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This CVS store has only been here in Yazoo City, Ms. a few months. They bought out Essco Pharmacy and prescriptions were transferred to CVS. Most of the time it is impossible to get a prescription filled or refilled. My husband went today 8/23/2012
to get a prescription refilled and was told it could not be filled until the next day. A lady friend was told it would be a complete 24 hours before she could get hers' filled, She left and said she would not go back. The employees are walking around in the store eating food and drinking milkshakes and sodas in the evenings .You would think they are having a party instead of working. There is so much laughing and cutting up in the pharmacy it is awful. They are losing customers everyday. I really hope something can be done to correct this. Thank You

I filled my prescription early Friday morning. By the time I went to pick it up in the evening the pharmacist told me it was on back order and that I either needed to wait until Monday when it comes in or call my doctor until I get a new prescription. It was Friday and no doctor I see is in on Saturday. This was a medication I takee daily and is dangerous yo just stop abruptly. I am LIVID and plan on takeing this complaint further! Why couldn't one of the many people working in the pharmacy take a minute to inform a customer of such an important fact about their medicine...giving ample time to do something about it!

the pharmist was very rude, told me on phone, he gave my meds to someone else, cause, i wasn't there to get them, when in fact, I told a lady I had talked to Iady and told her I would get them at end of month, he argued with my boy friend, puting him on hold and not returning to phone, all my meds accept the tricor were ready for pickup, wen I transfered them, cause of how he was beaing, i found I had to wait for my synthroid cause he told them he didnt have it there, when in fact he told me it was there, I'm so sick of beaing lied to Im never doing business there again.

Customer Relations:
I am a regular customer at your pharmacy in Sunnyvale, CA. On 6/21/12, around 8pm, I contacted your pharmacy in Prunedale (Salinas), CA. I spoke with a pharmicist named David Duke, in regards to prescriptions to be filled for my mother as as a result of recent heart attack. I had requested that numerous prescriptions be refilled on behalf of my mother and that all expeneses would be paid on my behalf.
There must have been some misinterpretation on the pharmicists part that possibly the prescription wouldn’t be paid for - I’m not quite sure – but I was extremely astonished that the response from the pharmicist was “I don’t care what her condition is, she needs to pay her prescription fees up front!” Completely unacceptable!
I find it insensitive that the pharmicist didn’t care that my mother might actually be dying over the next couple of weeks; it seemed he was over-reacting as if I wasn’t going to pay for the pharmacy costs (although I believe this would likely be illegal on CVS’s behalf either way) . I encourage you to please check my credit record with CVS and my nearly perfect credit history – perhaps this is a problem in the Salinas area – I don’t know. In any event, I find that placing credit concerns over human lives is unacceptable – I don’t know what you teach your pharmicist’s in training but I persononally feel this is unethical and feel that others need to be informed.
I currently provide CVS with well over $200/month in co-pays alone (well over $1k/mo in actual RX costs) over at least the last 4 years (check your records). I would like to request that the pharmicist make an honest attempt to apologize to my mother, in my presence. Furthermore, I would recommend that he be asked to resign. After years of faithful service, I would hate to think that CVS is more interested in saving money than saving human lives.
This is a life and death situation (on my mother’s behalf). I ask that you please take this into consideration. This is something I will never forget.

Sincerely,
Tim Robbins

I informed pharmacy that I have a gluten allergy. When I requested that they check my prescription to make sure it did not contain the allergen. The pharmacist took two minutes to make a call to the manufacturer of the pills and then handed me the insert and told me to call myself. I called and there was no answer. Isn't this the pharmacists job? I am upset and angered by this lack of quality in care.

Two times in two weeks I have been negligently victimized by unthoughtful if not unethical business practices at this CVS. First with a 102 fever and a severe infection, I asked them on Friday afternoon to please call my doctor for a prescription (I gave them the phone number). On Saturday morning when I arrived... no prescription... no record of anything. The Saturday people simply blamed it on the Friday people and said they had no control and couldn't do anything. I couldn't start my medications because of this until Monday afternoon, by which time I was even more seriously ill. On Monday they said they had "faxed" a prescription request. Why they would fax when instructed to call, and secondly to a number that was obviously not a fax, and not check to see whether it went through or not seems unbelievably unprofessional if not stupid (obviously my doctor's office told me they never received a fax or even the sound of a fax coming in on their voice line).

