Walgreens

Usually on go to get my prescriptions filled or maybe buy Arizona green tea. Never too much of a wait, although some of the seniors that are customers seem to think so. Staff is almost always courteous and hopeful, with someone at the door asking if i found everything. happy also that they usually open the cosmetics and camera counter if the line gets long. Although i never use them. A funny thing happened on the way to the Forum today. A sight impaired customer came in and show directly to the front of the line (as he and his working dog should) and the cashier pointed @ several products to have the blind man identify which did he want. Maybe the cashier didn’t see the working dog, or maybe just forgot, but they got it together. After I shouted out «He’s blind! LMAO.

Horrible place! Walgreens has rly changed. Useless discount cards, really high prices and low quality. Had got their rewards card and have spent soo much money here because it’s near by and yet all I have to redeem on that stupid card is $ 1 and I tried to use it today and they told me the card is under sum1 else’s name?!? Wth soo ghetto! I should stick to Walmart. The discount card only workes for like a week when they were tryna trick every1 into getting it. There are virtually no deals here and people soliciting you on the parking lot. I will make the extra drive to avoid going there and stop spending hundreds on stuff I could get at other places for soo much less. Do better Walgreens! YOU SUCK!

This is by far probably the worst Walgreens in the entire franchise. I always get solicited
For money in the parking lot by a sketch vagrant. As soon as you enter the building, you are introduced to how you will spend the next 30 minutes of your life: a huge line for checkout. The selection of merchandise is pretty good but the redbox seems to always be rented out of the good stuff. I usually go in and see how long the line is before I buy anything.

Pharmacy Review only is 1 star (the lowest available rating). Store has decent service but pharmacy is always severely understaffed, requiring staff (or sometimes just the pharmacist) to run back and forth between front desk and drive-​thru counter (and fill prescriptions and answer phones it seems).
Add to that I have filled work comp prescriptions and routinely have questionable delays in having these filled by Walgreens. Right now, I submitted the prescription Wed and am still waiting (Sun) for this to be filled. They claim work comp has «blocked» payment and they can’t reach them by phone. Add to this story, the fact I was told at first my prescriptions couldn’t be filled until this coming Monday, then he relented when I argued. Evidently, Walgreens counts the days between refills and won’t refill medications «early.» I schedule my MD appt every 4 weeks and immediately drive the prescriptions to Walgreens but they count the refill FROM THE DAY YOU PICK IT UP. So, if you or they delay pickup say over a weekend or whatever, they count it from when it reaches your hands, not when the prescription is presented for filling. As a result, I now make sure to rush in when they say it’s ready but even so I can see I’ll have to reschedule my next MD appt as this is having a domino effect. I am on medications that should not be abruptly stopped but I often come very close to running out by this excessive pharmacy control.
I wonder if an old-​fashioned pharmacy would be a better choice? There is one very close to Walgreen’s on MacArthur Blvd near High. I like Walgreens because of their drive-​thru but I am sick of this runaround they make me do every month.

Ugh. Boooo! Talk about sub standard service. The pharmacy wait times are beyond ridiculous! It takes a minimum of thirty minutes to get to the window inside or via drive thru. Thirty minutes is on what a I suppose you can reference a good day for this dust ball. From peeking at the other ratings it’s evident customer service is NOT at the top of their list. How unfortunate. I had to stop patronizing their business for convenience. They are a larger pharmacy with 24Hr locations including 24Hr pharmacies. Hhmmm. In the end it’s not worth the piss poor service. Numerous occasions is taken two hours to half the day for prescriptions to be «ready» for pick up. I could go on but the energy deserves to be directed towards something more constructive. The picture has been painted.

What is the use of a drive thru pharmacy when the pharmacy tech rings the customers up in the store first when there should be a separate line for the drive thru customers??? Waiting for a pickup in the drive thru for 20 minutes when my refill was called in the day before.

I like coming to this location, normally this place is well stocked. This place does tend to look scary in the parking lot day or night. I always try to come during the day. But when it comes to customer service, well, not the greatest. One cashier in the afternoon with the line of customers getting longer and longer by the minute. Primarily, convenience of location is what brings me back here.

The wait for the pharmacy is obnoxious! Never go through the drive thru window! !!! You will wait 30 minutes at least.

Avoid the pharmacy at all costs, we’ve been here standing in lines for about an hour while my mother is in the car outside with a compound fracture waiting for her pain meds (just got out if the ER)
They can’t read a prescription correctly so were going through our 3^rd trip through the line to deal with these unhelpful people.
This place is right down the street from out house. We will never come here again.

If I were less self sufficient, and needed help, they would get one star. However, for being so close to my place, and when I need candy or chocolates (again, if I do not need help finding anything), this is a great, cheap place!
I have used the pharmacy once, long, long ago… when BP was still across the street and before they had the drive-​through pharmacy. Can’t say anything (positive or negative) about that, but I can see frustrated customers all the time in the back by the pharmacy.
Again, for the price of candy or cheap souvenirs, stop by here. There’s usually Oakland PD parked outside, so what’s not safe?
Tip: do not go by yourself right before they close.

