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-- I did some online checking before refilling a prescription. Rite-Aid's price was $9.99 for the generic, PLUS they currently have a coupon for a $20 gift card for a prescription transfer. This was a better deal than the $4 I'd pay at Target. I'd been wanting a new window fan, and fans are currently 25% off at Rite-Aid, so with the $20 gift card, I could walk out with a new fan to boot.
When the prescription was filled and I was pulling out my debit card, expecting $9.99, the lady said, "that will be $17.99." I said, "no, I checked online and Rite-Aid's price for this prescription, in this dosage, is $9.99." A little flurry of activity ensued. There was no computer in the store to check the Rite-Aid website, and the pharmacist was unable to get through to a manager at another, larger Rite-Aid in a nearby town. I said I'd come back after running some errands, to give her time to check it out.
When I returned, she had a fax of the web page with the prescription listed, and pointed out that, even though the Rite-Aid logo is at the top, it is a Drugs.com website and for mail order prescriptions. This is nowhere apparent on the Rite-Aid website. There is an ordinary link to "Pharmacy." BUT she said she was able to give me an even better price--only $4--"matching Wal-Mart" (I hadn't mentioned anything about Wal-Mart, this came entirely from her).
So with the $20 gift card for transferring, I MADE $16 on the deal!
If you have a Rite-Aid in your town, go online, get the prescription price, then "play dumb" when they quote you a higher price and insist that that is the Rite-Aid price as stated on their website. You can also try to insist that they "match Wal-Mart" if you are buying a generic. I can't guarantee that you will have such a positive experience--but the $20 gift card offer is available until some time in August.
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