Your comment is missing here for some reason, but I saw it in my email. Thanks for leaving that. I did opt-out, that is what is weird about still getting these offers!

As for CVS, my script did not say I did not have any left, it said to call the doctor. So I did, a few days before that Friday and they told me to have the pharmacy call. Either way, it was weird, but whatever, I finally got my pills. Oh well! Thanks for the info, it’s good to know that it is not a normal CVS thing!

Chase – You might want to check out http://www.optoutprescreen.com which is wrong by the credit report agencies. You can opt out of prescreen offers for 5 years or life.

CVS – as a pharmacy technician I understand what could have happened on their part. It was Friday, probably one of their busiest days of the week, doctor might not have been in the office at all, etc. Yes, it was a bad mistake on their part not to call you back. However, didn’t it say on your bottle that you had zero refills left? Why did you wait until the day you ran out to call for a refill? Generally when you have a week supply left you should call for a refill. One of my biggest pet peeves is people who yell and scream (not saying you did) at the pharmacy personnel because they themselves failed to take responsibility for their medications.

What I would have done, if it had been me, was get the okay from the pharmacist to dispense you a 5 day supply and once your doctor ok’d the script deducted the 5 day supply from your prescription. Common practice at my pharmacy (within reason).

If this happens again ask to speak to a pharmacist. Tell them you are curious what side affects or anything else you might encounter because you are going to be off the medication for a few days. This might clue them in that they need to do something for you.

Also, I have found a good resource when I do have to call those guys so that I can actually talk to a person (not a machine). It is called the gethuman500 database. The link is below:

http://www.gethuman.com/

Hope this helps someone.

You should not have had to go get your mail. Your letter carrier should have delivered it to you. S/he knows where you live.

I just had a HORRIBLE customer service experience with Allegiant Airlines which caused me to contact the FAA.

The worst customer service I’ve gotten wasn’t from people but from a computer voice. Not only would he not understand what I was saying, but he scolded me when I pressed “0″ saying things like “Maybe if you said it again we could work on this” and “Maybe you should repeat your request” and finally “Next time, try letting me help you.” WTF machine? I tried and you didn’t know what I wanted. Plus, it played a recording of typing to mimic looking up information. *gag*

Once I got through to their customer service? Took me a couple minutes and everything was worked out perfectly.

Thanks, that was a chance to vent!