PillPack

PillPack

Overall Rating

1.9

107 Customer Reviews

Summary

PillPack is a full-service pharmacy that claims to sort your medication by date and time and deliver them directly to your door. There are some strengths but also some drawbacks pertaining to customer service.

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1.9 Stars out of 107 Reviews
5 Star:15% 4 Star:3% 3 Star:2% 2 Star:8% 1 Star:69%
21% Recommend This Company
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Posted on Feb 15, 2017

A lot of work for a nice service

By Rade Kljajic, USA, Verified Reviewer

They never get anything right; I've spent hours trying to get their records to be correct.

If you change insurance plans, you get to spend several hours trying to update their records. If you want to have more than one (1) person in the family on an account, it's not happening, and you will have lots of wasted time there. If your doctor doesn't respond to them in a timely fashion, it is another lengthy process to get your prescription packs fixed. And there are random problems with the drugs they put in the packs.

Their "call center" can never help. Their website doesn't really work i.e. you can't delete terminated insurance plans, so PillPack seems to get confused about which one to use.

It's really a lot of work for a great product. Shouldn't be, but it is. And they want to speak with you during the business day, like, really?

Bottom Line: Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Helpful Review? 16 People Have Voted

Posted on Nov 4, 2018

Customer service needs work!

By Brian C., Palm Springs, CA, Verified Reviewer

I called, then emailed (when I noted it was not corrected) to ask them to change the date of my delivery. Both times they confirmed the change would be made. Today received a text from PillPack with the wrong delivery date. Infuriating. The Customer Service rep I initially spoke to on the phone seemed to have no interest in helping. I hope my meds are still on my porch when I return from vacation. Otherwise, I like the service.

Bottom Line: Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Helpful Review? 11 People Have Voted

Posted on Jul 25, 2016

Probably going to quit

By Neal Stader, San Diego, CA, Verified Reviewer

PillPack used to communicate well, but has dramatically gone downhill. Whenever I email them it is several days before I get a response. They send me an email on Saturday for Tuesday's shipment. If I need to make a change, it doesn't get done. It takes a lot of work for them to get the packaging done correctly.

Bottom Line: No, I would not recommend this to a friend

Helpful Review? 21 People Have Voted

Posted on Feb 14, 2018

6 of 1, half a dozen of the other

By Kendra Majesky, Wisconsin, Verified Reviewer

I have just signed up. I am hoping that they have gotten all the bugs out of their system. The reviews above have more negatives than positives. Signing up was a pain. The person who helped me seems to be in deft or in another world. I am going to try them for myself and see if things work out. If not, I will cancel.

Wish me luck.

Bottom Line: No, I would not recommend this to a friend

Helpful Review? 24 People Have Voted

Posted on Aug 1, 2018

Displeasure

By Mary G., Marion, MI, Verified Reviewer

The one thing I do like about the service is their prices. Being on many medications and also being on disability, lower prices are very helpful. However, the following are the problems I've dealt with since signing up with PillPack. After dismissing drugs for two months via customer service, I still received the medication and had to pay for them. One week I received my medications three days late another week I received a medication in a packet and I that I had no idea what it was (thank goodness I know what I take).

What if someone else receives the wrong drug unknowingly, then they took a double payment. I requested a refund nine days ago and customer service assured me they would put a rush on it. Nope, I went on my dashboard today and now it says that my debit card failed and that I needed to enter the correct information. Nothing about my debit card has changed in the last five months. They've always been timely returning my calls, they've also responded to my emails, but I don't think the departments work together smoothly. All I know is right now I don't have my refund and can't put gas in my car, buy groceries, etc. There are too many hoops to jump through.

Bottom Line: No, I would not recommend this to a friend

Helpful Review? 18 People Have Voted

Posted on Oct 31, 2018

Not as easy as it sounds

By Dena R., Houston, TX, Verified Reviewer

PillPack claims that they make it simple, all you have to do is call your doctor and tell them you are changing to PillPack and they take care of the rest. What you don't know is that they only fax the doctors so it may take many phone calls from you if your doctor's office doesn't get the fax. They never actually call them if they don't hear back. And then when they fail to ask you to call the pharmacies, only tell you to call the doctors, so the pharmacy ships the next batch. They offer to sell you the medicine to have it included in the packaging. "We work with your doctors to automatically manage your refills." No, not really!

