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Medical Card Glasses

  • 05-11-2018 06:45PM
    #1
    Johnson_76
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 91 ✭✭


    Hi,

    I have been approved glasses from medical card. By the time I get the lenses thinned down etc the bill is quite high.

    I wonder has anyone ever went ahead and gotten the free frames. If so, are they okay, durable etc.

    Many thanks


Comments

  • #2
    wifey28
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 327 ✭✭wifey28


    i usually go for the 89.99 frames in specsavers and pay the extra 37.50, get two pairs and then pay another 20 to get one turned into sunglasses (very handy for driving)

    If they are for everyday wear i personally dont like the 40 euro frames, i jsut find them a lil bit too flimsy


  • #3
    Johnson_76
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 91 ✭✭Johnson_76


    These are 69 euro frames from vision express buy free with medical card


  • #4
    Ned Led Zeppo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81 ✭✭Ned Led Zeppo


    Specsavers tend to discriminate against medical card holders and wheelchair users.Greedy as usual.


  • #5
    Graces7
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭Graces7


    I had no idea it had all become so costly..

    My glasses got lost in a move two years ago; medical card etc, but the paperwork etc would take weeks. A lady told me to go to the pharmacy..... since then been getting simple glasses for as little as E1.50 .. they are fine for reading and close work ,


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