Gary V.
CVS in Swansea, MA- TERRIBLE!!- UPDATED 2.5 stars
I live in Florida most of the year but spend a couple of months in RI/SE MA too. So, as I do all the time in FL I got a 40% off one item coupon sent to my CVS ExtraCare card. I picked up some Pronamel toothpaste (Buy One, Get One 50% off) and a 12 pack of CVS disposable razors. I go to the counter and it doesn't get approved!! WHY?!?! I ask the young kid behind the counter what the problem is and he is clueless. So I overpay for the 3 items and go home. I go online and send a message to CVS Corporate (I think) and get an email response from a guy named Michael Souza. He is supposedly fairly high up on the CVS corporate totem pole. He gives me a (508) area code phone number to call him. I am surprised as the automated answering system tells me "Thank you for calling CVS in Foxboro." I try getting to Michael Souza to no avail. I then spend about 20 minutes trying to fit my complaint onto their 1,000 character comment/complaint page. After completing so that it fits... "that system is inoperable at present" or nonsense to that effect. I was raised in East Providence, RI which might be 20 miles from CVS Corporate HQ's in Woonsocket. I guess when I get pissed off enough I'll grab a dozen disabled, spinal cord injured veterans like myself (most in their wheelchairs) and we will go picket CVS HQ's. So, they can take their "40% off coupons and put them where the SUN DON'T SHINE!" Stick a fork in me... I AM DONE WITH CVS! Walgreen's will get all my business. When I return to FL I'll go into the stores I frequent there and tell the managers why I will no longer be doing business with them. Maybe CVS Corporate will listen to them! In a word I call CVS... "USELESS!" UPDATE- I was contacted by a very conscientious, customer service oriented lady from CVS. She oversees stores in Southern New England, SE MA primarily. She investigated my complaint regarding the "lack of customer service" at the above referenced CVS store. At the end of the day she agreed that I did indeed experience a problem at that Swansea CVS store. She assured me it was an isolated incident and provided me with a gift card for my troubles. That, along with the obvious efforts she made on my behalf and to ensure no other customer has a similar experience makes me want to change the rating to 2.5 stars. I will update again the next time I visit that CVS location and see what is happening there.


