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Amazon pharmacy is probably one of the best interactions I’ve had with Amazon and pharmacies in general. We moved everything we could to it. The support has bee

by Nk26 3y ago

Amazon pharmacy is probably one of the best interactions I’ve had with Amazon and pharmacies in general. We moved everything we could to it. The support has been great. Get things quickly all the information is right up front.

toomuchtodo 3y ago
What happens when they sunset it?
- arccy 3y ago
  but amazon is so user centric it will never kill anything... just let it rot
  - toomuchtodo 3y ago
    https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/29/23283743/amazon-drive-cloud-storage-shutting-down-2023 https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/29/23283743/amazon-drive-clo... https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-products-services-failed-discontinued-2019-3 https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-products-services-fai... https://observer.com/2022/10/amazon-cancel-pandemic-products-cut-cost/ https://observer.com/2022/10/amazon-cancel-pandemic-products...
- sadfsdafklj 3y ago
  Amazon isn't Google. Amazon still operates SQS.
  - malfist 3y ago
    Why did you single out SQS?
    - manishsharan 3y ago
      All the hipsters are on Kafka.
Domenic_S 3y ago
Agree. I also use PillPack for my recurring meds, also an Amazon company. The standard for medical company interactions is a very low bar, but both companies kill it every time.
- TMWNN 3y ago
  I also had a good experience with PillPack as a previous customer. I don't know whether or how PillPack differs from Amazon Pharmacy.
tedivm 3y ago
I have a migraine medicine (Qulipta) and have gone through half a dozen pharmacies in the last two years. The fact that I have both insurance and a manufacturers coupon seems to screw them all up, and several just stopped doing migraine meds. I am not functional without this medicine. I would literally qualify as disabled since I have migraines so often. Even two days of not having the med throws me off for a full week. Without insurance or the coupon it's $1600/month. With insurance it's $650/month. With the coupon and insurance it's $0/month. Amazon is the only pharmacy that didn't mess up the insurance. They also autoship on time every month. I'm not even joking when I say that I actually cried over how difficult it was with other pharmacies.
adolph 3y ago
> one of the best interactions I’ve had with Amazon and pharmacies in general Clearly they were spending too much money on it. The idea is for there to be no interaction other than a payment/delivery cycle. If there are plural positive interactions the overall system was poor (needed multiple interactions) and staffing too expensive ("best" rather than mediocre).

by Nk26 3y ago

toomuchtodo 3y ago

What happens when they sunset it?

arccy 3y ago
but amazon is so user centric it will never kill anything... just let it rot
- toomuchtodo 3y ago
  https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/29/23283743/amazon-drive-cloud-storage-shutting-down-2023 https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/29/23283743/amazon-drive-clo... https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-products-services-failed-discontinued-2019-3 https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-products-services-fai... https://observer.com/2022/10/amazon-cancel-pandemic-products-cut-cost/ https://observer.com/2022/10/amazon-cancel-pandemic-products...
sadfsdafklj 3y ago
Amazon isn't Google. Amazon still operates SQS.
- malfist 3y ago
  Why did you single out SQS?
  - manishsharan 3y ago
    All the hipsters are on Kafka.

Domenic_S 3y ago

Agree. I also use PillPack for my recurring meds, also an Amazon company. The standard for medical company interactions is a very low bar, but both companies kill it every time.

TMWNN 3y ago
I also had a good experience with PillPack as a previous customer. I don't know whether or how PillPack differs from Amazon Pharmacy.

tedivm 3y ago

I have a migraine medicine (Qulipta) and have gone through half a dozen pharmacies in the last two years. The fact that I have both insurance and a manufacturers coupon seems to screw them all up, and several just stopped doing migraine meds. I am not functional without this medicine. I would literally qualify as disabled since I have migraines so often. Even two days of not having the med throws me off for a full week. Without insurance or the coupon it's $1600/month. With insurance it's $650/month. With the coupon and insurance it's $0/month. Amazon is the only pharmacy that didn't mess up the insurance. They also autoship on time every month. I'm not even joking when I say that I actually cried over how difficult it was with other pharmacies.

adolph 3y ago

> one of the best interactions I’ve had with Amazon and pharmacies in general Clearly they were spending too much money on it. The idea is for there to be no interaction other than a payment/delivery cycle. If there are plural positive interactions the overall system was poor (needed multiple interactions) and staffing too expensive ("best" rather than mediocre).