Very often, pharmacies inside grocery stores and convenience stores will offer $10 to $25 gift cards or cash for you to transfer your prescription. Prescription transfers are often very easy and totally worth the hassle for the gift cards, provided these two things are true.

Cost: Not all drugs cost the same at all pharmacies. Check the price of the prescription with the new pharmacy to ensure the difference still makes the gift card worth it. Sometimes it’s less, sometimes it’s more, so factor that in.

Convenience Factor: The ideal situation is where you transfer the prescription closer to where you live or shop most often. Sometimes you can be convinced to move it farther away but the incentive and pricing has to line up. Part of the plan with these prescription transfers is to lock you in with a particular grocery store and for you to shop there more often.