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Free Shipping on Prescriptions @ Chemist Warehouse

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tightarse on 30/03/2024 - 13:09 chemistwarehouse.com.au (4039 clicks)
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Chemist Warehouse recently introduced free shipping on prescriptions which will undoubtedly help a lot of people who aren't able to make it into stores. Wishing you and your loved ones a safe and happy Easter :)

From 28th March 2024 onwards, orders containing 1 or more prescription items will be eligible for free Regular Post via Australia Post.

Chemist Warehouse may, at their sole discretion, change or cease this offer at any time without notice. Offer applies to orders placed on www.chemistwarehouse.com.au and delivered within Australia only. Prescription item refers to any Schedule 4 medicine available to purchase online at Chemist Warehouse on provision of a valid eScript token or paper script. Offer excludes Pharmacist Only (Schedule 3) medicines.

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  • Hvrd on 30/03/2024 - 13:39
    +8

    i find healthy life has the cheaper prescriptions

    • M00Cow on 30/03/2024 - 13:44
      +2

      healthy life generally can't rectify genetics.

      • jv on 30/03/2024 - 13:46
        +25

        He’s referring to ‘Healthy Life’ pharmacies

        • Hvrd on 30/03/2024 - 13:56
          +6

          haha omg i thought the downvotes were chemist warehouse workers

          • Nangal on 31/03/2024 - 11:08

            @Hvrd: I can't think of, WHY???

        • Nillionaire on 30/03/2024 - 13:57
          +16

          Maybe there wouldn't be confusion if he had capitalized first letters of each word of the brand name. 🤷🏻‍♂️

          • Daabido on 30/03/2024 - 14:10
            +9

            @Nillionaire: Proper nouns and punctuation are the bane of my existence. Sometimes I hand assessments back to students and ask them to give it back when they have correct capitalisation and full stops.

          • Hvrd on 30/03/2024 - 14:53

            @Nillionaire: We just going to ignore the context then

            • spaceflight on 30/03/2024 - 15:37

              @Hvrd: Even with the context if reads as having a healthy life having cheaper prescriptions (be healthy less medicine etc)

              Even with the context it needs capitalisation so it's Healthy Life

          • Forfiet on 31/03/2024 - 17:55
            +1

            @Nillionaire: Hate to be an ass….. Australian english and/British english don't use z instead of s….. Probably default dictionary on the browser:P

        • Chocobros on 30/03/2024 - 14:06

          You mean 'healthy life' pharmacies

    • OpticalCog on 30/03/2024 - 13:47

      ?? Yeah wow, people should just choose not to get sick. I mean like we don’t really need hospitals since people can choose to be healthy aye /s.

      • M00Cow on 30/03/2024 - 13:50
        +3

        straight outta the Paleo Pete handbook.

      • jv on 30/03/2024 - 14:21

        Many people do choose an unhealthy lifestyle though.

        • TheRealCher on 30/03/2024 - 20:42
          +4

          Choose life.
          Choose a job.
          Choose a career.
          Choose a family,
          Choose a f†††††† big television
          Choose washing machines, cars,
          Compact disc players, and electrical tin openers.
          Choose good health, low cholesterol
          And dental insurance.
          Choose fixed-interest mortgage repayments.
          Choose a starter home.
          Choose your friends.
          Choose leisure wear and matching luggage.
          Choose a three piece suite on hire purchase
          In a range of ††††††* fabrics.
          Choose DIY and wondering who you
          Are on a Sunday morning.
          Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing
          Sprit-crushing ga me shows
          Stuffing (profanity) junk food into your mouth.
          Choose rotting away at the end of it all,
          Pishing you last in a miserable home
          Nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish,
          ††††ed-up brats
          You have spawned to replace yourself.
          Choose your future. Choose life.

          • meowbert on 31/03/2024 - 03:09
            -1

            @TheRealCher: …disc players? Is this some ancient copypasta?

          • CascadeHush on 31/03/2024 - 10:30
            +2

            @TheRealCher: I chose to read this :/

            • TheRealCher on 01/04/2024 - 19:54

              @CascadeHush: Yeah me too ..I binged on his books for a while …that was not a good headspace. It did teach me though that Dame Judi Dench is rhyming slang for a real stench.

