Its been my experience that women get a little nutty about two things: weddings and babies. The retail world knows this and in true predatory style mark up all things wedding & fertility crazy amounts because they know we'll pay. Have you ever noticed that you can book a hotel meeting/reception space for a business meeting or reunion for MUCH less money than a wedding reception? Next time any of you are planning a wedding call one of the places you are interested in and get a quote for a family reunion, call back and ask for the same space for a wedding reception and see how much more they charge. It's ridiculous but we keep paying it so they keep overcharging.
Today I decided to do some calling around to see where I can get my trigger shot (ovidrel) at the best price. A bunch of these places don't have weekend hours but here's what I found for the ones that do:
Freedom Pharmacy: $95 ($65 + $30 for shipping since I'm not ordering anything else)
Health Warehouse: $95 (never heard of them before which makes me nervous but good price)
Target: $123.99 (this is the best non-mail order price around, go Target!)
Walgreens: $205
RiteAid: $210.79
Kroger: $216.99 (this bothers me because last time I priced this with them it was much less)
CVS: $243.99
I've read online that Ascend has a good price, maybe even better than Freedoms but they have crappy hours and weren't available when I was calling around. I used to get it from Costco for a good price but I'm not a member anymore and so I need to see if they will still sell to me.
CVS's price is 250% higher than the cheapest option. Geez CVS, take advantage much? Shame on you.
ETA: Costco has the best price avaliable ($95) and you don't need to be a member to use their pharmacy. Ascends price ended up being more than Freedoms at $99. Technically Freedom and Health warehouse are the same as Costco but you have to be home to sign for them, at Costco you can just swing by when convenient.
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