Bottom Line: No, I would not recommend this to a friend

Helpful Review? 20 People Have Voted

Posted on Jun 25, 2019

Missing Rx's

By Jeffrey L., New Jersey, Verified Reviewer

First order, just realized two life protecting Rx not in the packages after two weeks thinking this was something great.

Make sure you double check these people, they are incompetent and offer no help when I call.

Bottom Line: No, I would not recommend this to a friend

Helpful Review? 14 People Have Voted

Posted on Jul 29, 2019

Get the whole story first

By Ray J., Washington, Verified Reviewer

It is indeed handy to have someone combine my medications and not to have to deal with the pharmacy trips.

BUT...here's "the rest of the story."

I still must sort out my OTC meds (vitamins, supplements, etc) or pay 3 times what I usually do to have them included. Even if I bit that bullet as an expensive convenience, their delivery method is honestly a deal-breaker! When you pull out the packet from the roll in the box, the risk or likelihood is that the thin pack material tears open anywhere BUT on the perforated line. PillPack, here's a news flash: when using a heat source to seal a tube of material into small individual pouches, it tends to make the two layers into one layer twice as thick and stronger than one thin easy to tear layer! Even with the heat source installed perforated line, it's still easier for the pouch to tear open scattering your medications everywhere.

Their "fix" according to a PillPack person is to keep a pair of scissors sticking out of the box to do what their design engineers can't do.

I'm sorry, just too much trouble searching for those meds that escaped without warning.

Bottom Line: No, I would not recommend this to a friend

Helpful Review? 13 People Have Voted

Posted on Aug 8, 2019

Can't seem to get it right after 5 months

By Andy M., North Carolina, Verified Reviewer

Very bad communication. First month, April, was ok and I got all 5 meds in the pack. Next month arrived with only 2 meds. I called and they said it was a mixup with Walmart pharmacy and that they would straighten it out the next month. Next month arrived with only the same 2 meds.

I called and they said they would send me another pack with the missing 3 meds and that I would use two PillPacks for a month and they would straighten it out the next month. I then received a bottle with only 1 med, not in a pack. I called again and they tried to again blame Walmart and my doctor.

Today I received another bottle of pills and it's now the first of August. So I now have a PillPack with 2 meds, bottles with 2 more meds, and still missing 1 med.

TLDR; Customer service does not take responsibility and doesn't bother to notify the customer when they are going to ship out a changed number of meds. Even the Walmart calls to tell me when my meds change or when a transfer order is received. PillPack should do the same thing or send a text message at a minimum.

I spoke with a manager named "Chris" who would not give me his full name, even though they have my SS number, Credit Card info, and birth date.

Bottom Line: No, I would not recommend this to a friend

Helpful Review? 13 People Have Voted

Posted on Feb 27, 2020

They have gotten it right 1 out of 4 months

By Michael D., Massachusetts, Verified Reviewer

Once they've screwed up they, 1) don't take ownership of it, 2) never get back to you to say what they are doing to fix it, 3) make the same, or subtly different, mistakes again, and 4) seem to have no urgency to fix the problems.

I should not have to call to check up constantly, yet I need to.

If you are on medicine for a life-threatening condition, do not use.

Specifics:

December, even though I spoke to them almost daily for the last 10 days of the month, and they said I was all set, they got my pills to me late and without two vitamin supplements.

January, the same thing and without 1 vitamin.

February, they said it was being built and would ship on the 21st. Called on 24th to find out status - good thing because they apparently had a problem in billing.

Bottom Line: No, I would not recommend this to a friend

Helpful Review? 4 People Have Voted

Posted on Dec 3, 2020

Prescription gets held for no reason

By Thao C., Wichita, KS, Verified Reviewer

Not sure if they have enough pharmacists working or what. If I had not called my prescription would not have been pulled and worked on. Once they found it I was told it would take 24 days. When I got upset I was told, "sorry, sorry, we can put in a ticket to overnight it." What the heck?!

Length of Use: 1–2 years

Bottom Line: No, I would not recommend this to a friend

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