A week later after that fiasco, my doctor (now treating me for a severe sinus infection which they feared might be moving to my brain) wanted me immediately on large dose antibiotics in order to hopefully avoid possible surgery. This time my doctor called into the same Pharmacy on Friday afternoon around 1:30pm. I couldn't arrange to pick up my medications until Saturday around 1:30pm. They hadn't filled the prescription (at least this time they knew it existed). She said they had probably just been too busy to fill it (this is 24 hours later mind you) and again blamed the Friday staff. She said the prescription would be ready in 20 minutes. I asked her if this was unusual for a prescription to take 24 hours to fill. She replied (with some attitude) that if no one said it was an emergency, yes, and she could either fill the prescription or argue with me about it. I went home and got a phone call about 20 minutes later (the first time they had called me, mind you) saying they were out of that antibiotic but they could send me to another store to fill it.

Okay, if anyone can't see how many kinds of wrong this all is I must be crazy. But if I am and there's a prescription to fix it, I'm certainly not filling it at CVS. I'm done with these thoughtless and unprofessional people who obviously are in some business other than health care.

Requested prescription May 3 for daily cholesterol medicine. Called May 21 and found that it had not shipped. Their phone rep apologized profusely and said it would be shipped by fastest method w/o charge. Called again on May 29 and their rep once again apologized and requested overnight delivery. I ran out of this daily medicine on May 25. They dropped the ball twice so far. We'll see if they drop the ball 3 times.

Favoritism in the workplace is very obvious! No handbooks given to me after I got promoted to clerk from cashier. Do as I do, is what I was told. No lessons on using there dex to do (1): ad reorders, (2): preboh, (3): cycle counts, price verifying, etc… Setting up the ad by myself. Also still having to ring customers when cashiers call for clerks to ring! No recognition when your day is over of what youv’e done.

And to top it off I am still answering calls to cosmetics when customers call on the phone, sometimes there are 2 -3 people on the phone at the same time. But you don’t even get a soft whisper hint of Thank you for helping and working hard. Very uncomfortable atmosphere. Only thing you here is: you not finish? What were you doing this whole time? Hmmmm…. I speak for many that do not speak. I speak for many that can’t afford to quit.

Especially when jobs are tight. So we just accept. But it is not acceptable. I have never made a costly mistake. I have never called in sick. I always came to work with a smile on my face even though I wasn’t feeling right. I came to work and customers made me feel happy and they are so greatful when you assist them on small things like sharing a store coupon. Anyways, THANK YOU for reading my side and many silent sides of the story. I already feel better.

