Get a rewards card or face my WRATH!!!

[Kisa]

Once I went to CVS at 1am to get a 5 hour energy for a coworker of mine. He has a 5 month old son and he worked night shifts so he needed it. When I went to pay for it the convorsation went a little something like this:

Cashier: Is that it?
Me: Yepp
Cashier: Do you have a CVS rewards card.
Me: No I don't have one.
Cashier: Oh well you need one then *grabs forms and papers and pens and cards and whatnot and dumps them all in front of me*
Me: Ummm....
Cashier: Just sign here and fill this out and
Me: Mam. I really don't need a CVS card...
Cahier: *gives me the "yeah right" look*
Me: I only come here like once a year.
Cashier: Oh come on! You only buy 5 hour energy once a year!!
Me: Actually, I don't drink it ever. This is for my friend at work. He asked me to get it for him.
Cashier: So you're just not gonna get it then?!
Me: Nope. Sorry.
Cashier: *huffily slams all the paperwork to the side and sulks through the transaction without a word*

Apparently, unless you have a CVS card you can't recieve pleasant service by this lady I understand that she had to upsell the cards (I have to upsell items at my job too) but most of the time, when a customer says "no" they don't push. She was wayyy too much

[fma_fanatic]

I'm still trying to figure out the benefit of the card myself. I only go to CVS to get my meds, and maybe (once in a double blue moon) buy stuff that I need. The problem is that the OTC stuff CVS has is more expensive than Walgreens, and let me tell you, they do not like to be told that.

I understand you can earn bonus bucks, but again, seeing as I just get meds and I can't use the bucks towards that, it's not really in my best interest to have a card.

Sometimes (read: rarely) they have good deals, but there was an article on Yahoo about why it's not always a good idea to buy certain items from CVS.

[Kisa]

I'm still trying to figure out the benefit of the card myself. I only go to CVS to get my meds, and maybe (once in a double blue moon) buy stuff that I need. The problem is that the OTC stuff CVS has is more expensive than Walgreens, and let me tell you, they do not like to be told that.

I understand you can earn bonus bucks, but again, seeing as I just get meds and I can't use the bucks towards that, it's not really in my best interest to have a card.

Sometimes (read: rarely) they have good deals, but there was an article on Yahoo about why it's not always a good idea to buy certain items from CVS.

I go to Wallgreens too I wasn't ABOUT to tell her that though! The only reason I went there was because it was the closest, open drugstore.

[MoonCat]

I have one of those cards and rarely use it. They send me emails with coupons, etc., and I never use those either. I just don't go there very often.

I wish all of these places would just lower their prices and stop the stupid cards altogether.

[Mr Hero]

I'm still trying to figure out the benefit of the card myself. I only go to CVS to get my meds, and maybe (once in a double blue moon) buy stuff that I need. The problem is that the OTC stuff CVS has is more expensive than Walgreens, and let me tell you, they do not like to be told that.

The benefit of the card is simple. It's not for the customer. It's for the store to send you junk mail.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

The benefit of the card is simple. It's not for the customer. It's for the store to send you junk mail.

Exactly. They give you "bonus bucks" you may or may not use; in return you get spammed by whomever they decide to pass your personal information along to.

[PepperElf]

The benefit of the card is simple. It's not for the customer. It's for the store to send you junk mail.

That's why I like the local grocery store. They do the same thing but... instead of sending us junk mail they send us coupons based on what we've been shopping for.

[LadyAndreca]

I wonder what my info is for my CVS card. I got it roughly ten years ago...about three addresses and eight telephone numbers ago. Normally I just scan it at the kiosk in the store to see what coupons are available, when I go.

[Betweenshades]

Terry need a haircut right about the time we left MD and were coming to Florida. He goes to a Hair Cuttery and the woman acted like she was going to stab him unless he got one of those cards. He kept trying to explain that we were moving to an area that didn't have a HC close by, but she kept insisting without giving a good reason why he needed one RIGHT THEN. He eventually just left.