In December 2023 I had a bad cold. The vaporizer I bought in 1994 finally died. So, my husband went to Walgreens in Cototi to buy me a new one. When we fired it up, it didn't work. So, my husband returned it. The woman who did the return spent about a half hour trying to figure out how to put it back on our credit card. Finally, when she couldn't figure it out she gave my husband a store credit and handed him a receipt and a plastic store credit card...which he promptly forgot about - the card that it. He came home and handed me the receipt and said that was what I was supposed to use for store credit. On March 7th, 2024 I decided to stop and use my store credit. First of all, it took me about 45 minutes to find what I was there for with little or no help from the staff who obviously couldn't care less if I found the eye department! (I met another woman wandering around the store who couldn't find what she was looking for, either!) When I was finally ready to check out, the cashier told me they couldn't honor a receipt and I should have a plastic store credit card. He turned me over to the store manager...an older guy with really long hair. This guy was having a bad day, or maybe he is always an asshole? He obviously hates his job. Anyway, with no diplomacy, he told me, "in no way would Walgreens honor the store credit without the plastic card.". When I explained what my husband had told me,...to bring in the receipt when ready to use my store credit, that the previous cashier was unable to put our return on our original cc...he then looked at the date on the receipt and literally lost his cool! He got angry because I didn't use my store credit within 30 days! He said no store would honor a store credit after 30 days, smacked down the receipt on the counter, turned on his heel, and walked away back turned to me. What the hell? It's not my fault that the vaporizer didn't work properly and the person doing the return couldn't figure out how to put it back on our credit card. It is my money, right? I never raised my voice, I was just confused. At any rate, this is the worst Walgreens I have ever shopped at. It wasn't great before the pandemic...the pharmacy takes forever...and it is far more horrible, now.
(FYI - When I got home, my husband found the store credit card in his wallet. He felt badly that he forgot about it, but I feel that, as I never raised my voice or got in any way nasty with the cashier or the store manager it could have been handled much better. Being nice and a little sympathetic would have made the experience much better). read more