          • Dr Prepper on 28/09/2024 - 14:20

            @TheRealCher: "…I chose ,not to choose life. Who needs reasons when you've got heroin": Renton

          • bargaino on 25/10/2024 - 14:58

            @TheRealCher: longer version:

            "But why would I want to do a thing like that? I chose not to choose life. I chose somethin’ else. And the reasons? There are no reasons. Who needs reasons when you’ve got heroin?"

    • capslock janitor on 30/03/2024 - 14:00
      +2

      show me the cheaper

    • iridiumstem on 30/03/2024 - 14:07
      +7

      Not many people can afford having a healthtier life.

      If it were up to me, I would see my psych every week and wean off anti-depressant for sleep, anxiety and depression /symptoms, and take few weeks off to be in an inpatient program to reset everything. I wish I can afford at least the first part.

      • CocaKoala on 30/03/2024 - 22:33
        +3

        Take care. I hope you feel better soon.

    • mwblink86 on 30/03/2024 - 14:12

      Isn't healthy life just woolies

      • lbft on 30/03/2024 - 14:51

        Yes, but the chemist part is handled by what used to be SuperPharmacy.

        • nismo on 31/03/2024 - 08:44

          Which was also woolies…

    • adam on 30/03/2024 - 22:47
      +2

      HealthyLife are much cheaper than ChemistWarehouse on everything I've checked & much, much cheaper than any of my local chemists. And HealthyLife are also free shipping for any scripts.

      • Killua on 02/04/2024 - 23:24

        May i know if Healthy Life is generally cheaper than CW on vitamins when they do 1/2 off?

      • G-rig on 03/04/2024 - 06:29

        People have to compare the actual items to confirm that.

        I was sceptical so compared one script item - $16.95 vs $30 at CW. Should have got from them!

      • stickyfingers on 27/10/2024 - 11:20

        You just saved me a good amount of money. Thank you so much.

    • scottishdave on 31/03/2024 - 05:28
      +6

      This is the HealthyLife website
      https://www.healthylife.com.au/

      CW only RE-introduced free shipping on script items because of the competition from HealthyLife.

      Healthy Life also give Woolworths Everyday Rewards Points.

      • 2esc on 31/03/2024 - 13:21

        I thought you had to spend $80 before it was free shipping.

        • adam on 31/03/2024 - 19:51

          No, every order with a prescription includes free delivery

    • bohn on 28/09/2024 - 16:53
      +1

      I understood what you meant

  • leasky on 30/03/2024 - 13:40
    -1

    this include the magic blue pill?? gonna try i feel wierd going into the chemist and having them ask questions and being nosy lol

    • HolyCr4p on 30/03/2024 - 13:44

      If you need it urgently then you can click and collect :)

      • leasky on 30/03/2024 - 13:45

        its a 45 min drive to the nearest one, and blooms overcharges, i have to post a script to qld as i dont have a escript to much work!

        • HolyCr4p on 30/03/2024 - 14:19
          -1

          Few years ago, i heard blue pill can ordered without any script. Dont know if this has been changed as not my fave pill. :)

        • bonezAU on 31/03/2024 - 13:23
          +2

          You can post your script straight to North Perth, no need to send it to QLD.

          Escript really is very simple btw.

          • capslock janitor on 09/06/2024 - 22:44

            @bonezAU: why north perth ?

            • bonezAU on 13/06/2024 - 00:10
              +1

              @capslock janitor: healthylife.com.au

              often cheaper than CW and if they aren't the cheapest they will price match, free shipping on all orders that contain prescription meds

              • capslock janitor on 19/06/2024 - 00:16

                @bonezAU: are they ReplyPaid like CW for paper scripts?
                https://snipboard.io/TfQ7jo.jpg

                • bonezAU on 19/06/2024 - 00:58

                  @capslock janitor: I'm not sure, a couple of years ago they weren't. I just ask my GP for eScripts now.

              • furyou on 28/09/2024 - 20:59

                @bonezAU: how on Earth did they make money if the postage from Australia post must cost them a few dollars

                • bonezAU on 29/09/2024 - 11:54

                  @furyou: I'm sure there's still a bit of meat between the wholesale price of the meds and what the PBS pays them. There has to be, or all pharmacies would not be sustainable businesses.

                  Then there's non-PBS medicines (especially now with the explosion of weight loss injections) and juicy products like vitamins that have huge markups.

                  They certainly wouldn't be losing much money on average. Just because you might order 1x $10 medication with free delivery, that's not to say the next person could order $500 worth of stuff. Only one item needs to be a prescription and anything else you add to the order also qualifies for the free shipping.

