I was greeted by Lisa Osmond, the store manager, who started off with the pre-checks prior to my visit with their optician, Stephen. The pre-checks consisted of a photograph of the back of my eyes, a test which included a puff of air to the eyes to check for diseases such as glucoma one of my least favourite parts, although not as bad as I remembered and then a distance test which consisted of looking along a long road with a hot air balloon at the end.
All sounds a bit weird but all highly necessary. This consisted of looking at letters on the screen and the optician inserting different strengths of lenses into the frames which I was wearing.
I had to say which looked better or worse and then I had to do the same with a circle of black dots. I also had a few pieces of text on a card which I had to hold up in front of my face and see how close I could get it without it going blurred. Stephen explained that the initial photographs taken during the pre-checks could see most of this, but then he could look into this a bit further.
I was then handed an iPad with a copy of the retinal photographs taken at the beginning of my appointment pictures above. I found this a really interesting development in the way the test is conducted as the opticians are now able to keep these on your record and look for any changes over the years. I was at an age where things would start to decline — not rapidly or completely noticeably, but certainly there would be no more improvement for me, unlike I had seen in the past.
Two years ago there was no change in my eye sight, but this time around I did need a new prescription for my lenses. On top of that, the frames I have are around 4 or 5 years old and the non-reflective coating is starting to come away meaning that dust and dirt are able to get underneath and affect the efficiency of my glasses.
Time for a whole new pair then! One of the things I find good about Specsavers is their range and the ability to see the different price options open to you. In the past I have had to stick to a very specific budget but, thanks to Specsavers, this time I was able to push the boat out a bit further.
I had a look at the Aurora range and, I have to say, most of the frames I liked were in this section and, most particularly, a new range brought out by model and actress, Twiggy. With 5 pairs to choose from, I sat down with Jill, one of the Optical Assistants, who was brilliant at giving me a very honest opinion. Narrowing it down to two final pairs, I went for a pair with tortoise shell arms and a slight bit of bling on the join. What I liked about them the most though was the shape.
My current pair are squarer resulting in quite a harsh look. However, I believed the new pair gave my face a much softer look. How long have you had them? Always weird if you have a new frame style for a week or 2 til you get used to them. I will pop into specsavers and see what they say.
Just give it time and wear them. Only once i started wearing them after I got home. If we could have tried them on with prescription lenses sadly not possible , we would have chosen smaller frames. Anyway, thank for the advice all.
I suspect we will end up keeping them. Lesson learnt! Anticipate the effect of the thicker lens on the aesthetics of the glasses…. I want solid gold lebses for that… errrrmmm…. If all else fails just kick up the most almighty stink you can in the shop wife blubbing, you losing the rag etc that they cave and sort something out.
But then my optician will order frames in for me and send them to my office to try if I want rather than head into town. I get on well with my optician and his assistants. Sounds like the problem is with the lenses not the frame, obviously you cant try on the frames with the prescription lenses in as they need to be cut down to fit the frame, which is only done when a client chooses a particular frame. Not to add salt but this is the downside of specsavers, you bought it it works you keep it, If you had gone to a good independant and had this problem they would probably be more than willing at our shop we definately would to cut the same lenses into a different frame, or discuss some kind of discount off a different pair.
I bought glasses for my son from Specsavers, these had lenses that were strong and looked terrible in the half frame design that he chose. The shop clearly sold the OP a set of frames that were not suitable for the lenses required.
A little bit of pressure on the shop staff may have a positive outcome, as I alluded to. Meeting expectation is totally different from being fit for purpose. Thing is you get what you pay for, which is often crap, cheap frames made with poor quality materials and basic design lenses,often you are just a number in places like that. There are of course exceptions to the rule for both multiples and small independents. I think the OP was fairly explicit in stating that they would be unaware what their lenses would look like in those frames, and that they did indeed go for the thin lens option.
Sometimes is quite amusing seeing adults throwing toddler style tantrums.
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