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  • Rusty Raven M
    5·
    7 days ago

    I was right, more antibiotics. I got the script filled at the on site pharmacy, that turned out to be a much more expensive option than the discount chemist was.

    • MeanElevatorEnglish
      5·
      7 days ago

      I take a couple of meds daily, getting both costs me under $20 a month from Chemist warehouse.

      Couldn’t be stuffed with them the other day and filled my script at the local chemist. $35 total.

      I can’t justify supporting a small business with such a difference.

      • mysticgreg
        5·
        7 days ago

        And unfortunately with the buying power of CW, there’s zero way the small pharmacies can compete. The price they pay their suppliers is way more than the price CW pay for the same product.

        It’s lose-lose. Unless you’re CW I guess…

        • MeanElevatorEnglish
          5·
          7 days ago

          Same business model as Wal-Mart really. Priceline is still kind of okay for scripts, but at least 10-20% more than CW.

          I hate CW with a burning passion of a thousand suns, but given the cost of living right now, I’ll take savings where I can.

          • mysticgreg
            4·
            7 days ago

            Same. I feel physically ill (no pun intended) giving these sleazebags money, but a trip for my prescriptions is a $100+ exercise just at CW, it’d damn near bankrupt me going elsewhere :(

            • MeanElevatorEnglish
              3·
              7 days ago

              An acquaintance worked there a few years ago, and management (at the behest of the owners I’m guessing) were absolute fuckers.

              She quit just before the Christmas holidays and her boss would text her almost daily after, asking then demanding she come back to work.

              Got reported for harassment but AFAIK manager still works there.

        • melbaboutown
          4·
          6 days ago

          I do feel pretty bad about stuff like that, but then again with my income… something something no ethical consumption under capitalism

      • Pilk
        2·
        6 days ago

        Healthylife is Woolies (boo) but they sometimes have cheaper generics than even CW if you don’t mind waiting for shipping (which is free with at least one prescription item in your order). They have cheaper non-prescription items sometimes too, like electrolyte drink tablets and surgical wash.

    • melbaboutown
      1·
      6 days ago

      Oh damn. That’s a big difference. Did you get given the generic at the discount chemist or is that higher price just because?

      • Rusty Raven M
        2·
        6 days ago

        It is the exact same product, the only difference is the label the chemist prints out to put on it. Definitely highlights the importance of shopping around, especially if you have regular prescriptions.