I went to CVS today located on 57 Glen Rd, Garner NC - during my visit / while I was picking up a personal item - my daughter was perusing the store with her grandmother and picking up some cereal. My mother lost sight of my daughter (she is a teenager but due to absent seizures, is behind in development). Apparently my daughter, who tends to stare due to the seizures, was deemed suspicious because she was looking at the colors of nail polish, she was just so amazed by how many pretty colors there were and would put them up to her skin then put it back and take another and do the same. She had to go to the bathroom, so she put the polish back on the shelf (a little fact that they seemed to have missed), once she was done, she went back to the rack and was looking again at the pretty polish _ well she (apparently) did this one too many times and [the self-proclaimed] assistant manager walked up to her and said "two people saw you stealing, now get out and don’t come back or I will have you arrested!". My daughter was confused and terrified because, not only was she NOT stealing, but she could not understand why this adult was threatening her. She was confused and scared and escorted out to the store in a location she knows nothing about - she didn't have her cell, she couldn't call for me or my mother before being thrown out, she was hysterical in the front door crying that she hadn't done anything... Although my daughter is a teenager, she is behind in age development and she could not understand what was happening. All this happened in a matter of minutes! My mother and I were going crazy looking for my daughter! She would never leave on her own - she was nowhere in the store so we thought the worst, that she had been taken! Imaging our horror [when rushing out the front door calling her name] we found her in a state of distress because of what had happened - all she could mutter was “mom a lady threw me out!"... Filled with relief that she was ok but now upset as to WHY someone would throw my child out without cause, we walked back to the store for her to point out who had done such a thing. To our surprise, a young woman - blond [who will go un-named for now] approached us in a "not so nice" manner - to tell us that she had thrown my daughter out because supposedly two people [who, by the way, were now nowhere to be found] accused my daughter of stealing. I was in disbelief! I handed my daughters purse to the assistant manager and opened it and told her to search it [there was her brush, sanitary napkin, her lip gloss, tissues and her iPod] - I even told her to search my daughter's pockets! I told her that she was mistaken, that my daughter would never do such a thing and I told her that my daughter did not ask why she was being thrown out because she was afraid and confused as she. The assistant manager said "I didn't know she didn't understand” [my daughter, still in shock, just stood there, traumatized]. We told the assistant manager that she shouldn't have made her leave; she should have asked where her parents were! I asked her to call the sheriff’s office to view the tapes - The assistant manager just walked away - she had called the Sherriff- when he arrived, we explained what happened. He said, "She isn't filing charges - just leave for today". When I asked what she was accusing my daughter of, the officer responded "she isn't accusing you of anything - she wants you to leave for trespassing!" CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS! Not only does this assistant manager make a bad call, puts a child in danger by throwing her out of a store after falsely accusing her of theft... This person now gets to get away with asking us to leave for NO REASON! When I asked the officer to please assist us - we are new in this state, have never experienced this EVER - we wanted to know what our rights were against false accusation (not to mention the embarrassment and humiliation my family went through) - he said " you don't have any - just leave it as it is and leave for today"... I felt helpless, I couldn't help my daughter feel better (she was devastated), the officer was treating us like thieves and refused to tell us where the main command was (we wanted to file a complaint) - he [the officer] said " there is no crime, what complaint are you going to make? The assistant manager can ask anyone to leave without reason". This too shocked me, how can a vendor, for no apparent reason, call a cop to have someone who isn't doing anything wrong - be asked to leave for trespassing? The bottom line is; if you are Hispanic & living in this state - BEWARE! People such as this vicious and heartless racist disguised as an assistant manager will over-exert & abuse their authority to hurt the innocent. My daughter still hasn't recovered from this ordeal. When the County Sherriff's office was called to file a complaint - they told us we couldn't - that although they empathized, there was nothing I could do but chalk it up to a bad & unfortunate experience... UNREAL...
Apparently we ARE NOT alone; thousands of Latino’s and other ethnics are falsely accused at CVS every day. The evidence of this is on the web – I found hundreds of complaints – CVS needs to address this issue or we should boycott them for allowing this abuse by their employees to continue! After telling my family, co-workers and friends the situation – We have all decided that we will NEVER patron CVS again. As of tomorrow; our business and prescriptions will be moved to Walgreen’s or Wal-Mart [as suggested by the un-professional sheriff whom obviously knew & had a friendship with the A.M. to begin with].
BUYERS BEWARE!
Fight to have these laws that continue to victimize us the Latino community - we are NO LONGER the minority! There is power in #"s - stand up for your rights and that of your families - make a stand - show these big corporations that we will no longer tolerate false accusations and profiling!

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This is a serious complaint I have with the CVS in Bedford, TX on Harwood/Central Dr. I have been getting prescriptions there for almost 7 yrs. what I’m about to tell you is because this is the 2nd time first time I called the store and of course they denied anyone could have done this not there fault, just odd this has happened twice within a year after all this time I have a medical condition I was diagnosed almost 6 yrs ago I need all me meds, when this first happened I was glad I counted my pills I was missing 4 that was when I called. so now since then I count every time.

I get 60 so someone might think I wont miss 4 I just got my script again and once again I’m missing 4 I have 56 I had 56 the first time this needs to be looked into I need all my meds. and just because someone might think I wont miss them they are sadly mistaken, like I said I have filled this script for 7 yrs and thank god this is only the second time but it has been to close last time was just last year and now again, please find who is taking my pills. This is a crime.

