My son-in-law was arrested while trying to pick up a REFILL of a prescription CALLED IN by his physician. Eckerd's personnel decided that the phone call was not made by the doctor, but by an impersonater and they called the police when my son-in-law arrived to pick up meds to relieve post-surgical pain. He was arrested and held for 18 hours - until his doctor personally appeared at the police station and presented his credentials.
Eckerd's Pharmacy denied any responsibility and offered no compensation - not for lost wages, not for vehicle impounding fees... Not one dime for anything.instead of doing the decent thing, they claimed something called "shopkeeper's immunity" - which means simply that they cannot be held liable under the law for any mistakes they make or any bad judgement on the part of their employees.
The reasonable thing, of course, would have been to decline to fill the prescription until any suspicion had been cleared up, but these idiots were obviously having a slow day and needed some excitement, so they called the police and reported that a long-standing customer had attempted to pass a forged prescription.
If you aren't willing to run the risk of being marched out of an Eckerd's store in handcuffs, don't trade there.
Carlene
Hurst, Texas
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