Walgreens

The female pharmacists appear very knowledgeable of their various products even helpful.
My beef is about cash price without insurance:
Ciprofloxicin 250mg was $ 36 while Costco Waltham was $ 7
Both were generics.
Seems like they have a «deal» with insurance companies.
Also found similar price gouging on 2 other occasions.
Willy in Brighton

I take a pretty common prescription (one pill each day), and every single month when I refill it, they call to tell me they didn’t have enough and will have to call me when they get more. How they never seem to have 30 pills of a common drug is beyond me. They’ve encouraged me to go to Walgreen’s in Brookline which is not convenient at all if you don’t have a car, so instead I’m forced to return twice a month to fill one prescription.

Always fast and efficient at the pharmacy. They always answer my questions to a T and confident in there answers. I would recommend this pharmacy to anyone. Also there is always parking readily available not typical for the city.

Reading reviews of this particular convenience store has made me realize that I guess I’m a little more realistic than some other Bostonians. I don’t come to Walgreens for the foot massages or the manicures, I come to buy mascara, toilet paper, and maybe a can of soup. Sure, sometimes I get up to the checkout counter and nobody is there (especially at night), but that one minute of my time that it takes for someone to show up and scan my things isn’t *that* precious to me. Look, it’s a nationally-​owned drug store. The customer service isn’t anything spectacular, but you can get good deals with their little rewards card, nearly everything you need at a moment’s notice is there, and a human being will be with you in a moment if you’re willing to cool your jets. Walgreens is Walgreens.

This place is okay.
That’s a really good assessment of it, to be honest.
The location isn’t great, especially if you’re driving. It’s on the verge of an especially busy five-​way intersection, complete with a public school and a fire station. What’s more, the lights are erratic, cross signals make no sense and there seems to be no real discernible traffic pattern.
Once inside, it’s a mixed bag.
I LOVE the product selection.
Prices are good, products are spot-​on to the area, sales are great and the seasonal stuff is always fun.
But there are problems.
It seems like nobody works there, really. Maybe two people in total. And one of them is always a terrible, rotten, miserable individual who hates his or her job, will not speak to you and will glare if you ask for help. The other person is always silent and a bit slow upstairs.
I really wish there was a better store like this in the area. CVS doesn’t have as good deals, nor does 7 – 11 or Tedeschi offer the right variety of options.
I wish this store was better. It needs a lot of work. Right now, this store really sucks in some ways, but I’m stuck with it.

I had to get a vaccination here as my usual pharmacy did not stock that type of vaccine. The pharmacist was extremely helpful and customer service from the pharmacy tech was excellent. I often stop into this branch for small items and have always had friendly cashiers as well.
It’s good to have them in the neighborhood and parking is easy.

LOL — past Unilocaler reviews here are ridiculous and made me chuckle.
Look, it’s a WALGREENS. If you don’t like it because the store doesn’t welcome you with baskets of fruit and workers fawning over you as soon as you walk in, you can go down the street to the Stop n Shop plaza with the Dollar Tree, cross the street to go to CVS, or go down towards Comm Ave to the 24 hour Shaws.
I read a lot of people complaining about the workers here, which is fair. I’ve never had issues though. I come here about once a week to buy eggs ($ 1.79/dozen) and turkey bacon (2/​$ 3) and whenever I check out at the front, the associate is there and will always greet me (or respond to me greeting them — let’s be real, some workers just don’t do that) and will ask if I have a card, if I want to sign up for one, if I would like cash back, etc… Sounds to me like they covered all the basics as a cashier/​customer associate.
Also, about this location:
— It’s open late
— Convenient location right at a bus stop
— Parking lot
— Prices that are comparable and usually cheaper than CVS
— Great rewards program
Like I said, never had my pictures developed here which was a major concern for a lot of Unilocalers, but to be honest who develops pictures anymore? Go online and print your pictures for a cheaper price!
Those are my two cents. This is Walgreens, your basic drug store chain that also serves as a major corner store for the neighborhood. Stop your bitchin’ folks.

So sick of this place, and after getting ripped off again on developing film I had to give them a bad review.

The pharmacists are helpful and prompt but unfortunately the staff on the floor and at the registers place provide TERRIBLE customer service. They go out of their way to be unhelpful and are completely rude. Are these folks even trained? I am looking forward to CVS opening on Brighton Ave. We’ll be transferring to CVS even though it’s a little further from where we live.

Walgreens needs to figure out a way to train the staff at this particular location. They have no idea what customer service means. One time, I asked someone to help me locate something. They told me that it would take at least five minutes for them to log into the computer to check, so they asked me to go to the Coolidge Corner location instead. What???
Worst thing is I recently tried to print a 4×6 photo that I intended to use for passport photos. They wouldn’t give me the photos, saying that it’s Walgreens policy to not give away passport photos for $ 0.19, since they want to charge $ 10 for it. (i checked and it’s true). Suffice it to say, this is the last time I’m ever going to Walgreens now that the CVS next door is open.

Walgreens is basically the same thing as a CVS a quick stop
convenience store that should have all your needs. The reason i’m a fan
of this one is because it’s right near my sister’s house, so when i visit her
and need something i can just walk a few blocks and grab it and come
back. It’s open pretty late and they normally do have some pretty good
deals going on. They had the massive bottles of Gatorade 5 for $ 5 deal
when i was there a few weeks ago, wasn’t bad, it helped for the road trip i
had to embark on the next day.

I only go to this store when absolutely necessary. It’s a pleasant surprise when I leave *not* having been overcharged for something. I’m sure they make a tidy sum doing this, as half the time it just doesn’t seem worth it to go back and deal with the surly and/​or nonexistent employees. And that’s assuming you can even find someone to help.
The front registers are never manned, which might be ok if they were paying attention and came to help you quickly… but nobody’s minding the shop (literally). The last time I was there I waited for more than five minutes – with all my stuff laid out – before a (theoretical) manager said he’d take me over at the photo counter… which turned out to be where the remaining «employees» were hanging out and giggling.
CVS, come save us!

Would definitely have to say that these are some of the rudest people ever. I have consistently gotten crap here, even if it’s just a simple checkout. I’d rather go somewhere else.

I stopped by the Cambridge St. Walgreens today to return their «Walgreens Brand» drain opener that did not work. The manager says «Umm, no I don’t think so. This is empty.» to which I replied «Thats because your supposed to pour it down the drain». The stupid cow stood there dumbfounded as I walked out of the store with my 5 bucks.