I have just returned from the CVS on the Upper West Side –located on West 86th Street & Amsterdam Avenue. There was one lone woman working at the cash register –getting customers their prescriptions and then ringing them up. When I first arrived I was the fourth person in-line — at this time there three CVS staff people in the pharmacy dept; one was the Pharmacist and the other I believe were assistants, the manager of the store was also in the Pharmacy dept at the time. The woman working at the cash register very clearly asked her colleagues for some help since the line was getting backed-up. The manager heard her request.

Instead of either asking one of the two pharmacy assistants to help her, or he himself helping her, he walked away without saying a word. The other two assistants literally just ignored her request, and the line just kept getting longer, probably at this time there were at least nine people on the line. I spoke up and said your colleague just asked for your assistance and you all just ignored her. One of the assistants came forward and made some excuses why she couldn’t stop what she was doing (probably helping the Pharmacist) and just take ten minutes to get through the back-up. I said instead standing there making up excuses you could be helping your colleague. Finally one of the other assistants made an announcement on the store’s loud speaker system asking for some help in the Pharmacy Dept. No one came and the manager was no where to be found.

It was pretty obvious why the “pharmacy assistants” wouldn’t help their co-worker — playing cashier even for ten minutes was clearly beneath their job title. And why the manager didn’t roll up his sleeves and help his staff is just beyond me. I go to another CVS located in Astoria — that store is so much better managed — it is as crowded and yet you never have to wait on-line for more than five minutes in the Pharmacy Dept. Everyone helps out — including the pharmacy assistants.

I think this will probably be the last time I go to the 86th Street CVS!

I was very upset and some other people in the CVS store on Route 146 in North Smithfield las Monday (8/29/11) were also by this incident that happened in the store. A manager or assistant manager was about to train 2 new employees I guess on how to use a label attachment gun. Before he started, he announced in a really loud voice and I mean everyone could here this and this is what he said: I HAVE A GUN HERE, SO EVERYONE WATCH OUT!”. I think in this day and age, it was a stupid and careless thing to say!

I was startled and people were looking around and some looked startled by the announcement. This was said by a management level employee, too! I imagine he was because he was training these 2 people. Well, that is my complaint and I think someone should bring this up to anyone in that store about that comment. You are dealing with the public everyday and I think you should be more cautious and sensitive to the way our world is these days!

I went into your CVS this morning located at 2 center plaza, Boston ma. I went there to have my son’s prescription filled for Amphetamine-Dextroamphetamine Britanny advised me she didn’t have the medicine in stock. I explained to her that it would be ok if I picked it up towards the end of the week. She advised me she wouldn’t have it later in the week either. I told her that I needed to get it filled because it is due to expire tomorrow and asked if she could see if any other CVS in the area had the medicine. She handed the prescription back to me and suggested that I go through the yellow pages and call the different CVS stores to see if they had the medicine.

I must admit I was slightly taken back by this comment the last time I check I worked in customer relations but not for CVS. What has gone wrong with us a society when everyone acts as though you are bothering them when asking them to do their job .I have been a faithful customer of CVS for several years. I have always taken all of my family prescriptions to CVS but if this is direction your customer service is heading in I will be happy to transfer my business to Walgreens.

I have been in several CVS stores in the Las Vegas area and in everyone I went in I found out dated products on their shelves in their over the counter sections. In one store I went into I purchased a cadny bar which I picked up from the counter when I went to use the green bag tag which they sell for you to use when you don’t take one of their plastic bags I was told by the clerk that I could not use it because I would have to bring in a bag to use it.

When I protested that she was wrong and thats not what it was set up for she got really nasty and told me that she would call her manager over to explain to me how it should be used not wanting to endure any more of her rudeness I just left the store. It seems in the Las Vegas area CVS has really let their stores go right down the tubes I don’t know about any other areas but they are in very poor shape here and the employees are just about the rudest I have ever seen in any retail store in my life.

