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Re: specticle wearers - red98 - 06-04-13
could be a good solution for me,a free trial so nothing to loose
Re: spectacle wearers - purplebear7 - 07-04-13
:\ I'd go very easy at Specsavers guys ... as always there are the bad experience story sides to these 'wonderful service' people .. and I have mine !!
Long term customer .. booked in .. had eye test .. told I needed a 'considerable update' on my prescription (only two years since last test) because I am 'Getting on a bit in years'' now .. Sat with the bird to decide Frames .. so far OK.
Then she shifts into 'Time Share Selling' mode .. top button open and lean forward .. repeated chat starting with ''What I can do for you, Trev'' First quote for a pair of new gasses and a 'free' pair ... £750 !! Yes that's £750.00.
As I got up to walk out and she started all over again .. take note how they sit close up and side on to you and use a pen and paper (not the computer) This is so you can see how they look around to check no-one is watching :rolleyes and gradually cross things out off the spec list .. to bring the final price down! :rolleyes
We go down through .. £475 .. £350 .. £250 .. but by then it's .. ''Sorry but no 'free' pair at this level Trev''. Total rip- off tactics .. just taking the p*** . Then eventually we got into the.. ''Ok Trev, I can do you a Special Deal for OAPs'' bollox .. bit bloody late for that line now girl!
At the final answer curtain .. she wrote '''Cheeky Chappy'' across my paperwork in Big Red Letters (maybe so I could read it) and threw the pen at the PC! :'( A clear indication (as far as I could see anyway :\ ) that she was getting well beyond p***** off about Not getting her commission!
I then had their prescription checked by a different optician .. new eye test came up with nothing like what they had said I needed and .. over three years on .. my ''poor old eyes'' are still not as bad as they said! Avoid is the word as far as I'm concerned.
I got another new test and prescription pair of Varifocals on-line this year .. modern frames and delivered all in for £90
with an option of a second pair at reduced cost (but only if I wanted them). I wear them 24/7 (when I'm not asleep like) no problems at all.Proceed with utmost caution guys .. shop around like you were buying Insurance 8) £$€
Stay Safe
Trev
Re: specticle wearers - red98 - 07-04-13
morning trev,thanks for the warning and sharing the story with us....my bill for a pair of varifocals and a pair of reading glasses £258 more than i wanted to pay,but i say that about everything lately :rolleyes ...good service and double checked at hospital (stoke mandeville) iam happy with the glasses and interested to see how i get on with the contact lenses.............your right about shopping around,i do that for everything
Re: spectacle wearers - purplebear7 - 07-04-13
I think there are times when you can't have .. ''Too Much Information'' .. glad you enjoyed the 'Life and Times' type tale.I've no doubt there are good and bad in all trades .. so you might just drop lucky with the contacts .. I hope so. 8)
Stay Safe
... Trev
Re: specticle wearers - Dead Eye - 08-04-13
I use Specsavers and the one I used in Bradley Stoke (Bristol) were faultless. Needed new glasses (I knew I needed them as my sight was getting worse) and had my eye test and got two new pairs including frames for £89 - test ended up being free as well but I forget why...
I started my trial of contact lenses as well which gave me another free test 6 months later as I did start these. I've since stopped my contact lenses since I don't use them as much anymore. I used to work in retail so wore them all day for 4 - 7 days a week (depending) but now I sit in front of my PC all day and they make my eyes dry and irritable so can't use them. I have a 6 month backlog of contact lenses to use now which I use for when I'm out on my bike. Should last me another year or two I expect, though this isn't how you are supposed to use them haha
Re: specticle wearers - ChristoT - 08-04-13
I tried contacts, but never got the hang of sticking my finger into my own eye!
Re: specticle wearers - red98 - 08-04-13
think i`ll be ok at poking my own eye,its when other people do it that winds me up :lol
the only down side for me is the extra cost of a disposible item.......not very green unlike putting a gallon of un-leaded in you bike and burning it just for the hell of it :rollin :rollin
Re: specticle wearers - Grahamm - 09-04-13
(08-04-13, 03:21 PM)red98 link Wrote: the only down side for me is the extra cost of a disposible item.......
I wear RGP (Rigid Gas Permeable) contact lenses and I've had this pair for at least a couple of years now, they cost me about £75 (I think) which is a hell of a lot cheaper than daily disposables.
I do have to go through the hassle of cleaning them every morning before I put them in, but that's only a minor nuisance and one I'm so used to I don't even think about it.
Re: specticle wearers - Dead Eye - 09-04-13
That's not actually bad considering mine are monthly disposables and cost £15.50 a month - but to be fair, I do have an odd shaped left eye apparently which put the price up
Re: specticle wearers - Grahamm - 09-04-13
(09-04-13, 12:43 AM)Dead Eye link Wrote: That's not actually bad considering mine are monthly disposables and cost £15.50 a month - but to be fair, I do have an odd shaped left eye apparently which put the price up
Given my prescription ( -10 and -11 dioptres and astigmatism!!) it was, certainly in the past, impossible to get soft lenses to correct it and although they may be available now, it's still cheaper to keep with the RGPs.