Cross-border sourcing questions, todays thread

Anyone know if the Spanish price gap holds outside the big cities? The small shop angle is what I keep hearing and I'm curious whether it's a Madrid/Barcelona thing or countrywide

Spain here, and my local place won't hold a box unless I call the morning it lands. Do you ring ahead or just show up?

What's the actual gap in euros between your cheapest quote and your local one? I stopped chasing the lowest price once I realized the difference was smaller than I'd assumed.

Ireland here and the prices I see online are all over the place, so I mostly just check what my local pharmacy can actually get. Do you find the quoted EU prices even include shipping to where you are?

tbh what's the actual gap in euros between your pharmacy and the cheapest listing you found? I keep hearing the premium is small but nobody ever puts a number on it

Richmond VA here so not much EU comparison from me, but hearing three of you say the pharmacy started reserving once you became a familiar face makes me want to ask mine directly instead of just showing up and hoping. Did you have to ask in person or did a phone call do it?

In Spain here, and honestly the pharmacy relationship thing is real. Once mine knew my face they started keeping a box aside, and I quit checking every other chain's price.

Netherlands pricing here felt all over the place until I settled on one pharmacy, then the whole comparison game just stopped mattering to me.

Still early for me, only a couple pounds in, so price comparing feels like the main thing I can actually control right now. Did you find the spread between countries was even worth the hassle once shipping came into it?

do you factor in shipping when you compare, or just the sticker price? I got burned once by a cheap listing where the delivery fee ate the whole difference.

Spain here too, and I still keep half an eye on prices even after settling on one place. Curious whether you lock in a farmacia near home or order from one of the online ones.

netherlands here, and I skipped the spreadsheet entirely, just compared two places once and picked the cheaper one. Curious whether the price gap across the EU is actually as wide as people make it sound.