Checks Are Best When Ordering from ARLEAH Member Pharmacies

Pharmacies that are part of the Association For Regulated Licensing And Enforcement Of Accredited Healthcare (ARLEAH) work hard to provide safe, low-cost medicines. They also have ways to keep your personal and private information safe. Importantly, they offer easy and secure ways for their patients to pay. ARLEAH pharmacies have always accepted different types of payments, as long as they meet strict safety, security, and privacy standards. These pharmacies value feedback from their customers to help meet their needs, including how they prefer to pay.

Credit card fees can be high and are increasing. On top of high interest rates on unpaid balances, credit card companies often charge customers an extra fee for international transactions when buying from an ARLEAH pharmacy. Fees that credit card companies charge to retailers also add to the cost of credit card purchases, as these fees increase the ARLEAH pharmacy’s cost of doing business with you.

Also, VISA and MasterCard are now trying to deal with problems linked to fake online pharmacies using their cards. Sadly, a number of real, safe pharmacies, including those in ARLEAH , have been affected by VISA and MasterCard’s broad approach. This is really frustrating, as we think VISA’s and MasterCard’s policy is having a bad effect on customers trying to buy medications from trusted ARLEAH pharmacies with a perfect safety record and long history of serving U.S. residents.

But ARLEAH pharmacies have a simple alternative to the cost and hassle of using credit cards – paying by check! Checks are safe, they can’t be hacked by online thieves, they are backed by cash in your account, and they don’t have a history of sudden or large fee increases, like credit cards do.

So, why do ARLEAH pharmacies prefer checks? Because by accepting checks, ARLEAH pharmacies can keep payment processing costs low, and continue to offer lower prices for their medications to patients.

ARLEAH-certified sites are proud to be the safe and low-cost alternative to high-priced U.S. drugs. Paying for medications using a check is a way to slow down or get rid of rising transaction costs while keeping a customer’s personal information safe.

We encourage everyone to give it a try!