Regarding only Pharmacy and Optical at the S. Pavilion location. Until my last visit, I only shopped at COSTCO for the usual merchandise - food, cleaning supplies, wine, beer and some electronics, both online and in several stores around the US. This store measures up to my usual good feeling for COSTCO \n\nThis time I decided to go to the pharmacy for two shots my doctor told me to get and to have an eye glass prescription filled. The pharmacy proved to be a good choice although it took a long time to have my data filled in on their system and more time waiting for the serum to be brought from the back to the pharmacist who administered the shots. I'm patient and I'd learned that my insurance covered the two injections One Hundred Percent. Zero co-pay for me with Medicare and my Health Insurance plan. Otherwise, the cost would be around $200. The pharmacist was great. Friendly, informative, and able to do the two injections without any pain. Mark my visit up to a 5 star one.\n\nThe optical was a different story and mostly not as good. My prescription was only for new lenses with a new prescription from a local ophthalmologist (MD). I wanted the lenses fit into my old frames that I liked. This they did, although they have to \"send out\" the work. To where, who knows? This means you can wait up to two weeks and I guess my wait was about ten days. Unfortunately, when the glasses came back they proved to be completely useless - creating blurred and double vision. Fortunately, I only paid $85, even without insurance. I went back to my doctor to have the lenses, prescription and my eyes rechecked. Now, the doctor says that glasses won't help my vision and to use my old glasses which, of course now have the new/bad prescription. The only negatives for COSTCO, though, is the waiting period for the glasses. Perhaps not having enough information to ask their optometrist for an opinion on a different prescription is another negative. The counter person, did not suggest this anyway and I don't know the optometrist's reputation.
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