Rite Aid Consumer Reviews - Page 2

PITTSFIELD, MAINE -- I love walking and being greeted with a smile and friendly attitude from everyone (Morgan, Kathy, Michelle, Priscilla, Kathy, Jerry, Jen,). I love picking my prescriptions up at the pharmacy and seeing all friendly smiles from the Pharmacy. (DJ, Tania, Tammy, Angela, Erin, Melissa, Anne, Kerma.) So happy to shop in such a clean and organized store. Kudos!! To a great job all around!

CHINO, CALIFORNIA -- Every 75 percent off sale day, they do not put items on the shelf just the stickers. The few items that are on the shelf do not ring up as sale item. Then, the clerk leaves the register, goes to the shelf (happened to me three times in one sale) and announces the item must have been on the wrong shelf, and is not part of the 75 percent off sale. (Geesh!) I walked away from a $50 sale. I will do this each time that the sales have been proven to be a bait and switch tactic!

JOHNSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA -- I'm just fed up with going to Rite Aide, thinking that their sale prices are good, only to find that I can get the same thing for LESS at Wal-mart, Family Dollar or Dollar General. I've had to take items back because I found it cheaper elsewhere. I'm just sick of being ripped of. And yeah, I've learned NOT to go to Rite Aid even if it IS just three blocks from my apartment.

FOREST HILLS, NEW YORK -- I just got my Rite Aid Wellness Card few months ago and just earned 250 points, which is a 10% shopping pass last week. The Edge shaving cream was on the flier last week and I used the pass to purchase them. An Edge shaving cream original price is $3.69 and it has a $2 off coupon in the store ad. I bought 7, which supposed to be $3.69 X 10% off - $2 coupon = $1.32 each (and 0.37 off per shaving cream). After the cashier scanned my coupons and 10% shopping pass, I got my receipt and about to leave the store. I saw that 10% discount was not applied. I asked the cashier and she agreed with me, so she asked the manager to come.

The manager looked at the receipt, insisted that I got my 10% off, because the bottom of the receipt shows "Your BONUS saving: 80 cents" (which I believe it's the chocolate discount, I got 2 Twix, original price is 99 cents and on sale is 59 cents). She insisted and walked away. The cashier looked at me because she understood the situation but she has no authority to fix the problem. I stood next to the counter... What the...? The manager walked back 10 sec later, still insisted that each shaving cream would only get $0.17 cents discount (because 3.69 - $2 coupon = 1.69, and 10% applies to $1.69, not $3.69).

I was like OK, if what you said was right, I would get more than 80 cents off. She did the math, 0.17*7 = $1.19. Then she said OK, 30 cents different, you know what, I have a quarter in my pocket, let me give it to you. Did she treat me as a beggar? I screamed and said "I don't want YOUR money!" She even asked "Why... that solves the problem." I repeated myself firmly. She said "Call the number on the back of the Rite Aid card." I left the store with anger and disappointment. I seriously wonder how could she become a manager when a cashier could provide better customer service than her.

SALISBURY, MARYLAND -- These employees may be rude for a reason. It's how they're treated by the company. I have a relative that has worked for Rite Aid for years. Unless you're a store manager, you're screwed. They continually treat their employees like slaves. They cut hours on purpose so they lose their insurance. They don't post their schedules until the last minute, so there's no way you can schedule a Dr's appt or anything else. They are now cutting their elderly employees hours down to 15 a week so they lose their benefits and their health insurance, the thing they need the most.

My mother is 72 years old and only works to keep her health insurance. My father just passed away and now they're pulling the rug out from under her. This is what you get after 25 years of service. You are just a body, not a person in their eyes. My mother can no longer drive and since my dad passed, they've scheduled her to work every evening shift, so a good portion of her paycheck now goes to a taxi service. None of my family, including extended family, will ever walk into a Rite Aid again. They make me sick the way they treat these employees. The bottom line is the almighty dollar, they don't care about you.

I hear now that they're considering cutting everyone's hours and hiring more people just so they can get rid of the benefits. I hope they go bankrupt... It would serve them right. Their stores aren't even that nice compared to other drug stores. They probably won't even be surprised when the attorney contact them. It appears they have many lawsuits. What they've done to a couple of these women is illegal. I hope they win big, at least big enough to keep paying for health insurance.

PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA -- I switched from Sam's Club Pharmacy to Rite Aid Pharmacy in September 2008. Most of my visits to the pharmacy have been pleasant; however, today's visit was much different. I went to the Rite Aid Pharmacy (store # 04682) around 6 PM. When I arrived, there was no one waiting in line. The store's pharmacist on duty and the pharmacist that served me was Ms. ** and Ms. ** was very rude for no apparent reason. I took my new prescription to be filled along with my other two monthly prescriptions.

I asked Ms. ** how much the co-pay for the flu medication was because my doctor told me that most insurance companies do not cover this medication and if it was too expensive, I would not be able to pay for it so there would be no need to fill it. Ms. ** told me that she would have to fill the prescription first, in order to tell me what my co-pay would be. She then proceeded to tell me in a very rude tone, that the store was out of the medicine anyway so it really did not matter. When I explained that, Ms. ** should not just fill the prescription, as I may not be able to afford the co-pay as I do not know what it is, Ms. **proceeded to slam the prescription paper on the front counter.

