Healthylife is Woolies (boo) but they sometimes have cheaper generics than even CW if you donât mind waiting for shipping (which is free with at least one prescription item in your order). They have cheaper non-prescription items sometimes too, like electrolyte drink tablets and surgical wash.
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MeanElevator@aussie.zone âš6â© âšdaysâ© agoI take a couple of meds daily, getting both costs me under $20 a month from Chemist warehouse.
Couldnât be stuffed with them the other day and filled my script at the local chemist. $35 total.
I canât justify supporting a small business with such a difference.
Pilk@aussie.zone âš6â© âšdaysâ© ago
mysticgreg@aussie.zone âš6â© âšdaysâ© ago
And unfortunately with the buying power of CW, thereâs zero way the small pharmacies can compete. The price they pay their suppliers is way more than the price CW pay for the same product.
Itâs lose-lose. Unless youâre CW I guessâŠ
MeanElevator@aussie.zone âš6â© âšdaysâ© ago
Same business model as Wal-Mart really. Priceline is still kind of okay for scripts, but at least 10-20% more than CW.
I hate CW with a burning passion of a thousand suns, but given the cost of living right now, Iâll take savings where I can.
mysticgreg@aussie.zone âš6â© âšdaysâ© ago
Same. I feel physically ill (no pun intended) giving these sleazebags money, but a trip for my prescriptions is a $100+ exercise just at CW, itâd damn near bankrupt me going elsewhere :(
MeanElevator@aussie.zone âš6â© âšdaysâ© ago
An acquaintance worked there a few years ago, and management (at the behest of the owners Iâm guessing) were absolute fuckers.
She quit just before the Christmas holidays and her boss would text her almost daily after, asking then demanding she come back to work.
Got reported for harassment but AFAIK manager still works there.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone âš6â© âšdaysâ© ago
I do feel pretty bad about stuff like that, but then again with my income⊠something something no ethical consumption under capitalism