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    #2
    dball
    Registered Users Posts: 1,847 ✭✭✭dball


    FFS its typical,
    I order my first ever glasses online yesterday and today i get this frikking email:
    56% OFF

    sitewide on entire order

    (Frame & Lenses)

    Coupon Code: SPECS56

    Hopefully useful to someone!!


    Terms:

    - Discount applicable on all home-branded frames

    - Not applicable on Designer collection


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    #3
    ciaran76
    Registered Users Posts: 4,691 ✭✭✭ciaran76


    Thank you.
    You saved me almost 20 euro.


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    #4
    Asmodean
    Registered Users Posts: 1,644 ✭✭✭Asmodean


    Does anyone know how to get your prescription info without too much hassle? Have heard a lot of stories about Opticians not taking too kindly to giving out the details.


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    #5
    peckerhead
    Registered Users Posts: 3,379 ✭✭✭peckerhead


    Simply point out to them that you've paid for an eye test, and they are obliged to give it to you.

    The sales staff may try to make you feel awkward or penny-pinching to discourage people from asking because they're aware that people then go off and order the things online, but they have to provide it. Sometimes I find they omit the pupillary distance, out of spite or something I guess, but it's very easy to measure that yourself.


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    Tom Mann Centuria
    Registered Users Posts: 10,923 ✭✭✭✭Tom Mann Centuria


    Asmodean wrote: »
    Does anyone know how to get your prescription info without too much hassle? Have heard a lot of stories about Opticians not taking too kindly to giving out the details.

    Free in specsavers, and I've never had anyone question it, or make it in the least bit difficult, just ask them to put the PD on it because they won't otherwise.

    Oh well, give me an easy life and a peaceful death.



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    peckerhead
    Registered Users Posts: 3,379 ✭✭✭peckerhead


    I had to be quite insistent with the snooty harridan that runs our local Specsavers. She even told me that PD "wasn't part of the eye exam". But hopefully they're not all like that. :D


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    dozy doctor
    Registered Users Posts: 751 ✭✭✭dozy doctor


    Tom Mann Centuria wrote: »
    just ask them to put the PD on it because they won't otherwise.

    Just in going to do the same.... Just curious.... What's the PD?


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    Boxcar_Willie
    Registered Users Posts: 425 ✭✭Boxcar_Willie


    Vision Express hand you your prescription after your eye-test .


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    peckerhead
    Registered Users Posts: 3,379 ✭✭✭peckerhead


    Pupillary distance. The distance between the centres of your eyes. It's not an ocular measurement as such but v. important to the fit of your glasses, obviously.


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    #11
    SchrodingersCat
    Registered Users Posts: 746 ✭✭✭SchrodingersCat


    I find with goggles4u that often the glasses dont fit properly when you get them, even after providing the correct measurements. However, as they are so cheap, I would normally get a few different pairs and wear the best fitting one while keeping the rest as spares or for around the house.


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    Troy McClure
    Registered Users Posts: 309 ✭✭Troy McClure


    SchrodingersCat wrote: »
    I find with goggles4u that often the glasses dont fit properly when you get them, even after providing the correct measurements. However, as they are so cheap, I would normally get a few different pairs and wear the best fitting one while keeping the rest as spares or for around the house.


    Was looking at this and not sure about the fitting as it just says 'Large' whatever that translates as


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    Agent Smith
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 21,502 Mod ✭✭✭✭Agent Smith


    Asmodean wrote: »
    Does anyone know how to get your prescription info without too much hassle? Have heard a lot of stories about Opticians not taking too kindly to giving out the details.

    Just say you are going travelling and need it in case you break your glasses.


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    dball
    Registered Users Posts: 1,847 ✭✭✭dball


    Troy McClure wrote: »
    Was looking at this and not sure about the fitting as it just says 'Large' whatever that translates as

    click on description, it will offer more info,

    still awaiting my order, Ill report back


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    NewClareman
    Registered Users Posts: 1,439 ✭✭✭NewClareman


    OmegaGene wrote: »
    No need for that, they have to give it to you now

    There was consternation in my local opticians, part of a major chain, when I asked for the PD to be included. This was before I bought anything. Big chat between salesperson and manager, for at least 10 minutes. They told me, very sourly, that it would be included in the prescription. It took two further visits before the prescription was posted, without the PD information.

    When I collected my glasses the salesperson told me she wasn’t allowed to give me the label that came with the packaging. (She actually threw it in the bin.) I just requested a copy online, of all information they held on me, as a GDPR request. Got a scanned copy of all my prescriptions, including my previous ones, by email. This included frame sizes, lens sizes, everything.


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    KilOit
    Registered Users Posts: 2,985 ✭✭✭KilOit


    Are they still obliged to give you your prescription if you go with free prsi exam?


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    #17
    Johnny_Fontane
    Registered Users Posts: 3,093 ✭✭✭Johnny_Fontane


    I have used Zenni for years, takes about 3 weeks to be delivered, but excellent.

    I got a free eye test in the national optometry centre (either for contacts or glasses). They give you your prescription afterward.

    https://www.dit.ie/national-optometry-centre/


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    munster87
    Registered Users Posts: 4,233 ✭✭✭munster87


    Johnny_Fontane wrote: »
    I have used Zenni for years, takes about 3 weeks to be delivered, but excellent.

