[Magdalen] a question you should never ask at Wal-Mart

[Jay Weigel]

Not only is prednisone cheap, every once in awhile one of the companies
that manufactures it comes up with an artificial "shortage". And yes, Wally
World is seriously pulling a ripoff here!

On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 1:56 PM, Jon Egger <revegger at gmail.com> wrote:

> Good Lord, David!  Prednisone is cheap.  Wally World is overcharging,
> Makes me furious too.
>
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> +++
> Grace & peace,
> jon
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> On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 6:16 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
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> >
> >
> >
> > And on the subject of the dreaded Wal-Mart:
> >
> > A friend just complained to me that he had paid $76 for 100 - 20mg
> > prednisone at the local Wal-Mart Pharmacy.
> >
> > I sense that this is outrageous, and I called the pharmacy for him.
> > What I got was a cheeky pharmacist that was resolute that the
> > $76 was completely correct.  I told him I would not recommend  this
> > pharmacy in the future and he snapped back, "That's fine.."
> >
> > I've never, ever had a pharmacist talk to me in this flip manner.
> >
> > Pharmacies are closed here now, so in the AM I'll call around and
> > see what the prevailing price is to verify this charge is off-base.
> >
> >
> > David S.
> >
>