I was there to return a CVS Pharmacy item. The clerk said I have speak with a manager about the return. I had no problem with speaking with a manager. The clerk was polite, but the manager on duty never come to the front to help me. My child was getting restless so I couldn’t wait any longer. So I asked for a number or something where I can speak to someone and no one but the clerk gave me the information. Waiting all that time I still didn’t get the return. This was one of the worst experience I’ve ever had at cvs pharmacy.

I have a great CVS flu shot story for everyone! I live in Laurel, MD and went to the store on 15100 Baltimore Ave (store #1790) for a simple flu shot on 10/11/11. After the pharmacist administered the shot, she fumbled it, and then accidentally stabbed her thumb with my USED needle. She then told me that she “didn’t know what to do!” and then sent me home. She called me on my personal cell phone at 9:45 at night and told me she needed me to come back and fill out paperwork. Then, she called me THREE more times the next morning, and said she wanted me to get bloodwork done to make sure I was not positive for anything.

I finally agreed, (I’m a nice person, I know I’m completely fine but she was scared). She said she set-up the payment and I could just show up and get the bloodwork done. 2 more trips to the urgent care later, I FINALLY get the payment approved from CVS and get the bloodwork done for her. Of course, it was fine, and I thought it was all over. BUT WAIT! One week later, I get a bill in the mail from LabCorp for $340.00 IN MY NAME. I call the local CVS and the manager said it was MY PERSONAL PROBLEM between the pharmacist and myself and refused to help me solve the issue.

I finally contacted the corporate office for CVS at their 1800 line, and 21 PHONE CALLS and 2 1/2 weeks later IT IS STILL NOT RESOLVED. I have been mistreated, I have not spoken with anyone who will help me, and I am now considering legal action against CVS and the pharmacist who has poorly handled herself and has been completely unprofessional in the process. Everyone- avoid the Laurel CVS (and maybe all of them, they overcharge for the shot anyways, $29.99, really?) for your flu shot.

I myself will NEVER EVER return to a CVS again, and am passing along my story to all my family members and friends as well. They have until Monday when the bill is due to get it resolved, and then my attorney will be the next one to speak with them. I guess that’s what I get for trying to be a decent person and do the right thing.

I have been shopping at this store 4 over 10 years. I recently went in at 3:34pm & dropped off a script. I was told it would b ready lat @6-6:30. I then went down the street 2 exchange an eyebrow pencil I had bought 4 my daughter but was too red in color. I exchanged the eyebrow pencil then returned 2 CVS. I checked on the status of my script & it was still not ready. Seeing it was my nephews son's birthday & I told them I would make dinner I felt I should just let them know I was just waiting on my script. & C if they needed anything from the store. If it was something I could get at CVS I would do so while I was waiting if not I could run over 2 Frys across the street.I text my nephew & he needed q-tips &... was then my phone died. My ex-boyfriend was w/me as I just moved back to my house in that area from my 2nd house I own in Madera Canyon. & he helped me move some misc that day... Anyways I told my ex to run to the hs @ the corner & grab my bag of coupons (I am a crazy coupon lady & have been known to be in store for hours cuz I am shopping w/coupons), & my charger as I can use my hs charger in my car so I could charge my phone & see what else it was my nephew wanted.My ex came bk I ran outside & sat in the car & charged my phone. Grabbed my bag of coupons & went bk into the store. Where I was confronted by 1 police officer...Then another & eventually 2 more. They asked why I had 2 purses. I explained 1 was a bag full of coupons (as I have been 2 busy moving 2 organize them in my binder) They then Looked in my purse & bag of coupons & found NOTHING. Oh except of course the eyebrow pencil I exchanged at walgreens. They even went 2 walgreens 2 confirm I exchanged it there a few hrs ago.They treated me like I was a thief. They said the manager was concerned because we had been hanging @ the store 4 quite awhile & going in & out. WTF I was waiting on a script...hence the word "WAITING"! The female police officer made me feel like a P.O.S 4 using coupons. & even after They searched thru both my purse & bag & found NOTHING that wasn't mine. They validated my story of exchanging the eyebrow pencil. Oh & I forgot they tried to tell me I was driving a vehicle w/stolen plates. I just received my w tags in the mail 1 week prior to that day & my new personalized plate 4 days prior but had not switched them yet.They then said I was scaring the manager & I was never allowed to step foot in that store again. They were very rude & made me feel so mortified. They had the whole store gathered around being nosy & kept yelling out that I was a nurse & where I worked etc. I will NEVER shop at that store which is there loss as If they looked at my care credit card & looked at the amount of $ I have spent in there store over the years they would kick themselves in the ### for doing what they did. I am also telling my story to everyone I can & hope they stay out of CVS as well!