      • Daabido on 30/03/2024 - 14:12

        That must be a technique I'm not aware of.

    • spaceflight on 30/03/2024 - 15:39
      +1

      You feel weird buying Naprogesic?

  • Platinum Card on 30/03/2024 - 13:41
    +2

    I was buying prescriptions form CW for years until they stopped the free shipping on prescriptions, good to see it back again.
    Every little bit helps.

  • M00Cow on 30/03/2024 - 13:43
    +16

    will undoubtedly help a lot of people who aren't able to make it into stores.

    or don't want to go into a CW store… consistently one of the worst retail experience.

    • R1ngSt1nger on 30/03/2024 - 13:49
      +2

      Completely agree. It's awful. Way too many people.

      • M00Cow on 30/03/2024 - 13:58
        +4

        yes an there seems like a minimum 10min wait for prescriptions so you can wander the store..A few weeks ago there were 4 of us waiting for prescriptions and it was a 15min wait for just off the shelf stuff.

        But yes not unusual for 15-20 sick people waiting around. free illness with every prescription.

        • onetwothreefour on 30/03/2024 - 14:03

          10min is standard for all pharmacists I have been to with the exception of chemist warehouse which is usually 40mins. Crazy when I have been taking the same meds for over 20 years and I can see it on the shelf.

          • M00Cow on 30/03/2024 - 14:16
            +3

            @onetwothreefour: nah the independents they grab the box, print the label and you're out the door in a few minutes.

            • BarginGrabber on 30/03/2024 - 17:57
              +2

              @M00Cow: Yep, I wish more people just use independent pharmacies. If more people knew that you can save up to 30-40 minutes of waiting + you don't get asked a billion questions about why you're 1 week early on your inhaler but the trade off is that you may have to pay $2-3 extra + sometimes they may have to order a medication for you that will arrive the next morning because they don't have stock.

        • R1ngSt1nger on 30/03/2024 - 14:06
          +1

          My local CW is around 30-45 minute wait for scripts.

        • stigsphilocousin on 30/03/2024 - 18:04
          +1

          I get around this by using the CW app (its clunky but its only failed me once) and getting the branch (mine's Parra Westfield) to keep my script on file. Once they've matched it to my app profile, I just place an order on the app and click and collect it either on my way home or during lunch break.

          The one time it failed to work, they sorted me out within 10 mins and pretty much bumped me up the queue without asking; even when I need to bring in a new script, they would say 15-20 mins but lately its been 5-10 mins even if busy.

    • mauricem on 28/09/2024 - 20:22

      Its a total sh*t show. Wait for ever to be acknowledged, they usually make no effort to ask who was waiting first then they randomly disappear for another 15 minutes. I've been tempted to unleash my inner Karen but just avoid the place now whenever possible even if I have to pay a few $ extra.

  • seanbaussie on 30/03/2024 - 13:44

    How do they see the script?

    • ash2000 on 30/03/2024 - 13:50
      +5

      eScript or you send them the paper script.

      • G-rig on 02/04/2024 - 07:38

        Was just looking at this now.
        Posting a paper script in isn't much easier than going to a store to pick up..
        Reply paid at least and not in a rush so may test it out.

        • capslock janitor on 09/06/2024 - 22:45

          how to reply paid? can you share your testing ?

          • G-rig on 10/06/2024 - 04:01

            @capslock janitor: Just order on the website and it gives you an address to send script, all pretty easy.

            • capslock janitor on 18/06/2024 - 17:32

              @G-rig: i mean how do we reply-paid? or do have to buy stamps to mail it ?

              • G-rig on 18/06/2024 - 17:37

                @capslock janitor: No stamps. Write the reply paid address on the envelope and post it.

                Sounds like it would be easier to go to the chemist if you near one.

                • capslock janitor on 19/06/2024 - 00:28

                  @G-rig: thanks
                  so i dont need a special envelope?
                  just write this on plain white ones ?

                  Chemist Warehouse
                  Reply Paid 612
                  Virginia QLD 4014
                  *

                  some we dont need instantly and i live next to a redbox

  • bigAlOz on 30/03/2024 - 13:47
    +2

    You'll find most retail pharmacies will deliver for free and usually on the same day.

  • unelectric on 30/03/2024 - 13:51

    Curiously, how would this be profitable for them?

