This is a ‘hands-on’ review of the online pharmacy service Pharmacy2u.

Introduction
I’ve been buying online from Pharmacy2u since August 2006, in total I’ve placed 12 orders. So I have a very good understanding of what their service is like. I don’t use the online prescriptions service and only buy general health and beauty products like; skin creams, shower gels, antiperspirants, multivitamins, vitamins and cod liver oil.

Order For This Review
To do this specific review I placed an order for the usual products I buy. I placed the order on Monday Feb 16th in the afternoon, and the parcel arrived on Wednesday Feb 18th at about 10:30am. I didn’t pay extra for the fast delivery, just the ‘standard’ delivery, 2 days is still a very fast service in my opinion!

In total I ordered 4 different products, ordering 2 of each kind. My Basket:
Witch Clear Pore Gel – £3.49
Cod Liver Oil 1000mg x90 capsules – £3.99
Nivea For Men Dry Antiperspirant – £2.29
Lynx Snake Peel Shower Scrub – £2.09

Prices
In total my order cost £23.72, not bad for 8 items of this quality. Generally I think their prices are very competitive, and if you did shop around to get them cheaper I imagine they would only be a tiny amount cheaper. They also have regular offers on certain products and bundle packs.

Packaging & Delivery
Orders normally come in a plain white box, and inside they normally have protective plastic to protect the products. On this occasion the box had no protective wrapping but the items were so tightly packed in they must have felt it wasn’t needed (see photos below). I would prefer all orders to have protective plastic, but ultimately my order arrived in perfect condition so I’m not complaining. On this occasion I was also able to use a voucher code to receive free delivery. Normally it costs £2.95, or £5.50 for the faster service.

Products
I buy the own branded multivitamins and cod liver oil. Other products are branded like Lynx, Nivea etc. I’m going to do an article soon on the own branded cod liver oil as this is the first time I have purchased them.

Conclusion
All-in-all I really can’t fault Pharmacy2u. I could of course say I want; cheaper prices, faster delivery etc. But we always want things cheaper and faster! But coming back to planet earth, I would give them 9/10 as the value for money is very good, packaging solid and the speed of service for me has always been brilliant.

Limitations Of My Review
I have never had to contact them once about an order, so I can’t say how fast/polite/helpful the customer service is. Also, they stock thousands of products, I generally order pretty much the same things (skin creams, shower gels, antiperspirant, multivitamins and cod liver oil) so I don’t know about the packaging and speed of service on higher value orders and larger sized packages. I’ve also never used their ‘Prescriptions’ service so I can’t comment on that.

Website: www.pharmacy2u.co.uk

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