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Originally Posted by scottmandue

FWIW, I used to get my prescription at SavOn... phone in renewed script, pick up next day, never waited more than fifteen minutes, often less.

CVS does that also.

CVC bought out the store... the wait went up to over a half an hour (looked like they laid off one or more pharmacist)

My old Savon has been a CVS for about a year now. Pretty much the same Pharmacists and a lot of the old sales clerks - nothing much has changed except the name.

I hear an ad on the radio "get your prescriptions fill at the SavOn Pharmacy inside Albertsons (local grocery store).

Moved my prescriptions to the Albertsons a few blocks from my house (closer than CVC)... call in to renew my script... when the Doc changes my script I drop it off and pick it up the next day...

You can have your doc call it in and you don't even have to do that (Savon and CVS).

on a BAD day maybe one other person will be in line,

Well there's a plus - but they might be just as slow if they were as busy as CVS, no?

ten minute wait max... the pharmacists start to pull my order as I walk up to the counter.

CVC sucks a$$

All that to say... go someplace else!

I dunno, man. I'm not defending either pharmacy but I hesitate to condemn all because of the poor few. I've got nothing but respect for every pharmacist I had to deal directly with.

As I've said, they've always treated me with sincerity and respect. More than once I've heard a Pharmacist apologize sincerely to a complaining customer who had to wait, then smile and shake their head after the customer was served- it ain't fun to have people stressed out and beefing at you when there's nothing they can do about it.

I'v gotten real pissed at the arrogance and impatience of several doctors over the years, but not all of them (nurseys never piss me off - they're so sweet).

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