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Specsavers - went once - returned complaining each time I wore new glasses I had severe headache. Was hearing every excuse under sun. I refused to move and demanded to see an optician. Reluctantly and to get me out of reception, my glasses taken to optician who came down apologising - wrong lens put in frames - only 3 times the strength of my prescription.

Never again. I asked for return of my money, took it and my prescription, went elsewhere.

Cor! Women will fork out for "posh" specs. I use Specsavers, have my free annual eye test there. Has to be annual as am diabetic. Have to have bi-focals. Good selection of frames for both sexes there. Think most I've ever paid is around £180. NOT had a problem with Specsavers over the years. Used to use a local "posh" firm but I had prescription probs with them - headaches etc. Was also kept waiting at one appointment - no apology.

Thanks Ron!

Are you suggesting that if I was a man I would get my lenses at a reduced rate?

My lenses alone cost a lot more than £180.

Men like posh frames too!

While I was waiting to pick up my new specs a young-ish man came in to look at the choice of frames before making an appointment. The ones he liked the look of were top of the range at £850.00 - and that's before you add on the cost of the lenses. :-)

After he'd gone the manageress said he wasn't that unusual.

:-0 :-0 :-0 :-0

That would take me well over £1000. My last pair were over £400 incl £50 frames.

Not even fancy lenses - just something I can see with. My opticians always have to ring around to see if someone can actually do my prescription

I've needed specs since I was 11. When I got married, we didn't have much money, so I chose nice, but not too expensive frames.
When my ex needed glasses, at the relatively late age of 40 - apparently money was (and is) no object :-S

I wore contact lenses for a while - but as I needed 'larger than average' lenses, it was anything but cheap!!
Then as I got older, I needed glasses to read if I wore contacts, plus a pair of distance glasses (my loo is downstairs - no way was I going to stagger down the stairs half asleep and unable to see :-0), so I gave up contacts and now wear varifocals :-D

Well I wouldn't touch the local spec savers with a barge pole

Our grandaughter wears contact lenses and she has a monthly contract with them for disposable lenses . She has had several run ins with them over the quality and one time they did the wrong prescription in one of the lenses

She went back several times saying these aren't right and am getting headache and eye aches .and they refuted anything was wrong .
It was only when she finally made a big fuss in the shop and threatened to take it further that they checked them and said yes one lens is wrong prescription

She pays a monthy fee and can't afford to go elsewhere but she isn't impressed

We have few opticians in the local area so not much choice

The local Boots is very limited in frame choice too .

My normal varifocals cost around £ 390 . Frames are around £135 so the rest is the lenses .

Several times I have just had new prescription lenses in the current frames but they don't like to do that too often

No one likes bad publicity Shirley, so sometimes making a fuss in front of other customers gets a previously absent solution.

Since you can hardly use the lens without the frames you would think they would be
quite inexpensive.

You can get your contact lenses online cheaper than the shop, more choice too.

Has any one considered laser corrective surgery? For the price of some frames?