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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Make sure you are not signing up for their CVS Plus or Extra Care or whatever it's called. A cashier tricked me into registering for it. He said, "Want a $10 coupon? Just click yes on the screen and enter your phone number." A few weeks later, I found out that registered me for a $5 a month fee. And plenty of tracking, I'm sure. No mention of that anywhere when i signed up!

to a small extent, I respect his hustle. I know from working in retail that he was probably paid a significant bonus for every person who signed. He signed the two people in front of me, and I'm sure many others. Dishonest, but he got his bag and probably feels no shame.[/quote]

Extra Care card is the free card for coupons and stuff. Carepass is the one you're talking about that costs $5 a month.

This is funny because it happened to my mom. She was bragging to me that she pressed this button and got a free $10! I knew about Carepass so I explained to her it's $5 a month and she felt duped.

However, they give you a $10 coupon every month, free and clear. Not $10 off a $50 purchase or anything. $10 extra bucks. So by paying the $5 you get $10 and make a $5 profit every month and you can stock it with other coupons, sales, and free shipping. She ended up keeping it. It's not a bad deal if you ensure you use that $10 religiously every month and buy stuff you needed anyway. She got her $11 vitamins BOGO and used the $10 on that (so paid $1 + $5 monthly charge = $6 for two bottles). Obviously CVS is hoping people forget and just get charged the $5 which is unethical.[/quote]

Yes, you explained it well. The only issue is that the $10 goes away at the end of the month if you don't spend it (but you still pay the $5 fee). So in a busy month when we were out of town or not stopping at CVS (or even if we did stop at CVS but forgot to use the coupon!), we were out $5 with nothing to show. So it's one more thing to keep track of. The $10 off was great when we used it. A mixed bag. TBH, I never got over the outrage of being tricked into signing up. My "subscription" lapsed when i closed the credit card on the account, and I have not re-signed. I probably will not.
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