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California
23 reviews
77 helpful votes
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CVS used to make me crazy with their extra bucks, weekly specials, etc... they just made it confusing and it seemed that what was being promoted was never anything I wanted. I am very faithful to another store that starts with a "T", but one day they didn't have what I needed so I went into a CVS. The girl helping me was so nice, I agreed to sign up for Extra Bucks... great decision! They've streamlined it. You get emails often with their weekly deals, and you just click a button and it's transferred automatically to your card. I can't fit one more card in my wallet, so all you have to do is give them your phone # if you go into a store. You can also choose what categories you're most interested in to personalize what emails they send you, so it's not overwhelming. They have great deals on some of my favorite items often. Also, if you love high end beauty products, they have a very good selection online only. I saved 30% on a very expensive serum.

Date of experience: April 9, 2017
California
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I went to pick up (2) medicines after receiving a text that said they were ready. Only (1) was ready so they told me to come back in an hour. But ok-. I came back 2 hours later- still not ready. They told me it would be 20
Minutes or I could get it the next day. I said I need it for an early morning appointment. Honestly, I just don't have 3 hours to
Waste today awaiting a single pill. To
Top it off the people had an attitude

Date of experience: August 1, 2022
Arizona
1 review
3 helpful votes
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I am African American and have been treated terribly by CVS Pharmacy. I have a chronic health condition and CVS has deliberately tried to prevent me from obtaining my medication. Staff has yelled at me in front of other customers. I believe that CVS has an issue with me because of my ethnicity. Staff are extremely rude and unprofessional. They would rather have me get sick instead of assisting with my healthcare. They want me to get sick. That is why I have been having problems getting the medications I need. They want my health to fail because of my ethnicity. I have experienced the same problems with two pharmacies. This must stop immediately before someone gets sick and dies.

Date of experience: August 24, 2023
Washington
2 reviews
3 helpful votes
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Pharmacy
July 24, 2023

Bad customer service. If I could give it zero stars i would. I have had 3 bad out of 4. Long waits. When I bring up and issue with the phone # they tell me I need to fix it by calling corporate. Maybe I am old fashioned, but what happened to customer service. I waited over 30 minutes with only one car in front of me.

Date of experience: July 24, 2023
Florida
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Stench
March 4, 2022

Cvs in n. Ft. Myers FL smells so strong it causes me to have an asthma attack every time I go in. They spray some kind of air freshener so strong it stinks. Of course they say they don't but something is going on. I can see the machines on the walls that spray at regular intervals. They need to turn it down a little. It's the uncaring attitude and lies that cause me to write the review.

Date of experience: March 4, 2022
Virginia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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The pharmacists need to get their $#*! together! One month an rx goes through ins. No issues and then the very next month they state ins. Wont cover the rx! Never answer the phone! I stayed on hold for an hour! And not just once! They are awful go elsewhere! Had to call Insurance company myself to correct the CVS

Date of experience: January 4, 2024
Louisiana
2 reviews
14 helpful votes
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I paid for my wife prescription online thru CVS.Com January 14,2020. When she went to pick up our medications she told the clerk to put one of her medication back that cost $137.50 because she had a coupon for it. They put the medication back on the shelf. So, I have been trying to get a refund for this transaction since January 16,2020. I have yet to get a confirmation saying my $137.50 is being returned. This is not the way you treat customers that are loyal and use their services. Me and my wife are very disappointing right now. CVS is taking money from my account that I can use to pay other bills with.

Date of experience: February 17, 2020
Rhode Island
1 review
3 helpful votes
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I visited the CVS in Uxbridge Mass. The tech (Brad) was very rude, unacceptable how he spoke to me. The prescription had an incorrect date so I was informed I needed a replacement which I understood. His tone and presentation was unacceptable. I had to ask why the prescription could not be filled. He did not offer a reason why until I asked. All he had to say was, I'm sorry but the prescription had an incorrect date. Employees such as Brad need some polish when servicing customers especially those that have health issues. Show a little empathy when working with any customers in retail.

Date of experience: September 7, 2023
California
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Photo kiosk
January 29, 2024

CVS Marconi could not get assistance with the photo machine, drove to the CVS on Dewey. No place to sit at the photo machine chair broken who in the hell is the manager of these places I need to be fired.

Date of experience: January 28, 2024
Indiana
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Today I spent well over an hour trying to place an online order and the app and online kept asking me to verify my address. The issue is that once I hit save it clears out my name, address, email and phone number over and over again. So basically I am unable to submit an order. So called CVS customer service line and the guy wanted me to provide the item #s for each item in my cart. Sure...where do I get that from. So then he goes on this impossibly long speech about all the information provided on line, you know item description, blah,blah. Like I have zero brain cells. I finally hung up if I wanted to listen to a speech I would choose a more entertaining subject. Well, CVS, today you lost me sell thank you very much!

