Just realized I was overspending on my mom's meds by $40 a month

I was picking up my mom's prescriptions at CVS in Portland for over a year, same place every time. Then last week the pharmacist mentioned GoodRx and I ran the numbers - it's almost half the cost for her blood pressure pills at the grocery store pharmacy down the street. Has anyone else found a huge price difference just by switching where you fill a prescription?

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patricia321d agoRising Star

Good for you for catching that. I once drove twenty minutes out of my way to save three bucks on toothpaste, so you're way ahead of me on the practical life skills. Definitely worth it to check around, especially for stuff you buy every month.

henryt1817h ago

You mentioned driving twenty minutes to save three bucks on toothpaste, and that reminds me of a buddy I know who once drove thirty miles to a different grocery store because they had a sale on laundry detergent. He figured the gas cost about the same as the savings, but he bragged about that bargain for months afterward. Sometimes the thrill of the deal is worth more than the actual money saved.

wren_mitchell6h ago

I actually read a study once about how people get a little dopamine hit from finding a good deal, it's like a tiny WIN for your brain. Your buddy's detergent story sounds EXACTLY like that, where the real payoff is the story and the feeling of being clever, not the actual cash. It's the same reason people clip coupons for hours to save like five bucks, the HUNT is part of the fun. I think it's kind of cool how our brains reward us for stuff like that, even when the math doesn't totally add up. So yeah, he might have broken even on gas, but he got months of bragging rights out of it, which is basically priceless.