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Posted by Phil on January 19, 2003, at 19:23:21
http://www.sptimes.com/2002/07/14/Perspective/Patients_as_pocketboo.shtml
Posted by Dinah on January 19, 2003, at 19:52:30
In reply to Eckerd busted in home state..what next??, posted by Phil on January 19, 2003, at 19:23:21
Goodness gracious. I'd better read that fine print.
Phil, you've got to stop reading the news. You're going to have us all hiding under our beds afraid to go to our pdocs or have our prescriptions renewed. (grin)
Seriously, the more I see the less I trust any of this. And if the meds side isn't bad enough, you should see some of the books about psychotherapy I've been reading lately.
If you want me, you can find me under the bed.
Dinah
Posted by Phil on January 19, 2003, at 21:00:14
In reply to Re: Eckerd busted in home state..what next?? » Phil, posted by Dinah on January 19, 2003, at 19:52:30
I worked for Eckerd for 7 years. I was obligated to post that one.
Never heard of that trick.Sorry...starting to scare myself, too.
Posted by noa on January 19, 2003, at 21:27:05
In reply to Re: Yeah, I'm quittin the news biz : ) » Dinah, posted by Phil on January 19, 2003, at 21:00:14
Phil--you are a one-man watchdog agency!!
Posted by Dinah on January 20, 2003, at 5:04:56
In reply to Re: Yeah, I'm quittin the news biz : ) » Dinah, posted by Phil on January 19, 2003, at 21:00:14
Posted by Phil on January 20, 2003, at 8:47:54
In reply to Re: You knew I was kidding, didn't you? (nm) » Phil, posted by Dinah on January 20, 2003, at 5:04:56
Posted by jane d on January 20, 2003, at 22:20:00
In reply to Eckerd busted in home state..what next??, posted by Phil on January 19, 2003, at 19:23:21
I'm not in Florida but when I heard this story awhile ago I took another look at the form they asked you to sign. When you poured through all the irrelevant information it did indeed say that you were giving them permission to use your information for marketing. In protest I took most of my business elsewhere. When I did need to use Eckerd I would refuse to sign and the clerk would sigh as though I was only trying to ruin her day. You signed a little sticker with your name on it that was stuck, along with all the other customers stickers, on a form that contained the release. I must not have been the only one refusing to sign because my local store decided to solve this problem by asking the customers to sign the sticker before they attached it to the consent form. But, when I picked up a prescription last week the form had changed. I read the entire form while the hovering clerk kept pointing to the form and saying "just sign here". Not only did it no longer contain the marketing consent clause but it also had a paragraph explicitly stating that the stickers must be attached to the form before they asked you to sign them. I had a feeling there was a legal settlement involved somewhere. I can't wait to see what they try instead.
Posted by Phil on January 21, 2003, at 7:02:07
In reply to I saw the changed consent form, posted by jane d on January 20, 2003, at 22:20:00
Jerks. I watched them screw people over that had been doing a good job for 20 years. When you got a little older, say mid 50's, they would transfer you to the roughest, highest crime stores to help you decide to leave.
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