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[aprilstarchild]

Okay, can someone explain to me why Fred Meyer would want to charge $62 for my Adderall, but then had me call Costco to price match, and then charged me just over $14??

What. The fuck.

In other news, my throat hurts. I'm praying it's an allergy thing instead of my coming down with something. Especially since I've been mucho tired the last few days. Oy.

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EDIT: Just so you guys know: Costco, as a general rule, is the cheapest place to get drugs, and you do not have to be a member. Just tell the people at the door that you're going to the pharmacy.

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[trillium-flower.livejournal.com]

Medication is a commodity like oil or corn futures, not a product like a toaster. The price on some medications fluxuates daily. The flu vaccine is a really good example of one where price is all over the board depending on things like international demand (for a specific regional outbreak), and domestic demand at the beginning of winter, and even output changes at manufacturing facilities. In oregon distributors are limited somewhat on profit margin which is the reason fred meyer has to price match on anything in their current stock. There's also something about fred meyer being incorporated in california since they sold the company, argh I'm too tired to remember all of it.

Dad trades in pharmaceuticals and has tried to explain it to me on a couple of times.

[trillium-flower.livejournal.com]

New Hampshire. They are incorporated in New Hampshire. Which is great for corporate tax shelters, not so great for profit margins on prescriptions. (Depending on whether you are the company or the consumer.)

[aprilstarchild.livejournal.com]

I remember thinking it was something like that. Heh, I'm trying to imagine people on a stock exchange buying and selling amphetamines. Not that I think it happens that way, but the mental image is funny.