This is the place to be late night. If only they sold beer…

The worst managed pharmacy in the Bay Area. I’ve been there for years and It’s definitely time to go elsewhere. Seriously, the absolutely most poorly managed and awful nightmare to work with, the staff are nice but the store, the ability to keep prescriptions in stock etc — has finally caused me to GIVE up. Fuck this dump — they’re a pain in the ass.

My experience at the pharmacy today was, as always with this Walgreens — absurd.
I had to hand my ‘script in by hand, because it was for painkillers. My doctor had made an error, and didn’t list the dosage. I asked if I could call him to speed things up, and they told me «We’ll get to it.» I was told they needed a fax from him.
After 20 minutes, I checked in. I discovered they didn’t have the fax, and their system could take «awhile» to receive them. At this point, a woman behind the counter told me they could indeed just call my doctor. I was told 20 more minutes.
After 20 minutes, I got back in line. After standing in the line for about 15 more, I was paged to the line. I continued to wait.
A woman who walked in after me and was also paged back cut the line. When I finally made it to the front and asked why it was ok for her to cut the line, I was told that since she’d sent her ‘script in ahead of time, she was allowed to do that. When I mentioned that seemed discriminatory towards people in pain who really need minimal waiting time (and can’t have their prescriptions called in) they completely ignored me. Ignored me, as if I wasn’t a paying customer. As if I wasn’t in a great deal of pain.
Disrespectful. Lack of critical thinking skills. Lack of compassion. I may be writing a formal letter to Walgreens corporate.

Your Average Drug Store.
This is one of the closest major drug stores in my area. I only come here to pick up my prescriptions because they have a drive through. My visits have been swift.

It’s Walgreens. I have low expectations unlike most Unilocalers. I’ve breen going to this store my whole life and remember when this spot was actually Lucky, back in the early 80s. I’ve never had bad customer service here and it’s always a convenient easy stop.

These guys simply suck. The pharmacy staff should pay attention to the unemployment numbers in Oakland before giving me attitude for requesting a prescription refill. Fire them all, head down to the Home Depot and give the day laborers a chance to do better. I bet they do.
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I amend my review. I would give them negative ten stars if I could. They SUCK. Go elsewhere!!!

It’s only convinience that I come here. To agree with all the other reviews, yes there is some serious bitchassness going on here. They lack customer service and efficiency.
The photo center still has these phones with chords that can stretch like 3 miles. Yeah I know what you’re thinking, «I thought they didn’t make those anymore», well… I thought so too, until I came here. They should put that phone in a museum or something. Pretty soon children are going to say to their parents «mom, so in school I learned about these spiral bungee chord things things you guys had to use to talk on the phone, is that true? So when you were little, wireless wasn’t invented yet? Wow!!!»
So anyways… the point is, the staff is always on the phone while working. I had a girl give me the «can you hold on a min» look while she finished gossiping with her friend on the phone. The FUCK???
Anything that you actually need is behind glass. The shit you DON’T need is in the biggest isle with the cheapest prices ever, so you end up coming out of here with a cheap crap load of stuff. A hoarder’s paradise I must say.
Getting out of the parking lot is always interesting. Nobody racing on high street wants to slow down for cars coming out of Walgreens ever. And that dip makes me wince for all the lowered cars… ouch!!!

Here’s what I love about Walgreen’s:
-$ 3 Stainless Steel water bottles. F*ck Sigg. I’ll take my $ 3 stainless steel water bottle from Walgreen’s any day.
-$ 10 Mini Crock Pot. Anybody who knows me knows I’m crazy about my crock pots. And my favorite crock pot hands down is my baby one. I’m just one person and I don’t need to drag out my 3 quart crock for one night’s meal. If I hadn’t already paid around $ 10 for my current baby crock, I would be buying one here.
-$ 10 Mini Fan. I will be using this on my desk during those random hot days. Ya’ll will be so jealous as i’m cool as a cucumber with my $ 10 fan.
$ 10 Mini Rice Cooker. Yes, another small appliance that I covet. I will be returning the other rice cooker I bought at 99 Ranch and buy this one instead. This one is smaller too. Score!
Now, I’m wondering what the hell will happen to all my baby kitchen appliances when I finally get a man? Like that will ever happen.

This Walgreen’s is really near me, so I only use it for Rx and whatever else I might need when I’m picking up the Rx. I remember back in the day before they renovated it (yes, it’s been RENOVATED), and the entrance was on the side along High Street, not at the corner of the building. Also, they used to sell alcohol – yes, about where the cosmetics are right now. I know, crazy.
The pharmacy folks are cool. In general, the lines can get long and it often feels short-​staffed. A stark contrast to other stores — although it’s probably not fair to compare it to a Walgreen’s in the Financial District.

This Walgreen’s blows.
Went to get a prescription filled. Three pharmacy technicians stood around idly scratching their asses as I waited in line for five minutes. There was nobody in front of me.
When I finally did get someone to «help» me, she mumbled something into her computer screen without ever making eye contact.
I left without filling my prescription.
As for the rest of the place, the clientele is really, uh, interesting. You’ll get to spend a lot of time with them too, because you’ll be waiting in line behind them forever.
HATE.