1-800-PetMeds
Pets have plenty of needs, and they can sometimes cause quite a bit of shrinkage in the thickness of one’s wallet. This is especially true when pets grow older and need special drugs to keep them healthy and functioning. One place that sells pet medications and many other products is 1-800 Pet Meds, a web site with your pet’s good health in mind.
What Does This Site Have to Offer?:
1800petmeds.com offers products in categories such as:
Dental
Ear
Eye
Flea and Tick
Heartworm
Joint
Medications
Pain
Pet Supplies
Skin and Coat
Vitamins
Supplies at 1800petmeds.com can also be searched by type of pet, with sections devoted to dogs, cats, and horses. The site also offers a price match (1800petmeds.com will match competitor’s prices) and an unconditional money back guarantee.
Other Services:
Besides products for sale, 1800petmeds.com also offers an educational section called “Pethealth 101”. In this section, a person can find answers to common questions about their pet’s health; send/read messages in the Pethealth 101 forum; read important pet related news, and even send a specific question to the resident veterinarian, Dr. Michael Dym. 1800petmeds.com also offers a database complete with veterinarian contact information for thousands of pet MDs. It can be accessed by entering your local zip code.
Final Thoughts:
1800petmeds.com bills itself as “America’s Largest Pet Pharmacy” and its main function is to offer concerned pet owners an online web service where they can purchase medications and take care of their pets overall health needs. This web service is recommended by many as a very useful means to purchase medications and other products without leaving the comforts of home.
I have two dogs and I have known about 1800petmeds.com for several years, but I never bothered to try out the web site until this year. Part of the reason for my lack of interest is that I mistakenly believed that 1800petmeds.com was an online store that was designed strictly for the sale of medication. Based on the name of the site and its “America’s Largest Pet Pharmacy” claim, it is easy to understand why I and others believe this is nothing more than a giant pet drug store. Once I finally logged into 1800petmeds.com for the first time, however, I quickly learned that this web service is much more than a place to purchase medicine for dogs and cats. It also offers pet supplies like food, bowls, leashes, toys, and treats. There are also vitamins and flea treatment products at 1800petmeds.com. The selection in these pet supplies sections isn’t great, but it is nice to know that 1800petmeds.com offers products other than medications. Not only that, but 1800petmeds.com offers over the counter drugs as well as prescriptions, making it useful for any concerned pet owner- not just those with a chronically ill dog, cat, or horse.
Even though I was aware that 1800petmeds.com sold merchandise that wasn’t medicinal in nature, I still did not come back to 1800petmeds.com until I needed some ear cleaning fluid for one of my dogs. I was surprised at the low prices at 1800petmeds.com- substantially lower than the prices charged at the veterinarian’s office. The ear cleaner was about twenty percent less expensive in this site. Not only that, but 1800petmeds.com was offering free shipping on any order greater than $39 (they commonly offer free shipping on orders over a certain level). This meant I could browse and buy a few more things for my two dogs and not pay any shipping on my order. Free shipping is a great sales tool, and I fall for it almost every time. Knowing that I won’t have to pay for shipping if I reach a reasonable sales level (and $39 is certainly reasonable), I almost always look for more things to buy, in order to reach the free shipping threshold.
I like the layout of the 1800petmeds.com web site. I like the fact that you can select your specific type of pet first and quickly narrow down the selections. I also like that, when you select a main category, it moves that category to the top of the list. The categories are normally listed in alphabetical order on the left side of the screen, but if I select, say, “Pet Supplies” to browse the selections, the web site will move Pet Supplies from its usual position to the top of the list, making it easy to continue browsing in this area. I also like that 1800petmeds.com includes a separate tab for “Today’s Specials”. Here, you can quickly browse all the special deals of the day.
1800petmeds.com offers a good selection of medications and the prices are lower than those charged in a veterinarian’s office. However, the selection of other products is not very good and the prices are often greater than average. I was able to find a decent deal on a leash, but the prices on pet food and other goods are greater than those found in stores or in other web sites. Not only that, but there is practically nothing to choose from at 1800petmeds.com. In the dog food section, for example, there are only two brands of food and the prices are very high. I am pretty certain the food is high in quality (Azmira is the main brand offered), but the prices are quite high. Also, the brands offered are not like those found in a store. 1800petmeds.com strives to find the best quality, and that means stocking mostly unheard of brand names. It also means, of course, that the prices will be a little higher.
Placing an order with 1800petmeds.com is pretty simple and there is little to do other than enter your name, address, and credit card number. One handy feature with 1800petmeds.com is its reorder option. If you order something that needs to be replaced/refilled at a regular interval, 1800petmeds.com will send you an e-mail to remind you that it is time to reorder. When you visit 1800petmeds.com again, you will quickly notice there is a reorder button. This option automatically places the items ordered before into your shopping cart to make the process quick and simple.
Overall, 1800petmeds.com is a good, efficient service for ordering pet medications and pet supplies. The people at 1800petmeds.com will confirm your prescription for your pet quickly and free of any additional charges provided that you provide your veterinarian’s contact information. They ship priority mail and while it does take a good four to seven working days to get the order, the free shipping and lower prices on basic medications makes 1800petmeds.com a good online store choice for your pet’s health care needs.