When I took my last Singulair this morning I immediately called in for my refill. When I went to pick up it up I was told there was an insurance issue. When I asked what that might be the lady said “just hold on, I’m looking it up”. She then told me that I was getting it refilled too soon and that I’d gotten a 90 supply on Oct 3rd and it should have lasted till Jan 3rd. I knew that it somehow wasn’t right because I’m not senile. I’m 63 not 93 and I take 1 pill a day.

When I got home and looked at the bottle, it was sure enough filled on Oct. 3rd. Obviously I was given a 60 day supply rather than a 90 day and it was probably my own fault for not counting the pills before leaving the store but I shouldn’t have to do that. It won’t happen again because I’ll NEVER do business with CVS again.

I was looking at the toys when i seen a box of cars after i picked them up i noticed the box behind it was open so i put the one down that i had in my hand and picked up the open box when i put my finger in it to see if the wheels would turn THE MANAGER TIM ( The ### ) came running back accusing me of opening the toy cars and attempting to shop lift he then took the box out of my hands and put it back on the shelf then picked up the one i sit down and put it in front of the opened one then he just walked off. Seriously who in their right mind would do this .

I was actually going to buy the opened box of cars for my little boy since he did really good while getting his shots at the doctors office but after this i will never do any business at this CVS or any other if this behavior is allowed to happen.

Walked in to CVS #8373 to fill perscription and was treated very poorly. The gal behind the counter at the pharmacy drop off, should have been more professional. She told me I wouldn’t get my medication until 5pm, and it’s 1:05pm and I am the only customer at the pharmacy present. Next I am being told that because of their system crashing they are behind over a hundred perscriptions. Now, what kind of thing is that to tell a customerthere now and present. I don’t have transportation and I have to takea bus. I don’t have anyone to pick up my medication. I got out of my dictors appt. and need my medication. Finally, she said I would have to wait foran hour.

What an inconvenience to treat a customer with such poor attention. Customers deserve to be treated with professionalism. We shouldn’t have to suffer because your system crashed. Thank you for your time and I hope customer service skills improve at the pharmacy #8373.

CVS has some issues that need to be worked out. Every time I get my medication refilled there is a problem. They will be out of one medication and I will have to come back the next day to get it, always after noon. It isn’t always convenient for me to come back. Also 2 of my prescriptions have to be name brand. They filled it with generic and said the way the prescription was written it could have been filled either way. They didn’t even bother to look on my profile to see that I always get name brand. My husbands insurance pays better if I use CVS. I am about ready to pay the difference and use a different pharmacy.

After they changed the people working in there pharmacy I have had nothing but problems. Today was the icing on the cake a young and I’m going to say it as it is, smart ### girl named Brandy first lied to my boyfriend, then to me, and then to cover her ### her boss. I will no longer be doing business with them. I’m the customer and they should do anything possible to help me instead of argue with me. And especcially lie to her boss. This is the CVS at Pryder and McCarren. It took 6 hours to get a hand written script from my Dr. good thing it wasn’t med. nessicary or I’d be dead. Get the other people back or train the new ones good customer service not how to be total ###.

Trying to get some stuffs from CVS and used their coupons. When I check out, the CVS staff was stare at me like I will steal things. When I scanned two coupons, she said you can only scan two which is something I dont understand. Why Cant I scan more than two coupons? And the computer accepted my coupons but the lady took out the coupons and said you didn’t meet the requirements for these coupons and I’m going to void them. So I said I don’t want to buy anything now. Since she ruined my day, I decided to leave without buying anything. But she suddenly I was stealing if I used the coupons.

How can a staff called a customer stealing just because the customer misused the coupons? I was very mad and I do NOT want to go back again. CVS needs to tell the employees how to treat customers!