    • doppelganger47 on 30/03/2024 - 14:09
      +11

      They're worth over $8billion. They make all their money from fragrances, vitamins, shop items and paying their staff pittance. They make very little from prescriptions, which is the opposite model of a regular pharmacy.

        • lbft on 30/03/2024 - 14:53
          +5

          The margins on prescription medicines in Oz are at the manufacturer and distributor level.

        • BarginGrabber on 30/03/2024 - 17:52
          +9

          You're getting it all mixed up.

          The SUPPLIERS (e.g Sigma, Symbion, API etc) are the ones who can make nice margins on the medications.

          The pharmacies themselves are limited on how much they can make from the medications.

          One example of a "good margin" medication would be like Amoxicillin. Generic branded ones cost the pharmacy around $2-2.50. CWH would sell it for $6.70, other pharmacists maybe up to $8.50 + any dispensing fees given by the government

          However, there are a lot of medications where that isn't the case like Eliquis is probably like $40 cost for the pharmacy but if you have concession then it is $7.30 for you. The only profit that is made by the pharmacy is all the various fees that the government is willing to pay for. So, that may end up being like $5-10 profit.

          Margins for medications are overall pretty small for pharmacies.

    • Presence on 30/03/2024 - 14:54
      +6

      Part of it is a very long play designed to drive out smaller competitors that can't offer this service.

      • caperite on 30/03/2024 - 16:23
        +4

        The Amazon-isation of pharmacies.

        In fact, Amazon HAS gotten into the pharmacy game in the US. I

        f you value your local pharmacy, use them rather than CW.

        • RefusdClassification on 30/03/2024 - 21:16

          Walmart seems to have the cheapest pharmaceuticals in America. I wish we had Walmart in Australia (they do in Canada). Purchase noodles, apples, oxycontin, a 55 inch Television set, a sharpie marker and an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle all from the same store. That's freedom.

  • M00Cow on 30/03/2024 - 13:53
    +1

    https://www.chemistwarehouse.com.au/AboutUs/Shipping

    see point 3.2 for the details.

  • capslock janitor on 30/03/2024 - 13:59
    +3

    essentially they bringing this back ?

    • bohn on 30/03/2024 - 14:15
      +6

      A lot of people must have stopped using them. They aren't trying this out of the goodness of their hearts.

      • WhyAmICommenting on 30/03/2024 - 14:48
        +1

        Yep, stopped ordering from them completely

  • ninohax on 30/03/2024 - 14:54
    +2

    Good to know but this should have always been there. They brought it back because they lost a lot of customers not because they had a change of heart suddenly. They will still post billions in profit year on year even after this.

  • OZBMate8911 on 30/03/2024 - 14:56

    Can you use Gift Cards to pay for prescriptions? Might be an easy way to get 3% off

    • Yola on 30/03/2024 - 23:58
      +2

      I have used them in store may be the same online.

  • Daddy Chill on 30/03/2024 - 16:11

    Part of the Spotlight Foundation

  • Windows7forever on 30/03/2024 - 17:35

    Thanks

  • RefusdClassification on 30/03/2024 - 21:23

    I assume private (non PBS subsidized scripts) for Schedule 4 medications are eligible? Interesting that Schedule 8 meds are excluded (such as ritalin for ADDers). And I have no idea what Schedule "medical" cananbinoids belongs to; all I have seen is mention of a Special Access Scheme. They're not subsidizied by the government and very expensive compared to a months supply of anti-hypertensives or cholesterol lowering statins. However, it seems to be much easier to acquire legal pot than to obtain legal narcotics or legal stimulants (at least if you are an adult; pediatricians shower kids in stimulant prescriptions).

    • alaska28 on 02/04/2024 - 00:25

      Very annoying that schedule 8s are excluded. I got my last schedule 8 script filled by posting the script to a pharmacy in QLD (I live in NSW), so no idea why Chemist Warehouse can't do the same. Meanwhile my friends with legal weed prescriptions can get it delivered to their door no problems

  • easternculture on 30/03/2024 - 21:31

    Do you know if they do compounding?

  • alexdagr8 on 30/03/2024 - 21:43

    This is purely to do with their IPO and going onto the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX)
    They’ll rip this away after they’ve made their money.
    Just like if you need to return something and it’s been longer than 7 days (change of mind returns)

    • easternculture on 30/03/2024 - 22:17

      The last few companies that went IPO didnt do well, Amaysim, cashrewards, afterpay …

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