is 60 euros a bit steep for contact lens fitting?

fguihen

i booked an apointment with an independent optician in south dublin for a few weeks from now. I need to go to an independent optician as specsavers dont stock the contacts i want. I was told it will cost 60 quid. I know they are independent and will be more expensive than specsavers, but specsavers charged me 25 quid for my contact lens test. 60 quid seems quite harsh.

Am i correct thinking its a bit costly?

sentient_6

Sounds a bit pricey alright. I spend 30 recently in specasvers, the intial consultation, 3 practises, 5 day trials & the follow up where in that. I priced a local indepedent after the first practise in specsavers as i didnt know at the time i had as many practises as i wanted included, & they said 25. So 30 in specsavers & 25 in the other place. Maybe find out what exactly they are including the price they gave you?

endplate

Yeah €60 sounds a bit harsh. Our practice charges €40 for a teach which includes full aftercare and trial lenses. Next is a contact lens check which is the yearly check we charge €25. In your case you are trying a new lens so the optician can't just do a check and away you go. A full teach is required to see how the lenses fit before they can sell them to you. If you walked into a practice with a valid cl prescription from somewhere else and you wanted to purchase the same type of lenses then a check is all that's required.

fguihen

Where is your practice endplate? 40 euros for all that sounds much better than 60!

fguihen

nevermind endplate, just remember from my other thread, your in Meath, a bit out of my way! Thanks for the info though.

xxshebeexx

My local optician charges €80! I thought this was normal...

Outkast_IRE

my local place was 50 a few years ago but thats full after care and help with putting in lenses , they had to book me in 3 times because i couldnt get the hang of putttin in the lenses at first , but the 50 euro covered all this they were very patient