To be put off shop due to hard sell

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My DS has low calcium levels to due a kidney condition and the immune suppressants he takes to keep it under control. Yesterday his Dr suggested a Vit D supplement as that will help him absorb more calcium.

Today day I went to the local independent health food shop to buy the vitamins. One of the assistants helped me and first tried to persuade me to buy a spray when I specifically asked for it in pill form. Then she was trying to persuade me to buy probiotics to boost him immune, he takes four different medications to suppress his immune system - boosting it would be counterproductive!

AIBU to think that someone in a health food shop shouldn’t be pushing extra supplements especially as I had stated DS is on medication (who knows what interactions there could be) and I stated his dr only suggested getting vit D?

Amazon. Cheaper & no hard sell. They have every vitamin known to man on there. I got years supply of vitamin D for £3.99, free delivery.

I agree, when shop assistants try the hard sell on my I'm usually looking for my quickest route to the door. This is why high streets are in trouble.

I want some vitamin d pills

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"Independent health food shop" is a synonym for "diet fads and woo pills snake oil" to me. I'd go to a chemist for vitamins, they're trained in actual pharmaceuticals rather than selling sugar pills.

I had the opposite experience today! Went into the high street chain health food shop, asked for help choosing Vitamin D drops for baby and multivitamins for older DC and some for me too... sales assistant was totally clueless and I made my decision based on price. Not helpful at all!