CVS Pharmacy: item arrived damaged or defective
Call CVS.com Customer Care for a damaged online order; stores handle in-store items.
What does this mean?
Grade A (high: almost everything comes from official pages read directly). 100% of 14 sources are the organization's own pages or government sites.
Collect
- photos of the item and packaging
- order number
Steps
Photograph the item and packaging.
Call CVS.com Customer Care and ask for a refund or replacement.
More contacts for this issue
Rules in force
- Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act15 U.S.C. 2302, 2310; FTC Disclosure and Pre-Sale Availability Rules
Federal law for written warranties on consumer products. Warrantors must disclose warranty terms in simple language, may not void a warranty because the consumer used another brand of parts or service (unless those are free or the FTC grants a waiver), and may not disclaim implied warranties when they give a written warranty. Consumers can sue for breach and may recover attorneys' fees.
Source: ftc.gov, verified 2026-10-12
1 citable point
- Policy
Under a "full" warranty, service must be free, available to anyone who owns the product during the warranty period, and the warrantor must replace or refund if it cannot repair the product after a reasonable number of tries. It may not limit the duration of implied warranties or impose unreasonable duties, such as requiring return of a registration card.
Source: ftc.gov, verified 2026-10-12
- Policy
If that fails, escalate
Go up one step at a time. Keep the reference numbers and dates from each contact.
Customer service
PhoneCVS Pharmacy customer service (1-800-SHOP-CVS) for stores, pharmacy, policies and photo +1-800-746-7287Supervisor
PhoneCVS Pharmacy customer service (1-800-SHOP-CVS) for stores, pharmacy, policies and photo +1-800-746-7287Written complaint
MailCVS Health corporate headquarters CVS Health, 1 CVS Drive, Woonsocket, Rhode Island 02895Card or bank dispute
Fair Credit Billing Act billing-error and purchase-dispute rights (Regulation Z)
Electronic Fund Transfer Act error resolution and unauthorized-transfer liability (Regulation E)
State agency
Your state’s attorney general. Find it in the list of state agencies (also as JSON:
states/<code>.json, for example states/ny.json).Public complaint
RegulatorBetter Business Bureau
Watch out
- cvs.com help pages often return HTTP 503 to automated fetches.
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