy" for him to be there. We bought the flowers he had left & waited with him for his pick up ride to arrive. He had had some nice soul make a call for him. It was Christmas Eve & nearly closing time when Walgreens made him leave. After that, we only went to Walgreens if there were no other options as they do stay open all night except certain holiday(s). Walgreens needs to review their policies & start caring about the customer a little more.
Reviewed Dec. 2, 2015
I used to shop at Walgreens often, weekly during lunch. When I would purchase beauty aids (soap, shampoo, cold meds, deodorant) I would be denied check out service at the main counter and told I have to use the beauty supply counter, which is NEVER manned when I arrive. I'm told they will "call her". Many times this takes several minutes. Once she was on lunch and I waited 6 minutes for someone to arrive when all along, the main counter is customerless and could be checking me out. I've been late return to work several times and I know this cannot be a company policy. Unsure why this happens but someone needs retraining and redirection on customer service and procedures.
I was outwardly denied service 2 weeks ago and told "my manager said I'm not allowed to ring up beauty aids at this counter". I had one bottom of hair color, a bottle of shampoo, a bag of popcorn, 2 sodas, several over the counter cold meds and tissues. How can this be? How can I be denied service at a main counter when I purchased products in that store. I can see a prescription drug? But all other products? Sent note to their consumer affairs with no response.
Reviewed Nov. 30, 2015
I have chronic muscle spasms in my back and a herniated disc that is above my tailbone. Unfortunately I have to take ** pain medication or I cannot function at all. I went to fill my prescription at Walgreens on Saturday evening because my regular pharmacy is closed Saturday and Sunday, which I did not know. I drop off my 2 scripts and was told it would be ready in 2 hrs, 8 pm. I go back at that time and then am told to hold on, the pharmacist wants to speak to me. She comes to the window and tells me that she cannot fill the script for the pain medication or muscle relaxer without calling my doctor on Monday.
I would totally understand if I was a new patient but I live at the same address and same medication from before when I was a regular Walgreens customer. I just looked at her because I'm now in a panic about how much pain I'm going to be in. If Walgreens says they follow their GFD policy and patient care is that highest priority how is this caring for me? You have to call my doctor to say, "Hey, did you prescribe this and for what?" Obviously he did since his name and DEA number is on the written prescription.
Needless to say, it's Sunday, 3:30 am and I've had no sleep because I'm in so much pain I'm at the point of slitting my wrists. They are 24 hrs and it is so depressing to know that I have a legitimate prescription, drug treated every single month, yet I'm stuck in absolute pain and agony and can do no work because they want to call my doctor to ask the exact same question every single month and leave their patients to suffer. Please tell me, how is this caring? Walgreens - Temple Terrace, FL 33617, Busch and 56th street.
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