Date of experience: April 28, 2023
New Jersey
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Always long lines. Takes days to get prescriptions filled. Drive thru usually closed. Usually can't get thru on the phone no matter how long you wait. There is nothing positive that I can say about my local CVS pharmacy. I don't blame the employees. There is just never, ever enough help there.

Date of experience: August 11, 2023
Missouri
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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Rude!
April 12, 2016

When you are picking up medication it is generally because something is wrong or you don't feel well. The last thing you need is someone behind the counter with a crappy attitude being as rude as they possible can. There is no place for it... Especially in customer service!

Date of experience: April 12, 2016
Barbados
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Redeeming qualities
July 6, 2021
Updated review

The membership is turning out to be a blessing overall. I have enjoyed the extra savings, monthly benefit, and ease of finding what I need at CVS. Yes, I was furious with the experience calling customer service, but now that I'm not on the phone with them, my feelings towards CVS has taken a turn for the better.
Regarding ordering online, while I still won't do it with CVS, I may have a better idea what went wrong after doing some digging on my own. Turns out that if there's a delay processing an item before it's shipped, opting for overnight delivery will not fix that problem. Hope by now CVS will provide better notification upfront if an item has an availability delay. Hoping...

Date of experience: July 5, 2021

Horrible experience. I paid extra for their new program and was promised my medical equipment order in 1-2 days. It's been a week and it hasn't even shipped yet.

Now I'm in physical pain, but it doesn't even compare to the psychological torture of dealing with their customer service phone line. I was passed from person to person, waited hours, had to verify my personal info over and over again with questions even more ridiculous than my bank. DOB + SSN + Address ++

Finally got transferred to Kimberly on the phone. I explained the situation and gave them a chance to resolve. If the item is late because it's not in stock, I deserve to be notified. She offered no resolution. Just "tough luck".

Well, here you go...

I will NEVER buy from CVS online again. Recommendation: buy from somewhere else

Date of experience: August 21, 2020
Massachusetts
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Pharmacy staff
June 12, 2023

With the shortage on certain medications you would think that certain staff could at least be a bit kinder to the customers. There is one particular staff member ( I will not make her name public out of respect, even though she doesn't really deserve respect) who has been with CVS for many years, and I have never once witnessed her be kind, or non-condescending to customers. I worked at this location many years ago with this staff member and I believe she goes out of her way to be cruel. I will no longer use CVS for my prescriptions for myself or my family. Yes, one bad apple can ruin the bunch.

Date of experience: June 12, 2023
Illinois
2 reviews
5 helpful votes
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Took their survey and then they off you of Anti-Aging Skin Cream etc. Regular 79.95 / your cost -4.95 shipping for taking the survey. Well then in the hidden print you just joined a seller of this cream club and in so many days they take out 99.00 or so from for card because you did cancel this club within like fourteen days. And will continue to do this till you figure out what's going on.

Date of experience: March 15, 2017
Indiana
1 review
2 helpful votes
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This was the first time I had ordered from them online. When I received my package three of my items were missing. I called customer service immediately and spoke to a young man who said that my stuff would be sent out and I would receive email correspondence. I never receive anything from CVS regarding this. So I called back to check on my order and was told he had done nothing. Will never order from this company again. Buyers beware!

Date of experience: June 5, 2017
Illinois
5 reviews
11 helpful votes
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The CVS pharmacy website is a very easy and convenient way to manage your prescriptions online and order refills. If you've got one or more prescriptions that is renewed each month, this is a great site for setting up auto-refills and getting alerts sent to your phone when your Rx is ready to pick up, so you don't have to remember it each month. Just go by the pharmacy when you get your text and you should be good to go.

Date of experience: April 9, 2014
North Carolina
2 reviews
7 helpful votes
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I have used several of there pharmacies and they NEVER have my medication in stock. When you have chronic illness that is not a good business! So had to switch to a new pharmacy. If you need reliable service fast do not use CVS pharmacy!

Date of experience: July 17, 2019
Massachusetts
1 review
0 helpful votes
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We came in to take passport photo for my two kids and the sales associate said she wont do baby picture because she is too small, so we went to another cvs location and lady took pictures in 5 minutes no problems and no excuses

Date of experience: June 17, 2021
Virginia
7 reviews
2 helpful votes
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They filled a prescription when I was very ill. My husband picked it up, brought it home and read the "warning" labels on it; then gave it to me. There was NOT a label stating this had to be taken with food and no one at CVS had bothered to inform him of this. Since we had no knowledge of this I had not eaten before taking it. I ended up extremely nauseous, dehydrated and in the hospital. CVS will not respond to my messages/complaints. They should not be allowed to hold a pharmacy license! As busy as Walmart pharmacies are, they always give you a consult and be sure you know how to properly take the prescriptions. That CVS gets away with this uncaring negligence is a travesty.

Date of experience: March 5, 2019

Overview

CVS has a rating of 2 stars from 417 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with CVS most frequently mention customer service, next day and several times. CVS ranks 4th among Pharmacy sites.

service
142
value
116
shipping
50
returns
54
quality
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