Needless to say, I will be switching all of my prescriptions to another pharmacy. I do not have to have my prescriptions filled by Rite Aid, I just chose to and I am very disappointed with Ms. **'s customer service. I expected the pharmacist to have been a little more compassionate, helpful, and respectful but most of all...professional. With the economy being in bad shape and people do not have much money to spend, you would think that companies would try to keep their loyal customers opposed to purposely driving customers away.

I understand that employees are overworked and underpaid but so am I (that is everyone's story) but it doesn't have to affect how you treat other people... How you treat others is a reflection of your own personal moral character.

ALTURAS, CALIFORNIA -- I have been using Rite Aid to get my meds since they have opened. I have only had a few issues with my meds not being ready or short a few pills (3) from a couple bottles once. In Sept 2011 I went in to pick up my monthly meds and was waited on by the same girl that usually waits on me. While I was signing for my meds, she leaned down real sneaky and asked me if I was the one who wrote a letter for her sister-in-law. I told her yes I did that, they are great neighbors. Well that was all I had to say.

She then started telling me about her sister-in-law with so much hate and anger and telling me to be careful. She has done this to other older people who know her sister-in-law as well but has scared them off. I wrote the letter for my neighbor to take for a court case the pharmacy girl had against my neighbor. Now the Rite Aid employee stares at me in the store or anywhere she sees me. I have since felt the need to transfer my scripts to an out-of-town pharmacy and receive them in the mail.

I was only picking up my meds, I had never mentioned anything about the feud she has with my neighbor, it isn't my business or family but my neighbor has been truly a good neighbor, and I didn't feel I should be afraid to write a letter about her, expressing she has been a great neighbor. However I was told by the Rite Aid girl that I should be careful, very careful. I take that as a threat. I also know she has been looking through my personnel paperwork about meds that had recently been picked up for me by my son and I was called a liar in court when I said I have not had contact with this girl at the pharmacy or anywhere but she knew my meds had been picked up.

The only way she would have known that is if she looked at my personnel info. The managers at the store don't want to hear about their girl. Now the Rite Aid girl had gotten me involved in her mess, she is evil, will do anything because of the hate she has for her sister-in-law. This is not showing any professionalism. She is supposed to be a caregiver, not trying to convince someone not to be friends with someone just because she doesn't like them.

My neighbor told me the Rite Aid girl would turn on me and I told her I don't think so, why?? She had always been nice. Well she turned and I won't use Rite Aid pharmacy unless it's an emergency but I will continue to shop the store. I won't be intimidated by her and I feel she needs to lose her position if she can't treat everyone the same.

BROOKLYN, NEW YORK -- So disappointed with the Rite Aid at 6201 4th Ave Brooklyn NY. Rite Aid is definitely my favorite drugstore but I can never ever go back to this one because of the outrageous security setup at this place. The moment you walk in, you're automatically greeted by a security personnel with no uniform just standing at the door where the cameras are stored. That isn't even it.

I was browsing through the cosmetic aisle which is only two aisles in the whole store. If you're a makeup fanatic, you cannot help but to pick up a lipstick and look at the color (and to try hard to look inside the tube for a more accurate coloring of it, it just can't be helped.) Hence you keep up anything that catches at your eye and look at it, look at the same of it, etc.

I was here looking for a limited edition nail polish. Of course you walk around looking for it and picking up bottles that are somewhat that color hoping you can find it. I walked through the two aisles, couldn't find it and as I leaving the "so-call security guy" stopped it and accuse me of stealing a lipstick. He kept demanding where I put it. How is that possible, I walked through two aisles constantly picking up and looking at things to remember where I EXACTLY put each thing back.

I couldn't remember which one he was referring to and he couldn't specify where I picked up from but that he saw me pick it up and didn't pick it back at the same place supposedly. Seriously is anything there at the right place? The lipsticks are everywhere, the nail polishes are thrown everywhere. I clearly told him I don't know. Then he demanded me to empty my pockets and when I did, he was staring at the lotion and lip balm I was carrying. Thank goodness it was not a drugstore brand and you can only get it at department stores. I mean right after he couldn't find whatever it was on me, he continued to argue that I took it and did not even apologize.

If you really saw me take something, I freaking sure you would have called the cops. Plain and simple. After you search me you don't even have the decency to apologize but continue to accuse me. That is just wrong. I will never ever go back to that Rite Aid location and now I feel like I can't ever shop at Rite Aid again. I have never been to a Rite Aid setup like this and with this kind of security. I have never ever faced this kind of embarrassment before.

MAINE -- To start off I am a current employee and I have to say this is one of the worst companies to work for. First of they have this survey that print on the receipts. These suck because that is the company's way of telling customer reactions. As an employee if myself or family or friends call that number I will be terminated. A nice way to say you are good enough to work here but you or anyone you know can't shop here.

I was on vacation three states away, called that number from my cell phone. When I got back I received a written warning that if I did it again I would be fired. I also had the district manager tell me I was not to shop in his stores. Now I myself am a store manager, what BS. Needless to say I am now looking for a new job.

LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA -- I saw a promotion for 50 free prints with activation of online account. I took the time to set up the account, but never received free prints in my shopping cart. I spent 4 hours the next morning speaking and online chatting with several people from customer service and photo departments only to be told that they see it in my account on their end and that it must be a server error on my end. (Never had problems before!) Seems AWFUL convenient! They can't just tell a customer the promo code or send a coupon via snail mail. They don't even want to fulfill their promise! What a SCAM!