    I got a free eye test in the national optometry centre (either for contacts or glasses). They give you your prescription afterward.

    https://www.dit.ie/national-optometry-centre/

    Are their eye tests free to everyone?


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    in2dark
    Registered Users Posts: 335 ✭✭in2dark


    munster87 wrote: »
    Are their eye tests free to everyone?

    Thanks Johnny for the info, didnt know...
    If you would like to make an appointment, please contact reception on +353 (0) 1 402 4900. Or if you have queries on our facility please contact us.

    Phone: +353 (0) 1 402 4900
    Our student clinics are free of charge and include a 10% discount on spectacles purchased at the clinic.


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    #20
    NewClareman
    Registered Users Posts: 1,439 ✭✭✭NewClareman


    OmegaGene wrote: »
    they dont like giving it out as they know you are going online to get them cheaper, just demand it and kick up a stink if not
    specsavers declined my wifes request so i went in and demanded it and refused to leave until i got what she paid for

    It was even worse than that - we both 5 pairs of glasses between us, for the guts of €1000. When they finally, after 2 visits, posted out the prescription it was incorrect. From now on I’ll visit them for the eye test, only.


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    #21
    Johnny_Fontane
    Registered Users Posts: 3,093 ✭✭✭Johnny_Fontane


    munster87 wrote: »
    Are their eye tests free to everyone?

    Yes, but you generally need to book well in advance and its depends on term times etc. Ultimately though, they have some of the best technology (as its a teaching centre) at their disposal. Its very thorough, takes like 90 minutes I think. You have to book separately for both Glasses and Contacts.


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    #22
    foodaholic
    Registered Users Posts: 1,513 ✭✭✭foodaholic


    its your medical information and you are entitled to it. I asked the optician in specsavers to write out my prescription while I was in their office. No problems


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    Stark
    Registered Users Posts: 20,904 ✭✭✭✭Stark


    Tried getting it from Vision express today. They printed it out for me but wouldn't include the pupil distance. Apparently that's a "dispensing thing" and separate to the eye test. "But don't worry, any glasses you order from us will be perfectly measured".


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    masterboy123
    Registered Users Posts: 5,721 ✭✭✭masterboy123


    Is there dit centre in Limerick or nearby Limerick please?
    Johnny_Fontane wrote: »
    I have used Zenni for years, takes about 3 weeks to be delivered, but excellent.

    I got a free eye test in the national optometry centre (either for contacts or glasses). They give you your prescription afterward.

    https://www.dit.ie/national-optometry-centre/


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    deadl0ck
    Registered Users Posts: 4,183 ✭✭✭deadl0ck


    As far as I know, under GDPR all the information they hold about you is your information and you are legally entitled to it, so they can't refuse it in any way


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    Luke2513
    Registered Users Posts: 30 ✭Luke2513


    Stark wrote: »
    Tried getting it from Vision express today. They printed it out for me but wouldn't include the pupil distance. Apparently that's a "dispensing thing" and separate to the eye test. "But don't worry, any glasses you order from us will be perfectly measured".

    That’s correct, the PD is only taken accurately when the dispense of glasses is being done and is not part of the sight test done by the optician. It’s easy enough to do at home with a ruler though.


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    #27
    Skippy along
    Registered Users Posts: 689 ✭✭✭Skippy along


    Got my prescription from specsavers it has two lines
    +0.75/-1.50 X10
    +1.25/-2.25X25
    Now when I go online they ask for all kinds of stuff... I suppose if someone could translate the above or is this all I need please


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    IrishHomer
    Registered Users Posts: 2,937 ✭✭✭IrishHomer


    Skippy along wrote: »
    Got my prescription from specsavers it has two lines
    +0.75/-1.50 X10
    +1.25/-2.25X25
    Now when I go online they ask for all kinds of stuff... I suppose if someone could translate the above or is this all I need please

    All you do is scan the document or take a pic if it with your phone and send it to the glasses retailer.


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    #29
    donnyvegas
    Registered Users Posts: 308 ✭✭donnyvegas


    Not sure whether this is a bargain alert thread anymore or get your eyes tested alert.

    Either way,
    https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/levis-prescription-glasses-20-styles-to-choose-now-17-delivered-with-code-at-speckyfoureyes-3332165

    Prescription Levi's for £17, ain't bad


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    #30
    dball
    Registered Users Posts: 1,847 ✭✭✭dball


    my glasses arrived today, they will be a handy pair to leave at my desk, I wont be going outside with them, they feel cheap and plastic.

    then again you get what you pay for,

    6/10


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    peckerhead
    Registered Users Posts: 3,379 ✭✭✭peckerhead


    Mine too. Very light indeed, and although they're supposedly metal frames the bridge is made of a flexible plastic which can't be 'coaxed' into a slightly more downward bend (as I would like to because of the shape of my face). This feels like it would snap very easily under any pressure.

    But hey, I needed a backup pair and for the price, a steal. With my (varifocal) prescription even the cheapest Specsavers pair would have cost me over €100; these were half that. Thanks OP.


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