07-04-13, 06:55 AM
:\ 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
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